Gene Watson Music

Overview
'The Good Ole Days' is an album of exquisite Texas swing & tasteful balladry.  The album includes a track which ultimately put the Gene Watson name firmly back on the American country music singles charts after an absence of some four years.

The song in question, 'Change her mind', entered the Billboard American country music singles chart on Saturday 25 January 1997.  By the following March, the single had reached No.44, thanks in no small part by the hard work carried out by an excellent promotion team at Step One Records.

One of the reasons for the revival in Gene Watson’s career at this time can be attributed to the fact that many of the people programming the song for American country music radio did not know who Gene Watson was & thought that he was a new, young artist.

Most listeners to American country music radio thought the same thing.  The follow-up single, 'No goodbyes', didn’t achieve as high a chart position, only reaching the Top 70.  The release of 'The Good Ole Days' album also afforded Gene the opportunity to re-record three of his hit songs for a new generation of fans, namely 'Love in the hot afternoon', 'Speak softly (you're talking to my heart)' & 'I don't need a thing at all'.

'The Good Ole Days' album was produced by Ray Pennington & the Recording Engineer was Kevin McManus.
A&R: Todd Mooring

'The Good Ole Days' album was recorded at the Oak Valley Sound Studio,
Nashville, Tennessee
Mastering: John Eberle, NRP

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'The Good Ole Days'
Step One Records SOR 0104 (1996)

Track Listing

1 'The good ole days are right now'
Written by Ray Pennington
Published by Almarie Music, BMI

2 'No goodbyes'
Written by Ray Pennington
Published by Almarie Music, BMI

3 'You pushed me to the limit'
Written by Ray Pennington
Published by Almarie Music, BMI

4 'Change her mind' *
Written by Danny Mayo, Paul Nelson & Larry Boone
Published by Hamstein Cumberland Music, BMI,
Larry Boone Publishing Designee

5 'The man that broke your heart'
Written by Billy Joe Foster, Tommy Collins (RIP) and Gene Pistilli
Published by Golden Hook Music / Little Ann Music, BMI,
Hi Falutin Music ASCAP

6 'I don’t need a thing at all' ••
Written by Joe Allen
Published by Joe Allen Music, BMI

7 'Speak softly (you're talking to my heart)' •••
Written by Steve Spurgin & J.D. Mendenhall
Published by Booth & Watson Music / BMI

8 'Somewhere beyond nowhere'
Written by Mel Holt
Published by Lyn Pen Publishing, BMI

9 'Love in the hot afternoon' •
Written by Kent Westberry & Vince Matthews (RIP)
Published by Songs of Polygram International, Inc.

10 'Getting over you again'
Written by David Kirby (RIP) & Warren Robb
Published by Millstone Music Company ASCAP, Screen Gems EMI Music Inc
obo Baray Music Inc, BMI

11 'Where I’m concerned'
Written by Ray Pennington
Published by Almarie Music, BMI