Overview
'Heartaches, Love & Stuff' describes accurately the various themes that
run through the songs contained on this album. The album spawned two
Top 10 hits on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1985; 'Got
no reason now for going home' reached No.7, while 'One hell of a
heartache' reached No.10.
The
'Heartaches, Love & Stuff' album doesn't just have the distinction of
including two of Gene's biggest hit songs. The album also has the
distinction of being the second Gene Watson release to feature members
of his acclaimed Farewell Party Band on record, thus affording listeners
the opportunity to hear this authentic group of musicians - in a studio
setting - recreating a concert sound.
The 'Heartaches, Love & stuff' album was produced by Russ Reeder & Gene
Watson for G-J Productions, Inc.
The
'Heartaches, Love & Stuff' album was recorded at the Sound Emporium,
Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee where the Recording & Mixing Engineer was Jim Williamson.
The 'Heartaches, Love &
Stuff' album achieved a chart position of
Number 21 on the Billboard Top Country Album Chart in 1984.
'Heartaches, Love & Stuff'
MCA Records MCA5520 & MCA27138 (1984)
Track Listing
1 'I
guess you had to be there' •
Written by Dave
Lindsey, Matt Lindsey & Ernie Rowell
Published by
ASCAP
2
'One hell of a heartache' •
Written by
Keith Palmer (RIP) & J. White
Published by
ASCAP
3 'Got no reason now for going home'
*
•
Written by
Johnny Russell
(RIP)
Published by
BMI
4 'Wino's prayer'
Written by
Dave Kirby (RIP) & L. Kirby
Published by
BMI / ASCAP
5
'Texas Saturday night'
•
Written by
Warren Robb &
Dave Kirby (RIP)
Published by
BMI / ASCAP
6
'A memory away'
•
Written by
Warren Robb &
Dave Kirby (RIP)
Published by
BMI / ASCAP
7
'Independence day'
•
Written by Dave Lindsey & Ernie Rowell
Published by
ASCAP
8
'Sailing home to me'
•
Written by
Dave Kirby (RIP) &
D. Morrison
Published by
BMI / ASCAP
9
'I
must be somebody else'
Written by
Merle Haggard
Published by
BMI
10
'That's when you know it's over'
Written by Bob
O'Donnell & Billy Troy
Published by
BMI/
ASCAP
Musician Credits
Gene Watson's Farewell Party Band
Bass:
Larry Booth
Tic Tac Bass: Tony Booth
Steel Guitar: Chris
'Tiny' Olson & Daniel T. Rainwater
Acoustic & Rhythm Guitar:
Norm Kastner
Drums:
Doug Boggs
Piano-Organ:
Joe Eddie Gough
Other Musicians
Fiddle: Buddy Spicher & Lisa Silver
Background Vocals:
The Tennessee Express
(Al Henson, Beckie Foster, Joy Gardner &
Ronnie Drake)
'Got
no reason now for going home', 'One hell of a
heartache', 'Texas Saturday night', 'I guess you had to
be there', 'Sailing home to me', 'A memory away' &
'Independence day'
(tracks indicated thus •)
were included on the 'Best of Gene Watson' album, which was released (on CD) by Curb Records
(an MCA Records subsidiary) in 1996.
'One hell of a
heartache' (track indicated thus
•)
was written by
Keith Palmer
(RIP) & J. White.
Keith Palmer also recorded 'I picked a San Antonio rose'
& included the track on his self-titled debut album,
which was released on Epic Records (EK 48611) in 1991.
Gene Watson too recorded 'I picked a San Antone rose';
it was included as the 'b' side of his 'Don't waste it
on the blues' 45rpm vinyl single,
which was released on Warner Bros. Records (27692) in
1989.
Please
note: Gene's rendition of 'I picked a San Antone rose'
was not included on the 'Back in the Fire' album, which was released on
Warner Bros. Records in 1988.
Sadly, Keith Palmer passed away on 13 June 1992 at the
age of thirty-eight.
Please check out Marlene Slater's website -
MKOC (My Kind of Country)
- where she has an
online celebration of
Keith Palmer. Marlene Slater's
MKOC website also includes a celebration
of
Gene Watson.
'Got
no reason now for going home' (track indicated thus
*)
was written by
Johnny Russell (RIP) and was included on his 'Act
Naturally' album, which was released on OMS Records
(25020-2) in 2000.
Johnny Russell
(23 January 1940 - 3 July 2001)
'Heartaches,
Love & Stuff'