Gene Watson Discography
'Honky Tonk Crazy'
Epic Records FE40644
(1987)
'Honky Tonk Crazy' was released on the Epic Records label in 1987.
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About 'Honky Tonk Crazy'...
Overview
'Honky Tonk Crazy' was produced by the legendary Billy Sherrill, a man who
had been at the control desk of many an album project for fellow country
music artist George Jones. The album, which was intended to be a Gene
Watson/George Jones
duets release & is the only Gene Watson album which was
produced by Billy Sherrill.
'Honky Tonk Crazy' yielded a hit single on the Billboard country music
charts in the USA in 1987; the title track reached No. 43 that year, and the
'B' side of the single was 'Starting new memories'.
'Honky Tonk Crazy' was intended to be a duets album with
George Jones. This
collaboration didn't happen, due to either time constraints or legal
entanglements, or both.
Gene Watson & George Jones
did record the Christmas standard 'Silver Bells'
together, a track which was included on 'Nashville Christmas Album'
(Sony Music, 1991).
Whether Gene Watson &
George Jones have recorded any other material
together is a matter for debate.
Speaking of Gene Watson & George Jones
recording together, there had been
plans for them to record the song 'Too gone too long' for their proposed
duets album.
However, when it appeared that this project was not going to happen, the
track was offered instead to
Randy
Travis, who turned his performance of the song into one of his biggest
hits: 'Too gone too long' spent one week at No. 1 on the Billboard country
music singles chart in 1988.
'Honky Tonk Crazy' was produced by Billy Sherrill.
'Honky Tonk Crazy' was recorded at Eleven Eleven Sound, Nashville
(Recording Engineer: Ron 'Snake' Reynolds).
The Assistant Engineer was Ed Hudson.
'Honky Tonk Crazy' was mastered by M.C. Rather at Custom Mastering,
Nashville.
'Honky Tonk Crazy' achieved a chart position of No.54
on the Billboard Top Country Album Chart in 1987.
'Honky Tonk Crazy'
Epic Records FE40644
(1987)
Track Listing
1 'Honky tonk crazy'
Written by Harlan Howard &
Ron Peterson
Published by BMI
2 'Her heart or mine' •••
Written by Don Reid & Harold Reid (Statler Brothers)
Published by BMI
3 'I didn't think of you at all'
••
Written by Roger Brown
Published by ASCAP
4 'Getting used to being loved again'
Written by G. Dobbins & G. Ray
Published by ASCAP / SESAC
5 'Nobody's baby tonight'
Written by M. Buckins
Published by BMI
6 'I always get it right with you'
Written by
Joe Allen & Charlie
Williams
Published by ASCAP / BMI
7 'When she touches me'
Written by C. Quillen & M. McGuire
Published by ASCAP
8 'Ashes to ashes'
Written by Joe Chambers & Larry Jenkins
Published by ASCAP
9 'Everybody needs a hero' ••
Written by Troy Seals & Max D. Barnes
Published by ASCAP / BMI
10 'You took her off my hands'
•
¹
Written by Harlan Howard, Skeets
McDonald & Wynn Stewart
Published by BMI
All tracks on 'Honk Tonk Crazy' were arranged by Billy Sherrill, with
the exception of 'You took her off my hands' (track indicated thus
•), which was arranged by Jack
Smith.
Re-recorded versions of 'I didn't think of you at all' & 'Everybody needs a
hero' (tracks indicated thus ••)
can be found on 'Gene Watson: Then & Now' (Koch Records Nashville, 2005).
'Her heart or mine' (track indicated thus
•••) was originally recorded by
the Statler Brothers & was included on 'Pardners in Rhyme' (Mercury
Records, 1985).
'You took her off my hands' (track indicated thus
¹) was originally recorded
by
Wynn Stewart
& included on 'The Songs of Wynn Stewart' (Capitol
Records, 1965).
'You took her off my hands' (track indicated thus
¹) also recorded by Ray
Price
& included on 'Burning Memories' (Columbia Records, 1965).
You can read a CMP review of Gene Watson's 'Honky Tonk Crazy'
here. The
review, which was written by Bob Powell, was published in the June 1987
issue of the United Kingdom monthly publication
Country Music People.
'Honky Tonk Crazy'
Epic Records FE40644
(1987)
Musician Credits
Guitar: Billy Sanford
Keyboards: Bobby Wood
Guitar: Dale Sellers
Steel Guitar: Weldon Myrick
Fiddle: Mark O'Connor
Drums: Kenneth Malone
Bass: Robert Wray
Lead Guitar: Jerry Kennedy
Harmonica: Terry McMillan
Piano: Hargus 'Pig' Robbins
Bass: Henry Strzelecki
Background Vocals: Hurshel Wiginton, Wendy Suits, Diane Tidwell &
Louis Nunley