Gene Watson's 'Honky Tonk Crazy' (Epic Records, 1987)
'Honky Tonk Crazy'
Epic Records FE40644 (1987)
'Honky Tonk Crazy' was released on Epic Records 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 (Saturday 12 September 1931 - Friday 26 April 2013). The album, which was intended to be a Gene Watson/George Jones duets release and 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 (Saturday 12 September 1931 - Friday 26 April 2013). This collaboration didn't happen, due to either time constraints or legal entanglements, or both.
Gene Watson and George Jones (Saturday 12 September 1931 - Friday 26 April 2013) did record a Christmas standard, 'Silver Bells' together, which was included on 'Nashville Christmas Album' (Sony Music, 1991).
Speaking of Gene Watson and George Jones (Saturday 12 September 1931 - Friday 26 April 2013) 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' was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for one week in 1988'.
'Honky Tonk Crazy' was produced by Billy Sherrill and 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)
1 'Honky Tonk Crazy'
Writers: Harlan Howard (Thursday 8 September 1927 - Sunday 3 March 2002) and Ron Peterson
Publishers: BMI
Arranged by Billy Sherrill
2 'Her Heart Or Mine'
Writers: Don Reid and Harold Reid (Statler Brothers)
Publishers: BMI
Arranged by Billy Sherrill
Statler Brothers recorded 'Her Heart Or Mine' and included the track on 'Pardners In Rhyme' (Mercury Records, 1985).
3 'I Didn't Think Of You At All'
Writer: Roger Brown
Publishers: ASCAP
Arranged by Billy Sherrill
Gene Watson re-recorded 'I Didn't Think Of You At All' and included the track on 'Gene Watson: Then & Now' (Koch Records Nashville, 2005).
4 'Getting Used To Being Loved Again'
Writers: G. Dobbins and G. Ray
Publishers: ASCAP / SESAC
Arranged by Billy Sherrill
5 'Nobody's Baby Tonight'
Writer: M. Buckins
Publishers: BMI
Arranged by Billy Sherrill
6 'I Always Get It Right With You'
Writers: Joe Allen and Charlie Williams
Publishers: ASCAP / BMI
Arranged by Billy Sherrill
7 'When She Touches Me'
Writers: C. Quillen and M. McGuire
Publishers: ASCAP
Arranged by Billy Sherrill
8 'Ashes To Ashes'
Writers: Joe Chambers and Larry Jenkins
Publishers: ASCAP
Arranged by Billy Sherrill
9 'Everybody Needs A Hero'
Writers: Troy Seals and Max D. Barnes (Friday 24 July 1936 - Sunday 11 January 2004)
Publishers: ASCAP / BMI
Arranged by Billy Sherrill
Gene Watson re-recorded 'Everybody Needs A Hero' and included the track on 'Gene Watson: Then & Now' (Koch Records Nashville, 2005).
10 'You Took Her Off My Hands'
Writers: Harlan Howard (Thursday 8 September 1927 - Sunday 3 March 2002), Skeets McDonald (Friday 1 October 1915 - Sunday 31 March 1968) and Wynn Stewart (Thursday 7 June 1934 - Wednesday 17 July 1985)
Publishers: BMI
Arranged by Jack Smith
Roy Clark recorded 'You Took Her Off My Hands' and included the track on 'Tips of my Fingers' (Capitol Records, 1963).
Wynn Stewart (Thursday 7 June 1934 - Wednesday 17 July 1985) recorded 'You Took Her Off My Hands' and included the track on 'The Songs of Wynn Stewart' (Capitol Records, 1965).
Ray Price recorded 'You Took Her Off My Hands' and included the track on 'Burning Memories' (Columbia Records, 1965).
Read a CMP review of Gene Watson's 'Honky Tonk Crazy'
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 and Louis Nunley