Gordon Stoker & Louis Nunley (October 2005)
Gene Watson's peers within the country music industry believe in the sheer talent of this unassuming man from east
Texas, so much so that Gene is regarded by many of them as
'the singer's singer' - and rightly so!
All of Gene's Peers who were contacted in 2005 were most gracious with
their time & words. It is here, within this special
part of gene-watson.com, that you have an opportunity to
read
Gordon Stoker &
Louis
Nunley's quote, which they submitted to this site on Friday 28 October 2005.
I (Sean Brady)
would like to take this opportunity to say 'thank you' to
Gordon Stoker &
Louis
Nunley who
have made a special contribution to a unique part
of this online 'celebration of a Lone Star Hero'.
  Gordon
Stoker &
Louis Nunley
This quote was submitted on Friday 28 October 2005
'Gene Watson was, and still is, one of our favourite singers.
In the 1970s, we (The Jordanaires) were doing anything from two to
four recording sessions daily. It's impossible to remember all the
details about various recording sessions we've undertaken, but
we're sure that we did more than one session with Gene.
We
enjoyed the sessions with Gene & enjoyed hearing him in the
studio as those were live sessions'.
Thank you,
Gordon Stoker &
Louis Nunley,
for your support of Gene Watson
About Gordon Stoker & Louis Nunley...
Gordon Stoker &
Louis
Nunley
are members of the
Jordanaires were formed in Springfield, Missouri in the
1940s & were initially a gospel quartet. In 1949, they moved to
Nashville to back Grand Ole Opry headliner Red Foley. In the
1950s, the group was re-organised.
The combination of Gordon
Stoker, Neal Matthews, Hoyt Hawkins & Ray Walker was the one
that would anchor the group for more than two decades & would be
the line-up elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
The Jordanaires are best known for the wonderful background
harmonies that they provided for Elvis Presley's greatest hits
between 1956 & 1969.
As a result of their association with
Elvis, the Jordanaires went on to provide vocal harmonies on tracks by
Ricky Nelson, Ferlin Husky, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Don Gibson,
Johnny Horton, Tammy Wynette, Conway Twitty, Kenny Rogers &
George Jones.
 The
Jordanaires
line-up of Gordon Stoker, Louis Nunley, Hoyt Hawkins & Neal
Matthews provided vocal harmonies on three tracks ('Take off
them shoes', 'I wonder how it is in Colorado' & 'Mama Sold
Roses', all of which were included on Gene Watson's 'Reflections'
album, which was released on Capitol Records in 1978.
On a sad
note, Hoyt Hawkins died in 1982, while Neal Matthews died in
April 2000.
 Additionally, Louis Nunley was one of the background vocalists
(along with
Hurshel Wiginton, Wendy Suits & Diane Tidwell)
who worked on the 'Honky Tonk Crazy'
album, which was released on Epic Records in 1987.
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