Gene Watson's Peers: Lloyd Green
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 2004 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
a quote from Lloyd Green, which he submitted to this site on
Thursday 28 October 2004.
Sean Brady would like to take this opportunity to say 'thank you' to
Lloyd Green who has
made a special contribution to a unique part of this online 'celebration of
a Lone Star Hero'.
Lloyd Green
This quote was submitted on Thursday 28 October 2004
'During the mid 1970s, I had the privilege of often
recording with Gene Watson, one of the best voices ever in country music.
When I cut records with him, his exceptional singing & songs inspired me to
play my best.
If one is a good musician, recording with such a voice enables the player to
often get into the 'zone', such as happened when we recorded 'Farewell
party' in just ten minutes. But, in the short span of four or five years, we
also cut with Gene some other memorable tunes; 'Paper Rosie' & 'Love in the
hot afternoon', among others.
Those songs will be remembered & sung long after most of the 'modern',
disposable ones are forgotten, not only because they are terrific songs, but
because Gene Watson sung them'.
Thank you, Lloyd Green, for
your support of Gene Watson.
About Lloyd Green...
Lloyd Green is one of the
finest steel guitarists in Nashville & has been one of the busiest session
men on the music circuit for many years.
Lloyd Lamarr Green was born on 4 October 1937 in Mobile, Alabama & began to
learn how to play the steel guitar when he was seven; he had mastered it
sufficiently to play professionally by the time he was ten years old. While
he was at high school, he played bars & dances & performed popular songs of
the day.
Lloyd studied psychology at the University of South Mississippi after which
he moved to Nashville & obtained work with Hawkshaw Hawkins & Jean Shepard.
In 1957, Lloyd broke into the highly competitive world of session playing
and, over the years, has worked with artists such as Johnny Gimble,
George
Jones, Faron Young, Lynn Anderson, Billy 'Crash' Craddock,
Crystal Gayle,
Don Williams & Tammy Wynette.
Lloyd Green has also recorded a number of distinguished solo albums,
including 'Stainless Steel' (1978) & 'Green Velvet' (1982).
Lloyd Green played steel guitar on recording sessions for the following albums:
'Love in the Hot Afternoon' (Capitol
Records, 1975)
'Because You Believed in Me' (Capitol
Records, 1976)
'Paper Rosie' (Capitol Records, 1977)
'Beautiful Country' (Capitol Records,
1977)
Crystal Gayle: 'We Must Believe in Magic' (United Artists Records, 1977)
'Reflections' (Capitol Records, 1978)
'No One Will Ever Know' (Capitol Records, 1980)
Lloyd Green also played steel guitar on the track 'Beautiful
you', which was included
on the 'Should I Come Home' album (Capitol Records, 1979).
Visit Lloyd Green's Tribute Site
(Walter Stettner's website is based in Austria & has received full approval
from Lloyd Green)
