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Archived News with regard to Gene Watson, his music &
his career from August 2007...
August 2007:
Thursday 30
 Today, Gene Watson
was interviewed (shortly after 2.00pm CST) by
Christy Storey at radio station
KOYN in Paris, Texas; Christy's weekday show
airs between 10.00am & 3.00pm (CST).
KOYN added Gene Watson's new single 'I
buried our love' to their play-list.
'I buried our love'
 The
single was shipped to radio stations worldwide
on Monday 20 August 2007 & is a cut from Gene
Watson's new
Shanachie Records album 'In
a Perfect World' which will be released on
Tuesday 25 September 2007.
Following his appearance on
KOYN, Gene Watson graced the main stage at
The Red River Valley Fair in Paris, Lamar
County, Texas at 8.00pm (CST).
August 2007:
Wednesday 29
 The Country Startpage
website, which is based in The Netherlands, offers artists the possibility to
promote their albums. In order to obtain
free promotion, all artists have to do is send a
copy of their latest album to The Country
Startpage & it will be featured on the site
under the banner 'We Proudly Promote'.
 Shanachie
Records have sent a copy of Gene Watson's 'In
a Perfect World' to Johan at The Country
Startpage & he has featured the album on their
home page (under the banner 'We Proudly
Promote'), with the album cover, a link to The
Gene Watson Site, a link to buy the album & some
kind words.
The Country Startpage also offers links to
important country music sites, boards, lyrics,
shops, radio stations & much more information
for country music fans.
August 2007:
Wednesday 29
As of today (Wednesday 29 August 2007), there is
1 week left for the Gene Watson Site CD
Giveaway (courtesy of
Shanachie Records).
If you, or your friends, haven't entered the
competition yet, please do so as there are now
less than 7 days to enter.
 The Gene Watson Site has
5 autographed copies
of Gene's new album 'In
a Perfect World' to give away in a special
competition, details of which can be found
here.
The Gene Watson CD Giveaway is open until next
Wednesday (5 September 2007) and, if you haven't
already entered the competition, please do so &
get your friends to do likewise -
full details here.
View the 'In a Perfect World' album cover shot
Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our love',
was released to radio worldwide on Monday 20 August
2007.
'I buried our love'
You can listen to the track (above),
courtesy of
Shanachie Records.
'In
a Perfect World', Gene Watson's new album, will
be officially released on
Shanachie Records
on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
August 2007:
Wednesday 29
 Gene Watson flew
to Minneapolis, MN last Monday (27 August 2007).
This planned trip was undertaken so that Gene
could take part in a special photo shoot for
No Depression,
a magazine that covers the alt-country music
scene. The photo shoot was scheduled to
take place at 4.00pm on the afternoon of Tuesday
28 August 2007.
 No
Depression
are planning a major feature on Gene Watson
which will be included in a future edition of
the magazine. The
No Depression
photographer for the Gene Watson photo shoot in
Minneapolis, MN will be
Darin Back.
August 2007:
Monday 27
Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson took
part in a 10-minute interview (on Wednesday 22
August 2007) with Ken
Bruce for
U105.
U105 is the independent local radio service
for the Belfast area & broadcasts on 105.8 FM.
This Gene Watson interview with Ken Bruce will
be broadcast today (Monday 27
August 2007) on
U105 just after the 8.00pm (Irish time) news. You can listen to
U105 on
105.8 FM in the Belfast area, on Freeview
Channel 726, or via the
U105 website.
Source
Ken Bruce, 'Ken's Classic
Country',
U105, Belfast, Northern Ireland
August 2007:
Saturday 25
 The
Gene Watson Site is proud to announce that Gene
Watson has been invited to participate in a
taping of
Country's Family Reunion.
The recording takes place in Nashville between
Tuesday 22 January 2008 & Thursday 24 January
2008.
Gabriel
Communications was started in 1996; owned & operated by long-time disc jockey
Larry Black, the company specialises in 'Reunion Videos'. Larry first
applied the 'Reunion Video' concept to the legends of country music.
The idea was simple: ask the great people who
shaped country music to get together & talk
about their history & sing a few songs; hence
Gene Watson has been asked to take part in
January 2008.
Source
Carrie Moore-Read,
Third Coast Talent, Nashville
August 2007:
Saturday 25
 The
Gene Watson Site is proud to announce that Gene
Watson & The Farewell Party Band & Country Music
Hall of Fame member
Little Jimmy Dickens
will participate in a Grand Ole Opry spectacular
at
The Llano Opry in Llano, Texas on Saturday
12 January 2008.
 There
will be two show performances; the first will be
at 2.30pm & the second will be at 7.30pm.
Tickets for this special event are priced at
$20.00 each.
Little Jimmy Dickens
recorded 'Farewell party' & included the track
as the B-side of his 'Talking to the wall' 45rpm
single (catalogue number: 4-42013) which was
released in May 1961.
 Gene
Watson recorded what many consider to be the
definitive version of Lawton Williams' 'Farewell
party' & included the cut on his 'Reflections'
album for Capitol Records in 1978.
Source
Carrie Moore-Read, Third Coast Talent, Nashville
August 2007:
Friday 24
 Today,
the Gene Watson Site can officially confirm that
Gene will be a special guest on the Eddie
Stubbs' radio show on
WSM.
The show, 'An Intimate Evening with Eddie
Stubbs', will
be broadcast 'live' from the Country Music Hall of
Fame on Wednesday 12 September 2007 from 7-9pm
(CST).
  During
the course of the show,
Rhonda Vincent
will be performing the Buck Owens' classic
'Together Again' (as featured on Gene's new
album 'In a Perfect
World') with Gene with producer
Brent Rowan playing guitar.
Gene will have copies of 'In
a Perfect World',
his new album on Shanachie Records, available for sale
on that evening only (as a special event
promotion), so if you live near the
Nashville area, you may be able to purchase a CD
before the official release date of Tuesday 25
September 2007.
Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
August 2007:
Thursday 23
Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson took
part in a 10-minute interview (on Wednesday 22
August 2007) with Ken
Bruce for
U105.
U105 is the independent local radio service
for the Belfast area & broadcasts on 105.8 FM.
This Gene Watson interview with Ken Bruce will
be broadcast at 8.00pm Irish time on Monday 27
August 2007. You can listen to U105 on
105.8 FM in the Belfast area, on Freeview
Channel 726, or via the
U105 website.
Source
Ken Bruce, 'Ken's Classic
Country',
U105, Belfast, Northern Ireland
August 2007:
Thursday 23
 Today, Gene Watson took
part in an interview with Jolene Downes, a staff
writer for the
About Country website.
Gene was delighted to learn that Jolene is such a
fan of his music & to hear that she has attended
a number of his performances.
Jolene, in an email to The Gene Watson Site,
stated that she had found the site to be very
helpful in preparing for her interview with Gene
on Thursday morning. Jolene also stated
that, as with many of the classic country music
artists, Gene Watson's presence online prior to
the site had not been strong & that it was now
interesting to dig up current news about Gene.
August 2007:
Wednesday 22
 Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively publish a 'Face to Face'
interview (courtesy of the
Monaghan Post) that Gene Watson
conducted with the newspaper on Tuesday 21
August 2007.
 In
order to view Gene Watson's 'Face to Face'
interview with the
Monaghan Post, which is in
PDF
format, you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If it isn't installed on your computer, you can
download it for free
here.
The Monaghan Post (County Monaghan's first
full colour tabloid newspaper) is
published weekly on Thursdays. The 'Face
to Face' interview with Gene Watson will be published in
the
Monaghan Post
this Thursday (24 August 2007).
Thank you to Teresa McGowan, Editor,
Monaghan Post
for allowing The Gene Watson Site to
publish the interview prior to its publication
in their newspaper.
This 'Face to Face' interview with Gene Watson
in the
Monaghan Post
is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
Source
Teresa McGowan, Editor,
Monaghan Post,
Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
August 2007:
Wednesday 22
 Today, Gene Watson
took part in an interview with Trevor Campbell
(Big T) at
Downtown Radio between 7pm & 7.30pm UK/Irish
time.
Gene reflected on various aspects of his life &
musical career & informed Trevor that he was
looking forward to his tour of Ireland in
October 2007 (Irish tour details can be found
here).
 Trevor
had not received his promo copy of Gene's new
album, 'In a Perfect
World', at the time of the interview, but
thanks to the wonders of technology, he was able
to 'play' the tracks 'Don't you ever get tired
of hurting me' & 'I buried our love' available
on The Gene Watson Site.
Trevor also gave a lot of promotion to the
Shanachie Records CD Giveaway which is being run
on The Gene Watson Site until Wednesday 5
September 2007 - a heartfelt 'thank you' to Big
T & all the folks at Downtown Radio in Belfast,
Northern Ireland.
Source
Sean Brady, Webmaster,
The Gene Watson Site
August 2007:
Wednesday 22
Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson
will take part in an interview (today) with
The Ballymena Guardian.
This interview with
The Ballymena Guardian is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
August 2007:
Wednesday 22
Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson
will take part in an interview
(today) with The Coleraine News/Chronicle.
This interview with The Coleraine News/Chronicle
is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
August 2007:
Wednesday 22
Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson
will take part in an interview
(today) with
Dublin's Country Mix 106.8.
Dublin's Country Mix 106.8 is the
independent country music service for Dublin City & County on 106.8 FM.
Although intended for Dublin, the service can
also be heard over a large area of neighbouring
counties Meath, Louth, Cavan, Kildare & Wicklow.
The contact telephone number for Dublin's
Country Mix 106.8 is 00353 1 272 4770.
This interview with
Dublin's Country Mix 106.8 is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
August 2007:
Wednesday 22
Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson
will take part in an interview
(today) at
4.30pm UK/Irish time with Francie Quinn at
Six FM.
Six FM is the local radio service (in Northern
Ireland) for Cookstown
& Magherafelt (106.0 FM) & for Dungannon
(on
107.2 FM). The contact telephone number for Six FM is 028
8675 8696.
This interview with Francie Quinn at
Six FM is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
August 2007:
Wednesday 22
Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson
will take part in an interview
(today) with Craig Baguley, Editor of the UK's highly
influential
monthly
Country Music People.
This interview with Craig Baguley at
Country Music People is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
August 2007:
Tuesday 21
Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson
will take part in an interview (on Wednesday 22 August 2007) with
The Ballymena Guardian.
This interview with
The Ballymena Guardian is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
August 2007:
Tuesday 21
Today, the Gene Watson Site can exclusively
reveal that Gene Watson will take part in an
interview (on Wednesday 22 August 2007) with
Dublin's Country Mix 106.8.
Dublin's Country Mix 106.8 is the
independent country music service for Dublin City & County on 106.8 FM.
Although intended for Dublin, the service can
also be heard over a large area of neighbouring
counties Meath, Louth, Cavan, Kildare & Wicklow.
The contact telephone number for Dublin's
Country Mix 106.8 is 00353 1 272 4770.
This interview with
Dublin's Country Mix 106.8 is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
August 2007:
Tuesday 21
Today, the Gene Watson Site can exclusively
reveal that Gene Watson will take part in an
interview (on Wednesday 22 August 2007) with
Francie Quinn at
Six FM.
Six FM is the local radio service for Cookstown
& Magherafelt (106.0 FM) & for Dungannon
(107.2 FM). The contact telephone number for Six FM is 028
8675 8696.
This interview with Francie Quinn at
Six FM is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
August 2007:
Tuesday 21
Today, the Gene Watson Site can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson
will take part in an interview (on Wednesday 22 August 2007)
with Craig Baguley, Editor of the UK's highly
influential
monthly
Country Music People.
This interview with Craig Baguley at
Country Music People is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
August 2007:
Tuesday 21
 Gene Watson
will grace the hallowed stage of The
Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on Tuesday 11
September 2007.
The timeslot of Gene's appearance has not been
confirmed as yet. It has not been
confirmed whether Gene will use the services of
his acclaimed Farewell Party Band or The Grand
Ole Opry band.
Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
August 2007:
Tuesday 21
Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson
will take part in an interview (today) with
Hot Country CIMR.
Hot Country CIMR is a temporary country music
service which broadcasts at weekends on 88.1 FM
& 104.2 FM (12.00
midnight on Thursdays through to 12 midnight on
Sundays) in the Meath, Louth, Cavan, Dublin &
Kildare areas in the north-east of the Republic
of Ireland.
This interview with
Hot Country CIMR is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
August 2007:
Tuesday 21
Today, the Gene Watson Site can exclusively
reveal that Gene Watson will take part in an interview
(today)
with
The Monaghan Post (County Monaghan's first
full colour tabloid newspaper), which is
published weekly on Thursdays).
The
interview, to be published under the banner of
'Face to Face', will appear in
The Monaghan Post
this Thursday (24 August 2007).
The Monaghan Post covers Monaghan town, Carrickmacross, Castleblaney, Clones, Ballybay,
& Monaghan's natural hinterland of Cavan, Armagh,
Louth, Fermanagh & Tyrone.
This interview with
The Monaghan Post is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
August 2007:
Tuesday 21
Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson
will take part in an interview (today) with
Mid West Radio.
Mid West Radio, based in Ballyhaunis, is the independent
local radio service for County Mayo, in the west
of the Republic of Ireland.
This interview with
Mid West Radio is
in preparation for Gene Watson's forthcoming tour of
Ireland in October 2007 (Republic of Ireland &
Northern Ireland). You can find full
details here.
August 2007:
Monday 20
Today, Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our
love', is officially released to radio stations
worldwide.
'I buried our love'
You can listen to the track (above),
courtesy of
Shanachie Records.
Check out the
Radio-Locator website, locate information
about your nearest country music station &
request Gene Watson's new single
The release of 'I buried our love' is a prelude
to the release of
'In
a Perfect World' - Gene Watson's new album
will be officially released on
Shanachie Records
on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
The Gene Watson Site CD
Giveaway is open until Wednesday 5 September
2007 (there are 5 autographed copies
of Gene's new album 'In
a Perfect World' to be given away), details of which can be found
here.
View the 'In a Perfect World' album cover shot
August 2007:
Saturday 18
Today, the Gene Watson Site
can exclusively reveal that Gene Watson will fly
to Minneapolis, MN on Monday 27th August 2007.
This planned trip involves a photo shoot for
No Depression,
a magazine that covers the alt-country music
scene.
No
Depression
are planning a major feature on Gene Watson
which will be included in a future edition of
the magazine. The
No Depression
photographer for the Gene Watson photo shoot in
Minneapolis, MN will be
Darin Back.
August 2007:
Thursday 16
Today, the Gene Watson Site CD
Giveaway (courtesy of
Shanachie Records)
received major promotion on the home page (and
news page) of the
CMR Nashville website. Thank you to
Lee Williams for his kindness.
The Gene Watson Site has
5 autographed copies
of Gene's new album 'In
a Perfect World' to give away in a special
competition, details of which can be found
here.
The Gene Watson CD Giveaway is open until
Wednesday 5 September 2007 and, if you haven't
already entered the competition, please do so &
get your friends to do likewise -
full details here.
View the 'In a Perfect World' album cover shot
Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our love',
will be released to radio next Monday (20 August
2007).
'I buried our love'
You can listen to the track (above),
courtesy of
Shanachie Records.
'In
a Perfect World', Gene Watson's new album
which will officially released on
Shanachie Records
on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
August 2007:
Wednesday 15
During
the past two weeks, the Gene Watson Site CD
Giveaway (courtesy of Shanachie Records) has
been a resounding success. Thank you to
all of you who have entered the competition thus
far.
The Gene Watson Site has
5 autographed copies
of Gene's new album 'In
a Perfect World' to give away in a special
competition, details of which can be found
here.
The Gene Watson CD Giveaway is open until
Wednesday 5 September 2007 and, if you haven't
already entered the competition, please do so &
get your friends to do likewise -
full details here.
View the 'In a Perfect World' album cover shot
Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our love',
will be released to radio next Monday (20 August
2007).
'I buried our love'
You can listen to the track (above),
courtesy of
Shanachie Records.
'In
a Perfect World', Gene Watson's new album
which will officially released on
Shanachie Records
on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
August 2007:
Tuesday 07
 Today, the Gene Watson Site is proud to
exclusively reveal a brand new Gene Watson
Biography written by esteemed Nashville country
music scribe Robert K. Oermann.
Dubbed 'The Dean of Nashville's music writers,
Robert is a multimedia figure in Music City.
He is seen regularly on the CMT series 'Inside
Fame' & on A&E's 'Biography'. Robert is
also the Editor-at-Large of 'Country Music'
magazine, a weekly columnist for the trade
publication 'Music Row' & has been published in
more than 100 other national magazines.
You can read/download a copy of Robert K.
Oermann's new Gene Watson Biography
here.
In
order to view the Robert K. Oermann biography of
Gene Watson, which is in
PDF format, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader
installed on your computer.
'In
a Perfect World', Gene Watson's new album
which will officially released on
Shanachie Records
on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
View the 'In a Perfect World' album cover shot
Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our love',
will be released to radio on Monday 20 August
2007.
'I buried our love'
You can listen to the track (above),
courtesy of
Shanachie Records.
August 2007:
Friday 03
Today, the Gene Watson Site is proud to
exclusively reveal the cover shot of 'In
a Perfect World', Gene Watson's new album
which will officially released on
Shanachie Records
on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
View the 'In a Perfect World' album cover shot
Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our love',
will be released to radio on Monday 20 August
2007.
'I buried our love'
You can listen to the track (above),
courtesy of
Shanachie Records.
August 2007:
Wednesday 01
In June 2007, the Gene Watson Site announced
that Gene Watson would appear as a special guest
on 'Ralph Emery - Live' on Monday 10 September 2007,
a show that will be carried on RFD-TV.
Please note that Gene's appearance date has been
changed to Monday 17
September 2007. 'Ralph Emery -
Live' will be broadcast at 6.00pm Central Time -
there will not be a 'live' audience, but there
will be an opportunity for fans to call in live
with questions for Gene.
RFD-TV, which was launched in December 2000,
is the USA's first 24-hour television network
dedicated to serving the needs & interests of
rural America.
RFD-TV is produced & up-linked via satellite to
all fifty states from Northstar Studios in
Nashville. The channel is proudly
distributed & carried by DISH Network, DIRECTV,
Mediacom, Charter, NRTC, Bresnan & NCTC cable
systems, with new cable systems adding the
channel most everyday.
RFD-TV programming is divided into the following
program blocks; 'Horses on RFD-TV',
'Rural/Agricultural News', 'Rural Lifestyle',
'Traditional & Ethnic Music', 'Rural Youth' &
'Video Livestock Auctions'.
Under its program banner of 'Traditional &
Ethnic Music', RFD-TV broadcasts bluegrass,
gospel, polka & traditional country music, along
with original music specials from venues around
the USA.
Remember, Gene Watson will be the special guest
on 'Ralph Emery - Live', on RFD-TV on
Monday 17 September 2007.
August 2007:
Wednesday 01
Today,
the Gene Watson Site can exclusively reveal that
Gene Watson & the Farewell Party Band will
perform at The Wheel, 421 Broadway in downtown
Nashville on Friday 14 September 2007.
Please note that The Wheel is a small club &
can only accommodate 100 people; as a consequence, seating
is limited. This Gene Watson performance
should be a very special & intimate show for
which tickets are now available priced at $35.00
each.
For all ticket enquiries (you'll have to be
fast!), please contact The Wheel in Nashville on
615-390-6247.
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