Gene Watson News Archive: August 2007
Read Archive 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
aired between 10.00am & 3.00pm (CST).
It was at this time that KOYN added Gene Watson's new single 'I buried our love' to their play-list.
The single was shipped to radio stations worldwide on Monday 20 August 2007
& was a cut from Gene Watson's new
Shanachie Records album 'In
a Perfect World' which was going to 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).
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management,
Nashville
August 2007
Wednesday 29
The
Country Startpage website, which was based in The Netherlands,
offered
artists the possibility to promote their albums. In order to obtain free
promotion, all artists had to do
was send a copy of their latest album to
The Country Startpage & it would be featured on the site under the banner 'We
Proudly Promote'.
Shanachie Records sent a copy of Gene Watson's 'In a Perfect World' to
Johan at The Country Startpage & he featured the album on
his home
page (under the banner 'We Proudly Promote'), with the album cover, a link
to the Gene Watson Fan Site, a link to buy the album & some kind words.
Source
Johan, Country Startpage, The Netherlands
August 2007
Wednesday 29
Today, there was one week left for the Gene
Watson Fan Site CD Giveaway (courtesy of
Shanachie Records).
The Gene Watson Fan Site had 5 autographed copies of Gene's new album 'In a
Perfect World' to give away in a special competition,
which was open until Wednesday 5 September 2007 -
full details here.
Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our love', was released to radio
worldwide on Monday 20 August 2007.
You can listen to
'I buried our love' (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.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management, Nashville
Shanachie Records, Newton, New Jersey
Sean Brady, Gene Watson
Fan Site
August 2007
Wednesday 29
Gene Watson flew to Minneapolis, MN on Monday 27 August 2007.
This planned trip was undertaken so that Gene Watson
could take part in a special
photo shoot for No Depression, a magazine that
covered all aspects of 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
were planning a major feature on Gene Watson which
would be
included in a future edition of the magazine. The
No Depression photographer
for the Gene Watson photo shoot in Minneapolis, MN was
expected to be Darin Back.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management,
Nashville
No Depression
Visit Darin Back's Official Site
August 2007
Monday 27
Today, the Gene Watson Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson took
part in a 10-minute interview (on Wednesday 22 August 2007) with Ken Bruce
for U105.
U105 was the independent local radio service for the Belfast area &
broadcast on 105.8 FM.
This Gene Watson interview with Ken Bruce was broadcast
on Monday 27
August 2007 on U105, just after the 8.00pm (UK
& Irish time) news.
Source
Ken Bruce, 'Ken's Classic Country', U105, Belfast, Northern Ireland
August 2007
Saturday 25
Today, the Gene Watson Fan
Site exclusively announced that Gene Watson
had been invited
to participate in a taping of Country's Family Reunion.
The recording was expected to take 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
had been asked to take part in January 2008.
Source
Carrie Moore-Read, Third Coast Talent, Nashville
August 2007
Saturday 25
Today, the Gene Watson Fan
Site exclusively announced that Gene Watson &
the Farewell
Party Band & Country Music Hall of Fame member Little Jimmy Dickens
would participate in a Grand Ole Opry spectacular at
the Llano Opry in Llano,
Texas on Saturday 12 January 2008.
There would be two show performances; the first
would be at 2.30pm & the
second would be at 7.30pm. Tickets for this special event
were 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 'Reflections'
(Capitol Records, 1978).
Source
Carrie Moore-Read, Third Coast Talent, Nashville
August 2007
Friday 24
Today, the Gene Watson Fan Site officially
confirmed that Gene would
be a
special guest on the Eddie Stubbs' radio show on WSM. The show, 'An Intimate
Evening with Eddie Stubbs', would be broadcast 'live' from the Country Music
Hall of Fame on Wednesday 12 September 2007 from 7.00-9.00pm (CST).
During the course of the show, Rhonda Vincent would
be performing the Buck
Owens' classic 'Together Again' (as featured on Gene
Watson's new album 'In a
Perfect World') with Gene, along with producer
Brent Rowan playing guitar.
Gene Watson was expected to 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).
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management,
Nashville
August 2007
Thursday 23
Today, the Gene Watson Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson took
part in a 10-minute interview (on Wednesday 22 August 2007) with Ken Bruce
for U105.
U105 was the independent local radio service for the Belfast area &
broadcast on 105.8 FM.
This Gene Watson interview with Ken Bruce was expected to
be broadcast at 8.00pm (UK & Irish
time) on Monday 27 August 2007.
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 Watson was delighted to learn that Jolene was such a fan of his music & to hear
that she had attended a number of his performances.
Jolene, in an email to the Gene Watson
Fan Site, stated that she had found the
site to be very helpful in preparing for her interview with Gene on
the morning of Thursday 23
August 2007.
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.
The interview, which is in Windows media format, can be
head
here.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management,
Nashville
August 2007
Wednesday 22
Today, the Gene Watson Fan Site
exclusively published a 'Face to Face'
interview (courtesy of the Monaghan Post) which 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, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.
If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, you can download a free
copy of the software here.
The Monaghan Post (County Monaghan's first full colour tabloid newspaper)
was
published weekly on Thursdays. The 'Face to Face' interview with Gene Watson
was expected to be published in the Monaghan Post
on Thursday 24 August 2007.
Thank you to Teresa McGowan, Editor, Monaghan Post for allowing
the Gene
Watson Fan Site to publish the interview prior to its publication in their
newspaper.
This 'Face to Face' interview with Gene Watson in the Monaghan Post
was in preparation for Gene Watson's tour of Ireland
which would take place in October 2007
(in venues in the 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
Belfast's Downtown Radio between 7.00pm & 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 Watson'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' 'Don't you ever get tired of
hurting me' & 'I buried our love' through
links on the Gene Watson Fan
Site.
Trevor also gave a lot of promotion to the
Shanachie Records CD Giveaway
which was being run on the
Gene Watson Fan Site until
Wednesday 5 September 2007.
Source
Sean Brady, Gene Watson Fan
Site
August 2007
Wednesday 22
Today, the Gene Watson Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson would
take part in an interview (that day) with
the Ballymena Guardian.
This interview with the Ballymena Guardian
was in preparation for Gene
Watson's tour of Ireland which would take place
in October 2007 (in venues in the 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 Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson
would
take part in an interview (that day) with
the Coleraine News/Chronicle.
This interview with the Coleraine News/Chronicle
was in preparation for Gene Watson's tour of Ireland
which would take place in October 2007 (in
venues in the 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 Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson would
take part in an interview (that day) with
Dublin's Country Mix 106.8FM.
Dublin's Country Mix 106.8FM
was the independent country music service for
Dublin City & County on 106.8 FM. Although intended for Dublin, the service
could also be heard over a large area of neighbouring counties Meath, Louth,
Cavan, Kildare & Wicklow.
This interview with Dublin's Country Mix 106.8FM was
in preparation for Gene Watson's tour of Ireland which
would take place in October 2007 (in venues in the
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 Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson
would
take part in an interview (that day) at 4.30pm UK/Irish time with Francie Quinn
at Six FM.
Six FM was the local radio service (in Northern Ireland) for Cookstown &
Magherafelt (106.0 FM) & for Dungannon (on 107.2 FM).
This interview with Francie Quinn at Six FM was in
preparation for Gene Watson's tour of Ireland which would
take place in October 2007 (in venues in the
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 Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson
would
take part in an interview (that day) with Craig Baguley, Editor of the UK's
highly influential monthly Country Music People
magazine.
This interview with Craig Baguley at
Country Music People
was in preparation for Gene Watson's tour of Ireland
which would take place in October 2007 (in
venues in the 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 Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson
would
take part in an interview (on Wednesday 22 August 2007) with
the Ballymena
Guardian.
This interview with the Ballymena Guardian
was in preparation for Gene Watson's tour of Ireland
which would take place in October 2007 (in
venues in the 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 Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson would
take part in an interview (on Wednesday 22 August 2007) with
Dublin's
Country Mix 106.8FM.
Dublin's Country Mix 106.8FM
was the independent country music service for
Dublin City & County on 106.8 FM. Although intended for Dublin, the service
could also be heard over a large area of neighbouring counties Meath, Louth,
Cavan, Kildare & Wicklow.
This interview with Dublin's Country Mix 106.8FM was
in preparation for Gene Watson's tour of Ireland which
would take place in October 2007 (in venues in the
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 Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson would
take part in an interview (on Wednesday 22 August 2007) with Francie Quinn
at Six FM.
Six FM was the local radio service for Cookstown & Magherafelt
(106.0 FM) & Dungannon (107.2 FM).
This interview with Francie Quinn at Six FM was in
preparation for Gene Watson's tour of Ireland which would
take place in October 2007 (in venues in the
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 Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson
would
take part in an interview (on Wednesday 22 August 2007) with Craig Baguley,
Editor of the UK's highly influential monthly
Country Music People
magazine.
This interview with Craig Baguley at
Country Music People
was in preparation for Gene Watson's tour of Ireland
which would take place in October 2007 (in
venues in the Republic of
Ireland & Northern Ireland) - you can find full details
here.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management,
Nashville
August 2007
Tuesday 21
Today, it was announced that Gene Watson
would grace the hallowed stage of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville
on Tuesday 11 September 2007.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management, Nashville
August 2007
Tuesday 21
Today, the Gene Watson Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson would
take part in an interview (that day) with Hot Country CIMR.
Hot Country CIMR was a temporary country music service which broadcast 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 was in
preparation for Gene Watson's tour of Ireland which would
take place in October 2007 (in venues in the
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 Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson would
take part in an interview (that day) with
the Monaghan Post (County Monaghan's
first full-colour tabloid newspaper), which
was is published weekly on
Thursdays.
The interview was expected to be published under the banner of 'Face to Face'
appear in the Monaghan Post
on Thursday 24 August 2007.
The Monaghan Post covered Monaghan
(town), Carrickmacross, Castleblaney,
Clones & Ballybay, along with Monaghan's natural hinterland of Cavan, Armagh, Louth,
Fermanagh & Tyrone.
This interview with the Monaghan Post
was in preparation for Gene Watson's tour of Ireland
which would take place in October 2007 (in
venues in the 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 Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson
would
take part in an interview (that day) with Mid West Radio.
Mid West Radio, based in Ballyhaunis, was the independent local radio service
for County Mayo, in the west of the Republic of Ireland.
This interview with Mid West Radio was in preparation for Gene Watson's
tour of Ireland which would take place in October 2007 (in
venues in the Republic of Ireland & Northern
Ireland) - you can find full details
of the tour here.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management, Nashville
August 2007
Monday 20
Today, Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our love',
was officially released
to radio stations worldwide.
You can listen to 'I buried our love' (above), courtesy of
Shanachie Records.
The release of 'I buried our love' was a prelude to the release of 'In a
Perfect World' - Gene Watson's new album
would be officially released on Shanachie Records on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management, Nashville
Shanachie Records, Newton, New Jersey
August 2007
Saturday 18
Today, the Gene Watson Fan Site exclusively
announced that Gene Watson would fly to
Minneapolis, MN on Monday 27 August 2007.
This planned trip would involve a photo shoot for
No Depression, a magazine that
covered all aspects of the
alt-country music scene.
No Depression
were planning a major feature on Gene Watson which
would be
included in a future edition of the magazine. The
No Depression photographer
for the Gene Watson photo shoot in Minneapolis, MN was
going to be Darin Back.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management, Nashville
No Depression
August 2007
Thursday 16
Today, the Gene Watson Fan Site CD Giveaway (courtesy of
Shanachie Records)
received major promotion on the home page (and news page) of the
CMR
Nashville website; thanks to Lee Williams for his kindness.
The Gene Watson Fan Site had 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 was open until
Wednesday 5 September 2007 - full details here.
Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our love',
would be released to radio on Monday
20 August 2007.
You can listen to 'I buried our love' (above), courtesy of
Shanachie Records.
'In a Perfect World', Gene Watson's new album,
would be officially released
on Shanachie Records on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management,
Nashville
Shanachie Records, Newton, New Jersey
Sean Brady, Gene Watson Fan
Site
August 2007
Wednesday 15
For the previous two weeks, the Gene Watson
Fan Site CD Giveaway (courtesy of
Shanachie Records)
had been a resounding success. Sean Brady
expressed a word of thanks to all those
who had entered the competition
up to that point.
The Gene Watson Fan Site had 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 was open until
Wednesday 5 September 2007 - full details here.
Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our love',
would be released to radio
on Monday 20 August 2007.
You can listen to 'I buried our love' (above), courtesy of
Shanachie Records.
'In a Perfect World', Gene Watson's new album,
would be officially released
on Shanachie Records on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management, Nashville
Shanachie Records, Newton, New Jersey
Sean Brady, Gene Watson Fan Site
August 2007
Tuesday 07
Today, the Gene Watson Fan Site
proudly announced that a brand new Gene
Watson Biography had been 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, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer
- get Adobe Reader here.
'In a Perfect World', Gene Watson's new album which will officially released
on Shanachie Records on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our love',
would be released to radio on
Monday 20 August 2007.
You can listen to 'I buried our love' (above), courtesy of
Shanachie Records.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management, Nashville
Shanachie Records, Newton, New Jersey
August 2007
Friday 03
Today, the Gene Watson Fan Site exclusively
revealed the cover shot of
'In a Perfect World', Gene Watson's new album which
was going to be officially released
on Shanachie Records on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
Gene Watson's new single, 'I buried our love',
was going to be released to radio on
Monday 20 August 2007.
You can listen to 'I buried our love' (above), courtesy of
Shanachie Records.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management, Nashville
Shanachie Records, Newton, New Jersey
August 2007
Wednesday 01
In June 2007, the Gene Watson Fan Site announced that Gene Watson would appear
as a special guest on 'Ralph Emery - Live' on Monday 10 September 2007, a
show that would be carried on RFD-TV.
However, Gene Watson's appearance date
had now been changed to Monday 17
September 2007. 'Ralph Emery - Live' would be broadcast at 6.00pm
(CST) - there
would not be a 'live' audience, but there
would be an opportunity
for fans to call in live with questions for Gene.
RFD-TV, which was launched in December 2000, was the USA's first 24-hour
television network dedicated to serving the needs & interests of rural
America.
RFD-TV was produced & up-linked via satellite to all fifty states from Northstar Studios in Nashville. The channel
was 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 was 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.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management, Nashville
August 2007
Wednesday 01
Today, the Gene Watson Fan Site exclusively
revealed that Gene Watson & the
Farewell Party Band would perform at The Wheel, 421 Broadway in downtown
Nashville on Friday 14 September 2007.
The Wheel was a small club &
could only accommodate one
hundred
people; as a consequence, seating was limited. This Gene Watson performance
was expected to be a very special & intimate show for which tickets
were
priced at $35.00 each.
Source
Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management, Nashville