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Archived News with regard to Gene Watson, his music &
his career from June 2007...
June 2007:
Wednesday 27
The Gene Watson Site is proud to announce that 'In
a Perfect World', Gene's debut album for
Shanachie Records, will be officially
released on Tuesday 25 September 2007.
'In A Perfect World' from Gene Watson
is anticipated to be one of the more important
country music albums of 2007.
Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
June 2007:
Monday 25
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.
On Monday 10 September 2007, Gene Watson will be
the special guest on 'Ralph Emery - Live', which
will be carried on RFD-TV.
Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
June 2007:
Friday 22
The Gene Watson Site is proud to announce that 'In
a Perfect World' will be the title of Gene's debut album for
Shanachie Records.
'In A Perfect World'
(the song) was written by
Harley Allen &
Tim Mensy.
'In A Perfect World' (the new Gene
Watson album)
is slated for a September 2007 release & is
anticipated to be one of the outstanding country
music albums of the year.
Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
June 2007:
Thursday 21
The Gene Watson Site is proud to announce the
title of one of the tracks that will grace
Gene's debut album for Shanachie Records, which
is slated for a September 2007 release.
The
track is 'This side of the door' (co-written by
Tim Mensy &
Shawn Camp) & features a guest vocal from
Mark Chesnutt.
The track was recorded on Thursday 7 June 2007
when this
photo of Gene & Mark
pictured together was taken.

'This
side of the door' was originally recorded by
Mark Chesnutt &
was included on his 'What a Way to Live' album,
which was released on Decca Records (Decca
11094) in 1994.
'This
side of the door' was also recorded by
Tim Mensy
&
was included on his self-titled ('Tim Mensy') album,
which was released on PJM Records in 2002.
Gene Watson's debut album for
Shanachie Records, which is slated for a
September 2007 release, is anticipated to be one
of the outstanding country music albums of the
year.

Source
The Official
Mark Chesnutt Site
June 2007:
Tuesday 19
Gene Watson will grace the hallowed stage of The
Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on Friday 13 July
2007.
Details of
Gene's scheduled slot will be posted soon.
In the meantime, please check out the
Opry site.
Please check out the
WSM
650 site for further information.
If you are unable to listen via WSM 650AM or online, you will have an opportunity to
listen (online) to an archived version of Gene's
performance at a later date.
Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
June 2007:
Thursday 14
On Thursday 7 June 2007, Gene Watson & the
Farewell Party Band (Corky Owens, Joe Eddie
Gough, Staley Rogers & Steve Anderson) gave an
outstanding performance at The Riverfront Stages
at the CMA Music Festival (formerly Fan Fair)
in Nashville.
Gene performed five of his classic recordings on
the day;
'Fourteen carat mind', 'Love in the hot
afternoon', 'Memories to burn', 'Paper Rosie' &
'Farewell party'.
The Gene Watson Site has gained permission to
link to the special Gene Watson photos, which
were taken by photographer Dan Harr. You
have the opportunity to view these extraordinary
shots of Gene
here.

News Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
Photos Source
Dan Harr,
Music News Nashville
June 2007:
Thursday 07
Tonight, Gene
Watson & the Farewell Party Band (Corky Owens,
Joe Eddie Gough, Staley Rogers & Steve Anderson)
gave a rare & outstanding performance at The
Nashville Palace (a re-modelled
& lovely, spacious club with a full
dining menu, which is located just across from
the Opryland Hotel).
Several distinguished individuals attended the
performance on this special night;
Billy Yates was
seated right down front. Gene was very
pleased to see him & acknowledged his presence
several times from the stage during the course
of the evening.
Gene
Watson has recorded
two Billy Yates' compositions; 'Flowers' & 'Hold me' were
included on the 'Gene Watson...Sings' album, which was released on Intersound Records in 2003.
Gene's new producer
Brent Rowan was also in the audience, as was
Gene's good friend, CAA agent Stan Barnett & his
manager John Lytle (Lytle
Management).
The wonderful bluegrass diva
Rhonda Vincent
made a point of attending the entire
performance, so that she too could enjoy the
master at work; Gene was not aware that Rhonda
was present until after the show.
Gene received a standing ovation for his
performance of Marty Robbins' 'You gave me a
mountain' (included on Gene's 'Uncharted
Mind' album on Step One Records in 1993);
in fact, he received a wonderful reception to
each & every song he performed on the night.
Gene also graciously mentioned his legion of
fans in Ireland, stating that they knew his
album material as well as they knew his hit
singles. The track 'Carmen' (originally
included on the 'Memories
to Burn' album on Epic Records in 1985) was
dedicated to all of Gene's Irish fans.
Gene also informed the audience that he had
recorded
Merle Haggard's 'Today I started loving you
again' (the track will be included on his debut
album for
Shanachie Records, which is slated for a
September 2007 release) & he performed exquisite
versions of 'Baby me baby', 'I catch myself' &
'This dream's on me'.
Gene Watson's performance at
The Nashville
Palace lasted for 75 minutes.
News Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
June 2007:
Thursday 07
Today, in between performing at the CMA Music
Festival & The Nashville Palace, Gene
Watson & his producer
Brent Rowan visited the recording studio.
Mark Chesnutt
dropped by & added his vocals to a track,
which will feature on Gene's debut album for
Shanachie Records -
here's a photo of Gene & Mark together.
Mark Chesnutt, a fellow Texan, was one of the
artists who put on a benefit concert for Gene
when he was suffering from colon cancer & had
extraordinary health costs that his insurance
would not cover. Gene has said that he
will never forget that gift from Mark & that he
considers him to be a truly great friend.
Gene Watson's debut album for
Shanachie Records, which is slated for a
September 2007 release, is anticipated to be one
of the outstanding country music albums of the
year.
News Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
June 2007:
Thursday 07
Today, Gene
Watson & the Farewell Party Band (Corky Owens,
Joe Eddie Gough, Staley Rogers & Steve Anderson)
gave an outstanding performance at The
Riverfront Stages at the CMA Music Festival
(formerly Fan Fair)
in Nashville.
Gene performed five of his classic recordings;
'Fourteen carat mind', 'Love in the hot
afternoon', 'Memories to burn', 'Paper Rosie' &
'Farewell party'.
The Gene Watson Site is proud to publish exclusive
photographs of the event on Thursday 8 June
2007:

Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3 | Photo 4
News & Photos Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
June 2007:
Wednesday 06
In
April 2007, it had been announced that
Gene
Watson had been selected as one of the subjects
for inclusion within
Marty Stuart's second book of photographs.
Marty is known as one of the most diverse
talents in country music, but people may not
know that photography is a passion of his as
well. Marty published his first book of
photographs & essays, 'Pilgrims: Sinners, Saints
& Prophets' in 1999.
Marty Stuart's second book of photographs will
be titled 'Country Music: The Masters' & will
contain portraits of legendary country artists,
along with photos of people, places & things
associated with them.

Photo 1
| Photo 2 | Photo 3
Gene Watson's photo session with Marty Stuart
took place on Friday 6 April 2007 at the newly
renovated Nashville Palace.
Marty Stuart
has put the finishing touches to
his second book of photographs - 'Country Music: The Masters' went on sale
today (Wednesday 6 June
2007). The late
Johnny Cash will grace the collection's
front cover.
News Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
The Official Marty Stuart
Site
Photos
Source
Marty Stuart
June 2007:
Monday 04
Gene
Watson's debut album for
Shanachie Records, which is slated for a
September 2007 release, will include eleven
tracks.
Three of these tracks will be covers of some of
Gene's favourite classic country songs.
The
Gene Watson Site can exclusively reveal that one
of these three classic covers will be
Merle Haggard's 'Today I started Loving You
Again' (co-written by Merle Haggard &
Bonnie Owens).
Merle Haggard's 'The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde'
spent 2 weeks at No.1 on the Billboard country
music singles chart in 1968 (27 April - 11 May)
& the 'b' side of the single was 'Today I
Started Loving You Again'.
Though Merle's version never charted, the song
has gone on to become a country music classic &
was originally included on 'The Legend of Bonnie
& Clyde' album, which was released on Capitol
Records in 1968.
In
1975,
Sammi Smith (5 August 1943 - 12 February
2005) enjoyed a Top 10 hit on Billboard with
'Today I Started Loving You Again'.
Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
June 2007:
Friday 01
Gene
Watson & the Farewell Party Band will perform at
the Sparkman Civic Center in Hartselle, Alabama
on Friday 8 June 2007.
The performance begins at 7pm - please refer to
the promotional poster (above right).
Source
Sarah Brosmer,
Lytle Management, Nashville
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