Gene Watson Music

Gene Watson has been singing professionally since the late 1950s & has been a country music (album) recording artist since the late 1960s.

Gene Watson steps into a recording studio and, like a great chef, uses the perfect ingredients to create an aural feast.  When Gene Watson takes a step behind the microphone, magic happens.

Gene Watson's contribution to the country music genre is immeasurable and it is here that you will find information about Gene's contributions to various album releases.

Gene Watson's amazing vocal presence has been recognised by so many and, as a consequence, he has been invited to be on a number of other releases, where he has provided vocal harmonies or added a complete guest vocal.

The album releases referred to here are ones to which Gene Watson has contributed a vocal track or harmony vocals.

Gene Watson performs 'Cowboys don't get lucky all the time' on the soundtrack of the Sam Peckinpah-directed 'Convoy', a movie which starred Kris Kristofferson & Ali McGraw.

'Cowboys don't get lucky all the time' had originally been included on Gene Watson's 'Beautiful Country' album, which was released on Capitol Records (ST11715) in 1977.

Gene Watson performs 'Any way you want me' on the soundtrack of the Clint Eastwood movie 'Any Which Way You Can' film, which was released in 1980.  The soundtrack album was released on Viva Records (Viva HS3499) in 1980.

Gene Watson was only too pleased to add his distinctive harmony vocals to the track 'Tempted', which was included on a fine, traditional (& highly acclaimed) album from the 'First Lady of Country Music' - Tammy Wynette (5 May 1942 - 6 April 1998).

The 'Higher Ground' album was released on Epic Records (EPIC 4511481) in 1987.

Gene Watson performs a 'duet' with Ernest Tubb (RIP) on 'Yesterday's winner is a loser today'.

The 'Ernest Tubb Collection' album was originally released on First Generation Records in 1979 under the title of 'The Legend & the Legacy'.

However, Gene Watson's contribution on 'Yesterday's winner is a loser today' did not see the light of day until Step One Records released their version of this Ernest Tubb set in 1989 ('Ernest Tubb Collection': Step One Records SOR 0049, 1989).

First Generation Records (and this tribute album to Ernest Tubb) were the brainchild of famed session steel guitar player Pete Drake (8 October 1932 - 29 July 1988).

Gene Watson performs a duet with George Jones on the song 'Silver bells', which was included on the 'Nashville Christmas Album', a seasonal album released on Sony Music in 1991.
 

Gene Watson performs two 'duets' (Willie Nelson's 'Sad songs & waltzes' & 'Yesterday's winner is a loser today') with Ernest Tubb on 'The Legendary Ernest Tubb & Friends', a collection released on Laserlight Records in 1992.

Gene Watson performs 'I can't help it (if I'm still in love with you)' on the 'Hank Williams Tribute' compilation album, which was released by EMI Records (EMI 0777 7 81301 2 3) in 1992.

The album was reviewed by Craig Baguley in the March 1993 issue of Country Music People - you can read the review here.

Gene Watson's version of 'I can't help it (if I'm still in love with you)' was originally included on the 'Should I Come Home' album, which was released on Capitol Records in 1979.

Gene Watson performs two 'duets' (Willie Nelson's 'Sad songs & waltzes' & 'Yesterday's winner is a loser today') with Ernest Tubb on 'Ernest Tubb & Friends', a collection released on Prism Leisure (PLAT CD4942) in 2004.
 

Gene Watson performs the Bob Wills' classic 'Lily Dale' on 'Bob Wills: Tribute to Bob's 100th Birthday' (Common Ground Records CGR 7230, 2005), a special collection honouring the legacy of Bob Wills, the original 'King of Western Swing'.

Gene Watson performs the Willie Nelson classic 'Pretty Paper' on 'Still Believing in Christmas' (Seasong Recordings, 2006), a special seasonal collection that captures the essence of Christmas.

The 'Still Believing in Christmas' album project was produced by songwriter Dave Lindsey; Gene has recorded a number of Dave's compositions including 'This torch that I carry for you', 'What she don't know won't hurt her', 'You put out an old flame last night', 'I guess you had to be there', 'Independence day', 'With any luck at all' & 'Somewhere over you'.

Gene's contribution of Willie Nelson's 'Pretty Paper' was recorded at the Hilltop Studio in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday 12 April 2006 & the session was produced by Dave Lindsey.

Track Listing

1 'Merry Christmas to me' (Lorrie Morgan)
2 'Pretty Paper' (Gene Watson)
3 'Ding-a-ling the Christmas Bell' (Lynn Anderson)
4 'The First Noel' (Helen Cornelius)
5 'Happy Birthday Jesus' (Porter Wagoner)
6 'Christmas in Mexico' (TG Sheppard)
7 'Bethlehem' (David Frizzell)
8 'Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!' (Tanya Tucker)
9 'My First Christmas without You' (Kelly Lang)
10 'Twas the Night before Christmas' (Little Jimmy Dickens)
11 'Winter Wonderland' (Lloyd Knight)
12 'One Little Star' (Crystal Gayle)
13 'O Holy Night' (Daryle Singletary with The Jordanaires)
14 'He Would be King' (Justin Ryan)
15 'Still Believing in Christmas' (Bill Anderson)

The Dave Lindsey produced project was released by Seasong Records (owned by Liem Logue and Sherry Johnson) in November 2006.