Gene Watson Discography
'Gene Watson: Then & Now'
Koch Records Nashville KOC-CD 9867 (2005)
'Gene Watson: Then & Now' was released on Koch Records Nashville
on Tuesday 21 June 2005.
'Gene Watson: Then & Now' discography information is presented on this site
for educational purposes only & no infringement of copyright is intended.
About 'Gene Watson: Then & Now'...
Album Sleeve Note from Gene Watson
'Special thanks to my manager, Allen Whitcomb, for working so hard to sign
me with a great label for this album & hopefully more. Thanks to Nick Hunter
at Koch Records for thinking enough of my ideas to take a chance & sign me
to a great contract.
Thanks to my fan club & all my fans that have always believed in me. Thanks
to John Nicholson & Hilltop Studios. Thanks to
Kevin McManus
for working
behind the controls, mixing & getting all of the tracks together - you've
done a great job, Kevin! Thanks to John Wesley Ryles for such great harmony
singing.
Thanks to some of the best players I have ever recorded with - Bobby All
(guitar), David Smith (bass), Jerry Kroon (drums), Jimmy Capps (rhythm
guitar), Pig Robbins (piano),
Gregg Galbraith (lead
guitar), Sonny Garrish
(steel guitar), Hank Singer (fiddle), Hoot Hester (fiddle).
Thanks to Chuck Rhodes at Koch Records for all the help & support. Special
thanks to all who helped with this CD including all the writers &
publishers, and, most of all, God! Thanks for the voice'.
Gene Watson
April 2005
'Gene Watson: Then & Now' was produced by Gene Watson
Overview
'Gene Watson: Then & Now' was the first Gene Watson collection to be
released on the Koch Records Nashville label, which was based in Nashville &
New York. However, Koch Records Nashville
effectively closed its doors in Nashville on Tuesday 18 October 2005.
'Gene Watson: Then & Now' had been planned to be the first in a
retrospective series of concept albums featuring tracks from the very early
days of Gene Watson's country music career that would see the light of day
on the Koch label. However, with the demise of the label, these plans were
curtailed.
'Gene Watson: Then & Now' includes thirteen (13) tracks, all of which have
appeared on various Gene Watson albums down through the years (as outlined
below). However, these tracks have been newly re-recorded using today's
technology & have been digitally mastered, affording long-time fans (and new
fans, too) to enjoy them.
A CD single from the album, 'I catch myself', was released to radio on
Tuesday 21 June 2005, in order to fully support the album. The original
version of 'I catch myself' was included on 'At Last'
(Warner Bros. Records, 1991).
'Gene Watson: Then & Now'
Koch Records Nashville KOC-CD 9867 (2005)
Track Listing
1 'If I'm a fool for leaving'
*
Written by Little Jimmy Dickens &
Skip Graves
Published by Universal Cedarwood Publishing (BMI)
2 'Only yesterday' **
Written by Robert Joseph Regan
Published by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP)
3 'If I were you, I'd fall in love with me'
***
Written by David Kirby & Warren Robb
Published by Millstone Music Co. (ASCAP) / Almarie Music (BMI)
4 'Baby me baby' •
Written by Harlan Howard
Published by Sony / ATV Publishing (BMI)
5 'Back in the fire' ••
Written by Rory Bourke & Mike Reid
Published by BMG Songs (ASCAP), Songs De Burgo (ASCAP) Universal Polygram
International Publishing (ASCAP)
6 'You could know as much about a stranger'
♪
Written by Nadine Bryant
Published by BB & C Music Publishing Company (ASCAP)
Bob Moore Music, admin by Bug Music (ASCAP)
7 'I didn't think of you at all'
•••
Written by Roger Brown
Published by Universal MCA Music Publishing (ASCAP)
8 'Sometimes I get lucky and forget'
***
Written by Bob Lee House & Ernie Rowell
Published by Blue Creek Music (BMI), Booth & Watson Music (BMI, On The House
Music (BMI), Universal Songs of Polygram International (BMI)
9 'Everybody needs a hero' •••
Written by Max D. Barnes & Troy Seals
Published by Two-Sons Music (ASCAP), W.B. Music Corp (ASCAP), Sony / ATV
Tree Publishing (BMI)
10 'I wonder how it is in Colorado'
♪♪
Written by
Joe Allen
Published by Sony / ATV Tree Publishing (BMI)
11 'The jukebox played along'
••
Written by Kenneth Bell & Charles Quillen
Published by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP), Next of Ken Music (BMI)
12 'You put out an old flame last night'
***
Written by David Lindsey & Ernie Rowell
Published by Blue Creek Music (BMI), Booth & Watson Music (BMI), Cross
Timbers Music (BMI), Universal Songs of Polygram International (BMI)
13 'I catch myself' **
Written by Bruce Burch
Published by Ensign Music Corporation (BMI)
'If I'm a fool for leaving' (track indicated thus
*) was originally included on 'Gene
Watson' (Wide World Records,
1969 / Stoneway Records,
1973) & 'Because
You Believed in Me' (Capitol Records,
1976).
'If I'm a fool for leaving' (track
indicated thus *) was
co-written by Skip Graves & Little Jimmy Dickens;
Skip Graves graciously
submitted a quote for the 'Peers' section of
gene-watson.com on Saturday 3 March 2007 & you can read Skip's words about
Gene Watson here.
'Because You Believed in Me'
(Capitol Records, 1976) was released as a special
2-on-1 CD set, along with 'Beautiful Country'
(Capitol Records, 1977), by Hux Records (England) in October/November
2005.
'Only yesterday' & 'I catch myself' (tracks indicated thus
**) were originally included on
'At Last' (Warner Bros.
Records, 1991).
'If I were you, I'd fall in love with me', 'Sometimes I get lucky & forget'
& 'You put out an old flame last night' (tracks indicated thus
***) were originally included
on 'Sometimes I Get Lucky'
(MCA Records, 1983).
'Baby me baby' (track indicated thus •)
was originally included on 'This Dream's on Me'
(MCA Records, 1982).
'Back in the fire' & 'The jukebox played along' (tracks indicated thus
••) were originally included on
'Back in the Fire' (Warner
Bros. Records, 1989).
'You could know as much about a stranger' (track indicated thus
♪) was originally included on 'Love
in the Hot Afternoon' (Capitol Records,
1975).
'Love in the Hot Afternoon'
(Capitol Records, 1975) was released as a special
2-on-1 CD set,
along with 'Paper Rosie'
(Capitol Records, 1977), by Hux Records (England) in October/November
2005.
'I didn't think of you at all' & 'Everybody needs a hero' (tracks indicated
thus •••) were originally
included on 'Honky
Tonk Crazy' (Epic Records,
1987).
'I wonder how it is in Colorado' (track indicated thus
♪♪) was originally included on 'Reflections'
(Capitol Records, 1978).
'Reflections' (Capitol
Records, 1978) was released as a special
2-on-1 CD set, along with
'Should I Come Home' (Capitol Records, 1979), by
Hux Records
(England) on Monday 27 January
2009.
You can read a CMP review of 'Gene Watson: Then & Now'
here. The review, which
was written by Al Moir, was published in the October 2005 issue of the
United Kingdom monthly publication
Country Music People.
'Gene Watson: Then & Now'
Koch Records Nashville KOC-CD 9867 (2005)
Musician Credits
Acoustic Guitar: Bobby All & Jimmy Capps
Drums: Jerry Kroon
Lead Guitar: Gregg Galbraith
Steel Guitar: Sonny Garrish
Piano: Hargus 'Pig' Robbins
Fiddle: Hank Singer & Hoot Hester
Bass: David Smith
Harmony Vocals: John Wesley Ryles