Gene Watson Music

Overview
Gene Watson's fourth (and final) album for Step One Records was 'A Way to Survive', which was released in 1997.  The 'A Way to Survive' album is a rather unusual release.  It includes ten tracks, but only seven of these tracks were new songs.

'A Way to Survive' includes a re-recording of 'Fourteen carat mind' (Gene's one & only Billboard No.1 country hit from January 1982), the original version of which can be found on the 'Old Loves Never Die' album, which was released on MCA Records in 1981.

The 'A Way to Survive' album is an unusual in another way.  The tracks 'Old porch swing' & 'Class reunion' are also included; these aforementioned tracks were originally included on the 'In Other Words' album, which was released on Broadland Records/Mercury Canada in 1992.

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All tracks on the 'A Way to Survive' album were produced by Ray Pennington, with the exception of tracks indicated thus ••.

'Old porch swing' & 'Class reunion' (tracks indicated thus ••) were produced by Gary Buck (RIP).
The 'A Way to Survive' album was recorded at Oak Valley Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, where the Recording Engineer was Kevin McManus.
Mastering: John Eberle, Nashville Record Productions

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The 'In Other Words' album was released on Broadland Records/Mercury Canada in 1992 & was produced by Gary Buck (RIP).  The Recording Engineer was Les Ladd & the studio used was Reflections in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Mastering was undertaken by Denny Purcell, Georgetown Masters.  The recording sessions for the 'In Other Words' album took place in Nashville, Tennessee between December 1991 & February 1992.
 

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'A Way to Survive'
Step One Records SOR 0111 (1997)

Track Listing

1 'Couldn't love have picked a better place to die'
Written by Curly Putman & Bucky Jones
Published by Sony / ATV Songs LLC dba Tree Publishing Company (BMI)/ Sony / ATV Tunes LLC dba Cross Keys Publishing Company (ASCAP)

2 'Just in case'
Written by Rick Tiger & Shawn Hammonds
Published by Skyrock Music, ASCAP / Atwood-Tiger Creations Music, BMI

3 'A way to survive'
Written by Hank Cochran & Moneen Carpenter
Published by Sony / ATV Songs LLC dba Tree Publishing Company (BMI)

4 'When there's not a tear left to my name'
Written by Billy Troy & Bennie Boling
Published by Tote-A-Note Music, BMI / Killen Songs, Inc. BMI

5 'You can't believe a thing I say'
Written by Don Miller & Jamey Whiting
Published by Songmaker Music, ASCAP / Songpeddler Music, BMI

6 'Someone's child'
Written by Billy Troy & Lee Bach
Published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, BMI /
Randy Scruggs Music, BMI / Tote-A-Note Music, BMI

7 'All hat no cattle' •••
Written by Lee Bach, Billy Troy & Leroy Anderson
Published by Tote-A-Note Music, BMI / Balzac Music, SOCAN

8 'Fourteen carat mind' •
Written by Dallas Frazier & Larry Lee (RIP)
Published by Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.

9 'Old porch swing' ••
Written by Joe Allen & Charlie Williams (RIP)
Published by Joe Allen Music, BMI / Green Harbor Music, BMI

10 'Class reunion' ••
Written by Don Henry & Craig Morris
Published by Sony / ATV Tunes LLC
dba Cross Keys Publishing Company (ASCAP)