On Wednesday 10 February 2021, Gene Watson was reminiscing about 'Hee Haw', an American television variety show featuring country music and humour with the fictional rural 'Kornfield Kounty' as the backdrop.
'Thanks to someone telling me that the website, RolandNote, lists Saturday 11 February 1989 as the date I taped a Hee Haw segment, and Reba McEntire was also a guest.
That show was one of my favourites. It was taped in bits and pieces, so I could jump off my bus, tape my performance and head back out on tour.
'Back in The Fire' (written by Mike Reid and Rory Bourke) was a single that year (Billboard Country Music Singles Chart: No.20, 1989 / Canadian RPM Singles Chart: No.24, 1989), so maybe that was the song I sang.
Hard to remember it all from back then'
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• Gene Watson on Facebook
Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humour with the fictional rural 'Kornfield Kounty' as the backdrop. It aired first-run on CBS from 1969 to 1971, in syndication from 1971 to 1993, and on TNN from 1996 to 1997.
Reruns of the series ran on RFD-TV (from September 2008 through April 2020) and currently on Circle (beginning January 2020).
