finetune artist: Gene Watson

b. Gary Gene Watson, 11 October 1943, Palestine, Texas, USA. Raised in Paris, Texas, in a musical family, he first worked as a professional at the age of 13. In 1963, he moved to Houston, where he found daytime employment in car engine and bodywork repairs. During the evenings, his vocal style, with its slight nasal sound in the best country tradition, made him a very popular honky-tonk singer around the local clubs, such as the Dynasty, where he was resident for several years. He recorded for several labels including Reeder (whose owner Russ Reeder went on to become his manager and producer), Wide World and Stoneway before gaining his first country chart entry with "Bad Water" on the Resco label in 1975. The same year, he moved to Capitol Records and had a US Top 10 country hit with the suggestive "Love In The Hot Afternoon". Further Top 10 hits followed, including "Paper Rosie", "One Sided Conversation", "Farewell Party", "Should I Come Home?" and "Nothing Sure Looked Good On You". In 1981, after moving to MCA Records, his recording of "Fourteen Carat Mind" gave him his first US country number 1. He moved to Epic in 1985, gaining a number 5 hit with "Memories To Burn", but changed to Warner Brothers Records in 1988, where he immediately repeated the success with "Don't Waste It On The Blues". Although he charted regularly throughout the 80s, he failed to find another number 1.

Listen to Gene Watson at Finetune.

Fourteen Carat Mind
Got No Reason For Goin' Home
Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget
You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without
Speak Softly (You're Talking to My Heart)

billywee on 2009-02-15 19:10:00.123:
why will you not play the songs Ipuy on my play list you play the artist but the wrong songs BILLYWEE