Gene Watson Biography
Gary Gene Watson is an American country singer. He was born on October 11, 1943 in Palestine, Texas.
As a young adult, Gene settled in Houston, TX and began performing in the big Houston nightclubs while working as a paint and body man during the day. He developed a strong local following with his stage act and it was in Houston where he released his debut single on Sun Valley Records. That single, titled “If It Was That Easy” didn’t make any charts but as Gene states “it was just exciting to see my name on a record release and to believe that I was really in the business”.
In 1964, the Grand Ole Opry duo, The Wilburn Brothers, took Gene on the road briefly. It was The Wilburn Brothers who brought Gene to Nashville for the very first time and allowed him to sing on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. Gene notes “I sang the Hank Williams song ‘I Can’t Help It if I’m Still in Love With You’ and got a standing ovation so not knowing what to follow with I just went out and did a gospel standard ‘It Is No Secret What God Can Do’. After that, they carried me down to the Ernest Tubb Record Shop and I got on stage and broadcast on The Midnight Jamboree.”
Then it was back to the Texas honky-tonks and a string of local singles throughout the ‘60s.
In 1974, one of Gene Watson’s small-label singles caught the ear of Capitol Records. He was an auto-body repairman and the featured performer at Houston’s Dynasty nightclub when the label picked up the steamy, sexual waltz “Love in the Hot Afternoon” for national distribution. It became the first of Gene Watson’s two-dozen top-10 hits in early 1975.
Gene Watson quit drinking in 1980 and quit smoking not long after that. He underwent surgery and survived colon cancer in 2000-01. Through it all, he continued to record one critically applauded collection after another. He was inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame in 2002 and into the inaugural class of the Houston, Texas Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
Gene Watson Age
He was born on October 11, 1943.
Gene Watson Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $8 million.
Gene Watson Wife
He married Mattie Louise Bivins in January 1961 when he was 17 and she was 15 years old. They have an adult son and daughter.
Gene Watson Where Love Begins Lyrics
I wasn’t too sure that you’d call
Sit down and I’ll fix you a drink if you like
It’s late but the morning’s still young
I thought about this all week through
What’s that, what’s the matter, what’s making you cry
You say it’s the first time for you
Walk out the same door that I let you in
Leave if you’d rather not lose what you came with
Stay and you’ll find this is where love begins
But someone was always right there
But now we’re alone so there’s no buts or ifs
Come here, let me take down your hair
Walk out the same door that I let you in
Leave if you’d rather not lose what you came with
Stay and you’ll find this is where love begins
Gene Watson Carmen Lyrics
Between you and this Mexican moon I’m gonna fall
El Paso lady, you’re driving me crazy
In a language I don’t understand, you said it all.
It’s sure is handy when you need a friend
I don’t belong here, your dark eyes keep warning
I’ll leave in the morning but for now please let me in.
Between you and this Mexican moon I’m gonna fall
El Paso lady, you’re driving me crazy
In a language I don’t understand, you said it all.
Drunk on yesterdays wine and still feeling the flame
The guitars keep playing a song that I’ve never heard
Without saying a word, you keep calling out my name.
Between you and this Mexican moon I’m gonna fall
El Paso lady, you’re driving me crazy
In a language I don’t understand, you said it all.
Gene Watson Songs List
- Farewell Party
- Fourteen Carat Mind
- Paper Rosie
- Love in the Hot Afternoon
- Nothing Sure Looked Good on You
- Got No Reason Now For Going Home
- Should I Come Home
- The Old Man and His Horn
- Where Love Begins
- Pick the Wildwood Flower
- I Don’t Need a Thing at All
- Memories to Burn
- What She Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Her
- Old Loves Never Die
- Speak Softly
- Because You Believed in Me
- When a Man Can’t Get a Woman Off His Mind
- Change Her Mind
- The Jukebox Played Along
- No One Will Ever Know
- Bedroom Ballad
- This Dream’s On Me
- Back in the Fire
- You’re Out Doing What I’m Here Doing Without
- Climb Higher
- Gone for Good
- You Could Know as Much About a Stranger
- Don’t Waste It on the Blues
- Everything I Used to Do
- Her Body Couldn’t Keep You
- Maybe I Should Have Been Listening
- Old Porch Swing
Gene Watson Albums
- 1975 Love in the Hot Afternoon
- 1976 Because You Believed in Me
- 1977 Paper Rosie
- 1978 Reflections
- 1978 Beautiful Country
- 1979 Should I Come Home
- 1981 Old Loves Never Die
- 1981 Between This Time & The Next Time
- 1981 No One Will Ever Know
- 1982 This Dream’s on Me
- 1983 Sometimes I Get Lucky
- 1984 Little by Little
- 1985 Memories to Burn
- 1985 Heartaches, Love & Stuff
- 1986 Starting New Memories
- 1986 Texas Saturday Night
- 1987 Honky Tonk Crazy
- 1989 Back in the Fire
- 1991 At Last
- 1992 In Other Words
- 1993 Uncharted Mind
- 1996 The Good Ole Days
- 1997 Jesus Is All I Need
- 1997 A Way to Survive
- 2001 From the Heart
- 2005 Then & Now
- 2007 In a Perfect World
- 2008 Matters of the Heart
- 2008 Your Fourteen Carat Mind
- 2009 A Taste of the Truth
- 2011 Your Money and My Good Looks
My Gospel Roots
My Heroes Have Always
Gene Watson Greatest Hits
- Fourteen Carat Mind
- Paper Rosie
- Nothing Sure Looked Good On You
- You’re Out Doing (What I’m Here Doing Without)
- Bedroom Ballad
- Farewell Party
- Got No Reason Now for Going Home
- One Sided Conversation
- Carmen
- Speak Softly (You’re Talking to My Heart)
- Don’t Waste It On the Blues
- Love In the Hot Afternoon
- The Old Man and His Horn
- I Don’t Need a Thing At All
- Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)
- What She Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Her
- Because You Believed In Me
- Cowboys Don’t Get Lucky All the Time
- This Dream’s On Me
- Memories to Burn
- Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget
- Between This Time and the Next Time
- Pick the Wildwood Flower
- Where Love Begins
- Drinkin’ My Way Back Home
Gene Watson Tour Dates | Concerts
- Jun 15, 2018
Jackpot, NV
Cactus Pete’s Horseshoe Casino - Jun 16, 2018
Jackpot, NV
Cactus Pete’s Horseshoe Casino - Jun 22, 2018
Scottsburg, IN
Ross Country Jamboree - Jun 23, 2018
Scottsburg, IN
Ross Country Jamboree - Jul 7, 2018
Shawnee, OK
Grand Casino
w/ Mickey Gilley Jody Miller - Jul 14, 2018
Newkirk, OK
First Council Casino – Council Bluff Event Center
w/ Mickey Gilley Johnny Lee - Jul 26, 2018
Midland, TX
Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center
w/ Johnny Rodriguez Jeannie Seely Moe Bandy - Aug 3, 2018
Cape Girardeau, MO
Bedell Performance Hall at Southeast MO State University - Aug 8, 2018
Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry - Aug 18, 2018
New Boston, TX
Downtown at T&P Trail Head Park - Aug 25, 2018
Ft. Worth, TX
Stagecoach Ballroom - Aug 31, 2018
Shipshewana, IN
Bluegate Theatrre - Sep 1, 2018
Shipshewana,, IN
Blue Gate Theater - Sep 8, 2018
Tomball, TX
Mainstreet Crossing - Sep 15, 2018
Sandstone, MN
Midwest Country Music Theater - Sep 16, 2018
Sandstone, MN
Midwest Country Music Theater - Sep 19, 2018
Tyler, TX
Liberty Hall - Sep 20, 2018
Branson, MO
Starlite Theatre - Sep 21, 2018
Benton, KY
Kentucky Opry - Sep 22, 2018
Benton, KY
The Kentucky Opry - Oct 4, 2018
Branson, MO
The Starlite Theatre - Oct 5, 2018
Branson, MO
The Starlite Theatre - Oct 6, 2018
Gonzales, TX
Come And Take It Celebration – Downtown Gonzales
w/ Eddy Raven - Oct 11, 2018
Bremen, GA
Mill Town Music Hall
w/ Emi Sunshine - Oct 12, 2018
Newberry, SC
Newberry Opera House - Oct 13, 2018
Ponte Vedra, FL
Ponte Vedra Concert Hall - Oct 20, 2018
Gail, TX
The Coyote Store
w/ Jody Nix and the Texas Playboys - Oct 25, 2018
Anderson, SC
Anderson Civic Center - Oct 26, 2018
Crossville, TN
Palace Theatre - Oct 27, 2018
Liberty, NC
Liberty Showcase - Nov 3, 2018
Weatherford, TX
Texas Opry Theater - Nov 8, 2018
Branson, MO
The Starlite Theatre - Nov 9, 2018
Branson, MO
The Starlite Theatre - Nov 10, 2018
Irving, TX
Irving Arts Center - Nov 11, 2018
The Woodlands, TX
Dosey Doe “The Big Barn” - Nov 16, 2018
Pigeon Forge, TN
Country Tonite Theatre - Dec 8, 2018
Miami, OK
Coleman Theatre - Feb 16, 2019
Granbury, TX
The New Granbury Live! - Mar 1, 2019
Sumter, SC
Sumter Opera House - Mar 2, 2019
Weirsdale, FL
Orange Blossom Opry - Mar 3, 2019
Weirsdale, FL
Orange Blossom Opry - Mar 6, 2019
Plant City, FL
Florida Strawberry Festival - Mar 8, 2019
Walhalla, SC
Walhalla Civic Auditorium
Gene Watson Farewell Party
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