About me
If you ask any number of country singers who their favorite singer is, a large number of
them will respond: Gene Watson. His music peers even named him “The Singer’s
Singer” for his octave jumping range and smooth tone. Gene Watson has 34 studio
albums, scored over 72 charted songs, including 23 Top Tens and 11 #1 country and
gospel hits over his Sixty-year career. Watson’s first single, the self- penned, “If It’s That
Easy” was released on Sun Valley Records in 1962.
It is safe to say that most knowledgeable country fans would point to Gene Watson as
one of country music’s best ballad singers in the same league as country icons George
Jones, Merle Haggard, Ray Price and others who are the standard bearers for honest,
traditional country music. It’s no surprise to anyone but Gene that the Grand Ole Opry
asked him to be a member and inducted him into that iconic group in March of 2020, just
before the world shut down for the pandemic.
It’s also no surprise that such artists as Vince Gill, Lee Ann Womack, Trace Adkins,
Connie Smith, Joe Nichols, Alison Krauss, and many others are not only happy, but
eager to record with Gene. It’s a stunning truth that at nearly 78 years of age, that Gene
still sings with his clear, pure tone intact, an unmatched soulful delivery and in the same
key as 30 years ago. And that is good news for fans of real country music rooted in the
timeless values of one of America’s bedrock musical genres.
