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Ultimate Collection by: Gene Watson List Price: $13.98 CD-Charts Price: $12.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 7%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0008811273026 Label: Hip-O Records Manufacturer: Hip-O Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Hip-O Records Release Date: November 20, 2001 Studio: Hip-O Records Sales Rank: 8486 MPN: 112730 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Gary Gene Watson never intended on a career in music. When you take a look at the tracks on this Ultimate Collection, it becomes evident his absence would have left a gaping hole in country music, for as one of Nashville's premiere country journalists, Robert K. Oermann, has said, "The world stops spinning when he sings." So, while, as Watson says, "I never did go looking for music, music found me," music was obviously destined for this unassuming man born in Palestine, Texas and raised in Paris, Texas. But because he took his singing in church, and with his 6 siblings, for granted, never considering that it could be a profession, to this day it is difficult for him to trace the origin of his realization that indeed it would end up being the crux of his life. "As far back as I can remember talking, I can remember singing. My brother just younger than me played lead guitar and I was the singer, and we would entertain at a lot of the school functions and local get-togethers. But music was never one of my goals. All I ever dreamed of was working on cars," says Watson, who still enjoys dabbling on cars in his little Houston shop. By 17, he was married (still is, to the same woman he married in 1961), and had to lie about his age to get a job building missile silos in Abilene. Six years later, in 1966, Watson moved to Dallas where an uncle helped him get his first professional job as a singer at a club called The Palms. Still, he didn't take the possibility of making a living at music seriously, until moving to Houston where he formed a band called Gene Watson and the Other Four, dropping the Gary from his name. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Ultimate CollectionThis is the one cd that I keep in my car speaker. Every song is wonderful. He should be right up there with Johnny Cash. A voice like his comes around once in a lifetime. Rating: - SuperThis guy is a super performer and would encourage anyone to see him live. Love this guy!! Rating:  - The best so far, but still not enough......because there is still no definitive CD on the work of this gifted, sadly underappreciated country singer. I'm glad the hits from his various labels were cross-licensed to comprise this package, but calling this "The Ultimate Collection" is a big misnomer since Watson's signature tune, the morbid masterpiece "Farewell Party," is not included here! I can't figure this one out; I also cannot believe that another Gene staple, the honky-tonker "Should I Go Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)" is also omitted. If these two songs would have been included, I'd have given this CD 5 stars. Fortunately, the rest of the biggies are all here - "Love in the Hot Afternoon," "Fourteen Karat Mind," and my favorite, "Paper Rosie." ... Read More: Rating: - Maybe the Most Underrated Singer In Nashville.Gene Watson had been on the Country charts from the 70' to the 90's and with this collection you'll see how great a Country Stylists he was. The only song that I missed was the 1986 gem "Carmen". He only had one number 1 record but a this is a treasure trove of an artist at his best. You hear the hits and the songs that should have been. (Everybody Needs A Hero, The Juke Box Played Along and many more.) Add it to your Country Collection!! Rating:  - NOT DEFINITIVE WITHOUT FAREWELL PARTY!!! Don't get me wrong. I love Gene Watson. I love this CD. But anyone who knows anything about Gene Watson cannot call this a definitive collection because it is missing his trademark song..."Farewell Party". This is the reason I am only giving this four stars. There are a couple of other songs that should have been included in this collection but weren't: "Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)" and "No One Will Ever Know the Truth But Me". But a Gene Watson collection without his most famous tune, "Farewell Party" is most certainly not definitive. This is still a great collection though and one which will disappoint none of his fans and those who like traditional, great country music sung by a man with a distinctive, clear, beautiful ... Read More: |
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