Watson has scheduled dates for his 2022 tour, including a stop in Crossville March 26 at the Palace Theatre.
“My first single, ‘If It’s That Easy,’ released in 1962 on Sun Valley Records. I wasn’t ever signed to a company called Sun Valley Records, Sun Valley was just the name of the street the drummer lived on,” Watson said of his first release. “I’d never heard myself on the radio before, so I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard it the first time on a local Houston radio station. I had only heard my voice in playback on speakers, never on an AM radio station so it was fun to hear that. Of course, I’m never quite satisfied with most of my recordings. I always hear something I think I could do better and I felt that I could have done better – but it was my very first and so for that reason, it will always be special to me,” shared Watson.
Watson has been in the studio working on his new project due out in 2022.
From his chart-topping soulful gospel albums to his No. 1 country standards, few artists have left a more indelible mark on America’s musical landscape than Gene Watson.