Gene Watson on Grand Ole Opry

Leslie Elliott · Post by **Leslie Elliott** » 14 Dec 2001 4:41 pm

Hello to all you Gene Watson fans. You can enjoy him both on the Friday 12/14 and the 12/15 Saturday shows of the Grand Ole Opry.
He will be on the 7:30-8:00 and 9:30-10:00 shows on Friday. Then on Saturday he will be on the 2:30-3:00 matinee; the 8:30-9:00 and
10:00-10:30 shows on Saturday. Hope you can catch him!<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Leslie Elliott on 14 December 2001 at 04:43 PM.]</p></FONT>

Craig A Davidson · Post by **Craig A Davidson** » 14 Dec 2001 8:03 pm

They should make him a member don't you think?

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Kim Miller · Post by **Kim Miller** » 15 Dec 2001 3:38 pm

Gene Watson is the greatest. Pure solid country! I wish there were more like that out there.

Red Kilby · Post by **Red Kilby** » 18 Dec 2001 4:06 pm

He is a singers singer<<<<<<<. I agree when is Gene gonna be made a member,and most of all when is he gonna be in the Hall of Fame.
He Deserves it<<<<<<.

Tiny Olson · Post by **Tiny Olson** » 4 Jan 2002 8:59 pm

I worked for Gene from '78 to '87. In the early 80s the Opry asked Gene to join. But it was difficult for him to do so due to the fact that he lived in Houston, Tx., not Nashville. The Opry required members to make so-many-number of appearances per year and at that time Gene was real HOT on the charts. If he had resided in the Nashville area he probably would have joined but living in Tx. he would have took a big hit in the billfold to make the commitment to join the Opry at that time. We still played the Opry from time to time and that was always cool. I was lucky enough to record on many of Gene's hits and he sure is one fine singer !!

John Hawkins · Post by **John Hawkins** » 5 Jan 2002 7:46 am

Tiny ,
Welcome to the forum !! Everyone could benefit from a fine player's experience and knowledge such as you have so stay active on the forum as your time permits .

I tried sending you an e-mail message about our friend Don Barr . I met you at his funeral if you recall . The address I used that is on the forum ( the little envelope )was returned . Maybe you will want to update it to show a correct e- mail address !

Glad to see you on here and my best goes out
to you and yours !

John

Ben Lawson · Post by **Ben Lawson** » 7 Jan 2002 8:26 pm

Tiny where have you been? I tried to email you but it was returned. Glad to see you got to the forum.
Ben

John Hawkins · Post by **John Hawkins** » 7 Jan 2002 9:59 pm

Ben,

I had the same e- mail experience as you did on my first try using the forum e-mail address . What it ( the forum's ) did not show was a little low ( _ ) in between steelbass and the @ . Try inserting that little ( _ ) dash there and I think you will get through ok . It worked for me ! You will note that the e- mail address in the envelope shown on Tiny's post is underlined . That is the reason you cannot see that little dash because it is covered up
by that long underline .

Hope this helps !

John

Ben Lawson · Post by **Ben Lawson** » 8 Jan 2002 6:11 pm

Thanks John I did get hold of Chris at the email address you gave me. It's been 20 years since I saw him. Thanks again.
Ben

Jim McGinnis · Post by **Jim McGinnis** » 13 Jan 2002 6:35 pm

Leslie, Hows your steel playing husband. Sure have missed him at the Dallas and Tulsa shows of late. Is he Ok?