On Saturday 11 October 2025, Gene Watson received a special birthday mesage from fellow country music artist, and Opry member, T. Graham Brown.
‘It’s Gene Watson’s birthday!
A fellow Opry member, Gene is legendary for his pure classic country voice.
I’ve done many shows with him over the last 40 years, and he never fails to deliver the mail.
Not to mention that he is a very sweet man and a great friend.
We love him.
Let’s wish him a stone country happy birthday, people!’
Source
T. Graham Brown on Facebook
Gene Watson & Rhonda Vincent recorded T. Graham Brown‘s ‘This Wanting You’, which was co-written with Bruce C. Bouton and Bruce Burch (Friday 30 January 1953 – Saturday 12 March 2022), and included the track on ‘Your Money & My Good Looks‘ (Upper Management Music, 2011).
On Friday 26 February 2016, Gene Watson saw the release of ‘Real,Country.Music‘ (Fourteen Carat Music, 2016); one of the included tracks was ‘A Girl I Used To Know’ (written by David Ball), which was pitched to Gene Watson by T. Graham Brown.
The original version of ‘A Girl I Used To Know’ (written by David Ball) was recorded by David Ball, who included it on ‘Freewheeler’ (Wildcatter Records, 2004).
Note from Gene Watson
‘A Girl I Used To Know’
(written by David Ball)
‘Normally, well before I get to the studio, I know what songs I’d like to do and I’ve got the lyrics and the music in my mind.
But on this song, all that went out the window.
This David Ball song was actually pitched to me by a great A&R man, the fantastic singer, T. Graham Brown.  On the recording day, I had people tracking down David Ball for the lyrics and T‘s wife, Shelia, actually personally delivered a copy of the song to the studio.
I loved the song, but I wasn’t 100% sure it was a song that fit what I typically do, but after I had a good listen and ran through it, I knew it was a song I could do and I really, really like how it turned out’.
