On Friday 3 May 2024, Gene Watson congratulated his good friend, T. Graham Brown, upon his induction into the world famous Grand Ole Opry that night (Friday 3 May 2024).
‘My good friend, T. Graham Brown, will be inducted into the world famous Grand Ole Opry tonight (Friday 3 May 2024)!
What a great singer and songwriter he is and, if you’ve met him, you know he’s just one of the best folks you’ll ever meet.
He’s also quite the legend for his knowledge about the Andy Griffith show!
Congratulations T.!
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Gene Watson / T. Graham Brown Musical Connections
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 T. Graham Brown recommended Gene Watson should record.
David Ball recorded the original version of ‘A Girl I Used To Know’ (written by David Ball) and included the track 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’
