On Tuesday 8 August 2023, Gene Watson recalled appearing, in 1980, on television show, ‘Hee Haw’.
Gene Watson on the set of television show, ‘Hee-Haw’, in Nashville, in 1980
‘I’ve mentioned before that, back in the day, my favourite television show to tape was Hee-Haw.
That’s because the Hee-Haw staff made it so easy for us entertainers to tape the show.
Many TV shows required waiting around nearly all day, as they had multiple artists performing, and bands had to be repositioned, lighting changed and much more.
But for Hee-Haw, they’d just have an act do all of their music and interview pieces quickly, efficiently and then you could jump right back on the bus and head off to a concert down the road.
You’ve heard the expression ‘time is money’ and that’s the way it was for those of us traveling from one job to the next.
Hee-Haw was the best at letting us do our part fast, so we could get right back on the road.
That was such a fun show with good country music and it was family friendly.
Buck Owens (Monday 12 August 1929 – Saturday 25 March 2006) and Roy Clark (Saturday 15 April 1933 – Thursday 15 November 2018)
hosts of television show, ‘Hee-Haw’
(aired first-run on CBS between 1969 and 1971, in syndication between 1971 and 1993, and on The Nashville Network between 1996 and 1997, reruns on RFD-TV between September 2008 and April 2020, and on Circle Network)
Gene Watson performing ‘Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)‘ (written by Joe Allen) on ‘Hee-Haw’ in 1980
We could use more of that today, but at least you can find some episodes on YouTube and I’m sure reruns are on some channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=3mbwLsNdwwQ
Gene Watson performing ‘Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)’ (written by Joe Allen) on ‘Hee-Haw’ in 1980
Gene Watson recorded ‘Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)’ (written by Joe Allen) and included the track on ‘Should I Come Home‘ (Capitol Records, 1979); the track reached No.3 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1979, and No.6 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks Chart in 1979.
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• Gene Watson on Facebook
