On Tuesday 1 October 2024, Gene Watson reflected on the passing of fellow country music artist, Kris Kristofferson, who had passed away at his home in Hawaii on Saturday 28 September 2024.
‘I admired him so much for all his many talents.
He started out cleaning studios, and rose to the top by his own hard work, a true self-made man.
He succeeded as a singer/songwriter/actor and did it all well.
I really appreciated his song-writing with songs that were deep, well crafted gems.
What a legend he was for country music, and so much more’
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Adkins Publicity, Nashville
Gene Watson recorded Kris Kristofferson’s ‘Enough For You’ and included the track on ‘Real.Country.Music‘ (Fourteen Carat Music, 2016).
Kris Kristofferson (Monday 22 June 1936 – Saturday 28 September 2024) recorded ‘Enough For You’ (written by Kris Kristofferson) and included the track on ‘Jesus was a Capricorn’ (Monument Records, 1972).
Billie Jo Spears (Friday 14 January 1938 – Wednesday 14 December 2011) recorded ‘Enough For You’, which was written by Kris Kristofferson (Monday 22 June 1936 – Saturday 28 September 2024), and included the track on ‘Billie Jo’ (United Artists Records, 1975).
Note from Gene Watson
‘Enough for You’, which was written by Kris Kristofferson (Monday 22 June 1936 – Saturday 28 September 2024)
‘This song was written by Kris Kristofferson (Monday 22 June 1936 – Saturday 28 September 2024) and recorded by him, but it was an album cut by Billie Jo Spears (Friday 14 January 1938 – Wednesday 14 December 2011) when I first heard it and I’ve wanted to record for years. I used to have this song on a Billie Jo Spears 8-track tape.
At a crucial point in the lyrics, the 8-track would change over and I never could quite get the words down.
By the time I reached out to Billie Jo, even she couldn’t recall the words to the song. So it has taken me awhile to find the lyrics, but now seemed like just the right time to record it and it came off so well we made it the first single from the album’.
In 1977, Gene Watson saw the release of ‘Beautiful Country‘ (Capitol Records, 1977); one of the included tracks was ‘Cowboys Don’t Get Lucky All The Time’, which was written by Dallas Harms (Thursday 18 July 1935 – Saturday 12 October 2019), and reached No.11 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1978, and No.14 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks Chart in 1978.
‘Cowboys Don’t Get Lucky All The Time’, which was written by Dallas Harms (Thursday 18 July 1935 – Saturday 12 October 2019), was also included on the soundtrack of the movie, ‘Convoy’, which was directed by Sam Peckinpah (Saturday 21 February 1925 – Friday 28 December 1984) and starred Kris Kristofferson (Monday 22 June 1936 – Saturday 28 September 2024) in a leading role.
It was as a result of the encouragement of Kris Kristofferson (Monday 22 June 1936 – Saturday 28 September 2024) that the song was included on the soundtrack album in the first place.
On Tuesday 26 September 2005, England’s Hux Records released Gene Watson’s ‘Beautiful Country‘, along with Gene Watson’s ‘Because You Believed in Me‘ (Capitol Records, 1976), as a special 2-for-1 CD set.