On Sunday 29 September 2024, Gene Watson remembered fellow country music artist, Kris Kristofferson, who had passed away at his home in Hawaii on Saturday 28 September 2024.
‘Rest in Peace, Kris Kristofferson.
Prayers to your family’
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Gene Watson on Facebook
‘It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, passed away peacefully on Saturday 28 September 2024 at home.
We’re all so blessed for our time with him.
Thank you for loving him all these many years and, when you see a rainbow, know he’s smiling down at us all’
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The Family of Kris Kristofferson
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).
Ray Price (Tuesday 12 January 1926 – Monday 16 December 2013) recorded ‘Enough For You’, which was written by Kris Kristofferson (Monday 22 June 1936 – Saturday 28 September 2024), and included the track on ‘She’s Got to Be a Saint’ (Columbia Records, 1973).
Brenda Lee recorded ‘Enough For You’, which was written by Kris Kristofferson (Monday 22 June 1936 – Saturday 28 September 2024), and included the track on ‘Brenda Lee Now’ (MCA Records, 1974).
Dianne Steinberg recorded ‘Enough For You’, which was written by Kris Kristofferson (Monday 22 June 1936 – Saturday 28 September 2024), and included the track on ‘Dianne Steinberg’ (Atlantic Records, 1974); the track was subsequently included on ‘The Songs of Kristofferson’ (Ace Records, 2021), a various artists compilation album, which celebrated the song-writing of Kris Kristofferson.
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), which included three tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘The Old Man & His Horn’, which was written by Dallas Harms (Thursday 18 July 1935 – Saturday 12 October 2019) (No.11, 1977) / this track also reached No.9 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks Chart in 1977
‘I Don’t Need A Thing At All’ (written by Joe Allen) (No.8, 1977) / this track also reached No.4 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks Chart in 1977
‘Cowboys Don’t Get Lucky All The Time’, which was written by Dallas Harms (Thursday 18 July 1935 – Saturday 12 October 2019) (No.11, 1978) / this track also 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.