‘Little By Little’
MCA Records MCA-5440 (1984) LP
MCAD-22009 (1990) CD
Gene Watson’s ‘Little By Little’ (MCA Records, 1984) was released by MCA Records in November 1983.
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About Gene Watson’s ‘Little By Little’…
Overview
Gene Watson’s ‘Little By Little’ (MCA Records, 1984) garnered three Top 10 hit singles for Gene Watson on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1984; ‘Drinkin’ My Way Back Home’ (No.10, 1984), ‘Forever Again’ (No.10, 1984) and ‘Little By Little’ (No.10, 1984).
Gene Watson’s ‘Little By Little’ (MCA Records, 1984) also has the distinction of being the third Gene Watson release to feature members of his highly acclaimed Farewell Party Band on record, thus affording listeners the opportunity to hear this authentic group of musicians for the third time, in a studio setting, recreating a concert sound.
Gene Watson’s ‘Little By Little’ (MCA Records, 1984) was produced by Russ Reeder and Gene Watson for G-J Productions and was recorded at Pete’s Place, Nashville (Recording and Mixing Engineer: Al Pachucci).
Gene Watson’s ‘Little By Little’ (MCA Records, 1984) reached No.34 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1984.
‘Little By Little’
MCA Records MCA5440 (1984) LP
MCAD22009 (1990) CD
1 ‘Little By Little’
Writers: Danny Morrison (Sunday 22 April 1945 – Tuesday 14 February 2012) and Larry Keith
Publishers: BMI
2 ‘My Memories of You’
Writers: Daniel (Danny) T. Rainwater (passed away on Friday 28 December 2018) and Larry Booth (younger brother of Tony Booth)
Publishers: BMI
‘My Memories of You’, which was written by Daniel (Danny) T. Rainwater (passed away on Friday 28 December 2018) and Larry Booth (Tony Booth‘s younger brother), was also included on Gene Watson’s ‘Texas Saturday Night‘ (MCA/Curb Records, 1985).
Tony Booth recorded ‘My Memories of You’, which was written by Daniel (Danny) T. Rainwater (passed away on Friday 28 December 2018) and Larry Booth (Tony Booth‘s younger brother), and included the track on ‘Is This All There Is To A Honky Tonk’ (Heart of Texas Records, 2008).
3 ‘The Chesapeake Bay’
Writers: Ronny Scaife (1947 – Wednesday 3 November 2010) and Jerry Hays
Publishers: BMI
4 ‘Leavin’s Been Comin’ For A Long, Long Time’
Writers: Joe Allen, Dave Kirby (Sunday 10 July 1938 – Saturday 17 April 2004) and Sonny Throckmorton
Publishers: ASCAP
Wayne Kemp (Sunday 1 June 1941 – Monday 9 March 2015) recorded ‘Leavin’s Been Comin’ For A Long, Long Time’, which was written by Joe Allen, Dave Kirby (Sunday 10 July 1938 – Saturday 17 April 2004) and Sonny Throckmorton, and included the track on ‘Country, Past, Present, Future’ (Door Knob Records, 1983).
George Strait recorded ‘Leavin’s Been Comin’ For A Long, Long Time’, which was written by Joe Allen, Dave Kirby (Sunday 10 July 1938 – Saturday 17 April 2004) and Sonny Throckmorton, and included the track on ‘Beyond The Blue Neon’ (MCA Records, 1989).
5 ‘The Ballad of Richard Lindsey’
Writers: Billy Troy and Bob O’Donnell
Publishers: BMI
6 ‘Forever Again’
Writers: Warren D. Robb and Dave Kirby (Sunday 10 July 1938 – Saturday 17 April 2004)
Publishers: BMI / ASCAP
7 ‘With Any Luck At All’
Writer: Dave Lindsey
Publishers: BMI
8 ‘Growing Apart’
Writers: Warren D. Robb and Dave Kirby (Sunday 10 July 1938 – Saturday 17 April 2004)
Publishers: BMI / ASCAP
9 ‘She Has No Memory of Me’
Writers: Billy Troy and Randy Lynn Scruggs (Monday 3 August 1953 – Tuesday 17 April 2018)
Publishers: BMI
10 ‘Drinkin’ My Way Back Home’
Writers: Don Scaife, Ronny Scaife (1947 – Wednesday 3 November 2010) and Phil Thomas (1944 – Saturday 5 January 2019)
Publishers: BMI
In 1977, Shylo – Danny Hogan (bass, vocals), Perry York (drums, tambourine, vocals) and Ronny Scaife (1947 – Wednesday 3 November 2010) (guitar, vocals) – recorded ‘Drinkin’ My Way Back Home’, which was written by Don Scaife, Ronny Scaife (1947 – Wednesday 3 November 2010) and Phil Thomas (1944 – Saturday 5 January 2019); the track, which was a non-album track on Columbia Records, reached No.63 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1977.
‘Drinkin’ My Way Back Home’, which was written by Don Scaife, Ronny Scaife (1947 – Wednesday 3 November 2010) and Phil Thomas (1944 – Saturday 5 January 2019), was also included on Gene Watson’s ‘Texas Saturday Night‘ (MCA/Curb Records, 1985).
Gene Watson re-recorded ‘Drinkin’ My Way Back Home’, which was written by Don Scaife, Ronny Scaife (1947 – Wednesday 3 November 2010) and Phil Thomas (1944 – Saturday 5 January 2019), and included the track on ‘Best of the Best: 25 Greatest Hits‘ (Fourteen Carat Music, 2012).
• Read a Country Music People review of Gene Watson’s ‘Little by Little‘ (MCA Records, 1984)
The review, which was written by Bob Powell, was published in the March 1984 issue of the United Kingdom’s highly influential monthly publication Country Music People.
‘Little By Little’
MCA Records MCA5440 (1984) LP
MCAD22009 (1990) CD
Personnel involved in the recording of Gene Watson’s ‘Little By Little’ (MCA Records, 1984) included members of Gene Watson’s Farewell Party Band:
Larry Booth (Tony Booth‘s younger brother) (bass)
Joe Eddie Gough (Friday 27 January 1939 – Friday 14 August 2009) (piano)
Doug Boggs (drums)
Daniel (Danny) T. Rainwater (passed away on Friday 28 December 2018) and Norman Richard ‘Norm’ Kastner (‘Cass’) (Sunday 2 September 1945 – Wednesday 18 July 2012) (guitar)
Chris ‘Tiny’ Olson (steel guitar)
Tony Booth (tic tac bass)
Additional personnel involved in the recording of Gene Watson’s ‘Little By Little’ (MCA Records, 1984) included the following:
Buddy Spicher and Lisa Silver (fiddle)
Tennessee Express (Al Henson, Beckie Foster, Joy Gardner and Ronnie Drake) (background vocals)