GENE WATSON - Love In The Hot Afternoon (2009)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 187 MB | Tracks: 10 | 30:29 min
Style: Country, Pop | Label: Step One Records
Gene Watson emerged in the mid-'70s as the heir to the kind of straight-ahead hard Texas country pioneered in the '50s and '60s by George Jones and Ray Price. Like such peers as Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley, Watson updated the old-fashioned sound with lyrical and musical tweaks, so his hits conformed to the country airwaves of the '70s while still sounding of piece with the tried-and-true Texas tradition. Watson's first big hit arrived in 1975 when "Love in the Hot Afternoon" reached number three on Billboard's Country charts. For the next decade, he was a fixture in the Top 10, gradually coming to rely on ballads instead of two-steps. Watson's star began to fade as the '80s came to a close, but he never stopped working: He continued to record and perform into the 2010s.