Gene in concert at Crockett, TX (Photo credit: Thanks to fan Sherri Stevens for sending this in!)

Dear Friends,

The band and I have a lot of concerts coming up and I sure hope you can get out to see us in your area. You can check concert dates at three online sites: www.thirdcoasttalent.com; www.gene-watson.com and my site www.genewatsonmusic.com. Of course if you’ve got a specific question, just email Artist@LytleMgmt.com and someone will get back to you by email.

If you saw the GAC Master Series show back in April, you know that I made a donation on air to the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum. This was a big honor for me. The show is taped at the museum so prior to the TV taping, the staff took me to an area where many historical objects are stored before they are put on display. They allowed me to play Lester Flatt’s original guitar and since I collect guitars, you know I really enjoyed that. Maybe I’m not supposed to mention that I got to touch such a valuable instrument so let’s just keep that our secret!

Museum. The red

diamond suit was made for me by Judy’s of Nashville and the green one was made by the famous Hollywood tailor, Nudie Cohn. Those were some suits weren’t they? More flash there than on a neon Vegas sign!

On June 25^th I taped a TV show for David Frizzell called “Frizzell & Friends” that will air September 1^st on the RFD-TV network. We had a great time taping the show with so many good friends there. Listen for the single “This Is Our Time” on your radio station soon.

Joe Stampley, David Frizzell and me at the tv taping. Thanks for remaining the best fans in the world. I always enjoy seeing you at the shows and appreciate it when you take the time to stay after and say hello. I’ll be looking for

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Gene was all smiles when

Janis Willis of Indiana

surprised him with a beautiful,

rose covered golf club during

his performance of “Paper

Rosie” at the Little Nashville

Opry in Nashville, IN. Janis

was teasing Gene about his

golfing incident where he

injured his hand on the golf

course. Thankfully, Gene’s

hand is all healed now and he’s

only banned from one golf

course in Texas (just kidding).

In March ,Gene and Trace Adkins both performed at the Strawberry Festival in Florida. Trace watched Gene’s entire show from backstage!

OPRY SHOWS ARE A GREAT TIME TO CATCH UP WITH OLD FRIENDS:

Rebecca Lynn Howard

Mike Snider

Josh Turner

Joe Nichols

In an interview with Shannon McCombs backstage at the Opry May 31^st, Joe said of Gene, “He’s one of the most under-rated singers of our time and it would be a huge honor for me to be up on stage with him.”