{"id":9280,"date":"2012-09-29T13:47:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T13:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=9280"},"modified":"2012-09-29T13:47:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T13:47:08","slug":"the-state-of-texas-proclaims-gene-watson-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/29\/the-state-of-texas-proclaims-gene-watson-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of Texas Proclaims Gene Watson Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Country Legend, Gene Watson, Gets \u201cGene Watson Boulevard\u201d in Hometown of Paris, TX <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

and his own Gene Watson Day sanctioned by the Texas State Senate<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As a tribute to country legend, Gene Watson, in honor of his 50 years in the country music business, the state of Texas declared September 25th<\/sup> to be GENE WATSON DAY<\/strong>.
\nFurthermore, Watson\u2019s hometown of Paris, Texas named a street in his honor. Early on the 25th<\/sup>, workers with the city of Paris placed three signs proclaiming the main thoroughfare of the Red River Valley Fairgrounds as <\/strong>\u201cGene Watson Boulevard.\u201d <\/strong>
\nThe street sign was officially given to Gene Watson by the Paris mayor, Dr. AJ Hashmi at the start of Gene\u2019s annual Red River Valley Fair performance.\u00a0 David Millsap, a longtime fan of Gene\u2019s, initiated the idea and it was quickly passed by the Paris city council.\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nTexas Governor, Rick Perry, sent a proclamation <\/strong>which reads \u201cThe Lone Star State is world\u2013renowned for its wealth of music talent and unique styles of music. Of the many artists who have helped shape Texas country into what it is today, Gene Watson is a favorite among many.\u00a0 As you celebrate The Red River Valley Fair, I commend you for recognizing this important figure in country music history.\u201d\u00a0 Watson was also lauded by Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, well known radio announcer, Keith Bilbrey and others who sent letters of tribute to the humble Texas entertainer.<\/strong>
\nWatson, known as \u201cthe singer\u2019s singer\u201d and often referred to as one of country music\u2019s finest singers, holds six #1\u2019s, 23 Top Tens and over 75 charted songs including his most requested\u201cFarewell Party\u201d. In 2012, Gene Watson released 25 newly re-recorded hits, the Best of the Best<\/em> to critical acclaim.\u00a0 Asked what the day meant to him, Watson replied, \u201cGrowing up on a dirt road on the outskirts of Paris, Texas, it never in my wildest dreams occurred to me that one day I\u2019d have a street named for me in my own hometown. I am deeply grateful to the people of Paris, Texas for this great honor. I owe many thanks to David Millsap for initiating the idea and to the entire state of Texas for giving me my own special day.\u201d<\/strong>
\nFor more information on Gene Watson, go to <\/strong>www.GeneWatsonMusic.com<\/a>
\nPhoto:\u00a0 Gene Watson, Robbie Gunn of InParisTexas.com and David Millsap.
\nContact: Sarah Brosmer, Lytle Management <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Sarah@Lytlemgmt.com<\/a>
\nArticle\u00a0send in by Marty Martel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Country Legend, Gene Watson, Gets \u201cGene Watson Boulevard\u201d in Hometown of Paris, TX and his own Gene Watson Day sanctioned by the Texas State Senate As a tribute to country legend, Gene Watson, in honor of his 50 years in the country music business, the state of Texas declared September 25th to be GENE WATSON DAY. Furthermore, Watson\u2019s hometown of Paris, Texas named a street in his honor. Early on the 25th, workers with the city of Paris placed three signs proclaiming the main thoroughfare of the Red River Valley<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}