Biff Watson
Biff Watson | |
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Birth name | Fletcher Bangs Watson V |
Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Virginia, U.S. |
Genres | Rock music, country music |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1971–present |
Formerly of | Tennessee Pulleybone |
Website | biffbangs |
Fletcher Bangs "Biff" Watson (born 1952) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. His musicianship has been a part of recording sessions for many artists.[1]
Biography
Early years
Raised in
Recording session work and production
Watson focused on session work for producers such as Emory Gordy Jr.[5] and Garth Fundis, and eventually branched out into record production.[6]
Watson has worked with artists such as Dusty Springfield,[7] George Strait,[8] Dolly Parton,[9] Toby Keith,[10] Sara Evans,[11] and Shania Twain.[12]
Collaborations
Don Williams' backing band "The Scratch Band" included Watson, Danny Flowers, Dave Pomeroy, and Pat McInerney.[13] They released one album, The Scratch Band Featuring Danny Flowers.[14]
Watson was an original member of the band
Watson was a member of the band Tone Patrol, with Pomeroy, Kenny Malone, Larry Chaney, and Sam Bacco.[16][17]
Watson has frequently been a member and leader of the
Other
Watson serves on the board of directors of the Country Music Association.[19]
Watson is a Trustee of Local 257 Nashville Chapter of the American Federation of Musicians.
Watson serves on the Advisory Board of The American Music Channel, and is a partner in Trifectone Music Group, which writes, produces and performs the music for Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40 Countdown.
Discography
With Crystal Gayle
- 1978: When I Dream (United Artists)
- 1979: Classic Crystal (United Artists)
With Don Williams
- 1980: I Believe In You (MCA)
- 1981: Especially For You (MCA)
- 1985: New Moves (Capitol)
- 1987: Traces (Capitol / EMI)
- 1989: One Good Well (RCA)
With The Scratch Band
- 1982: The Scratch Band Featuring Danny Flowers (MCA)
Also appears on
Go to: 1986 - 1989 | 1990 - 1992 | 1993 - 1995 | 1996 - 1998 | 1999 - 2001 | 2002 - 2004 | 2005 - 2011 | 2012 - present |
1986 - 1989
- 1986: Blue Monday - Murdered by Love (Kent)
- 1986: Nancy Vogl - Fight Like the Dancer (Olivia Records)
- 1988: Alabama - Southern Star(RCA)
- 1989: Juice Newton - Ain't Gonna Cry (RCA)
- 1989: Wagoneers - Good Fortune (A&M)
- 1989: Keith Whitley - I Wonder Do You Think of Me (RCA / BMG)
1990 - 1992
- 1990: The Bellamy Brothers - Reality Check (MCA / Curb)
- 1990: Mark Chesnutt - Too Cold at Home (MCA)
- 1990: Matraca Berg - Lying to the Moon (RCA)
- 1990: Aaron Tippin - You've Got to Stand for Something (RCA)
- 1991: Pat Alger - True Love & Other Short Stories (Sugar Hill)
- 1991: Lionel Cartwright - Chasin' the Sun (MCA)
- 1991: Billy Dean - Billy Dean (Liberty)
- 1991: George Fox - Spice of Life (Warner Bros.)
- 1991: George Jones - And Along Came Jones (MCA)
- 1991: Kenny Rogers - Back Home Again (Reprise)
- 1991: Marsha Thornton - Maybe the Moon Will Shine (MCA)
- 1992: Alabama - American Pride(RCA / BMG)
- 1992: Mark Chesnutt - Longnecks & Short Stories (MCA)
- 1992: Holly Dunn - Getting It Dunn (Warner Bros.)
- 1992: Kathie Lee Gifford - Sentimental Journey (Heartland)
- 1992: George Jones - Walls Can Fall (MCA)
- 1992: Doug Stone - From the Heart (Epic)
- 1992: Michelle Wright - Now and Then (Arista)
1993 - 1995
- 1993: Matraca Berg - The Speed of Grace (RCA)
- 1993: Mark Chesnutt - Almost Goodbye (MCA)
- 1993: Billy Dean - Fire in the Dark (Liberty)
- 1993: Darryl & Don Ellis - Day in the Sun (Epic)
- 1993: Kathie Lee Gifford - Christmas Carols (Warner Alliance)
- 1993: Kathie Lee Gifford - Sentimental (Warner Bros.)
- 1993: Alan Jackson - Honky Tonk Christmas (Arista)
- 1993: Dude Mowrey - Dude Mowrey (Arista)
- 1993: Turner Nichols - Turner Nichols (BNA)
- 1993: Ronna Reeves - What Comes Naturally (Mercury)
- 1994: Clint Black - One Emotion (RCA)
- 1994: BlackHawk(Arista)
- 1994: Mark Chesnutt - What a Way to Live (Decca)
- 1994: La Toya Jackson - From Nashville to You (Mar-Gor)
- 1994: Patty Loveless - When Fallen Angels Fly (Epic)
- 1994: Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (MCA)
- 1994: Prescott-Brown - Already Restless (Columbia)
- 1994: Collin Raye - Extremes (Epic)
- 1994: Randy Travis - This Is Me (Warner Bros.)
- 1994: Michelle Wright - The Reasons Why (Arista)
- 1995: Alabama - In Pictures (RCA)
- 1995: BlackHawk - Strong Enough(Arista)
- 1995: Tracy Byrd - Love Lessons (MCA)
- 1995: Ty Herndon - What Mattered Most (Epic)
- 1995: Career)
- 1995: Wild Angels(RCA)
- 1995: Victoria Shaw - In Full View (Reprise)
- 1995: Dusty Springfield - A Very Fine Love (Columbia)
- 1995: B. J. Thomas - I Believe (Warner Resound)
- 1995: Aaron Tippin - Tool Box (RCA)
1996 - 1998
- 1996: Paul Brandt - Calm Before the Storm (Reprise)
- 1996: Tracy Byrd - Big Love (MCA)
- 1996: Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs for This? (Capitol Nashville)
- 1996: Billy Dean - It's What I Do (Capitol Nashville)
- 1996: Ty Herndon - Living in a Moment (Epic)
- 1996: Patty Loveless - The Trouble with the Truth (Epic)
- 1996: Barry Manilow - Summer of '78 (Arista)
- 1996: Reba McEntire - What If It's You (MCA)
- 1996: John Michael Montgomery - What I Do the Best (Atlantic)
- 1996: David Lee Murphy - Gettin' Out the Good Stuff (MCA)
- 1996: Dave Pomeroy - Basses Loaded (Earwave)
- 1996: Collin Raye - Christmas: The Gift (Epic)
- 1996: Kevin Sharp - Measure of a Man (143 Records / Asylum)
- 1996: George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (MCA)
- 1996: Marty Stuart - Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best (MCA)
- 1996: Lari White - Don't Fence Me In (RCA / BMG)
- 1996: Chely Wright - Right in the Middle of It (Polydor)
- 1996: Trisha Yearwood - Everybody Knows (MCA)
- 1996: 4Him - The Measure of A Man (Benson Records)
- 1997: Sherrié Austin - Words (Arista Nashville)
- 1997: Matraca Berg - Sunday Morning to Saturday Night (Rising Tide)
- 1997: Mark Chesnutt - Thank God for Believers (Decca)
- 1997: The Kinleys - Just Between You and Me (Epic)
- 1997: Martina McBride - Evolution (RCA)
- 1997: Ricochet - Blink of an Eye (Columbia)
- 1997: George Strait - Carrying Your Love With Me(MCA Nashville)
- 1997: Shania Twain - Come On Over (Mercury)
- 1997: Lee Ann Womack - Lee Ann Womack (Decca)
- 1998: Deana Carter - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Capitol Nashville)
- 1998: Paul Craft - Brother Jukebox (Strictly Country)
- 1998: Billy Ray Cyrus - Shot Full of Love (Mercury)
- 1998: Ty Herndon - Big Hopes (Epic)
- 1998: Martina McBride - White Christmas (RCA)
- 1998: Connie Smith - Connie Smith (Warner Bros.)
- 1998: George Strait - One Step at a Time(MCA Nashville)
- 1998: Nothing But Love (Giant)
1999 - 2001
- 1999: Suzy Bogguss - Suzy Bogguss (Platinum)
- 1999: Tracy Byrd - It's About Time (RCA)
- 1999: Mark Chesnutt - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Decca)
- 1999: Jimmy Dean - 20 Great Story Songs (Curb)
- 1999: Faith Hill - Breathe (Warner Bros.)
- 1999: Matt King - Hard Country (Atlantic)
- 1999: Lace - Lace (143 Records)
- 1999: Lonestar - Lonely Grill (BNA)
- 1999: Tim McGraw - A Place in the Sun (Curb)
- 1999: Montgomery Gentry - Tattoos & Scars (Columbia)
- 1999: Kenny Rogers - She Rides Wild Horses (Dreamcatcher)
- 2000: Alabama - When It All Goes South (RCA)
- 2000: Jessica Andrews - Who I Am (DreamWorks)
- 2000: Lisa Angelle - Lisa Angelle (DreamWorks)
- 2000: Sara Evans - Born to Fly (RCA)
- 2000: Wynonna Judd - New Day Dawning (Mercury / Curb)
- 2000: The Kinleys - II (Epic)
- 2000: Jo Dee Messina - Burn (Curb)
- 2000: Aaron Tippin - People Like Us (Lyric Street)
- 2000: Steve Wariner - Faith in You (Capitol Nashville)
- 2001: 3 of Hearts - 3 of Hearts (RCA)
- 2001: Edel)
- 2001: George Jones - The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 (BNA / Bandit)
- 2001: Hal Ketchum - Lucky Man (Curb)
- 2001: Tim McGraw - Set This Circus Down (Curb)
- 2001: Toby Keith - Pull My Chain (DreamWorks)
- 2001: Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul (Epic)
- 2001: SHeDAISY - The Whole SHeBANG (Lyric Street)
2002 - 2004
- 2002: Toby Keith - Unleashed (DreamWorks)
- 2002: Jude Johnstone - Coming of Age (BoJak)
- 2002: Bill Miller - Spirit Rain (Paras)
- 2003: Harry Connick Jr. - Harry for the Holidays (Columbia)
- 2003: Wynonna Judd - What the World Needs Now is Love (Curb)
- 2003: Toby Keith - Shock'n Y'all (DreamWorks)
- 2003: Kenny Rogers - Back to the Well (Sanctuary)
- 2003: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Vicious Cycle (Sanctuary)
- 2003: Martina McBride - Martina (RCA)
- 2003: George Strait - Honkytonkville (MCA Nashville)
- 2003: Steve Wariner - Steal Another Day (SelecTone)
- 2003: Mark Wills - And the Crowd Goes Wild (Mercury)
- 2004: Andy Griggs - This I Gotta See (RCA)
- 2004: Willie Nelson - It Always Will Be (Lost Highway)
- 2004: Willie Nelson & Friends - Outlaws and Angels (Lost Highway)
- 2004: Joshua Payne - Your Love, My Home (Verve Forecast)
- 2004: Selah - Hiding Place (Curb)
2005 - 2011
- 2005: Merle Haggard - Chicago Wind (Capitol Nashville)
- 2005: Toby Keith - Honkytonk University (DreamWorks)
- 2005: Selah - Greatest Hymns (Curb)
- 2005: Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (Arista)
- 2006: Show Dog Nashville)
- 2006: Ali Lohan- Lohan Holiday (YMC)
- 2006: Kenny Rogers - Water & Bridges (EMI / Capitol)
- 2006: Bob Seger - Face the Promise (Capitol)
- 2006: Josh Turner - Your Man (MCA Nashville)
- 2006: Maverick)
- 2007: Toby Keith - A Classic Christmas (Show Dog Nashville)
- 2007: Lonestar - My Christmas List (Cracker Barrel)
- 2008: Dolly Parton - Backwoods Barbie (Dolly Records)
- 2008: Saguaro Road)
- 2009: Chris Young - The Man I Want to Be (RCA Nashville)
- 2010: Easton Corbin - Easton Corbin (Mercury)
- 2010: Billy Currington - Enjoy Yourself (Mercury)
- 2010: Lonestar - Party Heard Around the World (Saguaro Road)
- 2011: Toby Keith - Clancy's Tavern (Hump Head)
- 2011: )
- 2011: Willie Nelson - Remember Me, Vol. 1 (R&J)
- 2011: Dolly Parton - Better Day (Warner Nashville)
- 2011: Gene Watson and Rhonda Vincent - Your Money and My Good Looks (Upper Management)
- 2011: Chris Young - Neon (RCA)
2012 - present
- 2012: Troy Cassar-Daley - Home (Liberation Music)
- 2012: Easton Corbin - All Over the Road (Mercury)
- 2012: Lady Antebellum - On This Winter's Night(Capitol Nashville)
- 2013: Lady Antebellum - Golden (Capitol Nashville)
- 2013: Sylvie Vartan - Sylvie in Nashville (RCA / Sony)
- 2013: Chris Young - A.M. (RCA)
- 2014: Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time - All-Star Duets (MightyCord)
- 2014: Bob Seger - Ride Out (Capitol)
- 2015: Clint Black - On Purpose (Blacktop)
- 2015: Easton Corbin - About to Get Real (Mercury Nashville)
- 2015: Amy Grant - Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith (AG / Universal)
- 2015: Reba McEntire - Love Somebody (Starstruck / Nash Icon)
- 2016: John Gorka - Before Beginning (Red House)
- 2016: Lonestar - Never Enders (Shanachie)
- 2016: Charles Kelley - The Driver (Capitol Nashville)
- 2017: Selah - Unbreakable (Curb)
Bibliography
- 2005: Chas Williams - The Nashville Number System ISBN 978-0963090676 - Watson contributed chart examples[20]
References
- ISBN 9781466885677. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "Writers, Artists, and Craftspeople". Town of Chatham. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ^ staff (June 17, 1978). "Crystal Gayle: 'a shining lady'". The Morning News. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ^ Phil Sweetland (March 1, 2002). "Biff Watson: Perfect Acoustics". CMA Close Up. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "Patty Loveless readies new CD". Country Standard Time. July 10, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ^ "Biff Watson's 5 "T"s for studio work". July 29, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ISBN 9781903111246. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "George Strait Album: "One Step at a Time"". Best Country Singers. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ISBN 9780313378041. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ISBN 9780739071915. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ISBN 9780879309183. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ISBN 9781451604542. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ Tuber, Keith (July 1, 1982). "The Gentle Giant of Country: Don Williams". Orange Coast Magazine. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ Ty Campbell (November 1, 2015). "Dave Pomeroy, No Limits". Bass Musician. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ Anne Freeman (December 15, 2002). "The Tennessee Pulleybone: A Forgotten Piece of Country Music History". Music Dish. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ISBN 9781442240117. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ staff (February 28, 1988). "Concerts". The Tennessea. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ Edward Morris (April 28, 2008). "Emmylou Harris, Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman Enter Country Music Hall of Fame". CNT News. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Country Music Association. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ Chas Williams. "The Nashville Number System". Retrieved October 23, 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Biff Watson at AllMusic
- Biff Watson discography at Discogs
- Biff Watson at IMDb