Gene Price
Gene Price (February 27, 1944 – August 13, 2013), also credited as Willard Eugene Price and Willard E. Price, was an American songwriter, primarily noted for his songwriting association with Buck Owens. He was also a member of Merle Haggard's backing band The Strangers.
History
Price is a musician and vocalist, in addition to being a songwriter. He was born in Shamrock, Texas.[1] His initial success was through his association with the "Bakersfield sound". Price was a bass player for Merle Haggard and a songwriter with Buck Owens.[2][3] He was particularly successful as a recorded songwriter on various Capitol Records releases in the early 1970s. One of his best known songs is "In The Arms of Love",[2] co-written with Owens and recorded by Merle Haggard,[4] Susan Raye, Wynn Stewart and Freddie Hart, among others.
Other songs for which Price is known include "Let's Keep The Memories Warm", solely written by Price and recorded by Terry Stafford in 1973, for inclusion on Stafford's album Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose (Atlantic, 1973)[5] Other songs written with Owens include "The Biggest Storm of All",[6] "Natural Born Loser",[7] "Across This Town and Gone",[8]"Something's Wrong", "I'll Be All Right Tomorrow"[9] and "I've Carried This Torch Much Too Long".[2]
Later in his career, Price had a degree of pop music success with some of his songs. For example, his song "Come To Me", solely written by Price,[10] was recorded twice by Aretha Franklin within a 10-year period.[11]
References
- ^ Eileen Sisk, Buck Owens: The Biography (Chicago Review Press, 2010), p. 173.
- ^ a b c Bruce Eder, Biography of Gene Price; www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Price is one of many with mixed feelings about Buck Owens. Owens' reputation, following his death in 2006, was tarnished by revelations of behaviors significantly at variance with Owens's public image. Price is quoted as describing Owens as "a very bad man who made very good music". See Charlie Gillis, Review of Eileen Sisk, Buck Owens: The Biography ,Maclean's magazine, August 19, 2010; www2.macleans.ca.
- ^ On Okie from Muskogee (Capitol, 1969), a live recording on which Price sings lead vocal on the song and also plays bass. See Mark Phillips, Review of Okie from Muskogee. Americana UK; www.americana-uk.com.
- ^ Particulars of Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose. Terry Stafford "Suspicion" Home Page; www.youchanan.net.
- ^ Recorded by Buck Owens on Roll Your Own (Capitol, 1969) and Susan Raye on The Cheating Game (Capitol, 1973).
- ^ Recorded by Buck Owens on Roll Your Own (Capitol, 1969).
- ^ Recorded by Buck Owens on Tall Dark Stranger (Capitol, 1969), Susan Raye on Wheel of Fortune (Capitol, 1972) and Tony Booth on Happy Hour (Capitol, 1973).
- ^ Recorded by The Buckaroos on Rompin' & Stompin' (Capitol, 1970), www.allmusic.com, with Doyle Holly, bass player for The Buckaroos, credited as third co-author
- ^ And credited as "Willard Eugene Price".
- ^ On Aretha (Arista, 1980) and Through the Storm (Arista, 1989).
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- Biff Adam
- Jimmy Belken
- Eddie Burris
- Gary Church
- Wayne Durham
- George French
- Dennis Hromek
- Don Markham
- Johnny Meeks
- Marcia Nichols
- Ronnie Reno
- Clint Strong
- Jim Tittle
- Jerry Ward
- Bobby Wayne
- Mark Yeary
- Strangers
- Swinging Doors ‡
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive ‡
- Branded Man ‡
- Sing Me Back Home ‡
- The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde ‡
- Mama Tried ‡
- Pride in What I Am ‡
- Same Train, a Different Time ‡
- A Portrait of Merle Haggard ‡
- A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) ‡
- Hag ‡
- Someday We'll Look Back ‡
- Let Me Tell You About a Song ‡
- It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) ‡
- If We Make It Through December ‡
- Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album ‡
- Keep Movin' On ‡
- It's All in the Movies ‡
- My Love Affair with Trains ‡
- The Roots of My Raising ‡
- Ramblin' Fever
- A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today ‡
- My Farewell to Elvis
- I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
- Serving 190 Proof
- The Way I Am
- Back to the Barrooms
- Big City
- Going Where the Lonely Go
- That's the Way Love Goes
- It's All in the Game
- Kern River
- Out Among the Stars
- A Friend in California
- Chill Factor
- 5:01 Blues
- Blue Jungle
- 1994
- 1996
- If I Could Only Fly
- Roots, Volume 1
- The Peer Sessions
- Haggard Like Never Before
- Unforgettable
- Chicago Wind
- The Bluegrass Sessions
- I Am What I Am
- Working in Tennessee
- Songs I'll Always Sing
- Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits
- His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...)
- Down Every Road 1962–1994
- 16 Biggest Hits
- Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
- Okie from Muskogee ‡
- The Fightin' Side of Me ‡
- I Love Dixie Blues ‡
- Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium
- The Epic Collection (Recorded Live)
- Amber Waves of Grain
- The Land of Many Churches ‡
- Songs for the Mama That Tried
- Cabin in the Hills
- Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.)
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