“Bluebonnets” (Julia’s Song) (Aaron Watson) “That’s Why God Loves Cowboys” (Aaron Watson, Troy Olsen, Sarah Buxton) “Freight Train” (Aaron Watson, Troy Olsen, Tim Nichols) “These Old Boots Have Roots” (Aaron Watson) The video for the self-penned homage to his wife “turns the heat way up” (Taste of Country), premiered with CMT Music last month and has racked up positions on some impressive playlists including Pandora’s New Country Now, Amazon Music’s New In Country, Apple’s Hot Tracks, and Randy Travis' “Diggin’ Up Songs” on Spotify.Īaron Watson Live at the World’s Biggest Rodeo Show - track list: Seeing that on the news and the people there struggling to escape, rescue each other and recover was the inspiration for writing the song ‘Higher Ground.’”Īdding to the summertime excitement, Watson’s new single from ' Vaquero', “Run Wild Horses,” was just named one of Rolling Stone’s 10 Best Country Songs of the Week, and is currently climbing the national radio charts. My grandparents lived in, and are buried in, an area that was devastated. I felt helpless being so far away,” shares Watson. “I was out of state touring when Harvey hit. The collection contains 13 songs from Aaron’s 18-year career, recorded live at the 2017 Rodeo Houston, and includes the emotional acoustic bonus track, “Higher Ground,” - out today to stream and available to fans who pre-order the album - which Aaron wrote as Hurricane Harvey was devastating his home state of Texas. I’m also extremely proud to partner with the Rebuild Texas Fund, which makes sure every dollar goes back into the local communities, and help them raise money by donating a portion of the live album sales.” Hopefully by bringing the recovery efforts back to the forefront, it will remind people that there is still so much work left to do. So much of my home state of Texas was affected. “I’ve always wanted my music to do good in the world and it became clear that there was a real opportunity to hold onto this project and release it on the one year anniversary of the hurricane. “We had planned on releasing this album in the second half of 2017, but after the storm it just didn’t feel right,” says Watson. Recorded live in front of 65,000 fans on opening night of the 2017 Rodeo Houston, the album is particularly poignant to the Texas born-and-bred singer/songwriter: $1.41 from each album sold will benefit the Rebuild Texas Fund, in recognition of the widespread devastation across Watson’s beloved home state.

The Category 4 storm caused $125 billion in damage according to the US National Hurricane Center and impacted 13 million people in 41 Texas counties. Aaron Watson 'Live at the World’s Biggest Rodeo Show', the “pioneering independent’s” (Cowboys & Indians) 14th album and his first live album in nearly a decade, is set to release on August 24th 2018 and available to pre-order now, marking the one year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey’s landfall on the south Texas coast (August 25, 2017).

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