{"id":12228,"date":"2019-06-27T16:24:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T21:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=12228"},"modified":"2023-09-03T20:19:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:19:22","slug":"album-feature-aaron-watson-red-bandana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=12228","title":{"rendered":"Album Feature – Aaron Watson – Red Bandana"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Joshua Wallace<\/b><\/p>\n

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Red Bandana is Aaron Watson\u2019s first studio LP since 2017\u2019s Vaquero.  This album picks up where Vaquero left off and is 20 tracks deep with good country music.  Aaron Watson continues to produce good stuff and Red Bandana is looking like it will be high on my year end album list.  When an album has 20 songs, it often means there can be a few duds in the bunch, but that is not the case here.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGhost Of Guy Clark\u201d kicks things off with an nontraditional song that is more of a recitation.  Don\u2019t let that fool you, this song will still get your blood pumping and get you excited about the rest of the album to come.  If that track gets your blood pumping, \u201cDark Horse\u201d takes hold of that adrenaline and doesn\u2019t let go. I love the banjo riff that opens this upbeat track that almost sees Aaron rapping through the verses, but it\u2019s done in a way that just fits this track.  It reminds me a bit of \u201cFreight Train\u201d from The Underdog, and it should be a similar hit for Watson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Switching things up a bit, \u201cLegends\u201d is a great song about country music heroes and legends gone by.  It\u2019s a tasteful callback to those old songs that just never die. \u201cAm I Amarillo\u201d is a very George Strait inspired love song about possibly moving on and trying to make that decision.  \u201cLive Or Die Trying\u201d is another favorite that is somewhat in the same vein as \u201cDark Horse\u201d. It\u2019s a song about never giving up until you\u2019ve achieved your dreams which is something Aaron Watson has done his entire career.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRiding With Red\u201d is a tearjerker about an old cowboy that has passed but Aaron looks up to highly in this song.  It\u2019s an amazing example of the great songwriting you find throughout this album. \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d is another great ballad on this album.  I love the line \u201cMy illusion’s delusion has come to conclusion \/ This world’s not what it seems\u201d. Finally, \u201cYou On My Hands\u201d is a smooth country love song like only Aaron Watson can do these days.  He\u2019s written a few good ones over the years and this is another.<\/span><\/p>\n

This album is a long one, clocking in at 69 minutes, but it\u2019s full of good tunes and none of it disappoints.  I saw Aaron Watson back on his tour for Vaquero back in 2017 and it may be time to catch a show again with all of these new songs.  Red Bandana is available everywhere you can find good music as of June 21st, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite Tracks : Ghost Of Guy Clark, Dark Horse, Legends, Am I Amarillo, Live Or Die Trying, Riding With Red, Home Sweet Home, Shake A Heartache<\/span><\/p>\n

Aaron Watson – Red Bandana (2019)<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Ghost Of Guy Clark<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. El Comienzo del Viaje<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Dark Horse<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Heartstrings<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Old Friend<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Kiss That Girl Goodbye<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Country Radio<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Legends<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Am I Amarillo<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Blood Brothers<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Live Or Die Trying<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Riding With Red<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. Red Bandana<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Trying Like The Devil<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. Home Sweet Home<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. Burn Em Down<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. Shake A Heartache<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. You On My Hands<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. To Be The Moon<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. 58<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By Joshua Wallace Red Bandana is Aaron Watson\u2019s first studio LP since 2017\u2019s Vaquero.  This album picks up where Vaquero left off and is 20 tracks deep with good country music.  Aaron Watson continues to produce good stuff and Red Bandana is looking like it will be high on my year end album list.  When […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[12,28,30,540],"class_list":["post-12228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-aaron-watson","tag-album-feature","tag-album-review","tag-joshua-wallace"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t