Jim Casey talks with Aaron Watson about:
- scoring his first Top 10 hit with “Outta Style” in 2017
- releasing his new 20-song album, Red Bandana, on June 21
- writing all 20 songs on the new album by himself
- the “purposeful” nature of the new project
- preparing to make the new album by listening to records by Pink Floyd, the Beatles and the Beach Boys
- kicking off the album with “The Ghost of Guy Clark”
- the notion of “selling out” by trying to get played on country radio
- titling the new album and writing the title track, “Red Bandana,” as an ode to his father, who was a disabled Vietnam veteran
- choosing “Kiss That Girl Goodbye” as the album’s lead single
- the depth of new song, “Trying Like the Devil”
- what fans can expect on his Red Bandana Tour, which launches on June 28
Podcast Participants:
- Aaron Watson
- Jim Casey, editor in chief of Nash Country Daily
