NASHVILLE, TN (February 2, 2010) - Aaron Watson’s 2010 is off to a great start having already won two awards, provided aid to two different charities, earned a number 1 single for “The Road” and been honored with a day to call his own.
Aaron took home two Gruene With Envy Awards on January 13: Songwriter Of The Year and Live Album Of The Year for Deep In The Heart Of Texas: Aaron Watson LIVE. The Gruene With Envy Awards, currently in their 10th year, are the largest fan voted awards in Texas. Aaron was the only other multi-award winner this year along with The Eli Young Band.
That same week, Aaron was among the artists visiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN and had a chance to learn about the program and meet some very special children. Aaron hopes to make this an annual trip saying, “I have helped a lot of local stations in the past with their St Jude’s telethons but actually going there, meeting the people involved, seeing the hospital and being a part of the whole event really made an impact on me and I want to be involved with this charity every year.”
Aaron wrapped up the week performing his first annual “Honky Tonkin’ For The Hungry” at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, TX and helped raise over $10,000 for Fort Worth’s initiative “Directions Home” and Union Gospel Mission homeless shelter of Fort Worth. These organizations help to provide necessities for the city’s homeless.
With help from the Fort Worth mayor’s office and Pam and Billy Minick, proprietors of Billy Bob’s, Aaron performed for over 3,000 people, the largest attendance for Aaron ever at Billy Bob’s, during which Mayor Mike Moncrief of Fort Worth proclaimed January 16 “Aaron Watson Day.” The show was attended by Aaron’s friends and authors of NY Times best selling book Same Kind Of Different As Me, Ron Hall and Denver Moore. The book is currently being adapted to film.
To cap off a great January, “The Road,” the lead single from Aaron’s upcoming record made it to number 1 on both the Texas Music Chart and Texas Regional Radio Report and is currently climbing both the Music Row Chart and Billboard Indicator charts. With the year now in full swing, Aaron is back to an active tour schedule with plans to play Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arizona, and California in the coming months as well as putting finishing touches on his new studio album due out later this year.
About Aaron Watson Having nine albums now under his belt, most recently his live CD/DVD Deep In The Heart Of Texas: Aaron Watson LIVE, which marked his 3rd consecutive appearance on the Billboard Country Charts, Aaron is currently hard at work writing, recording and producing his next project due out this coming spring. The first single off of the upcoming album, “The Road,” was just sent to country radio and is already creating quite a buzz. Most recently, Aaron was featured on CNN HLN’s “My City My Secret” special segment highlighting his hometown of Abilene, TX, as well as mentioned in the New York Times regarding his songwriting collaborations with famed Texas football player Jordan Shipley. Check out Aaron’s website for upcoming tour dates.
