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Aaron Watson is both a fan and a critic of Charley Crockett. The Texas country legend stopped by the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast to talk about coming up in the Texas music scene and how that shaped his perspective of country music and the Nashville machine, dealing with record executives, being self-sufficient and taking a unique approach to his career, current country music beefs, how he started his tailgate talks on social media and the success that the videos have had online, playing the American Rodeo alongside Post Malone and what that experience was like and so much more. Much like how Watson tackles the biggest stories in country music with his “Tailgate Talks,” he was ready to roll when it came to the conversation about country artists calling each other inauthentic. Aaron Watson has become a bit of a country music commentator lately, and he had some bones to pick when he sat down with us. He started things off by saying this: “There are some of these guys on social media and one second they’re posting pictures of them on stage with huge crowds. How awesome is that? What a blessing. They are selling out shows every night, and then the next morning, they’re posting things about how they’re this persecuted individual, and it’s a constant flex. I’m like, ‘Well what are ya? You probably just made $100,000 last night and now you’re whining?’ Outlaws don’t whine.” @whiskeyriff “Outlaws don’t whine, and there’s a lot of whining.” // Check out the latest podcast episode with @Aaron Watson ♬ original sound – Whiskey Riff Any guesses on who Aaron Watson could be talking about there? If you are still in the dark, what the “Buy The World A Round” singer said next might help clear things up. Watson also takes issue with artists claiming their “roots,” but then not having the roots to back it up, at least in his eyes. He continued to keep things vague, until he name dropped the artist that he was likely referring to with both of his grievances: “There’s also a lot of guys who are claiming their roots. Here’s the deal. Me and all my Texas buddies that have been playing shows in Texas (and) making a living doing our thing… we’ve been playing in Texas for 27 years. There’s a lot of these guys that claim these Texas roots and I’ve never seen their posters up ever. But I’m not going to call them out. That’s not my thing. I will say, my thing with Charley Crockett, I really like Charley Crockett’s music. I like it a lot. I don’t understand why some people say, ‘Oh it’s not authentic.’ In Charley’s defense, it’s okay… I have some pictures of Charley from back in the day. I’m not gonna post them, but one of them he’s wearing a kitty-cat hat, no shirt, covered in glitter.” So Watson is both calling out and defending Charley Crockett? To quote Sean Connery’s line from the 1999 film Entrapment… Aaron Watson, “you’re playing both sides.” Though it certainly seemed like Watson had his own issues with Crockett, he also wasted no time jumping to his defense. Bringing up Charley Crockett’s busking, “kitty-cat hat” phase might make it seem like Aaron Watson was trying to put down the singer… but shortly afterwards, he pointed out that none of us really know Charley’s story and what he had to do to get to where he is today: “I don’t know the story behind that picture. It might have been from something on Broadway, which would have been really cool. And he’s singing in subways, and for me, just because he went that route, that doesn’t mean he’s not authentic. Maybe he has developed his craft and maybe when he was a young boy he used to ride around in a truck with his grandad listening to Ernest Tubb and Lefty Frizzell like I did. And maybe as he get older and he matured, he realized just how fabulous that music is.” The way I see it, Aaron Watson didn’t mind pointing out some of the faults that he sees with Charley Crockett. That being said, he wasn’t going to sit idly by and let other artists call Charley “inauthentic” just because his path to country music stardom wasn’t linear. It’s honestly a refreshing take in a world where it seems like you have to take one side. Aaron Watson sees both, and feels as though there’s value in pinpointing and hashing out each and every argument. You can hear the “July In Cheyenne” singer do more of that by downloading the podcast on Apple Podcasts by searching “Whiskey Riff Raff” or click here. We’re also available on Spotify and wherever else you can listen to podcasts. Cheers, y’all. Audio Video The post Aaron Watson Weighs In On Charley Crockett Being Called Inauthentic: “Outlaws Don’t Whine” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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