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Aaron Watson has been through a lot in his twelve-year career: eleven albums, the birth of four children, countless hours on the road and many more still spent toiling away at his guitar, writing songs with Jesus on one shoulder and the ghost of Waylon Jennings on the other, making the country tunes he was born to play. But a year ago, the music nearly stopped for this lone star legend from Amarillo, Texas. Watson and his wife lost their newest daughter, Julia Grace, just shortly after her birth. And this man, who lives and breathes his craft, fell silent. \u201cI thought the last thing I want to do is make music, to get up there and sing,\u201d Watson says, his Texas accent strong and smooth as molasses. \u201cSo I said, \u2018God, I don\u2019t think I can do this. If music is what you need me to do, then I need some help. Because I can\u2019t write a song to save my life.\u2019 And over the next month I wrote a record like it was no big deal \u2013 and I think it\u2019s my best one yet.\u201d The resulting album is titled Real Good Time, and it\u2019s testament to the power of music to lift us out from our lowest moments and bring joy and salvation though the wail of the fiddle, twang of a steel guitar or note of Watson\u2019s rich voice. He\u2019d give all the credit to God, but it\u2019s also the result of a long career inspired by the greats of country music \u2013 George Strait, Chris Ledoux, Willie Nelson…<\/p>\n