Charley Crockett – $10 Cowboy [CD]

With $10 Cowboy, Charley Crockett didnt set out to make a themed record. He had released a concept album in 2022, the critically acclaimed Man From Waco, propelling Crockett to new heights and establishing him as one of the leaders of a sparkling revival of traditional country and folk music.

For the follow up album, Crockett wrote freely, over a two-month period, as he wound his way across the United States on the back of a tour bus. The resulting songsraw, personal, vivid portraits of a country in transitionended up being connected after all.

This material is written at truck stops, its written at casinos, its written in the alleys behind the venues, its written in my truck parked up on South Congress in Austin, explains Crockett. A ramblin man like me, a genuine transient, is in a pretty damn good position to have something to say about America.

As the album unfolds, you beg