Charley Crockett will release his latest album The Man From Waco on September 9th via Son of Davy/Thirty Tigers. Crockett wrote or co-wrote all 14 songs on the album, and in many ways The Man From Waco is the purest distillation of his artistry to date. What started as a demo session with producer Bruce Robison at Robison’s studio The Bunker outside Austin, TX turned into the first album Crockett has ever made with his band The Blue Drifters backing him from start to finish. Mostly first takes with only a handful of overdubs, The Man From Waco finds Crockett refining his singular “Gulf & Western” sound which continues to captivate an ever-growing legion of fans.
“I just wanted an honest partnership: do it at your place, live to tape, everybody in the room,” Crockett says of the recording experience, and Robison was happy to accommodate. “The magic is in the performances on that tape. That’s what Bruce wanted to do, that’s what I wanted to do. When we were done, I said ‘these are masters, not demos.’”
There’s a loose narrative thread that ties the album together, but at the center of The Man From Waco is Crockett, who continues to trust his instincts and carve out his own singular space. Eschewing the ever-growing siren song of major labels and GRAMMY-winning producers, Crockett is forging ahead as a mostly DIY artist, calling his own shots and giving himself the space to strive for greatness on his own terms.
“Everybody was telling me: ‘go right, go right, go right,’” says Crockett. “I went left. I had to hold on to what has gotten me this far.”
Crockett is currently out on the road across the U.S., mixing headlining shows with a slot on Willie Nelson’s roving Outlaw Music Festival and other festival appearances. He will head to Europe and the UK for a headlining tour at the end of October as well.
The Man From Waco track list
The Man From Waco Theme (Charley Crockett, Kullen Fox)
Cowboy Candy (Charley Crockett)
Time Of The Cottonwood Trees (Charley Crockett)
Just Like Honey (Charley Crockett, Kullen Fox)
I’m Just A Clown (Charley Crockett)
Black Sedan (Charley Crockett, Kullen Fox)
The Man From Waco (Charley Crockett, Bruce Robison, Kullen Fox, Taylor Grace)
Trinity River (Charley Crockett)
Tom Turkey (Charley Crockett, Bob Dylan) *
Odessa (Charley Crockett, Nathan Fleming)
All The Way From Atlanta (Charley Crockett)
Horse Thief Mesa (Charley Crockett)
July Jackson (Charley Crockett, Taylor Grace)
The Man From Waco Theme (Charley Crockett, Kullen Fox)
*contains interpolations from Billy 4
Charley Crockett 2022 Tour Dates
July 30 – Peacemaker Music Festival – Fort Smith, AR
August 2 – Belly Up – Aspen, CO
August 3 – Triple A SummitFest – Boulder, CO
August 4 – The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
August 5 – The Lincoln – Cheyenne, WY
August 8 – The Pabst Theater – Milwaukee, WI
August 9 – Bell’s Brewery – Kalamazoo, MI
August 11 – Race Street Live – Holyoke, MA
August 12 – Bank of NH Pavilion – Gilford, NH^
August 13 – Bethel Woods Center – Bethel, NY^
August 14 – Darien Lake Amphitheatre – Darien Center, NY^
August 16 – Brooklyn Bowl – Philadelphia, PA
August 18 – Missouri State Fair – Sedalia, MO
August 20 – RiversEdge Ampitheater – Hamilton, OH
August 22 – Slowdown – Omaha, NE
August 24 – Buddy Holly Center – Lubbock, TX
August 25 – The Paramount Theatre of Abilene – Abilene, TX
August 26 – North Texas State Fair and Rodeo – Denton, TX
August 27 – Whitewater Amp – New Braunfels, TX
Aug 28 – Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center – Midland, TX
September 4 – Central Texas State Fair – Belton, TX
September 6 – The Strand Theatre – Shreveport, LA
September 9 – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre – Alpharetta, GA^
September 10 – PNC Music Pavilion – Charlotte, NC^
September 11 – Moon River Festival – Chattanooga, TN
September 13 – Saturn – Birmingham, AL
September 16 – Bourbon & Beyond Festival – Louisville, KY
October 2 – Arlington Theatre – Santa Barbara, CA
October 8 – Devils Backbone Hoopla – Roseland, VA
October 9 – Riverfront Revival Festival – Charleston, SC
October 28 – Workman’s – Dublin, IRE
October 30 – Oran Mor – Glasgow, UK
October 31 – Deaf Institute – Manchester, UK
November 1 – Jazz Café – London, UK
November 3 – Yuca – Cologne, DE
November 4 – Quasimodo – Berlin, DE
November 5 – Take Root Festival – Groningen, NL
December 30 – Choctaw Grand Theater – Durant, OK
^Outlaw Music Festival
