All that onerous work during the last a few years is paying off in spades for ol’ Charley Crockett. Simply introduced formally, Crockett has signed a serious label cope with Island Information, and will probably be releasing his debut main label album known as Lonesome Drifter on March 14th. The 12-track album recorded at Sundown Sounds Studio in Los Angeles was produced by Shooter Jennings.
“Shooter and I barely talked about it,” Charley says concerning the recording course of. “I simply introduced all of my guys out, and the album made itself. It was reside with out loads of overdubs. There have been no inhibitions. I wasn’t being judged, and I didn’t really feel self-conscious. Shooter knew tips on how to reduce unfastened and let this factor unfold.”
Crockett will launch the title observe and video on Friday (1-31), explaining concerning the observe, “I began writing the tune again once I was nonetheless taking part in in subways in New York. It’s how I realized to play electrical guitar with an amp on my shoulder. Whereas I used to be ready for the subsequent prepare, I wrote songs. A couple of years later, I used to be in California engaged on the ganja farms, and I got here up with the ‘Lonesome Drifter’ part.“
Hopefully Island Information handed Crockett an enormous suitcase full of money, and you realize he wouldn’t take it in the event that they didn’t let him hold all of his inventive management. Wyatt Flores can also be signed to Island Information, and it seems it’s labored out for him to date.
Issues are beginning to actually fall into place for Crockett. After many hears of paying dues, you lastly are seeing his title drift greater and better on pageant posters, and see the venues he’s taking part in proceed to extend in capability. This consists of headlining Rodeo Houston on March seventeenth. And on Sunday, February 2nd, Crockett will probably be competing for Greatest Americana Album on the 2025 Grammy Awards.
Underscoring simply how hardworking Charley Crockett is, he recorded Lonesome Drifter in March of 2024 earlier than his album $10 Cowboy got here out in April, and it’s companion album Visions of Dallas got here out in July. Don’t be stunned if Crockett has extra music up his sleeve for 2025 as properly.
Peeping on the observe checklist for Lonesome Drifter, it appears like we’ll hear Crockett’s model of “Amarillo By Morning” made fashionable by George Strait, in addition to a brand new model of one in every of his signature songs, “Jamestown Ferry” initially recorded by Tanya Tucker.
Lonesome Drifter is now out there for pre-save/preorder.
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TRACK LIST:
1. Lonesome Drifter
2. Sport I Can’t Win
3. Jamestown Ferry
4. Simple Cash
5. Underneath Neon Lights
6. This Loopy Life
7. The Demise Of Invoice Bailey
8. By no means No Extra
9. Life Of A Nation Singer
10. One Trick Pony
11. Night time Rider
12. Amarillo By Morning
