Charley Crockett - Music City USA - 2XLP

Now comes Charley’s tenth album in his six-year career. In the Crockett tradition, it is as ambitious and ground-breaking as each piece of recorded music he’s put out so far. And it’s not just an album. It’s a double album of Charley Crockett originals, each song going the distance to further define this singer-songwriter-performer-artist who came out of the proverbial nowhere. 

Charley has endured the collapse of the recording industry, no money, petty crime, societal ennui, the Covid-19 pandemic, open heart surgery, one-night stands, long distance rides in a van, loud truck stops and diners serving stale lukewarm coffee to get to where he is now. 

His reward – and yours – is this collection of Charley Crockett originals. 

Sad, uplifting, hard, and sweet, complex and delicate all at once, his songs are like life its ownself, just like the songs’ creator: like nothing you’ve heard or seen before, a genuine Texas original.  

A1        Honest Fight    3:25
A2        I Need Your Love    3:21
A3        The World Just Broke My Heart    2:38
A4        Are We Lonesome Yet    2:54
B1        This Foolish Game    3:30
B2        Round This World    3:06
B3        Music City Usa    3:02
B4        Just So You Know    3:14
C1        Lies And Regret    2:31
C2        I Won't Cry    3:35
C3        Smoky    3:08
C4        Muddy Water    2:55
D1        518    2:57
D2        Only Game In Town    4:01
D3        Hanger On    2:36
D4        Skip A Rope    2:57