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Crockett plays the "Lonesome Drifter"

Thursday, January 30, 2025 – Charley Crockett will release a new album, "Lonesome Drifter," on March 14, his debut for Island Records.

On Friday, Crockett will unveil the title track and accompanying video. He also has a series of tour dates this year.

Crockett co-produced with Shooter Jennings. In 10 days, they cut the record's 12 tracks live at Sunset Sounds Studio in Los Angeles,

"Shooter and I barely talked about it," said Crockett. "I just brought all of my guys out, and the album made itself. It was live without a lot of overdubs. There were no inhibitions. I wasn't being judged, and I didn't feel self-conscious. Shooter knew how to cut loose and let this thing unfold."

Referring to the title cut, Crockett said, "I started writing the song back when I was still playing in subways in New York. dIt's how I learned to play electric guitar with an amp on my shoulder. While I was waiting for the next train, I wrote songs. A few years later, I was in California working on the ganja farms, and I came up with the 'Lonesome Drifter' section. When I arrived on the West Coast, I worked to stay out there as a drifter, so I could get away with playing music for a living. At night, I was doing heavy electric blues and hillbilly shit at local bars for six hours. Shooter got me back into that mindset. The burden of becoming a troubadour is you're standing in a position that gives you a clear perspective of the struggles of humans. When all is said and done, everyone is just swinging a hammer to survive."

The track list is:
1. Lonesome Drifter
2. Game I Can't Win
3. Jamestown Ferry
4. Easy Money
5. Under Neon Lights
6. This Crazy Life
7. The Death Of Bill Bailey
8. Never No More
9. Life Of A Country Singer
10. One Trick Pony
11. Night Rider
12. Amarillo By Morning

Tour dates are:
Feb. 13 - Vancouver, CA - Rogers Arena*
Feb. 15 - Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena*
Feb. 16 - Portland, OR - Moda Center*
March 17 - Houston, TX - Houston Rodeo
March 18 - Austin, TX - Austin Rodeo
March 20 - Tulsa, OK - The Cove at River Spirit Casino
March 21 - Durant, OK - Choctaw Casinos & Resorts
April 5 - New Orleans, LA - Hogs for the Cause Festival
April 25 - Oxford, MS - Double Decker Arts Festival
May 10 - Knoxville, TN - Southern Skies Music & Whiskey Festival
June 5 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl^
Aug. 9 - Beech Mountain, NC - Beech Mountain Ski Resort@
Oct. 10-11 - Nashville, TN - Geodis Park+ Nov 8 - Miramar Beach, FL - Moon Crush Live "Whiskey Moon"

* w/ Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
^ w/ Leon Bridges
@ w/ with 49 Winchester
+ w/ Tyler Childers


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