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Charley Crockett usually doesn’t stray far from straight shooting country. On his 13th studio album in 9 years, he hits the pavement and the road and he mixes a variety of styles to make an album which still sounds like solid country.
There are so many fusions going on but it doesn’t cause confusion, it just keeps you guessing.
Charley’s voice is so country that know matter what music adventure he goes on, he still sounds country.
There’s blues, soul, trad, Dylan/Guthrie moments and a few boil overs.
There seems to be a lot of soul searching on this album. Mostly autobiographical as Charley retraces his earthy musical footsteps, there are some songs which are more observations of others as well.
There’s as much New York and Vegas in this album as there is Texas and Nashville.
Many look to Charley as a modern saviour of country music as we knew it, inviting legends to return to the waters which had been seriously muddied.
That being said, he started the dabbling into some other variations but then, Johnny Cash did that too, didn’t he?
When Charley sings Good at Losing, City of Roses, Ain’t done losing yet and Diamond in the rough, you know that the cowboy hasn’t sold the farm. He’s bought a new tractor and putting some electric fences to replace the barbed wire ones but basically, he is the same farmer.
Charley doesn’t sing pretty like Vince Gill or Randy Travis, he’s more outlaw than gentleman cowboy but it is a genuine country voice just the same.
Solitary Road has traces of All Along The Watchtower. There’s orchestral hints in some songs and a sax or two. Charley has said that his job makes him a rambling man and therefore, he has a bird’s eye view of America. From a busker to a major touring artist, he has seen a fair bit of all sides of the road.
To call him prolific and consistent is an understatement. I think that as long as Charley is around, you will get both traditional and experimental country music.
Cowgirlup 