Growing up with a single mother in San Benito, Texas, the hometown of Tejano star Freddy
Fender was not easy for blues singer Charley Crockett. Hitchhiking across the country exposed
Crockett to the street life at a young age, following in the footsteps of his relative, American folk
hero Davy Crockett, who also lived a wild life on the American frontier. After train hopping
across the country, singing on the streets for change in New Orleans’ French Quarter, busking
in New York City and performing across Texas and Northern California, Crockett set off to travel
the world and lived on the streets of Paris for nearly a year before searching for home in Spain,
Morocco, and Northern Africa.
The blues artist returned home to Texas and released his debut solo album titled A Stolen Jewel
in 2015, receiving critical acclaim in Dallas and ultimately landing him a Dallas Observer Music
Award that year for “Best Blues Act”. A record “rich with Southern flavor, a musical gumbo of
Delta blues, honky-tonk, gospel and Cajun jazz,” Jewel proved that Crockett, born into poverty
in the Rio Grande, had come home to make his musical mark on the South. Crockett, who is
self-described as elusive, rebellious and self-taught, has been compared to legends like Bill
Withers, Merle Haggard, and Gary Clark Jr.
He released his sophomore record In The Night, an admirable nod to his Texas country and
Louisiana blues roots, on June 4 and ended 2016 having played over 125 shows. “In the Night”
and Crockett’s song “I Am Not Afraid” received international recognition from top tastemakers
after being picked by NPR Music as one of the "Top 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing”
and selected by David Dye to be featured on World Cafe in late July. The Fort Worth Star-
Telegram called it “an impressive calling card, full of Crockett's plaintive soulfulness and
swinging tempos" and Central Track noted the artist as having "the well-rounded songwriting
capabilities of Van Morrison and a vocal approach that finds common ground between Bill
Withers and early Dr. John." Crockett graced the cover of Buddy Magazine in May 2016, who
called him “the archetype of the new American vagabond.”
He has shared the stage with artists like Justin Townes Earle, Citizen Cope, Alejandro
Escovedo, Joe Ely, Sean Hayes, Tab Benoit, Ace Enders, and Leon Bridges.
For more information www.CharleyCrockett.com
Jaime Wyatt’s newest release Felony Blues, whose title is a nod to records like David Allan Coe’s Penitentiary Blue, is largely an autobiographical collection of convict love stories, prison songs, and honky-tonk laments.
Wyatt is a striking figure with an old soul and a voice like a force of nature. Regardless of genre, the Los Angeles-based Wyatt is a dynamic performer, who sails naturally between vintage ‘60s and ‘70s country/rock ’n’ soul anthems and
heartfelt country ballads of love and corruption. Country radio station 95.3 The Bear recently named her, alongside Sturgill Simpson and Margo Price, as “one of the country artists you may not have heard of, but need to hear.”