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Charley Crockett on His New ‘$10 Cowboy’ Single, Mixing Traditional Country With ‘Swamp-Pop-Soul,’ and Working With Willie Nelson
Charley Crockett, who mixes traditional country with 'swamp-pop-soul,' talks about his upcoming '$10 Cowboy' album and his recent Willie Nelson duet.
It reflects back on that time playing for crisp bills, long before he was repped by CAA, managed by Vector’s Ken Levitan or releasing albums through one of the dominant label groups for roots artists, Thirty Tigers. Recalling the reasons why “Man From Waco” bumped him up to the next level, Crockett cites the simplicity of how it was recorded, at then-manager Bruce Robison’s small studio in Austin, using a two-inch tape machine — as putative demos. “And so going into this ‘$10 Cowboy’ recording” — which he co-produced himself, along with bass player Billy Horton — “the reason that we went to Arlyn Studios (also in Austin) is because I wanted to go into a room that was similar to Bruce’s, but bigger, where I could get even more guys cutting live on the floor.
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