Charley Crockett announces surprise second album of 2024 and it’s out now

Photo: Brooks Burris

Art work Charley Crockett Visions of DallasNot content with releasing  “$10 Cowboy” in the Spring, Charley Crockett has released his second album of the year on 22nd July 2024 via Son of Davy/ Thirty Tigers.  Entitled “$10 Cowboy Chapter II: Visions of Dallas,” it is intended as a companion piece to “$10 Cowboy” and features 10 new songs and two fan favourites – ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and ‘How Low Can You Go’ – that have never been released as part of a full-length album.

“We recorded the songs during the same sessions as $10 Cowboy down at Arlyn Studios in Austin,” explains Crockett. “Could have released a double record. But then Taylor Grace wrote ‘Visions of Dallas’ in a hotel room overlooking that city. She thought about my relationship to Dallas and the great state of Texas in general, and suggested we do a second album where all the songs tie back to Dallas and Texas. The result is “Visions of Dallas”.”

“For a truly independent artist like myself, there are no rules anymore,” he continues. “Why release “Visions of Dallas” now? To indulge myself in artistic freedom. The days of 18-to-24-month release cycles have gone the way of the dinosaur. I’ll have my 14th studio album out next week, and every single one has been released how and when I wanted them to. I see no reason to change now.”  Crockett also has a cover of ‘(Ghost) Riders in the Sky’ on the “Twisters” soundtrack, released by Atlantic Records.

Crockett’s performance of ‘Solitary Road’ from “$10 Cowboy” on BBC’s ‘Later…With Jools Holland’ can be seen below.  He has announced a string of US dates but as yet nothing in the UK/ Europe following on from his sold out shows at London’s Hoxton Hall earlier this year.

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