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Charlie Crockett & The Blue Drifters

  • The Historic Ashland Armory 208 Oak Street Ashland, OR, 97520 United States (map)

Doors at 7:30 pm Music at 8pm All Ages ~ Full Bar for 21+ w/ valid ID

Pre-Sale Tickets $32 available on TicketWeb https://www.ticketweb.com/event/charley-crockett-ashland-armory-tickets/12390885

Tickets also available locally at the Music Coop in Ashland

Charlie Crockett: 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.

He has received critical acclaim in Dallas and ultimately landing him a Dallas Observer Music Award 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 has shared the stage with artists like Turnpike Troubadours, Leon Bridges, Justin Townes Earle, Citizen Cope, Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Ely, Sean Hayes, Tab Benoit, Ace Enders and many others.

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