Charley Crockett is coming to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Thursday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. Nat Myers to support.
Tickets go on sale Friday, March 6 at 10 a.m. and start at $35. Fans can access the venue presale Thursday, March 5 at 12 p.m. through Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood’s Facebook, X and Instagram. Tickets are available at www.myHRL.com. Doors open an hour before showtime. Additional fees may apply.
GRAMMY Award–nominated artist Charley Crockett announces an extensive 2026 run of tour dates, with support from Nat Myers, Sierra Hull, Pony Bradshaw, and others across select shows. Durand Jones & The Indications will join for a late-summer stretch beginning September 16.
The April 3 release of “Age of the Ram” marks Crockett’s third studio album in just over a year and third with Island Records. The LP completes The Sagebrush Trilogy, joining 2025’s “Lonesome Drifter” and the GRAMMY-nominated “Dollar a Day” records to paint a vivid picture of Crockett’s journey from Texas dreamer, New York street singer, and twice-convicted felon to the belly of the country music beast. Like the previous two, “Age of the Ram” was produced by Shooter Jennings at the venerable Sunset Sound Studio 3 in Los Angeles.
In McLane’s character, “Age of the Ram” puts a name to Sagebrush Trilogy characters like “The Lonesome Drifter” and, time and again, threads Crockett’s life in music to the story he has crafted. A series of short theme tracks — “The Life and Times of Billy McLane” which Crockett penned, plus covers of “Rancho Deluxe,” Jimmy Buffett’s dueling themes for the 1975 cattle-rustling comedy of the same name — frame the narrative.
Throughout the album, sounds of galloping horses, crackling old western movie dialogue and gunfights emerge over the blues, bluegrass, waltzes and old-school two-step numbers. The sound may be vintage Crockett, but his creativity is in overdrive, ensuring his spaghetti western tale shines through the music.
This is his version of “Red Headed Stranger,” but where Nelson’s definitive concept album remained dark and shrouded in mystery, Crockett lays his vision bare. “Lonesome Dove” reveals his numbness to artists chasing glory. “Kentucky Too Long” passes as a bank-robbery song until Crockett deadpans “I’d have split the take if you really know me,” reminding listeners of his loyalty to the people in his corner and evoking the heavy introspection of Parsons’ “Grievous Angel” record. Then, on “Billy McLane,” Crockett drives the concept home as he sings, “I ain’t nobody, just another traveler, trying not to get killed by his name.” Not until his cover of Billy Joe Shaver’s “Low Down Freedom” does Crockett break from his characters and his concepts to pay tribute to late nights hanging with his producer — and a lyrical cameo by Crockett’s wife and partner, Taylor Grace — on “Me & Shooter.” After all, that’s still his right as the biggest thorn in Music City’s side.“ Any time a Texan goes into the Nashville machine and keeps his faculties,” Crockett says, “that machine’s bound to change.”