Charley Crockett is back.
Last September, Crockett dropped one of my favorite albums of 2022, The Man from Waco.
And of all the songs on the project, “I’m Just A Clown” quickly became a favorite of mine, as you can almost feel yourself inside a smoky bar in the early 1970s.
Crockett himself spoke about the song:
“Listening back to Waco, I’d had an idea to do a part two in the style of Marty Robbins’ ‘Gunfighter Ballads’ or the Johnny Cash ‘Ballads Of The True West.’ I guess I’ve always been turning in these western folk ballads from the very start.
I’ve always been a folk songwriter, and if your tune really holds up you oughta be able to present it with any kind of band or arrangement and have the story show through.
On ‘I’m Just A Clown,’ it started out as a three chord barroom Honky Tonk number and then I went soul on it. Here we went and flipped it all around again using the same darker chords but in more of a late ‘60s folk color.”
With that being said, Crockett has officially released the Billy Horton Sessions version of the song, and a video to go along with it.
For this version of the song, he decided to go with more of a western swing sound, instead of the soul version we originally heard on the album.
Needless to say, it’s a unique twist to the song, and further proves the versatility that Crockett brings to the table.
Check it out:
And the original version:
Charley Crockett 2023 Tour Dates:
April 27 – The Greek Theatre – Berkeley, CA*
April 28 – Buck Owen’s Crystal Palace – Bakersfield, CA – SOLD OUT
April 29 – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA – Willie Nelson 90th Birthday Celebration
April 30 – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA – Willie Nelson 90th Birthday Celebration
May 2 – Pepsi Amphitheater – Flagstaff, AZ
May 3 – Lensic Performing Arts Center – Santa Fe, NM – SOLD OUT
May 4 – La Hacienda Event Center – Midland, TX
May 5 – Cook’s Garage – Lubbock, TX
May 6 – Red Dirt BBQ & Music Festival – Tyler, TX
May 31 – Waterfront Park – Louisville, KY – (WFPK radio event)
June 1 – The Mill & Mine – Knoxville, TN – SOLD OUT
June 2 – The Burl – Lexington, KY – SOLD OUT
June 3 – Railbird Festival – Lexington, KY
June 5 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC – SOLD OUT
June 6 – The Senate – Columbia, SC – SOLD OUT
June 8 – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview – Syracuse, NY^
June 9 – Xfinity Center – Mansfield, MA^
June 10 – Xfinity Center – Mansfield, MA^
June 12 – The Windjammer – Isle of Palms, SC
June 13 – The Ritz – Raleigh, NC
June 15 – Avondale Brewing Company – Birmingham, AL
June 16 – Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN
June 18 – The Cotillion – Wichita, KS
June 20 – The Rave/Eagles Club – The Rave Hall – Milwaukee, WI
June 22 – The Admiral – Omaha, NE
June 23 – Lauridsen Amphitheater – Des Moines, IA
June 24 – Blue Ox Music Festival – Eau Claire, WI
June 26 – Traverse City Opera House – Traverse City, MI
June 27 – The Machine Shop – Flint, MI
June 30 – The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
July 1 – The Clyde Theatre – Fort Wayne, IN
July 2 – NASCAR Chicago Street Race – Chicago, IL#
July 4 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON – SOLD OUT
July 5 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON
July 8 – Winnipeg Folk Festival – Winnipeg, MB
July 9 – Saskatchewan Jazz Festival – Saskatchewan, CA
July 13 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Vancouver, BC**
July 14 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Vancouver, BC**
July 16 – Under The Big Sky Festival – Whitefish, MT
July 17 – The Old Saloon – Emigrant, MT – SOLD OUT
July 18 – Sandy City Amphitheater – Sandy, UT
July 19 – Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden – Boise, ID
July 21 – Spokane Symphony Fox Theatre – Spokane, WA
July 22 – FairWell Festival – Redmond, OR
Aug 12 – Belly Up Aspen – Aspen, CO – SOLD OUT
Aug 13 – Rocky Mountain Folks Festival – Lyons, CO
Aug 15 – The Castle Theater – Bloomington, IL (SOLD OUT)
Aug 16 – KEMBA Live! – Columbus, OH
Aug 18 – LASSO Festival – Montreal, QC
Aug 20 – Catbird Music Festival – Bethel, NY
Aug 21 – Virginia Credit Union LIVE! – Richmond, VA***
Aug 22 – The Andrew J Brady Music Center – Cincinnati, OH***
Aug 23 – The Signal – Chattanooga, TN
Sept 3 – End of the Road Festival – Dorset, UK
Sept 30 – Ohana Festival – Dana Point, CA
Oct 7 – Rebels and Renegades Music Festival – Monterey, CA
Oct 12 – American Bank Center – Corpus Christi, TX^
Oct 13 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – The Woodlands, TX^
Oct 19 – AT&T Center – San Antonio, TX^
Oct 20 – Moody Center – Austin, TX^
Oct 21 – Moody Center – Austin, TX^
Oct 26 – BOK Center – Tulsa, OK^
Oct 27 – Dos Equis Pavilion – Dallas, TX^
Oct 28 – Dos Equis Pavilion – Dallas, TX^
*supporting Tyler Childers
^supporting Chris Stapleton
#supporting Miranda Lambert
**supporting Orville Peck
***co-headline with Marcus King
