For me, Charley Crockett is the artist of the year.  He might be heir apparent to Dwight Yoakam and certainly is a breath of fresh air for the country music scene.  I doubt they have noticed as mainstream C & W has drifted off beacon and beyond the buoys!  His music combines sounds that I’ve never heard together before.  I can almost hear the noisy air conditioner and clink of water glasses as I walk into some distant honky tonk bar.

And this he has done beautifully