ACL Live Review: Charley Crockett

Austin crooner pulls off Doug Sahm-like blend of country-soul

"...be a quarter this many people here,” enthused Charley Crockett to a crowd gathered for his ACL Fest debut..."

Oct. 14, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Checking In: Country Soul Healer Charley Crockett Can Take This and Whatever’s Next

“I’ve made a career out of the most unlikely circumstances”

"...There’s a weightlessness to Charley Crockett’s country soul, a deeply Texan high lonesome made a..."

July 24, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move

The singer’s long road to Austin

"...Last week, Charley Crockett released his fifth album in four years. Come early..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

"...film is actually an amalgam of the three Davy Crockett television episodes aired during the Disney Studios' first year..."

Feb. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips: Elizabeth Crockett's Grave, Acton

State's smallest historic site honors the widow of the famous frontiersman

"...Elizabeth Patton Crockett's grave in the Acton Cemetery outside of Granbury is..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

ACL Fest Interview: Charley Crockett

Local country-soul man samples his wares on the BMI stage

"...[inset-1-right] Charley CrockettNoon, BMI stage..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...When I buy my ticket to see Davy Crockett in Texas at the Bob Bullock Texas State History..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Story of Davy

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum devotes a summer film series to that immortal coonskin cap-wearer, Davy Crockett.

"...has kicked off an entire summer devoted to Davy Crockett, that immortal coonskin-cap wearer...."

June 7, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Myth, Blood, and Ink

What people have invested in the debate over the de la Peña diary : which suggests that famed Alamo legend Davy Crockett was executed by Santa Anna and not in the heat of battle : is not some mere fandom or kitsch, but a genuine passion for how the story of Texas is written and how it affects real life. It may no longer matter how Crockett was killed, but it does matter how we now allow him to live.

"...The notorious passage, which claims that the mythic Davy Crockett was captured by Mexican soldiers and executed by order..."

May 5, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Miami Vice

Perhaps vice isn't what it used to be, or maybe Crockett and Tubbs don't belong in this new time slot, but Michael Mann's movie turns out to be dreary and monochromatic.

"...For another, Farrell and Foxx, as libidinous detective Sonny Crockett and his marginally more grounded partner-detective Ricardo Tubbs, have..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Future Museums, Charley Crockett, Merciful Heavens, Frederico7, Eric Unusual, and Bob Schneider

"...here. – Kevin CurtinHarpoon of Sunlight by Future Museums Charley Crockett Tours Music City USA..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

From Freedom Fries to Fess Parker

Wes Marshall drinks wine with Davy Crockett.

"...Drinking Wine With Davy Crockett..."

May 30, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

What We’re Listening to This Week

Charley Crockett, Flora & Fawna, the Black Angels, and more

"...Charley Crockett The Man From Waco (Son of Davy)..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Alamo

In this round of historical revisionism there's not much to remember except, maybe, Davy Crockett becoming a fiddler on the roof.

"...first comes from Billy Bob Thornton as David "Davy" Crockett, the Tennessean and former U.S. congressman who’s still best..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

UIL Girls Basketball State Championships at the Erwin Center

"...Saturday night. Right now class 3A's Texarkana's Liberty-Eylau and Crockett are squaring off East Texas style. Action continues with..."

March 1, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...8. Lanetta Cooper, rep. Gray Panthers* 9. Linda Irizarry Crockett, rep. PuRiCA (Puerto Rican Assoc.)* 10. Mimi Martinez McKay,..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Letter to Isaac

"...David M. Bagley Crockett Bashing Is a Crock..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Column

Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...a one-man historical drama like The Confessions of David Crockett, which Remembrance Through the Performing Arts has been nurturing..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Lil' G.L. Presents: 10 for Slim – Charley Crockett Sings James Hand..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Excerpt from The Gates of the Alamo

In this excerpt from The Gates of the Alamo, the Texian forces at the Alamo, under the command of Jim Bowie and William Travis, have suffered the first cannon attacks from the newly arrived Mexican army.

"...of his powers. The door opened, and Travis and Crockett walked in. Seeing Mary, Travis greeted her with a..."

March 24, 2000 Books Feature

Day Trips

At the Camp Street Cafe & Store, the music gets started in the afternoon on Saturdays and goes until the last guitar slinger is standing

"...Camp Street Cafe & Store proves that Crockett, Texas, is one happening place. The music often starts..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Ten Chronicle Music Writers on Their Favorite Austin Albums of 2022

Almost 100 albums we loved this year

"...of good days; Water Damage, Repeater Doug Freeman: Charley Crockett, The Man From Waco (Son of Davy)..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Charley Crockett..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Articulations

A painful week for friends of the theatre with the passing of educator and director Gil Sharp and producer, director, and actor Don Phillips, Jr.

"...to the stage. Gil Sharp, the driving force behind Crockett High School's award-winning theatre department for two decades, died..."

April 11, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Gates of the Alamo Reviewed

Mark Busby reviews Stephen Harrigan's The Gates of the Alamo.

"...tells the well-known stories of William Barrett Travis, David Crockett, Jim Bowie, and Santa Anna through a narrative that..."

March 24, 2000 Books Feature by Mark Busby

The 2022 Gift Guide for the Music Head on Your Holiday List

Let local merch supply your holiday presents

"...Charley Crockett Keychain$5 Represent Charley Crockett's self-referential record label title (alluding..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

ACL Fest Music Recommendations From Close-to-Home

Fresh sounds that emanate from the Lone Star State

"...hooky grandeur and speedy-smooth lines. – Rachel Rascoe Charley CrockettSaturday, 4:20pm, VRBO stage..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Charley Crockett

"...A week before open-heart surgery, 35-year-old Texas troubadour Charley Crockett entered the studio to record a sketching of his..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Playback: Pickathon, Texas

Austin talent looms large at Oregon fest

"...Portland, tallied seven: Graves, Black Pumas, Paul Cauthen, Charley Crockett, Glorietta, Wild Child, and Shinyribs. The total bumped to..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips

Tchoupitoulas Restaurant in Crockett is a culinary oasis

"...Tchoupitoulas Restaurant was finally open when I drove through Crockett at dusk on a Thursday afternoon. After years of..."

March 30, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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