Age Of The Ram

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Prolific Gulf-and-Western troubadour Charley Crockett tries to get inside the head of the archetypal outlaw on <i>Age of the Ram</i>, the final installment of his Sagebrush Trilogy of album. Taking inspiration, in part, from the fictional tale of cattle rustler Billy McLane—first imagined by Marty Robbins in his song “Old Red”—Crockett elaborates on his story in characteristically cinematic, desert-hued fashion. As on the previous installment, Crockett was joined by producer Shooter Jennings to record the project in Los Angele. In keeping with the Hollywood setting, film reels chug, horses whinny, and gunfights blaze while melodies and lyrical ideas recur as soundtrack-style theme, all tied together by Crockett’s unmistakable voice and timeless lyric. Name-checking iconic American towns and imagery as he does across his catalog, the singer-songwriter also alludes to the political zeitgeist in broad strokes—more as the backdrop to his hard-luck story than its cause. The songs range from honky-tonk tunes like “My Last Drink of Wine” and “Fastest Gun Alive” to funkier material like “Kentucky Too Long” and “Cover My Trail Tonight” to bare-bones acoustic sketches like “Border Winds” and “Remembering Pat,” still forming just a slice of the full Charley Crockett musical experience. .

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