Lav's Music Corner

Lonesome Drifter  - Charley Crockett  Charley Crockett has long been a bubbling up figure in a country music scene that exists outside of the tightly controlled Nashville country mainstream. His prolific output has resulted in a pretty dedicated fanbase in love with his throwback country sentiments and dusty vintage outlaw cadence. I've covered his music twice now, but heard several more or his albums and I pretty much always come away with the same impression, mixed. While every record he releases has its high points, they also tend to repeat themselves and occasionally slip into even too obvious country cliches. More importantly, the “character” of Charley Crockett as The Man From Waco , The $10 Cowboy , or in this case, the Lonesome Wanderer , can start to feel a little routine.  I think Lonesome Wanderer starts off strong with its title track and the dejected “Game I Can't Win.” But from there it slips directly into the first song that feels like pure parody, the sau...