Charley Crockett, who plays The Sound in Clearwater, Florida on Nov. 18, 2023. Credit: Photo by Bobby Cochran

In the world of country music, few are as accomplished as Dwight Yoakam. With more than 25 million albums sold, two Grammys (and 21 nominations), plus a spot in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he holds a place in the upper echelons of the genre—yet still lives outside of its mainstream. Yoakam even performed in a Nudie suit at Tampa’s long-shuttered London Victory Club.

No one will be surprised if Charley Crockett joins him in that rare air. The 39-year-old Texan and descendant of of Davy lives on the road, has released nearly a dozen albums in eight years, and is turning heads on the strength of a honky-tonkin’ sound that’s been described as vintage and “Gulf & Western” all buoyed by a deep vocal that sounds like it got baptized in a Louisiana delta.

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Tampa Bay is lucky enough to see both Yoakam and Crockett—the latter headlined Tampa Theatre last March— on the same night this fall.

Tickets to see Dwight Yoakam and Charley Crockett play The Sound in Clearwater on Saturday, Nov. 18 go on sale Friday, July 14 and start at $34.50.
It’s the first great country show get for the brand new venue (sorry, Billy Currington and Chris Young), and is bolstered by the inclusion of another rising country star Annie Bosko.

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This article appears in Jul 6-12, 2023.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...