Charley Crockett joins host Stephen Kallao

Written from the road, the relentlessly busy Charley Crockett titled his 14th album $10 Cowboy after being called one by a heckler on the street. Crockett joins World Cafe to talk about making the album and how he went from busking on the street to becoming a rising star in the Americana world. It’s Charley Crockett.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Paul Westerberg “First Glimmer” 14 Songs
Charley Crockett “$10 Cowboy” $10 Cowboy
Charley Crockett “America” $10 Cowboy
Charley Crockett “Solitary Road” $10 Cowboy
Conway Twitty “Give Me Some Love” The Best Of Sun Rockabilly Vol. 2
K.T. Tunstall “Hold On” Drastic Fantastic
Brigitte Calls Me Baby “Impressively Average” The House is Made of Corners
The Police “Next To You” Outlandos D’amour
Cotton Jones “Gotta Cheer Up” Paranoid Cocoon
Crowded House “Teenage Summer” Gravity Stairs
JD McPherson “North Side Gal” Signs & Signifiers
Little Feat “Dixie Chicken” Dixie Chicken

Hour Two
The War On Drugs “Red Eyes” Lost In The Dream
Maggie Rogers “So Sick of Dreaming” Don’t Forget Me
Tom Petty “Free Falling” Full Moon Fever
Vampire Weekend “Mary Boone” Only God Was Above Us
Primitive Radio Gods “Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand” Rocket
Moby “South Side” Play
The Suffers “Make Some Room” Live at the World Cafe
David Byrne “Life During Wartime” WC Archive
Parquet Courts “Walking at a Downtown Pace” Sympathy for Life
St. Vincent “Broken Man” All Born Screaming
Jim James “Dear One” WC Recording
Lo Moon “Waiting A Lifetime” I Wish You Way More Than Luck
Low Cut Connie “Are You Gonna Run?” Art Dealers
Suzanne Vega “Solitude Standing” Solitude Standing