CHARLEY CROCKETT RELEASES AGE OF THE RAM – FINAL CHAPTER OF THE SAGEBRUSH TRILOGY, OUT NOW
CO-PRODUCED BY CROCKETT AND MULTI-GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNER SHOOTER JENNINGS
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“Charley Crockett, above all, is a very prolific, old school slash new school country singer.” - NPR
“….generationally well-placed to build a bridge between genres through the sheer force of his writing.” - Pitchfork
“The street busker turned critically acclaimed singer-songwriter turned actual country star.” - Rolling Stone
“You'll be hard pressed to find a musician that works harder than Charley Crockett.” - Grammy.com
03 APRIL 2026 (TORONTO, ON) Today, multi-GRAMMY Award-nominated and critically acclaimed country iconoclast Charley Crockett releases his new album, Age Of The Ram. The album serves as the finale of his epic saga, The Sagebrush Trilogy, and marks his third full-length release in just over one year. The LP, which joins 2025’s Lonesome Drifter and the GRAMMY-nominated Dollar A Day, traces Crockett’s path from a Texas dreamer and New York street singer to his rise in country music. Like the previous two, Age Of The Ram was co-produced by Shooter Jennings at the venerable Sunset Sound Studio 3 in Los Angeles. Listen HERE.
About the album, Crockett explains, “Age Of The Ram is the story of Billy McLane, a small-time cattle rustler who finds himself in the crosshairs of the Santa Fe ring. Pursued by bounty killers working for the shadow syndicate, Billy McLane escapes into the Crazy Mountains, where the outlaw will become a legend.”
Crockett previewed the album with “Fastest Gun Alive,” following “Kentucky Too Long,” which Rolling Stone hailed as “a guitar-heavy lament,” while Whiskey Riff raved, “The bass-heavy melody, soaked in steel guitar, transports the listener to a small blues bar with the sonic feel.”
After threading characters and storylines across Lonesome Drifter and Dollar A Day, Crockett brings the narrative to a head with Age Of The Ram, a boundary-pushing concept record. Structured as a three-act arc, the project traces the evolution of its central figure from “The Drifter” to “The Rustler,” and ultimately to “The Outlaw,” as characters introduced in earlier chapters finally collide. Rooted in guitar and pedal steel, the album reverently echoes the legacies of Willie Nelson, Gram Parsons, and Waylon Jennings, while incorporating unexpected textures from piano, harp, and keys.
With Age Of The Ram, Crockett sings straight from the soul, tells arresting stories of outsiders, gunmen, fiends, crooks, and femme fatales with a screenwriter’s knack for dialogue and a novelist’s attention to detail. It’s a standout collection from country music’s most prolific artist, rooted in the blue-collar work ethic that’s defined his path. Check out the full tracklisting below.
Crockett will be on the road for the duration of the year. See full itinerary below:
TRACKLISTING:
1. Life & Times of Billy McLane (Theme I)
2. Lonesome Dove
3. Rancho Deluxe (Theme I)
4. My Last Drink of Wine
5. Fastest Gun Alive
6. Diamond Belle (Country Boy)
7. I Shot Jesse James
8. Life & Times of Billy McLane (Theme II)
9. Crazy Woman Ridge
10. Remembering Pat
11. Sweet Mother Texas
12. Kentucky Too Long
13. Drifter’s Lament
14. Rancho Deluxe (Theme II)
15. Billy McLane
16. Life & Times of Billy McLane (Theme III)
17. Powder River
18. Low Down Freedom
19. Me & Shooter
20. Cover My Trail Tonight
TOUR DATES
4/16 Austin, TX Live From The Heart
4/24 New Orleans, LA Saenger Theatre
5/29 Nashville, TN Music City Rodeo
5/31 Highlands, NC Bear Shadow
6/19 Greenfield, MA Green River Festival
6/26 Eau Claire, WI Blue Ox Music Festival
7/4 Calgary, AB Spruce Meadows
7/11 Alta, WY Targhee Fest
7/27 Goshen, IN Elkhart County Fairgrounds
ABOUT CHARLEY CROCKETT:
“Street busker turned critically acclaimed singer-songwriter turned actual country star” (Rolling Stone), Charley Crockett has never been someone who asked permission to take a shot at his dreams. Instead, the 2x GRAMMY® Award-nominated Texas-born maverick defied the odds at every turn, tapping into a rebellious strain of country, rising from an open guitar case on a Louisiana sidewalk to selling out some of the world’s most renowned venues. Crockett has paved a singular path out of Texas, taking his home state wherever he goes and bringing his signature “Gulf & Western” sound to the world. Crockett and his music have received praise from The New Yorker, The New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and Variety, and garnered hundreds of millions of streams. He notably headlined Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO, twice, played the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA, and sold out two nights at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Speaking to his impact, CBS Mornings chronicled his journey, and he sat down for interviews on The Daily Show and The Joe Rogan Experience. Plus, he’s graced the stage for performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Austin City Limits, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and CBS “Saturday Sessions” in addition to playing behind NPR Music’s “Tiny Desk.” With multi-GRAMMY Award-winning Shooter Jennings as co-producer, the same unapologetic spirit, diehard work ethic, and no-nonsense honesty drive Crockett’s latest era, resulting in The Sagebrush Trilogy. Beginning with his Island Records debut, Lonesome Drifter in March 2025, the trilogy continued with GRAMMY-nominated Dollar A Day, less than five months later. Age Of The Ram concludes the trilogy - out now.
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