Charley Crockett
Sun, Oct 02
|UCSB Arts & Lectures presents
(MASKS REQUIRED) UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Charley Crockett! A genuine Texas original, Charley Crockett is “an old-school country music superstar in waiting” (Independent, U.K.) whose distinctive, earthy signature earned him the 2021 Americana Music Awards’ Emerging Artist of the Year honor.
Time & Location
Oct 02, 2022, 7:00 PM
UCSB Arts & Lectures presents, 1317 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA
About the event
ARTS & LECTURES PRESENTS CHARLEY CROCKETT
Masks are required inside the auditorium.
Masks are strongly recommended, though not required, in lobby/waiting areas.
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Up-to-date vaccinations are strongly recommended, though not required.
Growing up with a single mother in San Benito, Texas, the hometown of Tejano star Freddy Fender was not easy for blues singer Charley Crockett. Hitchhiking across the country exposed Crockett to the street life at a young age, following in the footsteps of his relative, American folk hero Davy Crockett, who also lived a wild life on the American frontier. After train hopping across the country, singing on the streets for change in New Orleans’ French Quarter, busking in New York City and performing across Texas and Northern California, Crockett set off to travel the world and lived on the…