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Flor de Toloache
April 1stMargo Cilker
April 2ndFlor de Toloache
April 2ndFlor de Toloache
April 3rdTinsley Ellis
April 9thA Word with Writers: Hampton Sides
April 10thTom Paxton with C. Daniel Boling
April 11thTom Paxton with C. Daniel Boling
April 12thThe Wailers
April 12thTom Paxton with C. Daniel Boling
April 13thCocoRosie
April 14thCocoRosie
April 15thSalman Rushdie
April 16thDamn Tall Buildings
April 17thDamn Tall Buildings
April 18thSanta Fe Reads Kick-Off Concert
April 20thSihasin & Lindy Vision
May 4thThe Kipsies
May 9thJason Joshua
May 9thJake Shimabukuro
May 10thThe Kipsies
May 11thJake Shimabukuro
May 11thKiran Ahluwalia
May 12thMariee Siou
May 12thKiran Ahluwalia
May 13thMike Zito
May 14thEtana
May 15thEtana
May 16thThe Sadies
May 30thEliza Gilkyson
May 31stEliza Gilkyson
June 1stChristopher Paul Stelling
June 6thChristopher Paul Stelling
June 7thJesse Dayton
June 8thLara Manzanares
June 13thRev. Peyton's Big Damn Band
June 19thFelix Gato Peralta
June 20thFelix Y Los Gatos
July 17thLara Manzanares
July 24thWailing Souls
August 15thAndrea Magee's She Rises
August 31stBlack Uhuru
September 12thThird World
October 3rdCeú
October 8thCharley Crockett
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Tickets cost $25 in advance, $30 day of show (plus applicable service charges). They are also available by phone through Hold My Ticket at 505-886-1251.
This is a standing room only show. There are no seats at the El Rey.
Charley Crockett is on one hell of a roll. His latest album, his third full-length in a little more than a year, Lil' G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley takes the Texas singer-songwriter to some less explored corners of the classic country songbook. Among them are songs written by Tom T. Hall ("Lonely in Person," "I Hope It Rains at My Funeral"), Willie Nelson ("Home Motel"), and George Jones ("Out of Control").
Charley Crockett has been a fairly remarkable artist to follow. He's got a sound. He's got something to say. He has a look. And there's a gauzy veil of mystery surrounding him suggesting he knows more than he's letting on.
All those records in such a short amount of time have come with a "No Two Alike" guarantee: the darkly prescient Welcome to Hard Times; the semi-autobiographical, hard-core country-roots of The Valley; and 10 for Slim, his tribute of songs by the obscure and wholly authentic Texas honky-tonk maestro James Hand.
And still, despite his penchant for pearl snaps and western hats, Charley Crockett has managed to elude being pigeon-holed. Call him neo country-western if you'd like. It's true that few contemporaries present themselves as part of a lineage harkening back to Hank Williams and George Jones like Charley does, and even fewer can pull it off convincingly.