This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song ...

The 1930s, '40s and '50s saw the rise of a uniquely American performer: the Singing Cowboy in film, on TV and in radio. "Singing cowboys" grew out of real cowboys and traveling cowboy acts who ...

Fascinated by horses and cowboys but not by school, Harry Jackson (1924 - 2011) left his home in Chicago at age 14 to become a ranch hand and cowboy in Wyoming. While there, he learned cowboy songs ...

I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song "Bei Mir Bist Du ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song ...

Musician Charley Crockett blends R&B with cowboy songs and outlaw ballads By Terry Gross Published August 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM CDT Listen • 31:12 ...