Dollar A Day

Ever prolific, Charley Crockett wasted no time plotting a follow-up to his acclaimed 2025 studio album *Lonesome Drifter*, releasing this next LP just a few months later. The second installment in Crockett’s planned The Sagebrush Trilogy, *Dollar a Day* is another compelling collection of hardscrabble road songs and down-and-out vignettes, each elevated by Crockett’s masterful voice and keen sense of detail. Once again produced by Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker), *Dollar a Day* opens with its title track, an overture of sorts on which Crockett laments the hard knocks of cowboy life, with a barely-there arrangement that puts the spotlight where it belongs: on his rich, agile voice. “Crucified Son” incorporates shades of gospel and Southern rock, with a laid-back but brassy performance from the Texan singer-songwriter. Travelogues abound, as he navigates the “mighty long road” between the Lone Star State and the Rocky Mountains on the aching and soulful “El Paso to Denver,” while “Tennessee Quick Cash” tells a tale familiar to anyone who’s fallen on truly hard times.

Behind its dollar-bin sleeve, the Texan songwriter’s new album plays like a workingman’s spaghetti Western drama.

Charley Crockett's new album 'Dollar a Day' is a little long, but succeeds on its country funk tracks.