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 ...

WHAT: Based in tiny Dusty, Wash., the band plays western swing, classic country, cowboy ballads, dance-hall music and folk. The group is led by singer, yodeler, guitarist and rancher Wylie Gustafson, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...