Crockett, Charley / The Valley

Charley Crockett's been running nearly his entire life, but with the title track to his sixth album, the Texas songwriter looks back at where he came from. "The Valley" chronicles his hard upbringing on the south Texas border, but it also distills the essence of Crockett's fierce and restless independence. Recorded just a week before he went under the knife for life-saving open heart surgery in January, the album stirs with an introspection and urgency to tell his story. It's a story of an artist searching for his place in the world, absorbing the sounds of the country; it's a story of exile and promise. A1 Borrowed TimeA2 The Valley A3 5 More MilesA4 Big Gold MineA5 10,000 AcresA6 The Way I'm Living' (Santa Rosa)A7 7 Come 11 B8 If Not The Fool (Alternate)B9 Excuse MeB10 It's Nothing To MeB11 MaybelleB12 9 LB HammerB13 River Of SorrowB14 Change Yo' MindB15 Motel Time Again