{"id":180637,"date":"2026-03-06T11:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180637\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:40:08","slug":"charley-crockett-country-star-unafraid-to-criticize-maga-plays-tampa-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180637\/","title":{"rendered":"Charley Crockett, country star unafraid to criticize MAGA, plays Tampa on Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CharleyCharley Crockett Credit: Bobby Cochran<\/p>\n

Charley Crockett<\/a>\u2019s dual semi trucks are pulling into the Seminole Hard Rock<\/a> this week on another stop of what feels like a never ending tour for the 41-year-old self-proclaimed descendent of Davy. <\/p>\n

Arriving ahead Age of the Ram, the third and finally piece of his Sagebrush Trilogy, Crockett, a country singer, is in the zone, appearing at The Grammys recently, and occasionally triggering MAGA types when he speaks out against the state of the country not just in song (\u201cKentucky Too Long\u201d) but in social posts, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President is a grifter who bankrupted 6 casinos,\u201d he wrote<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

The transmission from Super Bowl Sunday continues to skewer the \u201cfelon running this country\u201d and hurts feelings of people making excuses for the oppressors at the wheel of the U.S.A.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you can sleep at night licking their boots that\u2019s between you and yours, but that type of thinking isn\u2019t freedom,\u201d the Welcome To Hard Times<\/a> singer added. \u201cIt\u2019s mental slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crockett\u2019s sets\u2014and he\u2019s<\/a> done<\/a> quite<\/a> a<\/a> few<\/a> in the Bay area now\u2014 include much less banter, and pull from a catalog that\u2019s about 20 albums deep at this point.<\/p>\n

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This article appears in Mar. 05 \u2013 11, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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