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Charley Crockett performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021.<\/p>\n
Robert Hein\/American-Statesman<\/p>\n
A feud between\u00a0Austin country singer Charley Crockett<\/a> and Jack White, former frontman of the White Stripes, was not on my 2026 bingo card.<\/p>\n The musicians have turned into keyboard warriors, taking jabs at each other through social media posts.\u00a0The conflict stems from Crockett dropping self-described Satanic doo-wop duo Twin Temple<\/a> from two dates on his \u201cAge of the Ram\u201d tour and White inviting them to open for him in response.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Twin Temple\u2019s \u2018Satanic imagery\u2019<\/p>\n Charley Crockett performs at the Continental Club during South by Southwest on Friday, March 13, 2026.<\/p>\n Jay Janner\/Austin American-Statesman<\/p>\n Twin Temple, a Los Angeles-based band composed of married couple Alexandra and Zachary James, shared on Instagram<\/a> on July 8 that they were \u201cdisappointed\u201d to be removed from two of Crockett\u2019s \u201cAge of the Ram\u201d tour dates because of their \u201cSatanic imagery.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI thought they were like Black Sabbath, but they ain\u2019t. Not today, Satan,\u201d Crockett explained in a statement published by Billboard<\/a> on July 10.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n In response to the controversy, White invited Twin Temple to open for him on his tour supporting “Frozen Charlotte”.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cTwin Temple, Would you like to open my show in L.A. on September 29th at the Hollywood Palladium? Let me know. Get in front of me Satan!\u201d White wrote on Instagram<\/a>, referencing the White Stripes\u2019 2005 album, \u201cGet Behind Me Satan.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt would be a most infernal pleasure to play the devil\u2019s music with you,\u201d Twin Temple replied.<\/p>\n Crockett<\/a> deactivated all of his social media pages on July 16 but revived his accounts days later. He has continued to post long rants about the situation and then delete them on Instagram shortly after, while keeping everything visible on Facebook.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Crockett clears up controversy<\/p>\n Austin musician Charley Crockett wraps up a milestone year with a concert on Wednesday at ACL Live.<\/p>\n Dave Creaney\/American-Statesman<\/p>\n The latest installment from Crockett was a lengthy post on Aug. 18<\/a> to \u201cclear this up right quick.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n He asserted that Twin Temple wasn\u2019t dropped from two shows for “Satanic imagery” and said the duo \u201cmade it up and dragged me by a rope real good.\u201d Crockett said the group was let go from the shows because their \u201cvibe\u201d didn\u2019t fit an all-ages audience and because they had production requests his staff couldn\u2019t physically accommodate.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Crockett said the band was still paid in full.<\/p>\n \u201c(Twin Temple) got together with their business folks and plotted for days before finally making their public statement, designed for effect. Purposely making it look like it was the whole tour. Dog whistling about religious and creative freedom,\u201d Crockett wrote.<\/p>\n While Crockett acknowledged that he should have responded differently to the controversy, he criticized media outlets and other artists who he said exploited the situation to kick him while he was down.<\/p>\n Jack White\u2019s diss track<\/p>\n Jack White plays a sold-out pop-up show at Mohawk ahead of his No Name World Tour on Nov. 14, 2024.<\/p>\n Provided by David James Swanson\/Third Man Records<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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