Charley Crockett, who cut his teeth in Dallas, isn’t shy about speaking his mind. Neither is Gavin Adcock.<\/p>\n
DALLAS \u2014 We have a fresh country music beef in the ongoing war of scenes between Texas and Nashville, and who doesn’t love that?\u00a0<\/p>\n
It’s probably a bit more nuanced than that, so let’s try to unpack it.<\/p>\n
We’ll start with Charley Crockett, the prolific Texas country artist who cut his teeth in Dallas. Crockett has a new album out, “Dollar a Day,” his ninth studio album since 2020. Whether it’s part of the new record’s promotion (it can’t hurt), or just Charley being Charley (probably the latter), Crockett has been extra vocal lately about his place in country music — and some of the problems he has with the industry.<\/p>\n
This is nothing new. Last year, Crockett dropped a single, “Mr. Nashville,” taking direct aim at the mainstream country music machine.<\/p>\n
“When you talk bad about Austin,” Crockett sang, “you’re talking down to me.”<\/p>\n
So let that set the stage for what Crockett posted on Instagram this week:<\/p>\n
His complaint here, if you’re still with us, is that even the most country of country music records — like Crockett routinely produces — will get labeled “Americana” if it’s not part of the Nashville mainstream.<\/p>\n
But Crockett took his ire for the industry to another level a day later, when he called out “the machine” and “bro country” for the criticism aimed at Beyonc\u00e9’s country album last year.<\/p>\n
“Hey country folks, @beyonce ain’t the source of your discontent,” Crockett posted. “It was 25 years of bro country.”<\/p>\n
“The machine points to a black woman who\u2019s making a statement about marginalized people being removed from the conversation altogether, and somehow we all act like the entire pop industry didn\u2019t just ambush roots music,” Crockett posted. “These \u201ccountry boys\u201d been *singing* over trap beats for years. So what\u2019s different now? Authenticity … \u00a0I don\u2019t need to put down a black woman to advance my music. That\u2019s just embarrassing to the idea of America and I got no respect for it.”<\/p>\n
Well, this awakened the attention of Georgia-born country star Gavin Adcock, even though Crockett didn’t mention him by name.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adcock drew attention earlier this summer by declaring “that s— ain’t country music” while talking about Beyonc\u00e9’s album. He doubled down on that stance<\/a> in an interview with Rolling Stone this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n After Crockett’s comments on Instagram, Adcock, without mentioning him, fired off a post on X, alluding to Crockett as a “cosplay cowboy.”<\/p>\n Somebody needs to tell the \u201cact\u201d that has let out (the cover) of James town ferry 6 times he should just work on letting out quality original music<\/p>\n I got more cowshit under my pinky then you have seen your whole fuckin life.<\/p>\n Hank sr called and asked about the cosplay cowboy<\/p>\n