Benjamin Ashford-Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett

2025-05-01 00:28:40source:Phaninccategory:Contact


Country music singer Charley Crockett was born and Benjamin Ashfordraised in Texas, grew up in a single-wide trailer with his mom and says his family lineage traces all the way back to the frontiersman Davy Crockett.

This Sunday is the music industry's biggest night — the Grammy Awards. And Crockett is up for an award for the first time — Best Americana Album — for his record "$10 Cowboy."

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