Guess that’s the downside of streaming, eh? Last week, Charley Crockett surprise released an album titled Clovis, and it came just three weeks after the conclusion of his Sagebrush Trilogy – Age of the Ram. Now, it appears that the surprise release is no longer available, and the reason for its removal from streaming is currently unknown. It was May 6 when Clovis started to go dark on streaming services, which means the 14-track album was only available to fans for around a week. Hopefully other Charley Crockett fans were like me and listened to it over and over again while it was still up on Apple Music and Spotify. As of this morning, there’s no option to buy it through iTunes, and the album is not listed under the “Music” tab of Crockett’s website (it’s unclear if it ever was). All in all, it’s a real shame that country music fans can’t listen to the surprise project. The album that served as a masterpiece and a statement sticking it to his former label home at Island Records featured a number of originals co-written by Charley and his frequent collaborator, Shooter Jennings. It also included Johnny Cash cover, “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town,” and boasted a handful of other co-writers. I’m sure we’ll hear from Charley Crockett at some point regarding the matter, but for now, all we’ve got is this post from May 6. The country music artist shared the album cover art to Clovis, and paired it with a simple, two-word caption: “My way.” View this post on Instagram Clearly there is some bad blood between Crockett and the record label he worked with to release his Sagebrush Trilogy – Lonesome Drifter, A Dollar A Day, and Age of the Ram. Shortly after the surprise release of Clovis, the “$10 Cowboy” singer took to social media to share a video explaining why he decided to push out the album just weeks removed from releasing Age of the Ram: “I paid for it. I think I spent about $300,000 on it. And I cut it at Clovis, New Mexico at the old Norman Petty studio where Buddy Holly started out, and Waylon Jennings had his first recording… just released the full record. Completely independent of the label system I’ve been tied up in for 10 years. Every time I find I signed a deal I don’t like, and I go to these f***ing business people, and I tell them, ‘I don’t like the deal, I don’t think it’s fair.’ They say, ‘Tough luck kid, shouldn’t have f***ing signed it.’ As soon as I hold them to that same standard, I’m the f***ing bad guy.” pic.twitter.com/4LaVnMBtv3 — Charley Crockett (@CharleyCrockett) May 1, 2026 And now I’m starting to think that the deal Charley signed may have complicated the release of Clovis. Most likely there is some kind of language in the contract that would prevent Charley from releasing new music within a certain timeframe after his final release with Island. If that is the case, it’s probably not all that long, and it’s also unclear if Charley was even aware of it, but that would make sense as to why the surprise drop was available… until it wasn’t. Here’s to hoping Charley Crockett figures out whatever situation he’s in and get’s Clovis back into the hands of the fans. If you ask me, it’s quite possibly the most important and impressive album of his entire career.The post Charley Crockett’s Latest Album ‘Clovis’ Unexpectedly Vanishes From Streaming Platforms first appeared on Whiskey Riff.