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Shooter Jennings Says Charley Crockett’s Mysterious ‘Clovis’ Album Is Coming Back
Some good news for Charley Crockett fans out there.
There’s been some surprise drops and some just as surprising disappearing acts from the country crooner as of late. Though it’s a shame that his documentary A Cowboy In London is no longer available on YouTube, it was Crockett’s album Clovis appearing and then going away that has caused the most trouble.
It’s not out of the norm for Charley Crockett to drop an album out of nowhere (he’s one of the most prolific writers in the industry). It was just that, three weeks before he released Clovis, Crockett had released his highly anticipated Age of the Ram.
It’s become clear since then that he followed that up with Clovis because he was ready to announce that he was an independent artist once more. While it was available (more on that in a second), I wrote something up saying it could be the most important project of Charley’s career.
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. As of May 25, it’s still no longer available, and Crockett hasn’t provided any concrete updates about when it could return. One could assume that there’s some sort of legal tie up with Island Records in regards to Clovis being released so close to Age of the Ram (especially since Crockett used the song “I Fought The Law” to update his fans in a now deleted Instagram post).
The best update that we’ve gotten is actually from Shooter Jennings, the respected producer and son of Waylon Jennings. He and Crockett have been collaborating a lot lately, and Clovis was yet another album that they worked on together.
So how did Shooter get around to breaking news about the currently unavailable Crockett project? Jennings took to X recently and put a question out to his followers asking:
“What are you listening to right now? This is my second post of this nature, but I am listening to: ‘Really’ from the Super Sessions album featuring Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper.”
What are you listening to right now? This is my second post of this nature but I am listening to:
“Really” from the Super Sessions album featuring Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper
— Shooter Jennings (@shooterjennings) May 25, 2026
Diving into a hit from the late 1960s? That’s just what you’d expect out of Shooter.
Plenty of social media users interacted with the post, but there was one that decided to use the opportunity to try and get some information about Charley Crockett’s latest album. Kro (Kyle) answered Jennings’ question by telling him what he wasn’t listening to:
“I tell you what I’m not listening to right now. A little album called ‘Clovis’ and I’m not happy about it to be honest.”
I tell you what I’m not listening to right now. A little album called “Clovis” and I’m not happy about it tbh.
— Kro (Kyle) MWRU (@TheKro16) May 25, 2026
As you can see, fans don’t do well with having music released to them and then having it ripped away.
Shooter Jennings saw that reply and didn’t take too long to get back with the fan. In his response, he shared that Clovis is for sure coming back, and that when it does, it’ll return with physical media:
“It is coming back! With physical!”
It is coming back! With physical!
— Shooter Jennings (@shooterjennings) May 25, 2026
Now does that mean it’s coming back to streaming along with physical media? Or is Shooter saying the way it’s returning is through physical media? That’s the part where things are a little fuzzy… but the good news is that it is coming back. It’s not going to be a project that’s lost forever.
Though we don’t know an exact date for the return of Clovis, Jennings seems optimistic that it will be soon. And with a physical release… fans can buy that record/CD/cassette and no one can ever take it away from them.
That’s great news, and I think the social media user that encouraged Shooter Jennings to provide an update said it best with his last reply to the producer:
“You’re my favorite person right now. Have a good night.”
You’re my favorite person right now. Have a good night.
— Kro (Kyle) MWRU (@TheKro16) May 25, 2026
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