Country music fans are not going to believe it, but Gavin Adcock is right in the middle of controversy this week.
Actually, country music fans likely totally expected to hear that because Adcock routinely seems to find his way into controversy. This week, though, it’s not Nickelback’s sound guy who he is going after.
It’s another country music star — Charley Crockett — and this time, per Taste of Country, fans are roasting Adcock for his part in it all.
He really stirred it up with a post on X that Taste of Country said was directed at Crockett.
“Somebody needs to tell the ‘act’ that has let out (the cover) of James town ferry 6 times he should just work on letting out quality original music,” Adcock wrote. “I got more cow (crap) under my pinky then you have seen your whole (expletive) life. Hank Sr. called and asked about the cosplay cowboy.”
What set Adcock off?
Well, you may remember that he is the guy who went off on Beyonce’s “Cowboy Country’ album during a show earlier this year, saying that it was not real country music. Which brings us to a post from Crockett on Instagram this week.
“Hey country folks,” Crockett wrote. “(Beyonce) ain’t the source of your discontent. It was 25 years of bro country. #1 country artist on earth listen’s to nothing but rap. Openly says he doesn’t really know any country music. Gotta respect his honesty. The machine points to a black woman who’s making a statement about marginalized people being removed from the conversation altogether, and somehow we all act like the entire pop industry dind’t ambush roots music. These ‘country boys’ been ‘singing’ over trap beats for years. So what’s different now? Authenticity. Many of those business folks called me early on. They had whole albums pre written and recorded ready to just plug me in. I have receipts. It’s harder than ever to keep the public’s attention. They said and I quote ‘we wanna get into country music where you have audience loyalty.’
“Hot today, forgot tomorrow,” he continued. “I don’t need to put down a black woman to advance my music. That’s just embarrassing to the idea of America and I got no respect for it. Somebody asked me why I listen to (BigXthaPlug) the other day. Easy. He’s genuine. A true story teller. The best hip hop sound to come out Texas in this century. The challenges country music faces aren’t unique. It’s an issue in every *genre*. I don’t have a problem with Americana. I have a problem with being compartmentalized by the music business. Outlaw as a s *sub genre* of country was artists standing up for their rights against a rigid system. Ain’t no reason to imitate (Waylon Jennings) and (Willie Nelson) if you ain’t about the fight. Texas forever.”
Easy to see why folks, and Adcock himself, believed that was aimed at him, and why he might respond.
But, again, it’s not going well for him on X.
“For someone who didn’t play much college football you have a (expletive) ton of CTE,” one person responded.
“And Charley Crockett has more talent in his pinky then you have seen in ur whole (expletive) life,” another responded.
“You would do anything for attention except make good music brother,” another wrote.
“Don’t you have another generic country song to release sir,” another responded.
So, it appears that Crockett may have come out on top in this round, but there is no reason — none at all — not to think that Adcock won’t be coming back for more.
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