Drayton Farley performs his folk and Americana music, joined by the acclaimed singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen.
Drayton Farley plays the Grizzly Rose on Friday, December 11, with Robert Earl Keen joining him on the bill. It's a double bill of two songwriters who both lean into the roots and Americana side of things, so if you're into that, it's a pretty easy one to put on the calendar.
Farley is an Alabama native, and he writes from real life—the kind of songs that come from actual experience rather than a script. That gives his country, folk, roots, and Americana music a grounded, confessional quality. He's not singing about a version of the world he's only heard about; he's singing about the one he's lived in. It's that directness that usually lands best with a live crowd, too.
Critics have drawn a few comparisons to some big names in the folk tradition. They've pointed to the humor and subtlety of John Prine, the directness and honesty of Bob Dylan, and the everyman gravity of Pete Seeger. Put those together and you get a sense of where he sits: right in that intersection of folk and Americana, with a voice that's been called one of the great American ones in the genre. With Robert Earl Keen on the same bill, the whole night stays in that territory.
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The show is at the Grizzly Rose, 5450 Lincoln St, in Denver, and it starts at 8 PM on Friday, December 11.
