Almost Almost Famous: All-Access Edition
(Almost) Almost Famous: The Tall Tales Behind the Stories from a Lifetime Spent Chasing Roots Music
(Almost) Almost Famous is a collection of stories, essays and memories showcasing Red Dirt, Americana, roots rock and independent country music. All direct orders will come signed by the author.
The All-Access Limited Edition contains a packed bonus chapter outlined below.
Josh Crutchmer says:
These are tales from my days in the wings, behind the scenes, and in the crowd. We'll dodge an Oklahoma summer storm with Wyatt Flores and stumble upon the news of last year's Cross Canadian Ragweed reunion in the most random way possible. I'll tell you about how a simple act of professional journalism with The Turnpike Troubadours changed everything for me. We'll talk about Oklahoma! with Kaitlin Butts and smoke weed with Margo Price. Vandoliers and Jenni Rose will tug at your heartstrings, and we'll walk through the creative process with Ryan Bingham. We'll go catfish noodling with Koe Wetzel and into the studio with Whiskey Myers. We'll ride Charley Crockett's bus after the Houston Rodeo, and we'll learn how to navigate independent music from American Aquarium.
(We may have a word or two for those who don't exactly enjoy our work in there, too).
There will be one exception: The final chapter will be a fresh, new artist profile, complete with exclusive quotes, photos and news to break when the book drops.
Don't call this book a memoir. In the immortal words of Roger Clyne, there ain't no moral to this story at all. I just want you to have as much fun reading it as I did writing it.
Chapter Rundown
• Foreword by Shelby Stone
• Prologue
• When Margo Price Says Come to the Bus, You Come to the Bus
• If You Like Fishing With Wyatt and Getting Caught in the Rain (Flores)
• Concert Review: Wyatt Flores at The Wormy Dog Saloon, December 2025
• I Swear I Was Not Trying to Get Famous (Why I Wrote This Book)
• Dodging Death, then Jumping off of Koe Wetzel’s Roof
• Find Charley Crockett at 1 a.m. If You Want the Truth
• Ryan Bingham is Too Nice and Hassie Harrison is Too Good at Ping Pong
• Concert Review: Ryan Bingham and the Texas Gentlemen at the Winstar, December 2025
• The Voodoo You Don’t See (Behind the Voodoo You Do)
• Kaitlin Butts Has a Bandwagon Now? Kaitlin Butts Has a Bandwagon Now
• Everything I Know About the Music Biz I Stole from American Aquarium
• How to Be an Independent Roots Music Writer When You Grow Up
• 25 Years of Riding Ragweed’s Coattails
• Concert Review: Hangover Ball 2026
• The Voicemail from Jenni Rose
• Best Not to Screw Up an Old 97’s Story
• Some People Are Really Gonna Hate You
• Being Fair to the Turnpike Troubadours Opened a Lot of Doors
• Concert Review: Turnpike Troubadours and Robert Earl Keen at the Met Philly, February 2026
• Todd Snider's Final Interview
• Three Twenties and a Ten: Robert Earl Keen at 70
• Epilogue: To (The People Who Ruined) A Band That I Loved (Or, Please Shut Up During the Tyler Childers Show
The All-Access Edition
This edition will take the original book and add on an additional 30-page chapter that adds to the lore of the stories in (Almost) Almost Famous in painstaking detail:
• Concert Review: Luck Reunion 2026
• Concert Review: Todd Snider Rules (Tribute) 2026
• Extended Cut: The Charley Crockett Interview
• Extended Cut: The Margo Price Interview
• Extended Cut: The Ryan Bingham Interview
When ordering, choose one:
• Paperback
• Hardcover (add $10)
These orders will ship USPS Priority Mail, UPS Ground, or the equivalent. Tracking information will be shared via email when the order has been scanned for shipping.