in 2018, he released "lonesome as a shadow", a collection of purely original songs. it was recorded at sam c. phillips recording studio in memphis, tennessee, and produced by matt ross-spang. the opening track, "i wanna cry" was written for his sister who had died from a methamphetamine overdose. the album was dedicated to henry "ragtime texas" thomas. following its april release date, crockett toured again backed by his band the blue drifters. his dates included venues such as the house of blues in houston, washington, d.c.'s , the mint in los angeles and the fillmore in san francisco. in addition, he performed at festival dates such as the wheatland music festival, portland, oregon's pickathon and austin city limits music festival.