Dust off your boots for a night out at the honky tonk! Dwight Yoakam and The Mavericks will perform on July 12 at Acrisure ...

Yoakam had his first country No. 1 in 1988 with “Streets of Bakersfield,” a cover of a song by Yoakam’s longtime idol Buck Owens that featured the singing and playing of Owens himself.

Thompson and Jack White. He has toured with the likes of Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and Hüsker Dü. Yoakam’s last album, Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars, was released in 2016. Rolling Stone Country ...

Buck Owens was at the center of it. With unabashed twang—and with Don Rich playing guitar and adding harmony—Owens and the Bakersfield Sound was the opposite of the Nashville Sound ...

But Yoakam is not a run-of-the-mill country artist and has been known for blending vintage country sounds such as rockabilly, bluegrass, the Bakersfield sound made famous by Buck Owens and Merle ...

on July 12, 2025. Yoakam has sold over 25 million albums Known for songs such as "Guitars & Cadillacs," "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" and his duet with Buck Owens on Owens' classic ...