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Here's a list of the top 10 best Dwight Yoakam songs. By Chuck Dauphin He can be as traditional country as they come, with his natural Kentucky-born vocal approach, but there’s more to the sound ...
Dwight Yoakam has recruited some musical heavy-hitters for his next album, due in early 2012 on ... It is some of the best music he has ever done and I'm incredibly proud to have him back at ...
Dwight Yoakam returns to his Kentucky roots for his next album, Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars…, due September 23rd. The project’s 11 songs are bluegrass versions of the country icon’s hits ...
Nearly a decade after the release of his 2016 album Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars, and four decades after he turned the Nashville establishment on its head with his distinct brand of West coast ...
Dwight Yoakam performing during the Americana Honors and Awards show at the Ryman Auditorium in September. Thus, when asked what his album best represents concerning the music he most frequently ...
When you think 1980s Los Angeles, you probably don’t think of Dwight ... as one of best purveyors of traditional country and western music of the past 40 years. Most of Yoakam’s 1981 demos eventually ...
"It really acted as a springboard I think for how I approached the execution of recording the rest of the album," Yoakam said in a phone interview. "We kept it very simple in terms of offense ...
It’s very sophisticated writing,” Yoakam said of Byrd Gene ... Steele said the album has “all these threads of influence that only Dwight knows because he’s a historian.” ...
but it didn't have a country song with the rhythmic groove that Yoakam has written for a duet on Dwight's new album, "Brighter Days." It's a very adroit song with a very unwieldy title - "I Don't ...
The first one was a very auspicious beginning, with Roger Miller in 1990. Most albums, probably 70% or 80% is my own solo writing,” Yoakam says, adding, “We had such fun discussing [Steele’s ...