Dwight Yoakam - Live From Austin, TX [2LP Limited Edition Baby Blue Vinyl, Gatefold]

NEW WEST RECORDS

£28.78

Cat. no: LPNW5769C
Format: LP 2LP Limited Edition Baby Blue Vinyl, Gatefold
Barcode: 607396576913
Release Date: 01 Dec 2023
Genre: Country

Twentysomething Dwight Yoakam was literally the new kid in country music when he stepped onto the Austin City Limits stage in October 1988

But even then, as he has ever since, he was doing things his own way. Dwight was born in a small Kentucky town and grew up listening to mountain and bluegrass music, and unlike most of the mainstream country-pop crooners of the eighties, he almost single-handedly revived the rockabilly / honky tonk / hillbilly sound that was one of the cornerstones of country music's formative years. Early on he discovered the fabled "Bakersfeld" sound of the 60's and adopted it as his own, in the tradition of country legends Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. Buck, in fact, became his hero and friend. When Dwight was playing a fair in Bakersfeld, he stopped by Buck's ofce and coaxed him into playing a few songs with him onstage that night. The result was a lasting friendship and their historic duet, "Streets Of Bakersfeld." Much like his heroes, Dwight has been true to his roots and breaking new ground for almost 20 years.

- Terry Lickona (Producer Austin City Limits)

Tracks: Guitars, Cadillacs / Smoke Along The Track / What I Don't Know / Home Of The Blues / 1,00Miles / Please, Please Baby / Little Ways / Honky Tonk Man / Streets Of Bakersfeld / Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses) / Always Late With Your Kisses / Little Sister / I Sang Dixie / This Drinkin' Will Kill Me