Dwight Yoakam
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Biography
[Edit]With his stripped-down approach to traditional honky tonk and Bakersfield country, Dwight Yoakam helped return country music to its roots in the late '80s. Like his idols Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Hank Williams, Yoakam never played by Nashville's rules; consequently, he never dominated the charts like his contemporary Randy Travis. Then again, Travis never played around with the sound and style of country music like Yoakam. On each of his records, he twists around the form enough to make it seem like he doesn't respect all of country's traditions. Appropriately, his core audience was composed mainly of roots rock and rock & roll fans, not the mainstream country audience. Nevertheless, he was frequently able to chart in the country Top Ten, and he remained one of the most respected and adventurous recording country artists well into the '90s.
Born in Kentucky but raised in Ohio, Yoakam learned how to play guitar at the age of six. As a child, he listened to his mother's record collection, honing in on the traditional country of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, as well as the Bakersfield honky tonk of Buck Owens. When he was in high school, Yoakam played with a variety of bands, playing everything from country to rock & roll. After completing high school, Yoakam briefly attended Ohio State University, but he dropped out and moved to Nashville in the late '70s with the intent of becoming a recording artist.
At the time he moved to Nashville, the town was in the throes of the pop-oriented urban cowboy movement and had no interest in his updated honky tonk. While in Nashville, he met guitarist Pete Anderson, who shared a similar taste in music. The pair moved out to Los Angeles, where they found a more appreciative audience than they did in Nashville. In L.A., Yoakam and Anderson didn't just play country clubs, they played the same nightclubs that punk and post-punk rock bands like X, the Dead Kennedys, Los Lobos, the Blasters, and the Butthole Surfers did. What Yoakam had in common with rock bands like X, the Blasters, and Los Angeles was similar musical influences; they all drew from '50s rock & roll and country. In comparison to the polished music coming out of Nashville, Yoakam's stripped-down, direct revivalism seemed radical. The cowpunks, as they were called, that attended Yoakam's shows provided an invaluable support for his fledgling career.
Yoakam released an independent EP, A Town South of Bakersfield, in 1984, which received substantial airplay on Los Angeles college and alternative radio stations. The EP also helped him land a record contract with Reprise Records. Dwight's full-length debut album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., was released in 1986 and was an instant sensation. Rock and country critics praised it and it earned airplay on college stations across America. More importantly, it was a hit on the country charts, as its first single, a cover of Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk Man," climbed to number three in the spring, followed by the number four "Guitars, Cadillacs" in the summer. The album would eventually go platinum.
Hillbilly Deluxe, Dwight's 1987 follow-up, was equally successful, spawning four Top Ten hits: "Little Sister," "Little Ways," "Please, Please Baby," and "Always Late with Your Kisses." In 1988, Yoakam had his first number one hit with "Streets of Bakersfield," a cover of a Buck Owens song recorded with Owens himself. It was the first single off his third album, Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room, which continued his streak of Top Ten hits. "I Sang Dixie," the album's second single, went to number one, and "I Got You" reached number five. In 1989, Yoakam released a compilation album, Just Lookin' for a Hit, which went gold. "Long White Cadillac," taken from the collection, stalled at number 35 in the fall of 1989.
Although his 1990 album If There Was a Way didn't have as many Top Ten hits, it was a major success; it was his first album since his debut to go platinum. This Time, released in the spring of 1993, was an even bigger hit, spawning three number two singles — "Ain't That Lonely Yet," "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere," and "Fast as You" — and going platinum. After its release, Yoakam was silent for two years, returning in the summer of 1995 with Dwight Live, which didn't set the charts on fire. In the fall of that year, he released his sixth album, Gone, which went gold by the spring of 1996, although it didn't produce any major country hits. After 1997's Under the Covers, a collection of cover songs, Yoakam returned with the all-new A Long Way Home in 1998. Another compilation, Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Greatest Hits from the '90s, was released in 1999; its newly recorded version of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" became Yoakam's biggest hit in six years, even hitting the lower reaches of the pop charts thanks to its exposure in a khakis commercial. Two albums followed in 2000: dwightyoakamacoustic.net, a bare-bones, all-acoustic revisitation of Yoakam's back catalog; and the more standard studio project Tomorrow's Sounds Today, which featured further collaborations with Buck Owens and a cover of Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me."
In 2001, Yoakam debuted as a writer and director, also issuing the soundtrack South of Heaven, West of Hell to accompany it. Two years later, he debuted on a new label (Audium) with Population Me, while Reprise issued the compilation In Others' Words to compete with it. In 2004 he released Dwight's Used Records, a 14-track anthology of duets that appeared on other artists' albums, unreleased covers, and cuts Yoakam contributed to various tribute compilations. An album of all new material, the self-produced Blame the Vain, followed in 2005 along with the live album Live from Austin, TX. An album of Buck Owens covers, Dwight Sings Buck, appeared in 2007. 2012's 3 Pears, Yoakam's first album since returning to Warner Bros. Records after a trio of releases for New West Records, and his first album of original material since 2005's Blame the Vain, featured a pair of Beck productions, "A Heart Like Mine" and "Missing Heart," recorded at Beck's home studio in California.
Title: If There Was a Way (Remaster)
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country
Title: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (Expanded Version)
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country
Title: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. [Expanded]
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Country Rock, Alternative Country, Pop
Title: Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country
Title: Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years (CD4)
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: World Music, Country
Title: Hillbilly Deluxe
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, World Music, Country, Alternative Country
Title: dwightyoakamacoustic (Acoustic Version)
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, World Music, Country, Alternative Country, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (Deluxe Edition) (CD2)
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Country Rock, Alternative Country, Pop
Title: What Do You Know About Love - Single
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country
Title: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, World Music, Country, Alternative Country
Title: Come On Christmas
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars… / Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars...
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Country
Title: Live from Austin, TX
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Country, Alternative Country, Alternative
Title: The Kings Of Country (Live)
Artist: George Strait, Garth Brooks, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Vince Gill
Genre: Country
Title: Guitars, Cadillacs / I'll Be Gone [Digital 45] - Single
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country
Title: Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years (CD2)
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: World Music, Country
Title: Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years [Digital Version]
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Country Rock
Title: The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country
Title: Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years (Remastered)
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country
Title: Dwight's Used Records
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Country, Alternative Country
Title: Live from Austin, TX: Dwight Yoakam
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country
Collections
Title: An Americana Christmas
Genre: Rock
Title: Sandra Boynton's Frog Trouble
Genre: Kids
Title: Favorite Country Duets
Genre: Country
Title: Gift Wrapped - 20 Songs That Keep On Giving!
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Tribute to Tradition
Title: A Country Superstar Christmas, Vol. 4
Genre: Country
Title: Country Love Songs, Vol. IV
Genre: Country
Title: Country Jukebox Greatest Hits, Vol. Two
Genre: Country
Title: Rhino Hi-Five: Classic Country Hits, Vol.1
Genre: Country
Title: More Country Fun
Genre: Country
Title: Tulare Dust - A Songwriters' Tribute to Merle Haggard
Genre: Country
Title: Honky Tonk Country
Genre: Country
Title: Billboard #1s: Classic Country
Genre: Country
Title: A Christian Tradition
Genre: Gospel
Title: Favorite Country Duets, Vol. 2
Genre: Country
Title: Country Music 2013
Title: 500 Song Country Collection (CD 2)
Genre: Country
Title: 500 Song Country Collection (CD 4)
Genre: Country
Title: 500 Song Country Collection (CD 8)
Genre: Country
Title: Top 500 Country Hits (CD 2)
Genre: Country
Title: Top 500 Country Hits (CD 3)
Genre: Country
Title: Top 500 Country Hits (CD 4)
Genre: Country
Title: It'S Now Or Never: The Tribute To Elvis
Genre: Rock
Title: Where Were You When The Fun Stopped?
Genre: Rock
Title: Music For Striptease Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Music For Striptease Vol. 2 (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: From The Heart Christmas
Title: Music For Striptease Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Music For Striptease Vol 1 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: The It's Now Or Never: Tribute To Elvis
Genre: Rock
Title: True Detective - OST By T Bone Bournett
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Awesome 90s Country
Genre: Country
Title: 100 Hits Country (CD4)
Genre: Country
Title: 100 Hits Country (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: Country The Ultimate Collection (CD2)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: I Walk The Line An All Star Tribute To Johnny Cash
Genre: Country
Title: Deadicated
Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Country Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Absolute Country
Genre: Country Rock, Pop Rock, Country Pop
Title: Gold Country Music Vol. 2
Genre: Soul, Country Rock, Celtic
Title: Bob Harris Country Sessions (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Country, Country Folk , Folk
Title: Rock And Roll Music: The Songs Of Chuck Berry
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Reggae
Title: 100 Greatest - Christmas 2017 (CD1)
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: State Of The Art Country 2018
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Country Rock
Title: Country Party Songs 2018
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Country Rock
Title: Elvis Tribute Concert '94
Title: King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Tailgate Party 2018
Genre: World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Folk
Title: Train & Railroad Songs 2018
Title: Kentucky: Southern Music Issue No 19
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Funk, Folk
Title: Male Singer / Songwriters
Genre: Soul, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Country Weekend 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Outlaw Country
Title: Country Car Music 2019
Genre: Country
Title: Country BBQ
Genre: Rock & Roll, Country, Country Rock
Title: Prime Country From The 80s & 90s
Genre: Country
Title: All American Country Christmas 2019
Genre: Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Road Trip: Country Rock 2018
Genre: Country Rock
Featuring albums
Title: Chrome, Smoke & BBQ: The ZZ Top Box (Box Set) [Remastered]
Artist: ZZ Top
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top (Remastered)
Artist: ZZ Top
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Ultimate Collection: Buckwheat Zydeco
Artist: Buckwheat Zydeco
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The New Tradition Sings the Old Tradition
Artist: New Tradition Sings Old Tradition
Genre: Country
Title: A Walk In the Woods
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Marco Beltrami
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: A Walk In The Woods (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Diverse
Genre: Chill Out, Theatre/Soundtrack