Dwight does the soul right
by Pete
Because few things beat a good ol’ heartbreakin’ Dwight Yoakam ballad, I give you two of my favorites.
Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (mp3)
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Dwight Yoakam – 1,000 Miles (mp3)
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My Dwight Masterpiece: If There Was a Way
April 10, 2007 - 9:32 pm
Tags: Dwight Yoakam
Posted in Country, Video | 3 comments
Tonight I’m reaching back to the archives to my favorite Dwight Yoakam album, 1990’s If There Was a Way. It’s a great record start to finish, and my cassette – yes cassette – got many many listens in its day. Dwight has always remained a steadfastly old-school country-boogie-swingin’ honky-tonk man.
My two favorites off the [...]
Dwight’s Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc.
November 2, 2006 - 10:24 pm
Tags: Dwight Yoakam
Posted in Country | 4 comments
My appreciation for country music has always lied squarely outside of the Nashville mainstream country machine. I’ll take the old school country any day of the week: the Willies, Waylons, and Johnny Cashes. But the manufactured new school of country will never interest me. Not to knock ‘em, but I don’t see myself ever getting [...]
Buck + Dwight = Hank
June 8, 2005 - 7:39 pm
Tags: Buckwheat Zydeco, Dwight Yoakam
Posted in Country, New Orleans | No comments
The last week has featured some Cajun sounds, a little 80’s Minneapolis funk, and some old school country. Now to marry it all up, it’s Buckwheat Zydeco’s collaboration with Dwight Yoakam. They got together in 1990 to lay down their take on Hank Williams’ “Hey Good Lookin’”, and I love the result.Dural’s accordion shares the [...]
December 10, 2007 - 7:55 am
Buenas Noches link is dead
December 10, 2007 - 7:57 am
Thanks Dan – plain sloppy on my part, I tell ya!
December 10, 2007 - 12:36 pm
Sad songs from Mr. Yoakam and a bottle of booze will cure any broken heart!
December 11, 2007 - 8:18 am
At a time when all other blogs are posting The Pretenders’ 2,000 Miles, you buck the trend and post Dwight Yoakam’s 1,000 Miles. If I had a blog, I would post The Proclaimers’ 500 Miles.