Dwight Yoakam – Live From Austin, TX (2-LP Vinyl)

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Recorded just two years after his debut *Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.* broke through, this Austin City Limits set catches Yoakam at the moment the rest of country music was finally catching up to what he'd already figured out. While Nashville was chasing pop crossover, he was drawing straight lines back to Kern County, California and the hard-twang tradition that never needed fixing in the first place.


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 "Bakersfield" 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 Bakersfield, he stopped by Buck's office 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 Bakersfield." Much like his heroes, Dwight has been true to his roots and breaking new ground for almost 20 years.- Terry Lickona (Producer Austin City LimitsThis variant is being pressed on smoke color vinyl


UPC: 607396596614
Label: New West Records
Release Date: 11.28.25
Format: LP Vinyl

Tracklist

Side A

1. Guitars, Cadilacs (4:01)
2. Smoke Along The Track (3:41)
3. What I Don't Know (4:07)
4. Home Of The Blues (3:10)

Side B

1. 1,000 Miles (4:24)
2. Please, Please Baby (3:22)
3. Little Ways (3:03)
4. Honky Tonk Man (3:02)
5. Streets of Bakersfield (3:29)

Side C

1. Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses) (4:37)
2. Always Late With Your Kisses (2:29)
3. Little Sister (3:52)
4. I Sang Dixie (3:23)
5. The Drinkin' Will Kill Me (4:23)