Dwight Yoakam - Live from Austin TX - Music & Performance - CD

Tracks: "Smoke Along the Track," "Little Sister," "Honky Tonk Man," "1000 Miles" and more!!!

The man who brought the Bakersfield sound back to the country charts, Dwight Yoakam, was on the road supporting his third album (and one of his best), 1988's Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room, when he and his band made a stop in Austin, TX, to appear on one of television's best showcases for quality roots music, PBS' Austin City Limits. Yoakam was at once a staunch traditionalist and a nervy Young Turk when he played his ACL gig, and both sides shine through in the performance, which has been issued on compact disc as Live from Austin, TX. Yoakam and his band (including guitarist Pete Anderson) burn though these songs with plenty of spark, and demonstrate that the best sort of respect to show this music is to play it with the same swagger and confidence that Buck Owens, Johnny Horton, and Merle Haggard showed back in the day. While Yoakam is still doing that today, there's something fresh and emphatic here that shines brighter than on some of his later work, and if this disc isn't as ambitious as the later Dwight Live, on its own modest terms it's the more satisfying listen. Added value: Buck Owens and Flaco Jimenez stop by to re-create their cameo spots on "Streets of Bakersfield," with Owens in particularly feisty form. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide

Performer	Dwight Yoakam
Music genre	Country
Music subgenre	CD - COUNTRY
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2005
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Dwight Yoakam - Live From Austin Texas [CD]
Track listing	Guitars, Cadillacs, Smoke Along the Track, What I Don't Know, Home of the Blues, 1,000 Miles, Please, Please Baby, Little Ways, Hony Tonk Man, Streets of Bakersfield, Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses), Always Late with Your Kisses, Little Sister, I Sang Dixie, This Drinking Will Kill Me
Record label	New West Records
Track name	Smoke Along the Track, Little Sister, Honky Tonk Man, 1000 Miles
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N