Last week I admitted that The Lounge Lizards introduced me to jazz. Now I have another startling admission to make. Dwight Yoakam was my first real introduction to country. Not George Jones or Hank Williams or even Johnny Cash. Still it was a pretty good introduction since Dwight’s songs were often stunning works of songwriting and musically he emulated that classic Bakersfield Sound. I still get goosebumps listening to these songs.
“Long White Cadillac”
“Guitars, Cadillacs Etc”
“Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose”
“It Only Hurts Me When I Cry”
“Suspicious Minds”
“Back Of Your Hand”
“Close up the Honky Tonks” and “Blame The Vain” have had embedding disabled