Dwight Yoakam receives surprise
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 – Dwight Yoakam was surprised with a presentation of a gold record for "The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam" Sunday night by actors Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau during his performance at Go Country 105's "Summer Under The Stars" held at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Councilman Dennis Zine from the City of Los Angeles also presented Yoakam with a special proclamation.
Preparing to return to the stage to perform his encore, Yoakam was surprised by a special presentation that started off with Zine presenting with a proclamation making July 27 Dwight Yoakam Day in Los Angeles. Vaughn and Favreau then joined Yoakam on stage presenting him with the gold record for "The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam," released by Warner Bros./Rhino Records.
Yoakam has been busy in the movie end of his career. He completed the broad comedy role of Pastor Phil for the forthcoming Lionsgate release "Four Christmases" in which he co-stars with Vaughan and Reese Witherspoon. This will be major holiday release in November. Yoakam will reprise his role as Doc Miles in the forthcoming sequel to Crank called "Crank: High Voltage" in which he co-stars with Jason Statham and Amy Smart.
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Dwight Sings Buck
There are two approaches to tributes, whether an individual song or an entire album. One is to make as faithful a recreation of the original music as possible. The second is to try to make the song your own while still paying homage to the original. Dwight Yoakam dives headlong into the second option in this tribute to Buck Owens, both a personal mentor and friend to Yoakam, who passed away early in 2006.
These 15 songs include mostly those that reached the top 5 and would be anticipated on such »»» |
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc.
The typical reissue is often a couple of unreleased rarities alongside the original album. Some are double-disc releases. Rarely though will you see essentially a three-disc reissue of one album. But it's rare you'll come across an artist like Dwight Yoakam.
The album that basically started it all is a gem on its own. Yet here we have disc 1 featuring demos from 1981 beginning with the rambling "This Drinkin' Will Kill Me" that instantly brings to mind the late Buck Owens. »»» |
Blame the Vain
To a lot of Dwight Yoakam fans, the names "Roswell" and "Sling Blade" are anathema. Because there is the perception that since Yoakam's success in Hollywood, he's been more interested in movies than music. And there is some corroborating evidence - after all, he's done plenty of acting and directing lately, but we haven't heard an all-new song on the radio from Dwight for a long time.
But the truth is Yoakam has never neglected music. It's just that radio no longer bends enough to accommodate the »»» |
Editorial: American Idol's Carrie Underwood can sing –
If anyone saw the Super Bowl – what a great great game that was – they would have heard American Idol winner and country superstar Carrie Underwood sing the National Anthem. Underwood did with her voice what Kelly Clarkson did last week with her written words – give it to Scott Borchetta, the head of Big Machine Records,, who tried defending Taylor Swift by knocking American Idol performers. »»»
Concert Review: McBride, Adkins shine sometimes –
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Concert Review: Eilen Jewell wears her musical hats well –
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