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Purveyor of the bakersfield sound, country singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam grew up in Columbus, Ohio before first heading to Nashville and eventually west to Los Angeles, and bought a place in Bakersfield, CA near his idol & mentor Buck Owens. Active as a recording artist since the early 1980s, Yoakam has appeared in films, on over thirty charting singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and a plethora of albums and compilations selling well in excess of 20 million units worldwide. |
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Latest News in english
about Dwight Yoakam
Yoakam steady on country music's shifting ground Date: 19 Nov 2009
Houston Chronicle -
Dwight Yoakam is looking to sell something that doesn't sound like mainstream country, but a shift in the business has him weighing his options and looking for a different way to present his work.
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Warner Bros. 'Gift Wraps' digital holiday album Date: 10 Nov 2009
LiveDaily -
R.E.M. [ tickets ] , Dwight Yoakam [ tickets ] , Michael Buble [ tickets ] , Regina Spektor [ tickets ] tour dates, tickets and news"Regina Spektor [ tickets ] , Jack's Mannequin, The Flaming Lips [ tickets ] and Randy Travis [ tickets ] are among the eclectic mix of acts featured on an upcoming holiday album entitled "Gift Wrapped: 20 Songs That Keep On Giving." The Warner Bros. release ...
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Journalist's observations create backlash Date: 28 Oct 2009
The Vanguard -
Well, well, well. It seems as if I ignited a fire among the fans of Mr. Dwight Yoakam with my column last week when I criticized the entertainer for my unfortunate "shunning" in front of his tour bus at BayFest.
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Celebrity birthdays on Oct. 23 Date: 23 Oct 2009
Miami Herald -
Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 66. Director Ang Lee is 55. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 53. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 53. Singer ``Weird Al'' Yankovic is 50. Bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica is 45. Actor Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal) is 33. Actress Masiela Lusha (George Lopez) is 24.
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HOW OLD? Date: 23 Oct 2009
Pioneer Press -
Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 66. Director Ang Lee is 55. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 53. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 53. Singer "Weird Al" Yankovic is 50. Bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica is 45. Singer David Thomas of Take 6 is 43. Drummer Brian Nevin of Big Head Todd and The Monsters is 43. Bassist Eric Bass of Shinedown is 35. Actor Ryan Reynolds ("Van Wilder," "Two ...
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Corb Lund: voice of experience Date: 18 Oct 2009
Toronto Star -
At age 40 and now six albums into a musical career that's as distinctive and musically adventurous as those of his unwitting mentors, Dwight Yoakam, Lyle Lovett and Neil Young – all of them renegades in the country music fold – Taber, Alta., songwriter Corb Lund is grappling for the first time with the kinds of personal worries, events and political issues that most of us come up against when ...
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Last Friday Night of the Big Fresno Fair Date: 17 Oct 2009
KSEE 24 Fresno -
The last Friday night of the Big Fresno Fair brought Dwight Yoakam at the Paul Paul Theater and Chicken Charlie gave us the scoop on what he has cooked up for next year. There's no doubt, Fresno's fall party is what memories are made of.
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Ralph Stanley's Memoirs Due Out Oct. 15 Date: 12 Oct 2009
The Kentucky Post -
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley has written his memoirs that include stories about performers Bill Monroe, George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Porter Wagoner, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.
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