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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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News in english
about Dwight Yoakam
(July / 2009)
Never too late to rock n roll, and to prove mom right Date: 01 Jul 2009
The Providence Journal -
The kid is about 12 years old and clearly in need of some kind of ADD medication. I'm sitting behind a glass partition, trying to play something coherent on a drum set, struggling to keep up with Dwight Yoakam's crack band on a CD doing "Little Sister." You know, "… little sister don't you do what your big sister does … ."
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Live On The County Line a Country Music Festival Featuring 2 Time Grammy Award Winner and Country Music Legend Dwight ... Date: 10 Jul 2009
Yahoo.com -
Dimmick Ranch in association with the County Line Foundation presents Live On The County Line featuring Grammy Award Winner Dwight Yoakam in an unprecedented, one night only, country music festival on Saturday, August 29th at the Dimmick Ranch in Piercy, CA.
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TV highlights | Thursday, July 16 Date: 16 Jul 2009
The Kansas City Star -
“Sling Blade,” 6:45 p.m., Showtime. Billy Bob Thornton won a writing Oscar for this film in which he plays a mentally challenged man who had killed his mother and her lover. With Lucas Black (above) and Dwight Yoakam. “J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life,” 7 p.m., ABC. Timed to the release of the latest film, this documentary follows the author before publication of “Harry Potter and the Deathly ...
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Michelle Branch's Upcoming Album Will Feature Dwight Yoakam Date: 28 Jul 2009
cmt.com -
Michelle Branch 's new album, due for release this fall, will feature a guest appearance by Dwight Yoakam on a song called "Long Goodbye." Titled Everything Comes and Goes , the album was produced by John Leventhal and John Shanks.
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