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Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room Audio CD

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Title: Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I Got You 2: One More Name 3: What I Don't Know 4: Home of the Blues 5: Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses) 6: I Hear You Knockin' 7: I Sang Dixie 8: Streets of Bakersfield 9: Floyd County 10: Send Me the Pillow 11: Hold on to God

Deserves 6 Stars!
He's a singing storyteller who is in a league of his own. Dwight's voice is like a knife that tears into my soul with stinging sweetness and his lyrics are mesmerizing. I can hardly articulate what I find most impressive about Dwight, and what appeals to me about this particular album. It's beautifully stark, traditional yet contemporary, the lyrics are honest and descriptive, the production is fine and music first-rate. This album is classic, just like Dwight. Part of the making of a Legend. No wonder Buck Owens and Johnny Cash liked him and thought of him as a worthy successor. He was and still is. I just wonder when he will get the recognition he is due??.


DWIGHT YOAKAM - Buenas Noches from a Lonley Room
It's not my favorite Dwight Yoakam CD, but it's still good listening, as I don't think he has produced anything that isn't good listening.


Watch Out
That's what the giants of Country music must have thought after this milestone in Yoakam's remarkable career. Watch Out is the title of a 2005 Yoakam song and current staple of his live shows. He burst onto the scene with two albums that though steeped in tradition put him squarely on the cutting edge. His articulate and accurate critiques of the Nashville establishment didn't help, but it was his innovative sound that set him apart from the field. Somehow he was too Country, but also rocked too hard. It was like being too strong and fast to play football.

So Yoakam famously moved to California where he gained attention and a record deal. This album features his only number one Country hits, "Streets of Bakersfield", a duet with Bakersfield's King, Buck Owens, and the Yoakam original "I Sang Dixie". But to me the strength of this album is the first half. Which, if owned when released in 1988, would be Side 1 most likely for many on cassette or LP. Kicking off with the great "I Got You", featuring lines like "I got a letter from the folks over at Bell, just to let me know my next phone call, I'll have to walk outside and yell", through his Johnny Cash cover "Home of the Blues" which far surpasses the Man in Black's original, and into his paranoid lover's rant of "What I Don't Know", some have said the first side has an overall theme as if the artist is taking the listener through a doomed relationship.

There have been rumors in Hollywood amongst Yoakam enthusiasts I'm sure (he has many - Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Vince Vaughn, Billy Bob Thornton, to name a few) about a film based on this half, particularly the title track, "Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)". When I first heard the song, I actually had to pause the CD when it finished. I just sat there with my mouth open. Not just the lyrics, but the arrangement! Absolutely Yoakam's first bona fide masterpiece.

This had to be the album that made Merle Haggard say, "Dwight Yoakam is the most original thing in Country music". This is probably when Dwight Yoakam officially became Johnny Cash's favorite singer. And a few other people's favorite too, I bet.
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Dwight never lets you down
Dwight writes all the songs and music and never fails to deliver music that, while sometimes, is a little "twangy" is also full of wit, sarcasm and humor. Any serious music lover would enjoy this CD. .


Have you ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?
It features seven original songs and four covers of older songs. This was Dwight Yoakam's third major label album. The album features Dwight's first #1 hit, a cover of Buck Owens' "Streets of Bakersfield", featuring Buck himself, which helped to revive Buck's career. It also features Dwight's second #1 hit, "I Sang Dixie". "I Got You" was a Top Five hit and "Beunas Noches From a Lonely Room" just barely missed being a hit. Overall a very good album, which Dwight's fans will enjoy.


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