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Dwight Yoakam - Just Lookin' for a Hit Audio CD

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Dwight Yoakam Band: Dwight Yoakam
Title: Just Lookin' for a Hit
Rating:
Release Date: 1989-09-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Long White Cadillac 2: Little Ways 3: Honky Tonk Man 4: I Got You 5: Little Sister 6: I Sang Dixie 7: Guitars, Cadillacs 8: Sin City 9: Please, Please Baby 10: Streets of Bakersfield

"I'm not trying to be nobody Just want a chance to be myself"
I'm an Okie at heart. STREETS OF BAKERSFIELD is so my song.


I came here looking for something
I couldn't find anywhere else
Hey, I'm not trying to be nobody'
Just want a chance to be myself

I've done a thousand miles of thumbin'
I've worn blisters on my heels
Trying to find me something better
On the streets of Bakersfield

Chorus:
You don't know me but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

Spent some time in San Francisco
Spent a night there in the can
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell
Took fifteen dollars from that man
Left him my watch and my old house key
Don't want folks thinkin' that I'd steal
Then I thanked him as I was leaving, and
I headed for the streets of Bakersfield

Chorus:
You don't know me but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

You don't know me but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

How many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield? .


Dwight: The early years.
Included here are great tracks like "Long White Cadillac", "Little Ways", "Streets Of Bakerfield", and "Guitars, Cadillacs". This is a short, but excellent collection of his 80's material, and goes great with his later "Last Chance For A Thousand Years" collection. Plus two excellent covers, "Little Sister" (Elvis), and "Sin City" (Gram Parsons)". Overall it's the best of modern country. However, I would get the new "Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam", which includes most of these hits, plus his 90's stuff, all on one disc. It's essential "Dwight".


First Collection of an Enduring Artist
This disc chronicles Yoakam's hits from his first three albums: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Dwight Yoakam emerged on country radio in 1986 with a cover of Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk Man," creating a sizable alt-country niche that continues in spite of increasingly reduced radio play over the years. , Etc. (1986), Hillbilly Deluxe (1987), and Buenos Nochas From A Lonely Room (1988). With Pete Anderson on board from the start as producer and guitarist extraordinaire, Yoakam's lonesome tenor connects nicely - and charts highly - with everything he touches during this period, be it the honkytonkin' "Honky Tonk Man," the tearjerker "I Sang Dixie," or the rockabilly Elvis fave "Little Sister. " Through his chartopping, toetapping duet with Buck Owens on "Streets Of Bakersfield," Yoakam was also able to introduce some of his musical influences to young listeners.

The only omission of note from this early phase is his faithful remake of Lefty Frizzell's "Always Late With Your Kisses," with awesome, retro background vocals. On the plus side, we get the
stark, soulful "Sin City" duet with k. d. lang. This is the only place to get this awesome duet (the version on the Reprise Please Baby box set features Yoakam solo).


Just lookin' for a HIT, YOU Sure do find Em here*
Whether that collection consists of Varied Artists or Dwight Only, this ONE definitely has many songs that stand out as favourites to play over and over. This Album is one to certainly make sure that is included in Your collection.

Songs that He frequently does in His live Performances are heard and reminiscent to the fact that His lyrics and Stage Persona is still alive and thriving as it was years and years ago.

Highly recommend*.


Reconsider Country & Western here...
I like some of it, but outside of a few Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, George Strait, and Willie Nelson tunes, I can't think of too many songs that I consider "must have" music. I'm not much of a Country & Western fan.

Dwight Yoakam is an exception here. I'm recommending this CD only because it does have D. Y. 's big 1980's hits, but I would caution readers that to really get a feel for how good this guy is, you need to check out the CD's from which these songs were taken ("Guitars, Cadillacs, etc", "Hillbilly Deluxe", "Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room", and more). . . and more than likely, after listening to this, you'll do that anyhow [the songs here are THAT good]. Still, for those of us who are just tourists in the world of C & W, this is a superb selection of songs.

Like most of Dwight's material (before and after this hits CD), the songs make on wonder if perhaps one has misjudged C & W all together: I mean, Dwighty Yoakam isn't the only one doing great C & W, is he? Well at the time this CD came out, no he was not. Clint Black, George Strait and dozens of other new artists were doing great Country music. Some time after 1990, the music became formulaic and monotonous ("velveeta music" is how one Austin DJ described it: not just cheesy, but synthetic to boot!). Fortunately, it's finally stopped selling too, so perhaps there's hope for the innovators like Mr. Yoakam.

Best cuts here: Streets of Bakersfield, Guitars & Cadillacs, Please Baby Please, Honky Tonk Man, Little Sister, . . . jeez they're all great. In fact, most artists would be lucky if their "greatest hits" packages included one song as good as anything here.

After this, you'll probably want more Dwight Yoakam, so check out his "greatest hits of the 1990's" CD next (unless you're alread a fan, in which case you already own all his CD's, more than likely.


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