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Dwight Yoakam - Dwight Live Audio CD

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Dwight Yoakam Band: Dwight Yoakam
Title: Dwight Live
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Release Date: 1995-05-23
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Little Sister 2: It Only Hurts When I Cry 3: Heart That You Own 4: This Time 5: Streets of Bakersfield 6: Little Ways 7: Please, Please Baby 8: Nothing's Changed Here 9: Lonesome Roads 10: Thousand Miles from Nowhere 11: Wild Ride 12: Two Doors Down 13: Fast as You 14: Long White Cadillac 15: Miner's Prayer 16: Rocky Road Blues 17: Suspicious Minds

Rockin' Dwight
I rarely like live albums, but I do this one. If you've ever seen Dwight live he puts on a fantastic show. Well worth the money and adding to your collection. Some great cuts on a wide variety of songs, that showcase Dwight's talent.

The Mean Eyed Cat
Rock-A-Billy Review
KNON Radio 89. 3
Dallas, Texas .


Another must have......
. Dwight's version of "Suspicious Minds" would even make the Big E proud.


One of the 3 or 4 Dwight Yoakam albums you need to own
The energy and musicianship, not mention Dwight's own incomparable vocals, are fantatsic. Even if you have his greatest hits, the Reprise box set, or albums containing the studio versions of these songs, this live album is STILL a MUST. And there are great live versions of songs you can't find anywhere else, like Rocky Road Blues, Fast As You, Long White Cadillac, Two Doors Down and more. Whether you're just now catching on to the genius and talent of DY's music, or are already a fan with lots of his albums, this is one you won't regret owning. It'd certainly one of my top 3 favorites.


Religious Conversion Experience
And it is Right Here. Hard core soul rocker that I have been since I was doing covers of Percy, Otis, James and Sam & Dave in '64, I have seen The White Light.

Ya see. . . ya got every single solitary component of what made Roy, Elvis, Buck, George, Conway and Hank the high priests of this genre right here in one religious conversion experience.

I had never been to the Country before. But I took on a gig with this pedal steel session giant named Stan Joyce back in '96 and had to learn all these tunes I'd never even heard of. I cringed at a few, winced at some, and found myself liking many of the ten-step ditties of the time.

But I went right over the dam when I heard "Fast as You" and "Long White Kitty" for the first time. I trotted myself right on =Down= to the record store and got me one of these before the sun sank. I was not disappointed in the rest of it.

Thirteen years later I know every word and every inflection by heart. I've performed every one of these tunes at one time or another and never failed to ring someone's bell with them.

Stan swore that a half dozen of the tone poems here are laments about Dwight's crossing paths with a certain actress famed for playing =very= bad wimmin. If so, it must have been a "Rocky Road," 'cause these are some of the most soulful lyrics I've ever run into. . . and considering all the Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Isaac Hayes and Lenny Williams tunes I've done in the last 35 years, that's saying something.

Now, on top of all that, there's this =band=. Good gravey, ladies and gentlemen, I didn't think white people could play like this (and I =am= white). If James Burdon was the Jimi Hendrix of flat-picking, this Pete Anderson is the Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Fer crissake, don't waste any more time reading this rant. Just order one of these regardless of the freight. Now. (You can thank me later. ) .


Disappointing ...
Dwight Yoakam's
best studio work has crystal clear sound (vocals and
instruments) and lively energetic arrangements. This live album is a disappointment.
Unfortunately, Dwight never seems to get in the
groove during the concert[s] and his performance
is lackluster. Another disappointment is that the
sound quality is poor, even for a live album. The
redeeming qualities are the choice of some of his
best songs and his band is in good shape. Standouts
are "Lonesome Roads" and "A Thousand Miles From
Nowhere. ".


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