From his formative years playing pure hardcore honky tonk for mid 80s Los Angeles punk rockers through his subsequent surge to the top of the country charts Dwight Yoakam has enjoyed a singular career An electrifying live performer superb writer and virtuosic vocalist he has successfully bridged two musical worlds that usually have little use for each other commercial country and its alternative Americana roots rocking counterpart Defying the label too country for rock too rock for country Yoakam has triumphed while many of his peers have had to settle for cult acceptance Four decades into his career he has sold more than 25 million records and continues to tour regularly with an extremely loyal fan base In Dwight Yoakam award winning music journalist Don McLeese offers the first musical biography of this acclaimed artist Tracing the seemingly disparate influences in Yoakam s music McLeese shows how he has combined rock and roll rockabilly country blues and gospel into a seamless whole In particular McLeese explores the essential issue of authenticity and how it applies to Yoakam as well as to country music and popular culture in general Drawing on wide ranging interviews with Yoakam and his management while also benefitting from the perspectives of others closely associated with his musical success including producer guitarist Pete Anderson Yoakam s partner throughout his most popular and creative decades Dwight Yoakam pays tribute to the musician who has established himself as a visionary beyond time an artist who could title an album Tomorrow s Sounds Today and deliver it

[(Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere)] [Author: Don McLeese] published on (March, 2012) PDF

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