Entries in Dwight Yoakam (2)
Feel Good Fridays: Vacation
Friday, July 25, 2014 at 2:27PM Sorry that I've been away for a week. Just had an incredible and much needed getaway with the fam. We hit Forecastle Festival in Louisville, KY and saw the likes of Beck, Jack White, Outkast, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Dwight Yoakam, Jenny Lewis, The Replacements and Spoon. So good. Then we headed to Nashville and got to tour Blackbird Studios (amazing). Then I spoke to the students at Blackbird Academy (thanks to my friend Mark Rubel for both of those). We hit up the Third Man Record Store as well as a ton of other really cool spots. Then we headed northwest to St. Louis. Museums, shopping, the zoo. Good times. I'm back home long enought to get a haircut, do some laundry and go to a wedding - then off to L.A. for another recording session at Warner Brothers. Pfew.
Real Talk Tuesdays: Dwight Yoakam
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 8:52AM I do a lot of talking about hip-hop, soul and reggae here but I rarely touch on country music. Growing up in Indiana with a redneck older brother I was well-versed in the outlaw movement (which included greats like Wille Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard among others). I still appreciate those cats and with the exception of the alternative-country movement (Old 97s, Wayne Hancock, etc) my cut-off for country music lies firmly with Dwight Yoakam. The last true hillbilly. Here's one of my favorite cuts and the accompanying just-strange-enough video. Real talk? This dude is a mack. Dig.
Dwight Yoakam - Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me... by DwightYoakam-Official
