Country Classics

Performer: Dwight Yoakam
Producer: Craig DeGraff; Craig DeGraff (Compilation)
Distributor: WEA Strategic Marketing

Notes: Personnel: Dwight Yoakam (vocals, guitar). Audio Remasterer: Bob Fisher . Liner Note Author: John Bolsar. This 2006 budget-priced compilation collects many of neo-Bakersfield crooner Dwight Yoakam's finest songs. Although the 10-track set features little in the way of recording information, it does present Yoakam classics such as the twangy "Guitars, Cadillacs" and the swooning "These Arms," as well as his rollicking version of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and his surprisingly plaintive take on Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me."

In the mid-'80s the Nashville scene was at a low point until Dwight Yoakam helped usher in a new wave of country that was both traditionalist and progressive. Yoakam's allegiance to the classic Bakersfield sound of the '60s (Buck Owens, Merle Haggard) as well as his use of rockabilly and soul won him a wide audience. His good looks and dramatic persona also earned him an acting career, and he had major roles in numerous high-profile films, including PANIC ROOM and SLING BLADE.

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