The Music of Dwight Yoakam

Dwight Yoakam, a modern honky-tonk man. Dwight Yoakam's debut album, Guitar, Cadillacs, etc., etc., released forty years ago in 1986, was a historic watershed in country music history. There was something about the cover that signaled this was something different, something fresh. Had country music finally found its savior? Dwight Yoakam had the right voice, and his guitarist/producer Pete Anderson understood twangy guitars. The album «Guitars, Cadillacs, etc.,etc.» went all the way to the top of Billboard's Country Album chart, the first of three in a row. Dwight Yoakam has remained an important artist in the country world and has collaborated with a long line of artists and songwriters. In 2024 his latest album, Brighter Days, the 21st studio album, was released, where he sang a duet with rap artist Post Malone. Yoakam has won two Grammys and has been nominated 18 times. Soloists: Johanna Demker, Jørund Vålandsmyr, Harald Thune, Frode Haarstad. Band: Tore Blestrud, Dagfin Hjorth Hovind, Even Finsrud, Ivar T. Brynildsen.