Live from Austin TX

by Dwight Yoakam

Overview

The man who brought the Bakersfield sound back to the country charts, Dwight Yoakam, was on the road supporting his third album (and one of his best), 1988's Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room, when he and his band made a stop in Austin, Texas to appear on one of television's best showcases for quality roots music, PBS' Austin City Limits. Yoakam was at once a staunch traditionalist and a nervy Young Turk when he played his ACL gig, and both sides shine through in the performance, which has been issued on compact disc as Live from Austin TX. Yoakam and his band (including guitarist Pete Anderson) burn though these songs with plenty of spark, and demonstrate that the best sort of respect to show this music is to play it with the same swagger and confidence that Buck Owens, Johnny Horton, and Merle Haggard showed back in the day. While Yoakam is still doing that today, there's something fresh and emphatic here that shines brighter than on some of his later work, and if this disc isn't as ambitious as the later Dwight Live, on its own modest terms it's the more satisfying listen. Added value: Buck Owens and Flaco Jimenez stop by to re-create their cameo spots on "Streets of Bakersfield," with Owens in particularly feisty form. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	12/01/2023
Label:	New West
UPC:	0607396576913
Rank:	35552

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dwight Yoakam   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Taras Prodaniuk   Bass
Flaco Jimenez   Guest Artist
Pete Anderson   Guitar
Scott Joss   Fiddle
Buck Owens   Guest Artist
Jeff Donavan   Drums

Technical Credits

Blackie Crawford   Composer
Chet Himes   Mixing
Doc Pomus   Composer
Lefty Frizzell   Composer
Johnny Horton   Composer
Homer Joy   Composer
Jerry Tubb   Audio Master
Cameron Strang   Producer,Executive Producer
Lillie McAlpine   Composer
Mort Shuman   Composer
Tillman Franks   Composer
Steve Gustafson   Associate Producer
Dwight Yoakam   Composer
Don Helms   Composer
Johnny Cash   Composer
Howard Hausey   Composer
Gary Briggs   Mixing,Producer
Alan Rose   Composer
Gary Laird   Editing
Katherine Delaney   Design,Package Design
Terry Liekona   Producer
Glenn Douglas Tubb   Composer