Live from Austin TX [CD/DVD]

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. [A CD/DVD edition of Live from Austin TX was released in 2017.] ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	08/11/2017
Label:	New West
UPC:	0607396638321
Rank:	127757

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Guitars, Cadillacs
2. Smoke Along the Track
3. What I Don't Know
4. Home of the Blues
5. 1,000 Miles
6. Please, Please Baby
7. Little Ways
8. Honky Tonk Man
9. Streets of Bakersfield
10. Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)
11. Always Late With Your Kisses
12. Little Sister
13. I Sang Dixie
14. This Drinkin' Will Kill Me

Disc 2

15. Guitars, Cadillacs
16. Smoke Along the Track
17. What I Don't Know
18. Home of the Blues
19. 1,000 Miles
20. Please, Please Baby
21. Little Ways
22. Honky Tonk Man
23. Streets of Bakersfield
24. Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)
25. Always Late With Your Kisses
26. Little Sister
27. I Sang Dixie
28. This Drinkin¿¿¿ Will Kill Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

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

Technical Credits

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
Blackie Crawford   Composer
Chet Himes   Mixing
Doc Pomus   Composer
Lefty Frizzell   Composer
Homer Joy   Composer
Jerry Tubb   Audio Master
Cameron Strang   Producer,Executive Producer
Lillie McAlpine   Composer
Mort Shuman   Composer
Tillman Franks   Composer
Johnny Horton   Composer