Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. , Etc. (Vinyl)
Though most of these recordings have previously been anthologized, this two-disc set puts Dwight Yoakam's emergence and progression from the roots-punk circuit to the country mainstream in context. It begins with the 1981 demos that earned him a recording contract, showing that his artistry as a retro-hillbilly honky-tonker was already in full bloom, with both his singing and his songwriting conjuring an era that otherwise seemed long gone. Yet it was his pairing with guitarist/producer Pete Anderson for his debut album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. , Etc. --here remastered and reissued in its entirety--that gave Yoakam's music that hard-twanging edge that found him sharing fans on the L. A. circuit with the Blasters, Los Lobos, and X. For Yoakam completists, the real treat here is disc two, a 1986 performance in the wake of that album at Hollywood's Roxy (not exactly your typical honky-tonk). With nine of the twelve tracks previously unreleased, Yoakam acknowledges a debt to Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and the Bakersfield sound on "Guitars, Cadillacs"; pays tribute to the influence of John Fogerty and Emmylou Harris, apparently both in the audience, before "Mystery Train"; and then barely stops for breath before blazing into Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire. " The urgency of the live-wire performance makes it easy to see why the rock crowd embraced him first, but he ultimately compromised little as he conquered the country airwaves as well. --Don McLeese Brand: Warner Music. Binding LP Record. Artist(s): Dwight Yoakam. Publisher(s): Warner Bros. Label: Warner Bros.
| Fabricant: | Warner Bros. Records, Inc. |
| Numéro de la pièce: | 093624936909 |
| Prix le plus bas (CAD): | 29,97 $ |
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