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Dwight Yoakam

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Mike and the Moonpies Talk Gary Stewart, Alan Jackson and Uniting Cowboys and Hipsters

    It's a Tuesday night at Austin's Horseshoe Lounge and two members of the band Mike and the Moonpies are here to do an interview. Frontman Mike Harmeier is wearing snakeskin boots and a Dwight Yoakam trucker cap. Lead guitarist Catlin Rutherford vaguely resembles Chris Hillman when he wears a mustach ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Shelby Lynne at the Kessler and the Best of Your Weekend

    Shelby Lynne​It's kind of hard to look the other way when you see that Shelby Lynne's coming to Dallas, and the Kessler Theater of all venues. Should be a great, intimate place to catch a handful of the country star's hits.That's just the start.We already mentioned Daniel Hart at El Sibil on Satur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2011

    The K-Ticket Christmas Eve Music Playlist, With a Few Leftovers For the Morning

    ​If I'm allowed on K-Ticket airwaves for a fourth annual Christmas dance party, I will ask management to carve space enough for a 17-hour set. The list of songs I wanted to play but didn't is much longer than those that actually made the air. Then again, if you really want a copy of Anya Marina's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    New Year's Eve Spectacular With The Polyphonic Spree, and a Very Dense List of Show Announcements

    ​The Polyphonic Spree certainly loves the holidays. It makes sense, seeing as they're the most joyful band on the planet. And only three weeks after they throw their annual Holiday Extravaganza at Lakewood Theater, they're throwing a New Year's Eve bash at House Of Blues on December 31. Which show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Pete Anderson: "We [Dwight Yoakam and I] Were Americana Before There Was Americana"

    If known only for his guitar playing and production work with Dwight Yoakam, singer/songwriter Pete Anderson would still be a legend in both the country and alt-country genres. There is much more to Pete Anderson than the stellar licks on such Yoakam hits as "Guitar, Cadillacs" and "Streets of B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Listomania: The 15 Most Unexpected, Unlikely, and Downright Awkward Collaborations of All Time

    Beck​Yesterday Beck announced that he had been "recording some tracks" with country singer Dwight Yoakam. And yeah, we guess we could kind of see that, as Beck has run the gamut of styles during his career, touching on hip-hop, electronic, folk, and mariachi. But, even though it makes sense when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    The King of Country Music Videos: The Five Most Quintessential Dwight Yoakam Clips

    Dwight Yoakam​Dwight David Yoakam, the modern savior of the Bakersfield-style of electric country music, is actually a native of Kentucky and he's now been a staple of Hollywood productions for years. Such a quizzical mélange makes sense, really. Give a listen to the way in which Yoakam has blen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    My First Show: Red Animal War and The Light Fantastic's Matt Pittman Was Left Disappointed by The Ramones at Lollapalooza '96.

    Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Matt Pittman​Matt Pittman is a busy man as of late. When not working on new material for the (thankfully) still-active Red Animal W ... More >>

  • Music

    December 9, 2010

    New Riders of the Purple Sage

    Friday, December 10, at Dan's Silverleaf in Denton

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Good Friday: Halloween Weekend Edition

    A Baptist General headlines We Shot JR is Dead​This weekend marks the end of an era: After a five-year run, the most critical critics in North Texas over at We Shot JR are calling it quits. We suspect it's only a matter of days until the comments on DC9 increase in anonymity and negativity, but, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Gig Alert: Rosie Flores Tonight at Double Wide

    Rosie Flores​San Antonio's Rosie Flores makes a stop in our fair city this evening, bringing her brand of hardcore honky-tonk and rockabilly to the Double Wide. She's been a fixture of the South Texas scene for decades, earning accolades in whatever city she decided to call home--hell, even the ma ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    He's The One

    Rosie Flores​San Antonio's Rosie Flores makes a stop in our fair city this evening, bringing her brand of hardcore honky-tonk and rockabilly to the Double Wide. She's been a fixture of the South Texas scene for decades, earning accolades in whatever city she decided to call home--hell, even the ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Show Announcements: Dwight Yoakam Coming To Mesquite In February And More

    Jason Wolter​Nothing goes together quite like country music and rodeo action. So with Dwight Yoakam coming to North Texas in February, what better place to perform than the Resistol Arena, home to the Mesquite Rodeo?The country legend hasn't released anything since 2007's tribute to Buck Owens, bu ... More >>

  • Music

    December 11, 2008

    Eastwood

    Everything's Personal (Self-released)

  • Calendar

    January 3, 2008

    Talk to Me

    Ferguson to cause swooning at Bass Hall

  • Music

    October 11, 2007

    The Domino Kings

    Saturday, October 13, at the AllGood Cafe

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Rhinestone Cowboy

    Manuel visits Fort Worth

  • Calendar

    June 14, 2007

    Honky-Tonk Men

    Drink from Eleven Hundred Springs

  • Music

    December 21, 2006

    King Cone

    Thursday, December 21, at Poor David's Pub

  • Music

    September 21, 2006

    Festivus for the Rest of Us

    No need for ACL--there was plenty to see within Dallas city limits

  • Music

    April 13, 2006

    Hokum or Yoakam?

    How the Kentucky kid's pulled off a crazy little thing called a career

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2005

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    How the Kentucky kid's pulled off a crazy little thing called a career

  • Music

    November 24, 2005

    Curt Kirkwood

    Snow (Little Dog)

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Best Radio Station

    KHYI-FM (95.3), The Range

  • Culture

    January 15, 2004

    Strung Up

    CMH Records is having a classical gas with every band, like, ever

  • Music

    September 18, 2003

    Dwight Yoakam|Lucero

    September 20|September 24

  • Music

    June 19, 2003

    Dwight Yoakam

    Population Me (Electrodisc/Audium)

  • Film

    March 28, 2002

    Slight Club

    Stuck in the Panic Room, Fincher takes us to a most familiar place

  • Music

    October 25, 2001

    Prose and Conjunto

    A new book finds the squeeze-box heart of Texas-Mexican music

  • Calendar

    September 20, 2001

    Say It, Don't Sing It

    IFC's new documentary, Crossover

  • Culture

    September 13, 2001

    Feel His Pain

    Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife

  • Dining

    March 22, 2001

    They Got Music

    Why does karaoke still exist?

  • Music

    September 28, 2000

    Dwight Yoakam

    I'magonnagetmesum

  • Music

    November 25, 1999

    The grass is blue

    Writing hits for the Dixie Chicks has given Jim Lauderdale his own wide open space

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Wide open spaces

    With his debut record, Ed Burleson may be too country for Nashville, but not for Texas

  • Film

    September 23, 1999

    Drink up

    Better off dead? The Minus Man thinks so.

  • Music

    July 29, 1999

    Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson

    Better off dead? The Minus Man thinks so.

  • Music

    November 26, 1998

    Out There

    Better off dead? The Minus Man thinks so.

  • Calendar

    April 23, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 23 - 29, 1998

  • Music

    December 4, 1997

    Deck the malls

    This season's Christmas album offerings

  • Music

    October 16, 1997

    East Side soul music

    The Blazers return with a record Just for You--and, hopefully, many others

  • Music

    August 28, 1997

    Power lines

    Jimmy Webb wrote one of the greatest songs ever, but don't tell him that

  • Music

    July 24, 1997

    Roadshows

    Jimmy Webb wrote one of the greatest songs ever, but don't tell him that

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Hat's off

    Dwight Yoakam's the last great country singer left--and he doesn't need a twang to prove it

  • Music

    April 3, 1997

    No retreat

    After the setback of the Cartwrights, Donny Ray Ford gets a taste of success

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    Black Maria, Don't You Cry

    Mary Cutrufello's music is full of country heartache. But Texas' most unlikely honky-tonk star is about to become her own boss.

  • Film

    February 6, 1997

    A deep cut

    Thornton's haunting, droll Sling Blade draws rich blood

  • Music

    December 28, 1995

    Who gives a Hootie?

    Farewell to 1995, a year in music we'd rather forget

  • Music

    October 26, 1995

    Far from Gone

    Dwight Yoakam's latest conjures up echoes of '60s AM radio

  • Music

    January 26, 1995

    Reviews

    Dwight Yoakam's latest conjures up echoes of '60s AM radio

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