Dwight Yoakam

With his swaggering approach to traditional honky tonk and Bakersfield country, Dwight Yoakam pays homage to rule-breaking country legends like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, while also following his own iconoclastic path. Starting with his classic 1986 debut Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., Yoakam found an audience that included mainstream country listeners as well as roots rock and rock & roll fans; he frequently charted in the country Top Ten with albums like 1988's Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room and 1993's This Time, and remained one country's most respected and adventurou...