Dwight Live [Live]

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Dwight Live, with its generous helping of 17 songs, provides a useful summary of Yoakam's career thus far. He's recorded all but one of the songs before, but the six numbers from the '80s are deepened by everything Yoakam and his terrific band have learned from their years on the road, and the six numbers from his '93 album, This Time, are liberated from their radio-ready studio arrangements to kick up a little dust. For example, the come-back-home plea of the '87 hit, "Please, Please Baby," takes on a new urgency as Yoakam and the band make the swing beat really jump. And the title tune of the '93 album has a new swagger to it. Dwight Live opens and closes with Elvis Presley songs, "Little Sister" and "Suspicious Minds," a reminder of how Yoakam has infused hillbilly music with boisterous rhythms, much as the King once did. By contrast, Yoakam delivers "Miner's Prayer" from his first album in an unplugged version and follows it with Bill Monroe's "Rocky Road Blues," the one song he hadn't recorded before. The indisputable highlight, however, is a six-minute version of "Long White Cadillac," Dave Alvin's immortal song about Hank Williams's last ride. Yoakam moans and wails like a man pursued by hellhounds, and Anderson's guitar notes sound like those snarling, yapping dogs themselves. --Geoffrey Himes

Tracks:

Little Sister
It Only Hurts When I Cry
The Heart That You Own
This Time
Streets Of Bakersfield
Little Ways
Please, Please Baby
Nothing's Changed Here
Lonesome Roads
A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
Wild Ride
Two Doors Down
Fast As You
Long White Cadillac
Miner's Prayer
Rocky Road Blues
Suspicious Minds

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Dwight Live, with its generous helping of 17 songs, provides a useful summary of Yoakam's career thus far. He's recorded all but one of the songs before, but the six numbers from the '80s are deepened by everything Yoakam and his terrific band have learned from their years on the road, and the six numbers from his '93 album, This Time, are liberated from their radio-ready studio arrangements to kick up a little dust. For example, the come-back-home plea of the '87 hit, "Please, Please Baby," takes on a new urgency as Yoakam and the band make the swing beat really jump. And the title tune of the '93 album has a new swagger to it. Dwight Live opens and closes with Elvis Presley songs, "Little Sister" and "Suspicious Minds," a reminder of how Yoakam has infused hillbilly music with boisterous rhythms, much as the King once did. By contrast, Yoakam delivers "Miner's Prayer" from his first album in an unplugged version and follows it with Bill Monroe's "Rocky Road Blues," the one song he hadn't recorded before. The indisputable highlight, however, is a six-minute version of "Long White Cadillac," Dave Alvin's immortal song about Hank Williams's last ride. Yoakam moans and wails like a man pursued by hellhounds, and Anderson's guitar notes sound like those snarling, yapping dogs themselves. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Rockin' Dwight.......2007-04-04

If you've ever seen Dwight live he puts on a fantastic show. I rarely like live albums, but I do this one. Well worth the money and adding to your collection. Some great cuts on a wide variety of songs, that showcase Dwight's talent.

The Mean Eyed Cat
Rock-A-Billy Review
KNON Radio 89.3
Dallas, Texas

Another must have.............2006-12-27

Dwight's version of "Suspicious Minds" would even make the Big E proud.

One of the 3 or 4 Dwight Yoakam albums you need to own.......2006-08-28

Even if you have his greatest hits, the Reprise box set, or albums containing the studio versions of these songs, this live album is STILL a MUST. The energy and musicianship, not mention Dwight's own incomparable vocals, are fantatsic. And there are great live versions of songs you can't find anywhere else, like Rocky Road Blues, Fast As You, Long White Cadillac, Two Doors Down and more. Whether you're just now catching on to the genius and talent of DY's music, or are already a fan with lots of his albums, this is one you won't regret owning. It'd certainly one of my top 3 favorites.

The Debbil Himself Stirring up the Rabble.......2006-01-04

Now, if this doesn't stop you, nothing -will-... unless you're truly the adventurous sort. I am -not- a country music fan. I'm not even a Dwight -fan- (unless I'm seated in front of a stage he is -on- or a movie he is -in-.) I admit to being a rocker, and a -progressive rocker- at that.

But... back in '95, I'd hitched my wagon to a bunch of money makers called Stan Joyce and the Crypto Countrymen who played The Twang as though it was golden era MTV stuff... and vice-versa. (Imagine "I Wear My Sunglasses at Night" and "Jenny, Jenny; Who Can I Turn To?" done a la Alan Jackson.)

My assignment was to learn all these tunes real quick. Stan's demo tape included a pair of cuts from -this- very album here. The rest is history. I simply -HAD- to have this damned thing and listen to it all the way through Every Single Day. Well... here's why:

In the entire recorded history of the hillbilly genre, no one has ever sounded like this because no one ever wanted to. Pete Anderson saw the writing on the wall: "Rock has abandoned it's faithful. Go -git- them." For the sake of politics (as well as political correctness), his studio productions targeted Nashville, Bakersfield, Tulsa and CMT. But the live shows were a whole other thing, helping to usher in the New Era. (Whether you like it or not.)

This stuff has -gonads-. Wisely noting the link to the rockers only Elvis can provide, Dwight's live shows of the time kicked off and closed with The King as rendered in a fast freight snarl the way The King -really- did them in Tupelo and Vegas. What cranked the audience up brought the house down. -Emphatically-, in both cases.

In between, it's all Rock and Tonk, rendered so -competently- that Rolling Stone Magazine (thentofore pretending country didn't even exist) offered that -this- was the best live country act since the homicidal Spade Cooley.

I'll post a warning: This is -not- for the faint of country heart. This is not Conway or George or even Bakersfield Buck. This here is the Debbil Himself come to stir up the rabble. And for a time -- a fairly -long- time -- I could warble my way through "Two Doors Down" and kick out the jams on "Long White Cadillac" right along with him because it was -sooooooooo- much fun to do so.

Front to back, this is a monster, albeit for a specific taste. Hey! Buy -two- and give one to Lou Anne down the block after you point out how tight his pants are. Then you can hear it when you're walking past her trailer towards the soda machine.

Disappointing ..........2002-12-12

This live album is a disappointment. Dwight Yoakam's
best studio work has crystal clear sound (vocals and
instruments) and lively energetic arrangements.
Unfortunately, Dwight never seems to get in the
groove during the concert[s] and his performance
is lackluster. Another disappointment is that the
sound quality is poor, even for a live album. The
redeeming qualities are the choice of some of his
best songs and his band is in good shape. Standouts
are "Lonesome Roads" and "A Thousand Miles From
Nowhere."

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Dwight Yoakam - Live from Austin City Limits
Nice live music, but sounds a lot like the studio versions
Straight out of Dwight's good ole' days!!!!!

Live from Austin, TX
Dwight Yoakam
Manufacturer: New West Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Despite Dwight Yoakam's renown as a dynamic live performer and the reputation of the Austin City Limits series for bringing out the best in the artists it presents, this 1988 performance (also available on DVD) is surprisingly low-key. Featuring the fiddle of Scott Joss and the guitar of bandleader Pete Anderson, the band is in fine form throughout, but the pacing tends more toward mid-tempo melancholy ("1,000 Miles," "Always Late with Your Kisses," "I Sang Dixie") than the harder-edged honky-tonk that is Yoakam's strength. As special treats for the Austin crowd, Buck Owens and conjunto accordion kingpin Flaco Jimenez join Yoakam on "Streets of Bakerfield," while the cover of Elvis Presley's "Little Sister" gets a live-wire surge from Anderson's guitar. The taping otherwise seems to capture Yoakam within a transitional lull in his career. --Don McLeese

Album Description

Dwight Yoakam live from the Austin City Limits TV studio. Taped in October 1988, this CD features many of Dwight Yoakam's signature songs and includes many songs not included the original broadcast.

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Dwight Yoakam - Live from Austin City Limits.......2006-11-24

Dwight is Excellent, Austin city limit's always has the Greatest!

Nice live music, but sounds a lot like the studio versions.......2005-12-15

This is a nice album of early live hits at Austin City Limits. The only draw back is many of the songs sound very similar to to the studio versions. Compared to the DVD (which I liked better) much of the dialog with the audience was cut out of the CD. Dwight fans will like this, but it's hard to recommend it to anyone else. It's okay, but nothing spectacular. Dwight's other live album is much better and easier to reccomend. A newer Dwight Yoakam live album would have been a better CD by New West Records.

Straight out of Dwight's good ole' days!!!!!.......2005-11-09

I love this album. It features Dwight singing in his pristine 80s vocals, which I consider his height. This is the best live album I own. It's a smokin' good deal at 14 bucks for this vintage Austin City Limits 1988 treasure that has been newly released from New West Records. The only drawbacks for me is that it didn't have my favorite song on it "Long White Cadillac", which he probably hadn't recorded yet anyway. This is a perfect collection of his early and best work live.

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