Dwight Yoakam
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"Last Chance For A Thousand
Years"
All those folks who contemptuously dismiss
today's mainstream country and wish they could have been around
for the heyday of Lefty Frizzell and Buck Owens are missing the
boat. Right now, right in front of us, the Frizzell-like George
Strait and Owensesque Yoakam are quietly assembling two of the
great careers in country music history. Further evidence is now
available in the form of Dwight Yoakam's second greatest-hits
package. The new collection gathers 11 of his 13 Top 40 country
hits from 1991-96 and adds three new songs. The new ones are
good ones--Yoakam gives the ballad "Thinking About Leaving,"
cowritten with Rodney Crowell, a striking low-note guitar riff;
he makes Waylon Jennings's "I'll Go Back to Her" even
more traditional than it was; and he lends Queen's rockabilly
romp, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," an authenticity
it never had. Yoakam is living proof that it's still possible
to combine commercial success and artistic achievement in country.
--Geoffrey Himes |
Customer review from Amazon
Reviewer: Mark from Chassell, Michigan
This album has all of Dwight's best hits from 1990 to present.
The new songs are very good. A version of "Crazy Little
Thing Called Love" shows that Dwight can remake a classic.
"Thinking About Leaving", also new, is my favorite
song on the album along with "Suspicious Minds" which
is better than Elvis'. "Ain't That Lonely Yet" won
a grammy back in '93 or '94 and is Dwight at his best. If you
want Dwight at his finest, get this album along with his other
"Greatest Hits" album, "Just Lookin' For A Hit",
which features all of his hits of the "80s. |
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