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Dwight Yoakam - If There Was a Way (2015 Remaster) '1990/2015

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If There Was a Way (2015 Remaster)
ArtistDwight Yoakam Related artists
Album name If There Was a Way (2015 Remaster)
Country
Date 1990/2015
GenreCountry
Play time 00:48:24
Format / Bitrate 24 BIT Stereo 5375 Kbps / 192 kHz
Media WEB
Size 331 MB; 1.9 GB
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If There Was a Way from 1990 is the first full display of Dwight Yoakams
doppelgänger on record. From the mid-tempo honky tonk of The Distance Between
You and Me and the classic Bakersfield balladry of The Heart That You Own to the
balls-out live 21st century rockabilly It Takes a Lot to Rock You Baby, Yoakam
shows his fragmented musical personality that somehow remains inside the
framework of his own brand of country. Fans of the old heroes such as Ernest
Tubb, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Buck Owens, Hank Thompson, Loretta Lynn, and
so on dig Yoakam because he knows how to write and sing a good old country song.
The kids and pop audiences love him because he seems to speak to them as much
with his swagger as his electricity — guitarist Pete Anderson is like Don
Rich, only from the rock side of the country music fence. Nothings Changed Here,
written by Yoakam and master songwriter Kostas, is a nod to Tubb in that it
refers to the masters Walkin the Floor Over You in Nothings Changed Here, a
barroom stroller with a gorgeous fiddle solo by Don Reed and a splendid use of
reverb by Anderson. Since I Started Drinkin Again is a bluegrass sh*tkicker, but
it is one hell of a self-destructive broken-heart song that features some
awesome fiddlework by Scott Joss and mandolin and backing vocals by Tim OBrien.
The bluesy, doo-woppy, Doc Pomus-inspired rock balladry of the title track is
another move toward the margins for Yoakam — especially with the
shimmering B-3 work by Skip Edwards. It Only Hurts Me When I Cry, Yoakams
co-write with Roger Miller, who sings backing vocals on the track, is another
rocker à la early Conway Twitty. Ultimately the duet with Patty Loveless on
Kostas and Kathy Louvins Send a Message to My Heart is a wrought and deeply
moving love song. Loveless is the best of her generation. Not even Martina
McBride with all her emotion and range can match the soul in the grain of her
voice, nor does anyone possess as pure a country voice with the exception of
Emmylou Harris perhaps. The bravest moment on the record is also its most fun.
The closer is a truly hillbilly deluxe version of Wilbert Harrisons anthem Lets
Work Together. Anderson tears this mother up, raw and wooly, and Yoakam proves
himself as fine a R&B singer as he is a country crooner. Here again the rock
side of country, the soul side of rock, and the country side of soul are all
wrapped here in Yokams voice backed by a band who have a complete understanding
of the tune. Highly recommended. ~ Thom Jurek

Tracklist:
01. Dwight Yoakam - The Distance Between You and Me (2015 Remaster) (02:43)
02. Dwight Yoakam - The Heart That You Own (2015 Remaster) (03:11)
03. Dwight Yoakam - Takes a Lot to Rock You (2015 Remaster) (03:01)
04. Dwight Yoakam - Nothings Changed Here (2015 Remaster) (02:59)
05. Dwight Yoakam - Sad, Sad Music (2015 Remaster) (03:45)
06. Dwight Yoakam - Since I Started Drinkin Again (2015 Remaster) (03:45)
07. Dwight Yoakam - If There Was a Way (2015 Remaster) (02:57)
08. Dwight Yoakam - Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose (2015 Remaster)
(03:24)
09. Dwight Yoakam - It Only Hurts When I Cry (2015 Remaster) (02:35)
10. Dwight Yoakam - Send a Message to My Heart (with Patty Loveless) (2015
Remaster) (03:17)
11. Dwight Yoakam - I Dont Need It Done (2015 Remaster) (04:47)
12. Dwight Yoakam - Youre the One (2015 Remaster) (04:02)
13. Dwight Yoakam - Dangerous Man (2015 Remaster) (04:18)
14. Dwight Yoakam - Lets Work Together (2015 Remaster) (03:35)