Dwight Yoakam - Tomorrows Sounds Today '2000

Tracks list

Tracklist
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01. Love Caught up to Me
02. What Do You Know About Love
03. Time Spent Missing You
04. Free to Go
05. A Promise You Cant Keep
06. A Place to Cry
07. The Sad Side of Town
08. Dreams of Clay
09. For Loves Sake
10. The Heartaches Are Free
11. A World of Blue
12. I Want You to Want Me
13. Alright, Im Wrong
14. I Was There


Though Dwight Yoakam is tagged with a well-deserved (and in his case
complimentary) outsider label, he is, ironically, one of country musics most
accessible artists. Tomorrows Sounds Today, his follow-up to the wonderful,
acoustic-only Dwightyoakamacoustic.net, is proof. While it may be difficult to
think of Yoakam as accessible--his music and persona are brash, cocky throwbacks
to the days when slightly dangerous country artists actually did fall off their
barstools--he has become so adept at incorporating a broad palate of influences
that music fans of many stripes feel comfortable with the Kentucky cowboy. On
Tomorrows Sounds Today, Yoakam again reaches to hard-driving, old-school,
honky-tonk country as the main ingredient while leavening the mix with jolting
shots of rockabilly, Tex-Mex shuffle, and aint-love-heartbreakin sentiment.
Yoakams primary influence, Buck Owens, guests on three tracks, The Sad Side of
Town, I Was There (featuring Pete Andersons growling guitar work), and Alright,
Im Wrong, which showcases the accordion of Flaco Jimenez. Elsewhere, Yoakam
delivers rocking country backbeats, memorable hooks, dusty down-home waltzes in
full drawl, even a cover of Cheap Tricks I Want You to Want Me. As usual,
Yoakams impeccable band is up to the task, handling the songs with ease while
not sacrificing a single volt of electricity. S. Duda

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