Dwight Yoakam - A Long Way Home '1998; 2015

Tracks list

Early in his career, Yoakam might have come off as modern-day Buck Owens (a tag
he certainly did nothing to discourage), practicing a contemporary variant on
the Bakersfield sound. As he released album after album of classic country tunes
full of the kind of barnstormers and ballads that wouldve made Uncle Buck proud,
though, it became plain that Yoakam was an institution unto himself. On „A
Long Way Home“, he continues to do what hes done for years; make eloquent,
intelligent, exciting country music, with the help of longtime
producer/right-hand man Pete Anderson.

Yoakam can deliver a bitterly clever lyric like no one else, a fact borne out by
The Curse and Things Change. He can also inject some foot-stomping rock & roll
into the proceedings, as on the closing rave-up Maybe You Like It, Maybe You
Dont. „A Long Way Home“ serves to prove that the Yoakam name is the
equivalent of a stamp that reads, aesthetic quality guaranteed.

...Yoakam repledges his troth to the classic country & western that originally
fueled his fire....more eloquent and personal than any of his previous
efforts....a blue-ribbon hybrid of honky-tonk pastiche and reflective country
soul. (Rolling Stone)

...Yoakam turns in a fresh, dynamic set, updating his trademark
Bakersfield-does-L.A. sound without sacrificing his honky-tonk roots...
(Entertainment Weekly)

Dwight Yoakam, lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Pete Anderson, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar
Jim Christie, drums
Chuck Domanico, upright bass
Skip Edwards, keyboards, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
Scott Joss, fiddle
Dean Parks, acoustic guitar
Taras Prodaniuk, bass
Marty Rifkin, Dobro, pedal steel guitar
Ralph Stanley, banjo, background vocals
Tempo“, percussion
Bonnie Bramlett Sheridan, background vocals
Tommy Funderburk, background vocals
Beth Andersen, background vocals
Carl Jackson, background vocals
Jim Lauderdale, background vocals

Produced by Pete Anderson

Digitally remastered

Tracklist:
01. Dwight Yoakam - Same Fool (3:01)
02. Dwight Yoakam - The Curse (2:34)
03. Dwight Yoakam - Things Change (3:44)
04. Dwight Yoakam - Yet to Suceed (3:19)
05. Dwight Yoakam - I Wouldnt Put It Past Me (2:59)
06. Dwight Yoakam - These Arms (3:32)
07. Dwight Yoakam - Thats Okay (2:24)
08. Dwight Yoakam - Only Want You More (3:23)
09. Dwight Yoakam - Ill Just Take These (2:50)
10. Dwight Yoakam - A Long Way Home (2:54)
11. Dwight Yoakam - Listen (3:46)
12. Dwight Yoakam - Travelers Lantern (3:26)
13. Dwight Yoakam - Maybe You Like It, Maybe You Dont (4:20)

Related artists