Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

Dwight Yoakam — Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

Limited edition 2023 remaster on light blue vinyl!

Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. is Dwight Yoakam's debut album and was the first of Yoakam's three consecutive No. 1 country albums on Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart. This is the album that started it all for the revival of true honky-tonk music. Features the singles "Honky Tonk Man," "It Won't Hurt," and "Guitars, Cadillacs."

A Kentucky native, Yoakam grew up listening to records by Stonewall Jackson and Johnny Cash, while also being influenced by rock acts like The Byrds and Creedence Clearwater Revival, but the Bakersfield sound, typified by country artists like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, had a lasting influence on his musical direction and songwriting.

After not making much headway in Nashville, he moved to Los Angeles and worked towards bringing his particular brand of new honky-tonk, or "hillbilly" music (as he called it), forward into the 1980s. Writing all his own songs, and continuing to perform mostly outside traditional country music channels, he did many shows in rock and punk rock clubs around Los Angeles, playing with roots rock or punk rock acts such as the Blasters, Los Lobos, and X. This helped him diversify his audience beyond the typical country music fans, and his authentic, honky-tonk revivalism brought rock audiences closer to country music.

 

Side A

1. Honky Tonk Man

2. It Won’t Hurt

3. I’ll Be gone

4. South Of Cincinnati

5. Bury Me (duet with Maria McKee)

Side B

1. Guitars, Cadillac

2. Twenty Years

3. Ring Of Fire

4. Miner’s Prayer

5. Heartaches By The Number

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