Dwight Yoakam
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Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956 in Pikeville , Kentucky ) is an American country singer, songwriter and actor. The two-time Grammy Award winner has sold over eleven million records over the course of his career.
Life
Beginnings
He started playing the guitar at the age of six. He gained his first acting experience at school performances. After dropping out of college, Yoakam decided to try his hand at country music and moved to Nashville in 1977 . At the time, mainstream country was largely dominated by pop influences. It was the culmination of the urban cowboy movement. Dwight Yoakam, who was based on Buck Owens and Merle Haggard and their Bakersfield sound , found little approval with his rougher style and then moved to Los Angeles , where the scene was more receptive to traditional country music.
Music career
Yoakam quickly gained a foothold on the California scene. Its audience was made up not only of country enthusiasts, but also of rock fans and even punks. He earned his living as a truck driver. A self-financed album got him a record deal with the Reprise label in 1984 . In 1986 his debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc . His debut work was sold over a million times and the single releases reached high positions in the country charts.
His second album, Hillbilly Deluxe , was also successful. With a single from his third album, he made his first number 1 hit in 1988: Streets of Bakersfield . He recorded this song with his idol Buck Owens. The following productions also achieved consistently high hit parade placements. The somewhat idiosyncratic and non-conformist Yoakam often lagged behind country stars like George Strait or Randy Travis with its sales figures .
In 1993 he made his generally best-regarded album, This Time . It sold 1.9 million copies and put a number of singles high on the US country charts. He was awarded a Grammy for the single Ain't That Lonely Yet .
In 2016 he recorded a bluegrass album with Swimmin 'Pools, Movie Stars ... that reached the top 10 of the country and number one on the bluegrass charts and contains a cover version of the Prince song Purple Rain .
Acting
His career as an actor developed parallel to his musician career. He had his first small appearance in 1993 in the Nicolas Cage - Dennis Hopper film Red Rock West . His song A Thousand Miles from Nowhere can be heard in the playback trailer . He got his first leading role in 1996 in Sling Blade . In South of Heaven, West of Hell , he also directed. In 2002 he played the role of the masked "Raoul" in Panic Room .
In 2006 he got a supporting role in Crank , in which he plays alongside Jason Statham as Doctor Miles. He continued this role in Crank 2: High Voltage in 2009 .
Instruments
Dwight Yoakam prefers to play Gibson flat-top guitars , mainly J-45 and Dove models. In his honor, the company released the Dwight Yoakam Honky Tonk Deuce signature guitar .
He also uses a 1972 Martin D-28. The company honored him for this with their Dwight Yoakam DD28 Signature Edition.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK
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 US
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Country
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| 1986 | Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. Reprise 25372 |
- |
US61  × 2
(65 weeks)US |
Country1 (142 weeks) Country |
First published March 3, 1986
Producer: Pete Anderson |
| 1987 | Hillbilly DeLuxe Reprise 25567 |
UK51 (3 weeks) UK |
US55 (28 weeks)US |
Country1 (85 weeks) Country |
First published: April 21, 1987
Producers: Pete Anderson, Dan Fredman, Michael Dumas |
| 1988 | Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room Reprise 25749 |
UK87 (1 week) UK |
US68 (15 weeks)US |
Country1 (63 weeks) Country |
First published: August 2nd, 1988
Producer: Pete Anderson |
| 1990 | If There Was a Way Reprise 26344 |
- |
US96 (75 weeks)US |
Country7 (146 weeks) Country |
First released October 30, 1990
Producer: Pete Anderson |
| 1993 | This Time Reprise 45241 |
- |
US25th × 3
(81 weeks)US |
Country4 (108 weeks) Country |
First published: March 23, 1993
Producers: Pete Anderson, Dusty Wakeman |
| 1995 | Gone Reprise 46051 |
- |
US30th  (14 weeks)US |
Country5 (36 weeks) Country |
First published: October 31, 1995
Producers: Pete Anderson, Dusty Wakeman |
| 1997 | Under the Covers Reprise 46690 |
- |
US92 (7 weeks) US |
Country8 (18 weeks) Country |
First published: July 1997
Producer: Pete Anderson |
| Come on Christmas Reprise 46683 |
- | - |
Country32 (6 weeks) Country |
First published: November 1997
Producer: Pete Anderson |
|
| 1998 | A Long Way Home Reprise 46918 |
- |
US60 (11 weeks) US |
Country11 (36 weeks) Country |
First published: June 1998
Producer: Pete Anderson |
| 2000 | dwightyoakamacoustic.net reprise 47714 |
- |
US195 (1 week) US |
Country24 (18 weeks) Country |
First published May 30, 2000
Producer: Pete Anderson |
| Tomorrow's Sounds Today Reprise 47827 |
- |
US68 (4 weeks) US |
Country7 (35 weeks) Country |
First released October 31, 2000
Producer: Pete Anderson |
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| 2003 | Population: Me Audium 8176 |
- |
US75 (7 weeks) US |
Country8 (19 weeks) Country |
First published: June 24, 2003
Producer: Pete Anderson |
| 2005 | Blame the Vain VIA 6075 |
- |
US54 (6 weeks) US |
Country8 (23 weeks) Country |
First released June 14, 2005
Producer: Dwight Yoakam |
| 2007 | Dwight Sings Buck VIA 6129 |
- |
US42 (8 weeks) US |
Country11 (34 weeks) Country |
|
| 2012 | 3 Pears VIA 53177 |
- |
US18 (7 weeks) US |
Country3 (30 weeks) Country |
First published: September 18, 20125
|
| 2015 | Second Hand Heart VIA 54662 |
- |
US18 (5 weeks) US |
Country2 (20 weeks) Country |
First published: April 14th, 2015
Producers: Dwight Yoakam, Chris Lord-Alge |
| 2016 | Swimmin 'Pools, Movie Stars ... VIA 00017 |
- |
US62 (1 week) US |
Country6 (6 weeks) Country |
Initial
release: October 7, 2016
Producers: Dwight Yoakam, Gary Paczosa, Jon Randall Stewart |
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: Red Rock West
- 1994: Visitors from Another World ( Roswell , TV movie)
- 1994: Chasers - Too sexy for jail
- 1995: Little Death
- 1996: Sling Blade (Sling Blade)
- 1996: Painted Hero
- 1997: Ellen (TV series, episode Das Outing )
- 1998: The Sound of War (TV movie)
- 1998: The Newton Boys (The Newton Boys)
- 1999: The Minus Man
- 2000: South of Heaven, West of Hell
- 2002: Panic Room
- 2003: Hollywood Cops (Hollywood Homicide)
- 2004: 3-Way
- 2005: Wedding Crashers (Wedding Crashers)
- 2005: Three Burials (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada)
- 2006: Bandidas
- 2006: Crank
- 2008: My darling, our family and I (Four Christmases)
- 2009: Crank 2: High Voltage
- 2010: The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (The Last Rites of Ransom Pride)
- 2011: Bloodworth
- 2011-2013: Wilfred (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2014: Under the Dome (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2016: Goliath (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2017: Logan Lucky
Web links
- Dwight Yoakam in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dwight Yoakam at Discogs (English)
- Official website (English)
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- ↑ grammy.com
- ↑ riaa.com
- ↑ Phyllis Stark: A Joyful Return for Yoakam . In: Billboard . June 25, 2005, Music, p. 39 f .
- ↑ country.de
- ↑ country.de
- ↑ The Dwight Yoakam Honky Tonk Deuce Signature on gibson.com, accessed May 11, 2012
- ↑ Dwight Yoakam DD28 Signature Edition on martin.com, accessed August 9, 2017
- ↑ Chart sources: UK US
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Country Albums 1964-2007, ISBN 0-89820-173-X .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yoakam, Dwight |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yoakam, Dwight David (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer, songwriter, and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pikeville , Kentucky, United States |