The country icon brought glitter and glam to the stage as he promoted his first new album of original songs in nine years.
Dwight Yoakam, pictured here at the 8th Annual ACM Honors, channeled the ghosts of Nashville on Friday night in Grand Prairie .},{ "name":"Editor Picks", "component":"17105533", "insertPoint":"4", "requiredCountToDisplay":"1", "watchElement":".
“I wrote this about 10 years ago,” he said. “You might be able to tell I’m a fan of a certain country artist who might be in the building later.” The singer opened with a rowdy rendition of the Carter Family’s “Keep on the Sunny Side,” introducing his"Dwight Live" band in their glittery regalia. He continued into 1987’s “Please, Please Baby,” before a run of covers, starting with Elvis Presley’s “Little Sister.” After that, he played two songs fromAside from his deep catalog of original work, Yoakam is one of the greatest cover singers in mainstream music.
The droning opening notes to “Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose” brought the mostly seated crowd immediately to its feet as Yoakam’s boot-scooting looked like it was drawing crop circles on the stage. He closed with a flurry of classics, starting with the haunting “A Thousand Miles From Nowhere” and two early cuts, 1987’s “Little Ways” and 1985’s “Guitars, Cadillacs.”
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