Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere

by Don McLeese

Book Overview

From his formative years playing pure, hardcore honky-tonk for mid-'80s Los Angeles punk rockers through his subsequent surge to the top of the country charts, Dwight Yoakam has enjoyed a singular career. An electrifying live performer, superb writer, and virtuosic vocalist, he has successfully bridged two musical worlds that usually have little use for each other--commercial country and its alternative/Americana/roots-rocking counterpart. Defying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292723814
• ISBN13: 9780292723818
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.9"