Dwight Yoakam - A Long Way Home

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Free Music Review: Displays all Dwight's musical ability in its very best light
Hit: 5 Stars

'The Curse' will stir remembrances of the heydays of Johnny Cash. The influence of Buck Owens is, as always, a welcome presence in 'I Wouldn't Put It Past Me'. Still these offerings manage to sound new and fresh.

Newcomers to Bluegrass who fell in love with Ralph Stanley (O Death) on the S/T to 'Oh Brother, Where Art Thou' will instantly recognize his supreme distinct voice and be glad to hear it singing backup on 'Traveler's Lantern' as Dwight travels into the Bluegrass genre.

Dwight's sense of humor and mimicking ability shine in the Elvis Homage introduction and version of the cut 'I Only Want You More'.

No one in music today writes lyrics like Dwight. If you question that statement, listen to 'That's Okay' This song is the perfect example of Dwight's writing ability. Who else in country music could develop the following lyrics then set them 'to tune' and make the result sweet to the ear? 'Voices about us softly mumbling words that trip my heart a stumbling' or 'I embrace small shards of silence to avoid a loss this violent'. Folks, remember this is country music we're talking here! A field built on beers/years, cry/die, and you/and anything that rhymes with it, etc. Dwight writes with the sophistication of a natural modern poet and marries the work with the ultimate 'country sound'.

'Things Change' and 'I'll Just Take These' are pure Dwight and sweet country and should put to rest any belief this is not a 'country' endeavor. It it country at its best.

My first introduction to Dwight Yoakam was his 'This Time' CD and it has always been my favorite. But 'Long Way Home' is tied for second, along with nearly all the others. In my repeated efforts to review his music, I have become repetitive and redundant (see?), and still haven't come even remotely close to describing his tremendous talent. So, instead of sitting there mumbling under your breath about my irritating efforts to describe the indescribable, get busy and obtain yourself a copy of this CD and prepare to listen and listen because you won't want to stop.

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