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Born: October 23, 1956 in Pikeville, KY
Years Active: 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Genre: Country

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Biography:
With his stripped-down approach to traditional honky tonk and Bakersfield country, Dwight Yoakam helped return country music to its roots in the late '80s. Like his idols Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Hank Williams, Yoakam never played by Nashville's rules; consequently, he never dominated the charts like his contemporary Randy Travis. Then again,... Continue Bio >>

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01/08/2010 Caesars Atlantic City
01/09/2010 The Colosseum At Caesars Windsor
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Ringtones:

Close Up The Honky Tonks

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Discography:
2007 Dwight Sings Buck
2005 Live from Austin TX
2005 Blame the Vain
2003 Population Me
2001 South of Heaven, West of Hell
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Filmography:
2009 Crank High Voltage
2008 Four Christmases
2008 Dwight Yoakam: Grandtour
2007 Dwight Yoakam: In Concert
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Similar Artists: Johnny Cash Conway Twitty Radney Foster Willie Nelson Junior Brown More >>

Influenced By: Buck Owens Merle Haggard George Jones Elvis Presley Lefty Frizzell More >> Followers: The Souvenirs Thompson Brothers Jackson Taylor James Otto Gary Allan More >>

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