Dwight Yoakam – Santa Can’t Stay
Classic Oldies When the Season Turns Cold, and So Does the Heart Released in 1997 as part of Dwight Yoakam’s holiday album Come On Christmas, “Santa Can’t Stay” is no ordinary seasonal…
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Dwight Yoakam – The Last Heart In Line
“The Last Heart in Line” — a spare, steady vow to dignity when love chooses someone else, and the courage it takes to watch the door close without making a…
Dwight Yoakam – A Long Way Home
The Winding Road Between Memory and Redemption When Dwight Yoakam released A Long Way Home in 1998, both the song and its parent album of the same name marked a…
Dwight Yoakam – These Arms
The Quiet Ache of Love’s Persistence Amid Distance and Doubt When Dwight Yoakam released “These Arms” in 1998 as part of his album A Long Way Home, it arrived not…
Dwight Yoakam – Nothing
The Quiet Desperation of Love’s Empty Aftermath When Dwight Yoakam released “Nothing” as part of his 1995 album Gone, it arrived at a crossroads in his career—an era when the…
Dwight Yoakam – Let’s Work Together
A barnstorming plea for solidarity, recast as Bakersfield boogie that turns a 1960s blues mantra into a 1990 country-road rallying cry When Dwight Yoakam cut “Let’s Work Together” for his…
Dwight Yoakam – When I First Came Here
“When I First Came Here” — a gentle reflection of arrival, memory and the quiet spaces between On the 2005 album Blame the Vain by Dwight Yoakam, the track “When I…
Dwight Yoakam – I Don’t Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)
The Tender Defiance of Loving Without Conditions When Dwight Yoakam released “I Don’t Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)” as part of his 1987 sophomore album Hillbilly Deluxe,…
Dwight Yoakam – Johnson’s Love
A Ghostly Ballad of Devotion That Outlives the Flesh When Dwight Yoakam released “Johnson’s Love” on his 1986 debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., he was already carving a singular…
Dwight Yoakam – Readin’, Rightin’, RT. 23
“Readin’, Rightin’, Rt. 23” — a road-song reverie of home, hope and the asphalt of escape The track Readin’, Rightin’, Rt. 23, written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam, appears on his second studio album…