Dwight Yoakam – King of Fools
A ragged, rueful badge of small rebellions — “King of Fools” is a bruised, honky-tonk proclamation about pride, stubbornness, and the private costs of being the loudest voice in the…
A ragged, rueful badge of small rebellions — “King of Fools” is a bruised, honky-tonk proclamation about pride, stubbornness, and the private costs of being the loudest voice in the…
A bright, country heartbeat that remembers itself — “My Heart Skips a Beat” is a small, urgent confession of sudden love that sounds like a porchlight switching on at dusk.…
A mournful, small-courtroom parable about injustice and the way time hardens into a sentence. When Dwight Yoakam first placed “Twenty Years” on his early releases, it arrived not as a…
A rock-and-roll sleigh ride in cowboy boots—“Run Run Rudolph” lets Dwight Yoakam turbocharge a Christmas classic with Bakersfield snap and bar-band joy, the sound of a honky-tonk opening its doors…
A porch light left on for no one—“I Hear You Knockin’” is Dwight Yoakam turning a swamp-blues refusal into a honky-tonk vow to keep the door shut, even when memory…
A confession spoken from inches away—“The Distance Between You and Me” lets Dwight Yoakam describe a love that shares a bed but not a heartbeat, turning quiet estrangement into a…
A drifter’s prayer with a steady backbeat—“Lonesome Roads” finds Dwight Yoakam closing the door gently, owning the miles behind him and the ones he still has to walk. Headlines first.…
A small-town obituary set to Bakersfield twilight—“Floyd County” is Dwight Yoakam’s quiet eulogy for a good man, and for the way a community learns to bear its losses. Key facts…
A waltz of denial and discovery—“One More Name” finds Dwight Yoakam catching a lover’s secret in the hush between breaths, and deciding what kind of man he’ll be when the…
A weathered heart learning to trust again—Dwight Yoakam sings about second chances with the poise of a survivor and the urgency of a young man in love. When “Second Hand…