Though Dwight Yoakam casts himself as the classic outsider, no contemporary country artist has been able to achieve more mainstream success while retaining more alternative credibility. This 4-disc set (including more than an entire disc of previously unreleased material) documents the uniqueness of Yoakam’s musical legacy, as he combines a core commitment to the hard twang of honky-tonk–in breakthrough hits such as “Guitars, Cadillacs” and the Buck Owens duet “Streets of Bakersfield–with a stylistic expansiveness that knows no limits. In addition to his underrated strength as a songwriter, no other country artist could extend himself from Queen (“Crazy Little Thing Called Love”) to Cheap Trick (“I Want You to Want Me”) to the Clash (“Train in Vain”), while paying the obligatory tributes to Elvis Presley, George Jones, and Merle Haggard. The three new recordings may be inconsequential (a shuffle rendition of “Mercury Blues” holds the most interest), but the archive of previously unreleased material includes a 10-song demo from 1981 (before Yoakam’s pivotal pairing with guitarist/producer/bandleader Pete Anderson), two duets with Kelly Willis, and the eight live performances that conclude the set.
Tracklist
Disc 1 1 Honky Tonk Man 2:48
2 Guitars, Cadillacs 3:05
3 It Won’t Hurt 3:05
4 Miner’s Prayer 2:19
5 Little Sister 3:02
6 Little Ways 3:20
7 Please, Please Baby 3:34
8 Always Late (With Your Kisses) 2:11
9 This Drinkin’ Will Kill Me 2:34
10 Streets of Bakersfield 2:49
11 I Sang Dixie 3:48
12 I Got You 3:29
13 I Hear You Knockin’ 3:15
14 Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses) 4:33
15 Long White Cadillac 5:19
16 Turn It on, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose 3:25
17 You’re the One 3:59
18 Nothing’s Changed Here 2:58
19 It Only Hurts When I Cry 2:34
20 The Heart That You Own 3:10
21 The Distance Between You and Me 2:42
22 Dangerous Man 4:17
23 Send a Message to My Heart 3:15
24 Takes a Lot to Rock You 2:58
Disc 2 1 Carmelita / Flaco Jimenez 3:25
2 Suspicious Minds Live 6:55
3 Doin’ What I Did 3:26
4 Hey Little Girl 2:31
5 Ain’t That Lonely Yet 3:18
6 A Thousand Miles from Nowhere 4:29
7 Try Not to Look So Pretty 2:55
8 Pocket of a Clown 2:57
9 Home for Sale 3:38
10 Fast as You 4:47
11 King of Fools 4:05
12 Holding Things Together 2:37
13 Nothing 3:52
14 Don’t Be Sad 3:20
15 Sorry You Asked? 3:23
16 Gone (That’ll Be Me) 2:48
17 Claudette 2:55
18 Baby Don’t Go / Sheryl Crow 4:00
19 Train in Vain 3:22
20 Rapid City, South Dakota 2:49
Disc 3 1 Only Want You More 3:22
2 Same Fool 3:01
3 Things Change 3:45
4 These Arms 3:31
5 A Long Way Home 2:55
6 Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2:21
7 Thinking About Leaving 3:55
8 New San Antonio Rose 3:03
9 Two Doors Down Acoustic 4:38
10 Bury Me Acoustic 3:12
11 Love Caught Up to Me 3:50
12 What Do You Know About Love 2:56
13 Free to Go 4:48
14 A Place to Cry 4:35
15 I Want You to Want Me 3:27
16 Alright, I’m Wrong 4:16
17 Who at the Door Is Standing / Bekka Bramlett 2:32
18 The First Thing Smokin’ 3:40
19 I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide 4:13
20 Louisville 3:03
21 Sittin’ Pretty 2:24
22 Mercury Blues 2:26
Disc 4 1 This Drinkin’ Will Kill Me 3:11
2 It Won’t Hurt 3:46
3 I’ll Be Gone 3:25
4 Floyd County 2:37
5 You’re the One 4:02
6 Twenty Years 3:02
7 Please Daddy 3:19
8 Miner’s Prayer 2:43
9 I Sang Dixie 3:45
10 Bury Me 3:00
11 Golden Ring 3:15
12 Take Me 2:20
13 Sin City 4:02
14 Truckin’ Live 7:21
15 Grand Tour Live 3:41
16 Oh, Lonesome Me Live 3:29
17 Today I Started Loving You Again Live 4:29
18 Mystery Train Live 3:11
19 Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ Live 3:19
20 Heartaches by the Number Live 3:41
21 My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It Live 4:12
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