Dwight Yoakam
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: viii, 221 pages ; 21 cm.
Chronicles the musical life of the country star who has made a career of blending disparate influences, drawing on interviews to explore his authenticity and success as an artist.
Series: American music series (Austin, Tex.)
Contents:
Introduction : a thousand miles from nowhere -- How far is heaven? -- Readin', rightin', Rt. 23 -- South of Cincinnati, west of Columbus -- Corvette cowboy -- From Kentucky bourbon to Babylonian cowboys -- Who you callin' cowpunk? -- Honky-tonk man -- "It's jes' ol' hillbilly stuff" -- Hillbilly deluxe -- Streets of Bakersfield -- Bonus cut -- "Well, i'm back again..." -- Wild ride -- Gone, real gone -- Act naturally -- The same fool -- Playing out the string -- South of heaven, west of hell (and off thecharts) -- Splitsville -- Produced by Dwight Yoakam -- The buck stops here -- "I wanna love again, feel young again" -- The Dwight dozen : a selected discography.
ISBN:
9780292723818
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Yoakam, Dwight | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
Includes discography (pages [215]-216).