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Reviewed by Carrie Attebury

I have never been what you would call a big Dwight Yoakam fan, but with the release of his last two albums I have come to really like his music. "dwightyoakamacoustic.net" is awesome!!! I know some will not agree with me, but I think Dwight is on his way to becoming the Hank Williams of his generation of singers.

"Bury Me" is probably my favorite song from the album.

"Little Sister" is Dwight's version of the old Elvis tune, redone wonderfully as kind of a slow shuffle.

"It Wont Hurt" is a sad honky tonk story of a man who has loved and lost and turned to the bottle for comfort, only to find it a cure for all the pain but that of his heartache (where he's hurting the worst).

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"Mr Johnson's Love" to me, seems to go hand in hand with "It Wont Hurt," about a man's heartache and love that won't die even after his soul has left this earth.

"Little Ways" is a Dwight classic.

"Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)" has always been one of my favorite Dwight songs but this acoustic version is the especially haunting song about a man who has killed his wife.

"Readin Rightin' Route 23" is an awesome song that tells about a not-so-happy time in our American History; The Depression Era of the 1930s.

"Fast As You" is awesome, redone in a very sexy, slow shuffling style. Dwight sounds quite a bit like Elvis in this song.

"Guitar Cadillacs And Hillbilly Music," which I believe was the first song that Dwight released is redone completly acoustic. Just Dwight singing. It's very cool.

Song List:

  1. Bury Me
  2. 1000 Miles
  3. Little Sister
  4. Please Please Baby
  5. It Wont Hurt
  6. Ill Be Gone
  7. Johnsons Love
  8. Little Ways
  9. This Drinking Will Kill Me
  10. Nothing's Changed Here
  11. Throughout All Time
  12. Sad Sad Music
  13. It Only Hurts When I Cry
  14. Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
  15. The Distance Between You And Me
  16. A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
  17. Two Doors Down
  18. Readin Rightin Rt 23
  19. If There Was A Way
  20. Fast As You
  21. Home For Sale
  22. A Long Way Home
  23. Lonesome Roads
  24. Things Change
  25. Guitars Cadillacs

Audio Clips courtesy of: Barnes & Noble.
All graphics © Shelly Fabian, with the exception of the album cover,
used with permission of Warner Brothers.

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