Dwight Yoakam Dwight Live CD

DWIGHT LIVE was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Country Album. "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere" was nominated for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.

A straight presentation of Dwight Yoakam playing his greatest hits in concert, Dwight Live is a solid record, highlighted by a long, intense take on "Suspicious Minds." Nevertheless, nothing on the album improves on the original recorded versions, making Dwight Live essential for devoted fans only. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Recorded live at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California on July 30, 1994. Includes liner notes by Russ DeVault.

Personnel: Dwight Yoakam (vocals, guitar); Pete Anderson (electric guitar); Scott Joss (fiddle, mandolin); Skip Edwards (keyboards); Taras Prodaniuk (bass); Jim Christie (drums); Tommy Funderburk, Beth Anderson (background vocals).

Rolling Stone (9/7/95, p.72) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Instead of reciting the hits in the manner of most country acts, Yoakam and band hit harder and go deeper in concert, attacking with a recklessness that recognizes no distinction between honkytonk spirit and rock & roll attitude..."
Q (9/95, p.122) - 3 Stars - Good - "...He has a hard, dry grip on the honky-tonk traditions that others looked in danger of forgetting. And from the sound of this album, he is not letting go..."
NME (Magazine) (7/15/95, p.49) - 6 (out of 10) - "...a reminder of his sparky style as he reads from the songbooks of Buck Owens and Elvis and lets rip with a Kentucky yodel or two..."