Dwight Yoakam - A Long Way Home (2015) [Hi-Res]

Early in his career, Yoakam might have come off as modern-day Buck Owens (a tag he certainly did nothing to discourage), practicing a contemporary variant on the Bakersfield sound. As he released album after album of classic country tunes full of the kind of barnstormers and ballads that would've made Uncle Buck proud, though, it became plain that Yoakam was an institution unto himself. On „A Long Way Home“, he continues to do what he's done for years; make eloquent, intelligent, exciting country music, with the help of longtime producer/right-hand man Pete Anderson.

Yoakam can deliver a bitterly clever lyric like no one else, a fact borne out by "The Curse" and "Things Change." He can also inject some foot-stomping rock & roll into the proceedings, as on the closing rave-up "Maybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't." „A Long Way Home“ serves to prove that the Yoakam name is the equivalent of a stamp that reads, "aesthetic quality guaranteed."

"...Yoakam repledges his troth to the classic country & western that originally fueled his fire....more eloquent and personal than any of his previous efforts....a blue-ribbon hybrid of honky-tonk pastiche and reflective country soul." (Rolling Stone)

"...Yoakam turns in a fresh, dynamic set, updating his trademark Bakersfield-does-L.A. sound without sacrificing his honky-tonk roots..." (Entertainment Weekly)

Dwight Yoakam, lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Pete Anderson, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar
Jim Christie, drums
Chuck Domanico, upright bass
Skip Edwards, keyboards, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
Scott Joss, fiddle
Dean Parks, acoustic guitar
Taras Prodaniuk, bass
Marty Rifkin, Dobro, pedal steel guitar
Ralph Stanley, banjo, background vocals
"Tempo“, percussion
Bonnie Bramlett Sheridan, background vocals
Tommy Funderburk, background vocals
Beth Andersen, background vocals
Carl Jackson, background vocals
Jim Lauderdale, background vocals

Produced by Pete Anderson

Digitally remastered

Tracklist:
01. Dwight Yoakam - Same Fool (3:01)
02. Dwight Yoakam - The Curse (2:34)
03. Dwight Yoakam - Things Change (3:44)
04. Dwight Yoakam - Yet to Suceed (3:19)
05. Dwight Yoakam - I Wouldn't Put It Past Me (2:59)
06. Dwight Yoakam - These Arms (3:32)
07. Dwight Yoakam - That's Okay (2:24)
08. Dwight Yoakam - Only Want You More (3:23)
09. Dwight Yoakam - I'll Just Take These (2:50)
10. Dwight Yoakam - A Long Way Home (2:54)
11. Dwight Yoakam - Listen (3:46)
12. Dwight Yoakam - Traveler's Lantern (3:26)
13. Dwight Yoakam - Maybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't (4:20)