YOAKAM, DWIGHT
(*1956)
YOAKAM, DWIGHT (b. Pikeville, Ky., October 23, 1956) Yoakam is a southern California-based country singer who was one of the first new country stars. He took traditional country symbols—his oversized cowboy hat, boots, and jeans, and songs about Cadillacs, women, whiskey, and hard livin'—and gave a nostalgic, slightly bemused spin to the material. His band is a typical pseudo-ROCKABILLY outfit, with a heavy GUITAR-bass-drum sound augmented by country fiddling, based on the country HONKY-TONK…