Dwight Yoakam Tickets

Making country music popular since 1980s, Dwight Yoakam is among some of those musicians who’re known as the pioneers of country music. Year in and year out, Yoakam has been able to maintain the quality and excellence of his work. He has able to astonish his fans and country music fans in general with a string of hit singles as well as charting albums. Yoakam has been enjoying mainstream popularity since 1980s, and over the course of history Yoakam has come up with total of twenty one studio albums including compilation albums as well. Five of his studio albums topped the Billboard chart by taking the #1 spot while twelve of his albums went Gold. He has also recorded nine platinum albums which also includes his 3x Platinum album called This Time.

Other than his achievements as a recording artist, Dwight Yoakam’s live performances are nothing less than an unforgettable musical journey as well. His charismatic and captivating stage presence has been entertaining his live fans for years, and will do for years to come. Yoakam keeps on touring from time to time, and it’s one of those times that you grab your Dwight Yoakam tickets and go see him live in your hometown.

In the American music industry, only a few names manage to achieve the stardom; the likes of which Dwight Yoakam currently enjoys. Yoakam is a multi-facetted artist who has managed to stay consistent with his top notch outcome both as a country musician, actor and a film director. Dwight Yoakam stepped into the music industry when Nashville was all about urban cowboy music. It is then when Yoakam came with his Honky Tonk music, and was initially rejected as an unmarketable music. After when his brand of music wasn’t really accepted in Nashville, Yoakam made a move towards Los Angeles where he started to perfect his art of making Hill Billy Honky Tonk music. During his time in L.A, Yoakam started performing at various Punk Rock and rock clubs around the city alongside the renowned Rock acts of that era. After performing for such a diverse selection of audience, his music reached to more than just conventional country music listeners.

Before Dwight Yoakam made it big as a country musician, initially made his recording debut with the release of an E.P called Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc. The E.P was financed and released independently. The E.P was later re-released after he signed a deal with Reprise records. The Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc. LP contained some additional tracks, was released on Reprise Records in 1986. The album featured his hit singles Johnny Horton’s Honky Tonk Man and Guitars, Cadillacs. Both the hit singles helped launch Yoakam’s career as a country musician. A music video of Honky Tonk Man became the first country music video that was played on MTV. Yoakam followed his first LP up with the release of Hillbilly Deluxe LP. This one turned out to be just as successful as his previous effort. His first #1 hit single came from his third LP called Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room, and it was a duet with Buck Owens called Streets of Bakersfield.

With hit after a hit and string of bestselling albums, Yoakam started to attract positive reviews from most of the music critics as well as the appraisal of the country music fans. He was crowned with the titled of A Renaissance Man by the Time Magazine. By far, Yoakam’s most recent studio album is 3 Pears which was released on September 18, 2012. The album is produced by Yoakam himself and features voices of Kid Rock, Ashley Monroe and Beck. The album turned out to be a huge commercial success and cited as a Bes Seller for the year 2012 by American Songwriter, Entertainment Weekly and several others. As of the moment, Yoakam is out of his studio doing what he does the best and that is to perform live. So catch him live this season with Dwight Yoakam tickets.