Name: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (Expanded) by Dwight Yoakam
Brand: Dwight Yoakam
SKU: 603497838103
Price: 9.9 USD
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Rating: 3 (224 reviews)

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Dwight Yoakam's Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. began as an EP issued on the California Oak label. When Reprise signed him, they added four more tracks to the mix to round it out as an album. Yoakam, a Kentuckian, brought country music back into its own medium by reviving the classic Bakersfield sound with the help of his producer and lead guitarist, former Detroiter Pete Anderson. As a result, the "new traditionalist" movement was born, but Yoakam was always a cut or three above the rest, as this album displays in spades. Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. kicks off with a smoking cover of Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk Man," a song now so closely associated with Yoakam, the original has all but been forgotten. But this is only the beginning. Yoakam's own songs such as "Bury Me," a duet with Maria McKee, and "South of Cincinnati" reference both the pastoral and dark sides of his native state. "South of Cincinnati" is a paean to those who left Kentucky for Ohio in search of jobs, and "Bury Me" celebrates the land itself. In addition, the title track, with Anderson's Don Rich-influenced guitar style, walks the Buck Owens line until the line extends to Yoakam. With fiddles and backing vocals, Yoakam's street poetry is both poignant and profound, built into a barroom anthem. In addition to this there is the gorgeous "Miner's Prayer," an acoustic number powered by dobro (courtesy of David Mansfield), flat-picked guitar, and Yoakam's singing of his grandfather and generations like him who lived and died in the mines of Kentucky. Here Bill Monroe meets Ralph Stanley meets Bob Dylan. In the grain of Yoakam's voice there isn't one hint of irony, only empathy and raw emotion. Yoakam also does a more than acceptable version of June Carter's "Ring of Fire," the "Cherokee" of country music -- meaning that if you can play it and pull it off, you're taken seriously by the veterans. The album closes with the Harlan Howard classic "Heartaches by the Number." Because of Ed Black's steel playing, Brantley Kearns' fiddle, and Anderson's guitar, the accompaniment is stronger and far edgier than the Ray Price version, but from Yoakam's throat comes an entirely different story than Price's. In Price's case the song was a plea; in Yoakam's it's a statement of fact. An astonishing debut, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. changed the face of country music single-handedly and remains one hell of a party record.
~ Thom Jurek

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Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (Expanded)

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1. This Drinkin' Will Kill Me (1981 Demo) [2006 Remaster]

2. It Won't Hurt (1981 Demo) [2006 Remaster]

3. I'll Be Gone (1981 Demo) [2006 Remaster]

4. Floyd County (1981 Demo) [2006 Remaster]

5. You're the One (1981 Demo) [2006 Remaster]

6. Twenty Years (1981 Demo) [2006 Remaster]

7. Please Daddy (1981 Demo) [2006 Remaster]

8. Miner's Prayer (1981 Demo) [2006 Remaster]

9. I Sang Dixie (1981 Demo) [2006 Remaster]

10. Bury Me (feat. Maria McKee) [1981 Demo] [2006 Remaster]

11. Honky Tonk Man (2006 Remaster)

12. It Won't Hurt (2006 Remaster)

13. I'll Be Gone (2006 Remaster)

14. South of Cinnicinnati (2006 Remaster)

15. Bury Me (with Maria McKee) [2006 Remaster]

16. Guitars, Cadillacs (2006 Remaster)

17. Twenty Years (2006 Remaster)

18. Ring of Fire (2006 Remaster)

19. Miner's Prayer (2006 Remaster)

20. Heartaches by the Number (2006 Remaster)

21. Can't You Hear Me Calling (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA, March 1986) [2006 Remaster]

22. Honky Tonk Man (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA, March 1986)

23. Guitars, Cadillacs (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA, March 1986)

24. Rocky Road Blues (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA, March 1986)

25. Heartaches by the Number (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA, March 1986) [2006 Remaster]

26. I'll Be Gone (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA, March 1986)

27. It Won't Hurt (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA, March 1986)

28. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA, March 1986) [2006 Remaster]

29. South of Cincinnati (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, Ca, March 1986)

30. Mystery Train (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA, March 1986)

31. Ring of Fire (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA, March 1986)

32. Since I Started Drinkin' Again (Live at the Roxy, Hollywood, CA, March 1986)

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