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Dwight Yoakam MMccLLeeeessee__44880077__BBKK..iinndddd ii 11//33//1122 1100::4411 AAMM American Music Series Peter Blackstock and David Menconi, Editors MMccLLeeeessee__44880077__BBKK..iinndddd iiii 11//33//1122 1100::4411 AAMM A THOUSAND MILES FROM NOWHERE Don McLeese University of Texas Press Austin MMccLLeeeessee__44880077__BBKK..iinndddd iiiiii 11//33//1122 1100::4411 AAMM The publication of this book was supported in part by the Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music Series Endowment. Copyright © 2012 by Don McLeese All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2012 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713–7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html Th e paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Design by Lindsay Starr Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McLeese, Don. Dwight Yoakam : a thousand miles from nowhere / Don McLeese. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (American music series) Includes discographical references. ISBN 978-0-292-72381-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-292-73781-5 (e-book) 1. Yoakam, Dwight. 2. Country musicians—United States— Biography. I. Title. II. Series: American music series (Austin, Tex.) ML420.Y63M35 2012 782.421642092—dc23 [B] 2011042859 MMccLLeeeessee__44880077__BBKK..iinndddd iivv 11//33//1122 1100::4411 AAMM For Danny Roy Young and Sir Douglas Sahm. Let’s play two! MMccLLeeeessee__44880077__BBKK..iinndddd vv 11//33//1122 1100::4411 AAMM MMccLLeeeessee__44880077__BBKK..iinndddd vvii 11//33//1122 1100::4411 AAMM Contents . Introduction: A Th ousand Miles from Nowhere .................. 1 1. How Far Is Heaven? .......................................................... 11 2. Readin’, Rightin’, Rt. 23 .................................................... 21 3. South of Cincinnati, West of Columbus .......................... 31 4. Corvette Cowboy .............................................................. 41 5. From Kentucky Bourbon to Babylonian Cowboys ......... 49 6. Who You Callin’ Cowpunk? ............................................... 59 7. Honky-Tonk Man .............................................................. 67 8. “It’s Jes’ Ol’ Hillbilly Stuff ” ............................................... 79 9. Hillbilly Deluxe ................................................................. 91 10. Streets of Bakersfi eld ..................................................... 101 MMccLLeeeessee__44880077__BBKK..iinndddd vviiii 11//33//1122 1100::4411 AAMM viii Dwight Yoakam 11. Bonus Cut ........................................................................ 111 12. “Well, I’m Back Again . . .” ................................................ 115 13. Wild Ride ......................................................................... 125 14. Gone, Real Gone .............................................................. 139 15. Act Naturally ................................................................... 151 16. Th e Same Fool ................................................................. 157 17. Playing Out the String .................................................... 165 18. South of Heaven, West of Hell (and Off the Charts) ....... 171 19. Splitsville ........................................................................ 181 20. Produced by Dwight Yoakam .......................................... 189 21. Th e Buck Stops Here ....................................................... 197 22. “I Wanna Love Again, Feel Young Again” ........................ 205 Appendix. Th e Dwight Dozen: A Selected Discography ....... 215 Acknowledgments ........................................................ 217 MMccLLeeeessee__44880077__BBKK..iinndddd vviiiiii 11//33//1122 1100::4411 AAMM Dwight Yoakam MMccLLeeeessee__44880077__BBKK..iinndddd iixx 11//33//1122 1100::4411 AAMM

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