re: Board's opinion of Dwight Yoakam....?

He was the Hank of the 80s

There is Cash & Yoakam, then there is the rest.

South of Cincinnati

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Looking forward to seeing him at margaritaville in April. Hope he plays a bunch of his new bluegrass stuff.

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I've got tickets as well.

Never have been a big country fan, but have always liked Dwight. Just a fan of his 'all in' attitude. Definitely was sold out to his art before country was cool.

He's definitely been under-appreciated by Nashville, and that's a shame. He got lots of people in the 80's and 90's listening to country music. Just because it's the Bakersfield genre, he's still helped Nashville sell albums.

The list of his awards are pretty slim considering how much impact he's had on county music. The ACM ought to be ashamed.

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Wins

Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Male Vocalist - 1986
CMT Europe Artist of the Year Award - 1993
Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – 1994 "Ain't That Lonely Yet"
Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – 1999 Same Old Train shared with multiple artists
Country Music Association Award for International Touring Artist (2007)
Academy of Country Music Cliffe Stone Pioneer Award - 2011
Americana Music Award for Artist of the Year – 2013


Nominations

Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year - Guitars, Cadillacs (1986)
Country Music Association Horizon Award - 1986
Country Music Association Award for Video of the Year - "Honky Tonk Man" (1986)
Grammy Award for Best Country Song – 1987 "Guitars, Cadillacs"
Academy of Country Music Award for Video of the Year - "Little Sister" (1987)
Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – 1987 "Guitars, Cadillacs"
Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – 1988 Hillbilly Deluxe
Academy of Country Music Award for Top Vocal Duet - "Streets of Bakersfield" with Buck Owens(1988)
Academy of Country Music Award for Top Male Vocalist - 1988
Country Music Association Award for Vocal Event of the Year - "Streets of Bakersfield" with Buck Owens (1988)
Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year - Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room (1988)
Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration – 1989 with Buck Owens for "Streets of Bakersfield"
Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – 1989 Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration – 1990 with K.d. Lang for Sin City
Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – 1991 "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose"
Academy of Country Music Award for Top Vocal Duet - "Send a Message to My Heart" with Patty Loveless(1992)
Country Music Association Award for Vocal Event of the Year - "Buzzin' Cousins" with James McMurty, John Prine, Joe Ely and John Mellencamp (1992)
Academy of Country Music Award for Single Record of the Year - "Ain't That Lonely Yet" (1993)
Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year - "Ain't That Lonely Yet" (1993)
Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year - This Time (1993)
Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year - 1994
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance – 1995 "Pocket of a Clown"
Grammy Award for Best Country Album – 1996 Dwight Live
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance – 1996 "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere"
Grammy Award for Best Country Album – 1997 Gone
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance – 1997 "Nothing"
Grammy Award for Best Country Album – 1998 Under the Covers
Academy of Country Music Award for Vocal Event of the Year - "Same Old Train" with various artists (1998)
Country Music Association Award for Vocal Event of the Year - "Same Old Train" with various artists (1988)
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance – 2000 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance – 2001 "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere"
Country Music Association Award for Vocal Event of the Year - "Alright, I'm Wrong" with Buck Owens (200

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Also Blame the Vain is a badass tune

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I don't believe I know that one.

I will be back in a moment...

I love me some Dwight, he's got some seriously great under-rated songs

If There Was a Way (acoustic version is country the way it should be, almost haunting in a way)
Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room
Two Doors Down

You guys just thought Luke Bryan wore tight jeans.

Hey Good Lookin' with Dwight Yoakum and Buckwheat Zydeco
One of my favs

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He absolutely made Sling Blade a classic!

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frickin' A Right, he did. Too many awesome quotes to list.

He was also damn funny in the small role in Wedding Crashers.


But ... it'll always be Sling Blade for me.