Skaggs Yoakam, Harris, Sherrill receive honors
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 – Ricky Skaggs, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris and Billy Sherrill will be honored in Nashville by the Academy of Country Music (ACM) next Monday at the sixth Annual ACM Honors ceremony at the Ryman Auditorium.
The quartet will be presented with the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award. Each year, this prestigious award is presented to several pioneers of the country music genre
"I'm very honored to receive the ACM Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award this year," said Skaggs. "It means a lot to an artist to be recognized for their work. I very much appreciate this award."
Past recipients include Alabama, Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Jerry Reed, Tex Ritter, Marty Robbins, Kenny Rogers, Mel Tillis, Conway Twitty, Porter Wagoner, Hank Williams Sr., Hank Williams Jr. and Bob Wills.
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CD reviews for Dwight Yoakam
For his first album of original music since 2016, Dwight Yoakam does exactly nothing different, and thank goodness for that. One of country music's most consistent stylists, Yoakam's sound has always been a nod to the Bakersfield of Buck Owens, hardcore honky-tonk played by a swinging band, and he's not about to change this far into his career, it seems.
Analyzing his albums, then, boils down to which songs hit the spot best; they will all fill you up but some just taste better than others. ...
In this 1988 Austin City Limits program and nearing 32 years old, Dwight Yoakam was approaching his commercial zenith. His third album, "Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room," had just been released, bringing him his only number one country singles "Streets of Bakersfield" (included here in duet with Buck Owens along with Flaco Jimenez) and "I Sang Dixie," also included.
His second ACL appearance, Yoakam delivers a generous, 14-song reminder of how freakin' unusual ...
Dwight Yoakam appears to be a many of mystery on the cover. With two side-by-side images of himself, the Kentucky honky tonker dons a trademark cowboy hat, jeans jacket and jacket and plucking his electric, legs spread and head pointed down. But there really is no mystery about Yoakam, who has been making music longer than some of the contemporary country acts have been alive. And Yoakam has a thing or two to show these young turks what country music used to be - and based on this sterling, ...
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