DWIGHT YOAKAM Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. REPRISE RECORDS 9 25372-1 (1986 Pro
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Dwight Yoakam Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. Reprise Records 9 25372-1 (1986 Promotional copy)
Tracklist
A1 Honky Tonk Man Backing Vocals – Brantley Kearns Written-By – Howard Hausey, Johnny Horton, Tillman Franks Backing Vocals – Brantley Kearns Written-By – Howard Hausey, Johnny Horton, Tillman Franks 2:45 A2 It Won't Hurt 3:03 A3 I'll Be Gone Backing Vocals – J.D. Foster* Backing Vocals – J.D. Foster* 2:44 A4 South Of Cincinnati 4:54 A5 Bury Me Vocals – Maria McKeeVocals – Maria McKee 3:19 B1 Guitars, Cadillacs 3:02 B2 Twenty Years 2:40 B3 Ring Of Fire Piano – Gene Taylor (2) Written-By – June Carter, Merle Kilgore Piano – Gene Taylor (2) Written-By – June Carter, Merle Kilgore 3:13 B4 Miner's Prayer 2:17 B5 Heartaches By The Number Pedal Steel Guitar – Ed Black Written-By – Harlan Howard Pedal Steel Guitar – Ed Black Written-By – Harlan Howard 3:13
*(all photos are of the actual item)
- Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Recorded At – Excalibur Studios
- Recorded At – Capitol Studio B
- Mastered At – Capitol Mastering
- Arranged By, Art Direction, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dwight Yoakam
- Arranged By, Electric Guitar, 6-String Bass – Pete Anderson
- Bass – J.D. Foster*
- Dobro, Mandolin – David Mansfield
- Drums – Jeff Donavan
- Fiddle – Brantley Kearns
- Lacquer Cut By – E_*
- Pedal Steel Guitar – Jay Dee Maness
- Piano – Glen D Hardin*
- Written-By – Dwight Yoakam (tracks: A2 to A5, B1, B2, B4)
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched [exc. ? MASTERED BY CAPITOL, stamped]): 1-25372-A SH-2 [Allied '?' logo] B-22374-SH2 SLM ?11301 1-1 MASTERED BY CAPITOL
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched [exc. ? MASTERED BY CAPITOL, stamped]): 1-23572-B SH-2 [Allied '?' logo] B-22375-SH2 SLM ?11301-X 1-1 MASTERED BY CAPITOL
AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
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.
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