REMASTERED 2 CD SET/INCL. BONUS TRACKS

Dwight Yoakam's debut (actually an expanded version of his independent EP) brought the high-kicking spirit of Buck Owens's Bakersfield country back to the radio and rescued it from urban cowboy blandness. Yoakam's lonesome yodel is immediately memorable, and his band kicks like a liquored-up mule, thanks to Brantley Kearns's whining fiddle and Pete Anderson's astounding Telecaster chops. Along with Steve Earle's Guitar Town, Yoakam's Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. is a cornerstone of what became the '90s alternative country movement. Yoakam remains a vital recording artist, and this is the first and best place to get familiar with him. Produced by Pete Anderson, Yoakam's 1986 Reprise debut is a sinewy mix of traditional honky-tonk, red-hot Bakersfield twang, and rock 'n' roll attitude; and it spawned a trio of hits, including "It Won't Hurt," the title track, and a cover of Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk Man." A second disc captures Dwight and the Babylonian Cowboys delivering an incendiary and previously unreleased 1986 performance recorded at the Roxy Theater on L.A.'s Sunset Strip.

[Disc 1]
1. This Drinkin' Will Kill Me
2. It Won't Hurt
3. I'll Be Gone
4. Floyd County
5. You're The One
6. Twenty Years
7. Please Daddy
8. Miner's Prayer
9. I Sang Dixie
10. Bury Me
11. Honky Tonk Man
12. It Won't Hurt
13. I'll Be Gone
14. South Of Cincinnati
15. Bury Me
16. Guitars, Cadillacs
17. Twenty Years
18. Ring Of Fire
19. Miner's Prayer
20. Heartaches By The Number
[Disc 2]
1. Can't You Hear Me Calling
2. Honky Tonk Man
3. Guitars, Cadillacs
4. Rocky Road Blues
5. Heartaches By The Number
6. I'll Be Gone
7. It Won't Hurt
8. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
9. South Of Cincinnati
10. Mystery Train
11. Ring Of Fire
12. Since I Started Drinking Again