Dwight Yoakam
August 31 @ Snowmass Town Park, Snowmass Village
Kentucky native DWIGHT YOAKAM blazed out of the Los Angeles club scene in 1986 with his debut Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., which went on to score double-platinum status. Since then he has won two Grammy’s, garnered 21 nominations and sold more than 23 million albums worldwide and earning praise from the likes of Time magazine, hailing him as “A Renaissance Man,” Rolling Stone, noting “he has no contemporary peer,” and Vanity Fair, claiming “Yoakam strides the divide between rock’s lust and country’s lament.” Yoakam’s acting career has also garnered much acclaim, particularly for his role as Doyle Hargraves in the 1996 Oscar-winning “Sling Blade,” for which he was honored with the Premiere Performance Award recognizing outstanding breakthrough performances in film.
