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Dwight Sings Buck | 
 enlarge | Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Label: New West Records
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy New: $9.92
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Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 4559
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 6129
UPC: 607396612925
EAN: 0607396612925
ASIN: B000V6BE12
Release Date: October 23, 2007
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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| Tracks:
| • | My Heart Skips a Beat | | • | Foolin' Around | | • | I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) | | • | Only You | | • | Act Naturally | | • | Down On the Corner Of Love | | • | Cryin' Time | | • | Above And Beyond | | • | Love's Gonna Live Here | | • | Close Up the Honky Tonks | | • | Under Your Spell Again | | • | Your Tender Loving Care | | • | Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache) | | • | Think Of Me | | • | Together Again |
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Of course, you're thinking, when did Dwight not sing Buck? A fine question, since Yoakam built much of his vocal style around that of the late Bakersfield master, and recorded with him on occasion, the two even collaborating on Owens's own work ("Streets of Bakersfield"). So while this collection of Owens covers seems like a project Yoakam should have tackled in the '90s, it took Owens's 2006 death to spur his acolyte to action. Dwight Sings Buck moves briskly for 15 tracks, since 10 of them run under three minutes--in keeping with the length of singles in Buck's heyday of the '60s--though several of Owens's most notable No. 1s are conspicuously absent ("I've Got a Tiger by the Tail," "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line"). Yoakam, who also produced the album, keeps the production shiny, punchy, and faithful to the golden age of honky-tonk (prominent percussion, weepy pedal steel, and jittery, stuttering electric guitars), and to some extent he replicates Don Rich's use of the guitar as a partner to the lead vocal. Yet at times, Yoakam almost comically attempts to duplicate Owens's elongated and dippy vowels ("I Don't Care"), while he also brings a new interpretation to "Together Again," deviating from the strictness of the melody and letting the instrumental ending play out for roughly 90 seconds. Then there is the odd track or two ("Above and Beyond," "Down on the Corner of Love") where Yoakam inserts inflections of another of his heroes, Elvis Presley, to nearly morph the Bakersfield Boss into the Memphis Flash. If several tracks also seem too studied in their smartness, and "Only You," with its funeral-parlor organ, features an excruciatingly tortured vocal, Yoakam finds his best moments when he just, well, acts naturally, as his old pal might say. "Close Up the Honky Tonks," the most compelling performance here, proves that imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but inspiration proves the sweetest gift of all. --Alanna Nash
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 dwight sing buck: dwight Yokam August 24, 2008
got the cd with in 3 days. very good.
cd was perfect condition.
I'm useally a good fan of dwight yokam, but after hearing this cd, I'd rather liston to buck owens himself.
 Another Must Have June 7, 2008
A superb reading of Buck's music that makes Dwight's version as necessary to your collection as Buck's original.
 It Doesn't Work May 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love Buck. I like Dwight. I know that Dwight idolizes Buck. So why doesn't this album work? Really - somebody clue me in. I know that Dwight tried to add his personal touch to each song. Maybe that was the problem - the yodel - hiccup doesn't make the song better, just annoying. Maybe it is because the two of them sound great seperately and as a duet....hearing Dwight without Buck doing Buck's material doesn't feel or sound right.
I wanted to like this disc - gave it several listenings in attempts to do so. It still leaves me flat. Sorry Dwight - nice try. I respect your respect for the master - the great Buck Owens, but let him rest in peace. Buck will always be Buck and Dwight will continue to be Dwight....Dwight needs to continue finding his own muse. He will continue to provide us with great music. This disc just isn't it.
 Don't waste your money or your time May 15, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I truly enjoy Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam, and the songs I've heard them sing together. However - this has got to be the worst CD I have ever heard. I don't know how it even got to the shelves!
Dwight Does Buck Best May 12, 2008
Now we can enjoy the fine memorable music of Buck Owens all over again.
While easily recognizable and in fact, you'll sing along, Dwight gives his own arrangement spin on each.
No bad tracks.
Some will become all time favorites again I'm sure.
Buy for every country fan you know.
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