20 Questions: Dwight Yoakam
February, 1990
Dwight Yoakam was born 33 years ago in Floyd County, Kentucky. Although his family had to migrate north to Ohio in search of factory jobs, they returned home every weekend. Dwight was thus able to grow up in the local holler and absorb a way of life that is now almost extinct.He headed for Nashville in his late teens, but he got no further than an audition at Opryland. His music, with its high, drawn-out notes, evokes a reedy sadness. He was told to change it to resemble the bubbly pop music hea...
