Dwight Yoakam, music’s biggest fan, sings the praises of his influences on ‘Brighter Days’

Through the window of an upper floor office in West Hollywood, the sky changed from cyan to navy and then indigo blue. The lights of Century City flicked on in the distance, and the expansive view of the Pacific Ocean disappeared from sight. For about three hours, Dwight Yoakam sat at a conference table with a glass of iced tea... read full story

"He's completing phrases on the next chord change instead of singing a single sentence within chord changes. It's very sophisticated writing,"