DWIGHT YOAKAM – GUITARS CADILLACS ETC ETC LP – Nr MINT 1986 COUNTRY

Dwight Yoakam – Guitars Cadillacs etc etc
(Reprise Records  1986  9253721)

Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– small discolouration mark in bottom left corner
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music. Popular since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than 21 albums and compilations, charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 25 million records. Yoakam has recorded 5 Billboard #1 Albums, 12 Gold Albums, and 9 Platinum Albums, including the Triple Platinum This Time. In addition to his many achievements in the performing arts, Yoakam is also the most frequent musical guest in the history of The Tonight Show.

Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. is country music artist Dwight Yoakam’s debut album. It was also the first of three consecutive No. 1 Billboard Country Albums for him. Three of its tracks rose into the Top 40 of the Hot Country Singles chart in 1986. Yoakam’s first single was “Honky Tonk Man” peaking at No. 3 on the country charts; it was a song originally popularized by Johnny Horton in 1956. The follow-up was the title song, “Guitars, Cadillacs” at No. 4. His third single from the album was “It Won’t Hurt,” which only rose to No. 31. Another featured tune is “Bury Me,” a duet with Maria McKee, then lead vocalist of Lone Justice. The album was the first of more than a dozen Yoakam albums featuring his collaboration with record producer-guitarist Pete Anderson.

The album was re-issued on October 17, 2006, complete with demos from 1981 and tracks recorded live at the Roxy Theatre on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip in 1986.

Track listing

All songs by Dwight Yoakam except as indicated. All arrangements by Pete Anderson & Dwight Yoakam.

Side one

1. “Honky Tonk Man” (Johnny Horton, Tillman Franks, Howard Hausey) – 2:48
2. “It Won’t Hurt” – 3:03
3. “I’ll Be Gone” – 2:44
4. “South of Cincinnati” – 4:54
5. “Bury Me” (duet with Maria McKee) – 3:19

Side two

1. “Guitars, Cadillacs” – 3:02
2. “Twenty Years” – 2:40
3. “Ring of Fire” (June Carter, Merle Kilgore) – 3:13
4. “Miner’s Prayer” – 2:17
5. “Heartaches by the Number” (Harlan Howard) – 3:13

Personnel

• Dwight Yoakam – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
• Pete Anderson– electric guitar, six-string bass guitar, background vocals
• Jay Dee Maness – pedal steel guitar
• Ed Black – lap steel guitar
• David Mansfield – dobro, mandolin
• JD Foster – bass guitar, background vocals
• Jeff Donavan – drums
• Brantley Kearns – fiddle, background vocals
• Gene Taylor – piano
• Glen D. Hardin – piano
• Herb Pedersen – background vocals
• Maria McKee – background vocals on “Bury Me”