Keeping his cool, Yoakam immediately got back to business and proceeded with playing the song. Like when Yoakam broke a guitar string at mid-song, his bandmates immediately recognizing it almost as if string breaks are rehearsed situations, and they carry on instrumentally with the song until Yoakam has changed out a new guitar.Īnd then, contrarily, an out-of-tune guitar was discovered after the start of “Little Sister.” For a brief moment I thought Yoakam was going to erupt into Doyle mode, as his tech took a little grief for handing him the wrong guitar for the song. The guy could just flat-out play and was an asset to the ears as much as he was to the eyes.Īs for Yoakam, he just pretty much danced and strutted his way around the stage with guitar in-hand and striking as many of his iconic take-a-picture-of-me-now guitar poses as he could.įive songs into the set came his 2005 hit “Blame The Vain” which finally stimulated the crowd to make some noise and sing along.īut I was still mainly focused on the actual performance style and stage antics that Yoakam and band brought to the stage. Almost always in a constant state of motion, Perez added in many exclamatory moves that corresponded with instrumental change-ups and the notes he was hitting on his Fender Telecaster. Lead guitarist Eddie Perez (formerly of The Mavericks) also played with a lot of animation. Bassist Jonathan Clark, almost immediately after arriving on stage made friends with a pretty little blonde about three rows back as he struck flirtatious poses for her while she snapped away on her camera. Regardless of trying to figure out the song names, I focused more on the band’s stage antics and performance style of Yoakam and band. He opened with a few songs that I didn’t recognize by name, but were recognizable by ear. He’s one mysterious, and somewhat “classy” redneck dude if I may say. He had a diamond pleated ace-spade-club-heart denim jacket, and his typical tan cowboy hat, which kept his eyes tucked away from everyone but his band mates.

Yoakam came onstage just after 8:00 pm, and was decked out in a all denim ensemble with his traditional spandex tight jeans over what I’m sure were suede cowboy boots. After last Friday’s performance at Horseshoe Casino’s Showroom, that reputation is likely to carry on. Over the years Dwight Yoakam has been known for putting on massively entertaining live performances.

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