Country Pop Bites: Dwight Yoakam – August 19

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1999 Dwight Yoakam earned his second double-platinum album, with "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc."?

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Here are 5 little known facts about Dwight Yoakam.

• His mother, Ruth Ann, worked a key-punch operator, and father, David Yoakam, was a gas-station owner.
• During his high school years, he excelled in both music and drama, regularly securing the lead role in school plays, such as "Charlie" in a stage version of Flowers for Algernon.
• When he began his music career, Nashville was oriented toward pop "urban cowboy" music, and Yoakam's brand of hip honky tonk music was not considered marketable.
• Johnny Cash once cited Yoakam as his favorite country singer.
• He owns a company called Bakersfield Biscuits.