Country Pop Bites: Dwight Yoakam – August 2

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1988 Reprise released Dwight Yoakam's album "Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room"?

It's true!

Check out this Dwight Yoakam video!

Here are 5 interesting facts about Dwight Yoakam.

• He began playing guitar at 6 and had composed his first song by the age of 8.
• He moved to Los Angeles after being rejected in Nashville because his honky-tonk style was considered unmarketable.
• He released his debut album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., in 1986 on Reprise Records.
• He made his big-screen debut with a bit part in 1993 film noir Red Rock West.
• He has appeared in a number of  films with Vince Vaughn, including Wedding Crashers (2005), Four Christmases (2008) and South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000), a Western Yoakam wrote and directed.