How country can you get? "Dwight Yoakam" is probably the answer to that one.
It seems odd to me listening to his music now, that it was initially rejected in Nashville as it sounds like it'd be right up their alley. He moved instead to Los Angeles and got his career on the move, including producing a couple of no.1's and making more appearances on 'the Late Show' than any other musical guest.
I guess this could be another one of those situations where the style that Dwight was playing has become common since/because of him. His mix of honky tonk, country and pop into what he classed as 'urban cowboy' music sounds as country-as-country to me, so I find it odd that it wasn't accepted at the time. I find country music to be hit-and-miss, but this album is a solid collection of songs.
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