<p><strong><a title="DWIGHT YOAKAM" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/dwight-yoakam-concert-tour-tickets/">DWIGHT YOAKAM</a> TO RELEASE</strong><i><strong> SWIMMIN&#8217; POOLS, MOVIE STARS&#8230; S</strong></i><strong>EPTEMBER 23 ON SUGAR HILL RECORDS </strong></p>
<p>NEW ALBUM FEATURES BLUEGRASS REINVENTIONS &#8211; NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONFIRMED</p>
<p>American music treasure<strong> <a title="Dwight Yoakam" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/dwight-yoakam-concert-tour-tickets/">Dwight Yoakam</a></strong>’s special collaboration with leading bluegrass label<strong> Sugar Hill Records</strong>, <i><strong>Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars… </strong></i>is set for release <strong>September 23</strong>. For the making of this album, Yoakam assembled a band of bluegrass luminaries to reinterpret favorites from his catalogue of gems. The 11-track album features Yoakam compositions from his extensive catalog. Yoakam is currently on tour across the U.S. and will play Americanafest NYC on August 7 at Lincoln Center Out of Doors. See full list of dates below.<a href="http://www.countrymusicnewsblog.com/?attachment_id=33267"><img class="size-medium wp-image-33267 alignright" src="http://www.countrymusicnewsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/PHOTODwightYoakamApprovedPromo01Color-1-185x120.jpeg" alt="" width="185px" height="120px" /></a></p>
<p>The new album reflects the love for bluegrass music that Yoakam developed at an early age in Kentucky, and that has inspired him for many years thereafter. Yoakam’s choice to partner with Sugar Hill for this release speaks volumes about the seriousness of this endeavor; Sugar Hill and its sister label Rounder have long been at the forefront of bluegrass, roots, and Americana music.</p>
<p>This project was produced by nine-time Grammy winner <strong>Gary Paczosa </strong>(<a title="Alison Krauss" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbAKrauss&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Falison-krauss-tickets%2Fartist%2F731928&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Alison Krauss</a>, Dolly Parton), <strong>Jon Randall</strong> (songwriter of “<a title="Whiskey" href="https://whiskeychick.rocks/branded">Whiskey</a> Lullaby”) and Yoakam, recorded at both Southern Ground Studio (TN) and the legendary Capitol Records Studio B in Los Angeles and mixed by <strong>Chris Lord Alge</strong>. For the recording, the production team gathered together a world-class band of bluegrass’s current greats including Grammy winner and nine-time international Bluegrass Music Association Guitar Player of the Year <strong>Bryan Sutton</strong> on guitar, Grammy winner <strong>Stuart Duncan</strong> on fiddle and banjo, 14-time Grammy winner <strong>Barry Bales</strong> on bass, <strong>Adam Steffey</strong> on mandolin (<a title="Alison Krauss" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbAKrauss&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Falison-krauss-tickets%2Fartist%2F731928&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Alison Krauss</a>), and<strong> Scott Vestal</strong> on banjo (Sam Bush). The LP also features harmony vocals by <strong>Jonathan Clark</strong>, <strong>Brian Whelan</strong>, <strong>Davey Faragher</strong> and newcomer <strong>Bryan Joyce.</strong></p>
<p>Yoakam has recorded more than 22 albums and sold over 25 million copies worldwide with five reaching the #1 spot on <i>Billboard</i>. He is a 21-time nominated, multiple Grammy Award winner. In 2013 he was awarded The Americana Music Association Award for Artist of the Year. He has collaborated with everyone from Beck to Kid Rock, ZZ Top, Hunter S. Thompson and <a title="Jack White" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/jack-white-concert-tour-tickets/">Jack White</a>. He has toured with the likes of Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and Hüsker Dü. His most recent album, 2015’s critically acclaimed <i>Second Hand Heart</i> is included in NPR’s “Best of 2015” which calls the album “as fresh as anything Yoakam has ever done.” It reached #2 on the Billboard Country chart with <i>Rolling Stone</i> saying the album featured “his best songs in years.”</p>
<p>In 1977, Yoakam left Kentucky for Nashville to embark on a music career but found that the Music City was moving away from traditional county roots to more pop-country. He found himself better suited to the post-Bakersfield movement and became one of the founding fathers of the “LA Cowpunk Scene” influenced by second-wave rockabilly and punk alongside X, Los Lobos, The Knitters, Rank &; File and The Blasters.</p>
<p><strong><a title="DWIGHT YOAKAM" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/dwight-yoakam-concert-tour-tickets/">DWIGHT YOAKAM</a> TOUR DATES</strong></p>
<p>August 5—IP Casino Resort &; Spa—Biloxi, MS<br />
August 7—AmericanaFest at Lincoln Center—New York, NY<br />
August 11—KC Live!—Kansas City, MO<br />
August 12—Jaycee’s Bootheel Rodeo Grounds—Sikeston, MO<br />
August 13—Battery Park at Hard Rock Hotel &; Casino—Sioux City, IA<br />
August 19—Julie Rogers Theatre—Beaumont, TX<br />
August 20—Whitewater Amphitheater—New Braunfels, TX<br />
August 26—ASU Convocation Center—Jonesboro, AR<br />
August 27—Back Porch at the Creek—Knoxville, TN<br />
August 28—Maymont Park—Richmond, VA<br />
September 1—McGrath Amphitheatre—Cedar Rapids, IA<br />
September 2—South Dakota State Fair—Huron, SD<br />
September 3—Deadwood Mountain Grand Hotel &; Casino—Deadwood, SD<br />
September 4—Vetter Stone Amphitheater—Mankato, MN<br />
September 9—Turning Stone Resort Casino Showroom—Verona, NY<br />
September 10—Penn’s Peak—Jim Thorpe, PA<br />
September 16—Peppermill Concert Hall—West Wendover, NV<br />
September 17—New Mexico State Fairgrounds—Albuquerque, NM<br />
September 24—Deep Water Amphitheater—Manson, WA<br />
September 30—Norsk Hostfest – All Seasons Arena—Minot, ND<br />
October 1—Seven Clans Casino—Thief River Falls, MN<br />
October 14—La Hacienda Event Center—Midland, TX</p>
<p>October 20—EnCana Events Centre—Dawson Creek, BC<br />
October 21 &; 22—River Cree Resort &; Casino, The Venue—Enoch, AB<br />
October 24—Art Hauser Centre—Prince Albert, SK<br />
October 25—Canalta Centre—Medicine Hat, AB<br />
October 27—Prospera Place—Kelowna, BC<br />
October 28—Hard Rock Casino Vancouver—Coquitlam, BC<br />
October 29—Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre—Victoria, BC<br />
November 3—The Majestic Ventura Theater—Ventura, CA<br />
November 5—Silver Legacy Hotel Casino—Reno, NV<br />
November 6—Pauma Casino Showroom—Pauma Valley, CA<br />
November 10—Buffalo Run Casion—Miami, OK<br />
November 11—Bluesville Showroom at Horseshoe Casino—Robinsonville, MS<br />
December 8—The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan—Las Vegas, NV</p>
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