On this day (January 21) in 1987, Dwight Yoakam’s debut album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., was certified Gold by the RIAA. This would be the first of many certifications the album received.

Though Dwight Yoakam seems a freewheeling conversationalist, he's always firmly in control of how the 120-mile stretch between Bakersfield, California, and Los Angeles is preserved alongside the roots ...

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Dwight Yoakam first met Buck Owens when he visited Owens' Bakersfield, Calif., radio station KUZZ before appearing at a local fair in 1987. Sign up here. Now, Yoakam is paying ...

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