dwightyoakamacoustic.net

1	Bury Me 3:13
2	1,000 Miles 4:02
3	Little Sister 3:20
4	Please, Please Baby 2:05
5	It Won't Hurt 4:00
6	I'll Be Gone 2:30
7	Johnson's Love 4:25
8	Little Ways 2:57
9	This Drinkin' Will Kill Me 2:44
10	Nothing's Changed Here 2:59
11	Throughout All Time 2:58
12	Sad, Sad Music 2:10
13	It Only Hurts When I Cry 2:27
14	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses) 3:48
15	The Distance Between You and Me 2:06
16	A Thousand Miles from Nowhere 3:14
17	Two Doors Down 4:38
18	Readin', Rightin', RT. 23 4:07
19	If There Was a Way 2:32
20	Fast as You 3:56
21	Home for Sale 3:01
22	A Long Way Home 2:51
23	Lonesome Roads 2:49
24	Things Change 3:08
25	Guitars, Cadillacs 1:49

Barnes & Noble

Its tough to pigeonhole Dwight's solo acoustic set on DWIGHTYOAKAMACOUSTIC.NET. Inspired by the enthusiastic response to his solo concert closers on the 1999 "Last Chance" tour, its not exactly a live album. And though it kicks through 25 songs from his 15-year recording career, it is not a standard greatest hits package. In the end it combines the best of both these things, an alternately bristling and haunting portrait of the artist that highlights his excellent songs and remarkable voice. And oh, that voice! Long acknowledged as one of the best vocal interpreters in late 20th-century country, Yoakam displays his vocal talents here as never before. The beers-and-tears classic "Two Doors Down" shows that the Kentucky-by-way-of-Bakersfield crooner learned his George Jones ballad delivery lessons well. "Little Sister," featuring producer Pete Anderson's lone guitar solo on the disc, demonstrates Yoakam's seamless integration of Elvis's mumbling growl. "Sad, Sad Music" with its simple boom-chick guitar and falsetto leaps, almost channels the enduring blue yodel of Jimmie Rodgers. Just listen to the emotional twists and turns of Yoakam's voice on the album closer, an a cappella "Guitars, Cadillacs," then try to find a contemporary country singer who can match his innovative interpretive skills. In a world of slick country production, DWIGHTYOAKAMACOUSTIC.NET offers a peek behind the proverbial curtain and reveals that, yes, Dwight's really that good. This disc is an intimate treasure. Karl Hagstrom Miller

All Music Guide

At first glance, dwightyoakamacoustic.net might look like a simple re-recorded greatest-hits album that's pleasant but unnecessary. However, the spontaneity and depth of these performances should give any yoakam fan pause before dismissing it out of hand. Other than the fact that it has no discernible connection to the Internet, the album is exactly what the title promises: aside from one electric-guitar overdub, it's nothing but Yoakam and an acoustic guitar the whole way through. This ultra-stripped-down setting gives Yoakam a chance to establish an intimacy of performance that relies simply on the expressiveness of his voice and his ability to fill up space with compelling guitar work. To a certain extent, Yoakam could be handicapped by the familiarity of most of these songs, but revisiting one's back catalog is certainly not without precedent; outlaw country's biggest stars frequently re-recorded old favorites to reflect their changing sounds. Besides, he's generally successful at reinventing this selection of hits and top-notch album tracks for the album's solo format. Without much to concentrate on other than emotive power in Yoakam's voice, the heartbreaking ballads are that much more affecting, culminating in the a cappella, album-closing rendition of the once uptempo "Guitars, Cadillacs." The approach also helps evoke the wide-open spaces of songs like "Bury Me" and "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere." Not everything here is revelatory -- in the end, some songs are merely pleasant -- but overall, dwightyoakamacoustic.net is a left-field success, a testament to the richness of Yoakam's back catalog and his skill as an interpreter. Steve Huey