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Dwight Yoakam

Striking it big in the 1980s and 1990s, Dwight Yoakam is the country star who broke the mould, defying the conventions of Nashville to win initial acceptance and popularity from non-country audiences. The son of a gas station owner, Yoakam was born in Pikeville, Kentucky (October 23, 1956) and raised in Columbus, Ohio and proved himself a born entertainer, excelling in both music and drama. Dropping out of college to seek his fortune in Nashville his modernised hillbilly approach didn't find favour in the country capital and he moved instead to Los Angeles and initially made his ...