On Nov. 15, Yoakam will release his 16th studio album. “Brighter Days” finds the artist fusing rock ’n’ roll, country and bluegrass touchstones into a clarity of vision that he’s honed ...

Hear Dwight Yoakam and Post Malone duet on "I Don't Know How to Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)" off Yoakam's upcoming 'Brighter Days' album.

A coal country intellectual, the Kentucky-born, Ohio-raised Yoakam arrived in Los Angeles in 1977, a rawboned 21-year-old “just lookin’ for a hit,” as he would later title a best-of collection.

Hear Bob Dylan Cover John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam at Recent Tour Stops. He tackled Mellencamp's "The Longest Days" in Indianapolis, and Yoakam's "South of Cincinnati" in Cincinnati.