DWIGHT YOAKAM - PALAIS, ST KILDA - 13 NOVEMBER 2012
DWIGHT
YOAKAM - LEE KERNAGHAN
ST KILDA PALAIS
BATTLE
OF THE CHAPEAUS IN HAT TOWN
LEE OPENED THE BATTING
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On the
second of a two-night stand it wasn't really a case of a black hat
versus a white hat at the venue where it pays to be either a camel
or have deep pockets if you want to drink and bring your own water. Bag searches are conducted on entry not just for video and camera recorders but good old H2O that must be checked and abandoned at the door just like guns in the old west. The big man in the black Akubra, Lee Kernaghan, brought his big show and band to town and gave us both barrels with a brace of guitars and the full effect of the Palais sound system. |
Ripping into
both his back catalogue and newer numbers Lee took us with him to Planet
Country and the Outback Club before slowing things down for
Love in the Time of Drought, Goondiwindi Moon and his tribute to
Slim Dusty with Flying with the King.
Kernaghan introduced the eye popping Ute Me T-shirt a big seller later
at the merchandise stand before reaching a final crescendo with 10th album
title track Beautiful Noise, Boys from the Bush and Texas, Qld.
It was a rock solid performance by an artist with a crack band that sated
the appetite of his huge fan base in attendance on the night.
DWIGHT CLOSES UP HONKY TONKS WITH BONE STETSON
 Dwight Yoakam live at the Palais - photo by Tonkgirl |
Next hat
up in the boned coloured Stetson hat with custom creases was the star
of the show Mr Dwight Yoakam.
No messing around by this fella it was straight up and into the honky
tonk with Burn Me Up and Under your Spell as they worked
out the grooves and tweaked the sound system before stepping down a notch
with a cover of Act Naturally.
Dwight made the song his own with a rendition that its late writer Johnny
Russell would be proud of before Buck Owens and The Beatles took it to
the city.
The honky tonk, kicker bar sound never let up all night with hit following
hit including Streets of Bakersfield, Close up the Honky Tonks
and Little Sister.
The introduction of Dim Lights, Big Smoke and Loud, Loud Music
included a tribute to the writer Joe Maphis and the explanation that the
only way to play this type of music was loud of course.
 Dwight Yoakam live at the Palais - photo by Tonkgirl |
Yoakam's
sound has a purist edge that pays homage to the pioneers of that music.
Wynn Stewart was name checked and honoured with a medley that exposes
Dwight's hillbilly roots.
The barnburner version of Merle Kilgore-June Carter Cash classic Ring
of Fire - an historic hit for the late Johnny Cash - was worth the
price of admission alone.
But it wasn't all high octane a smattering of slow burns especially for
his female fans including a song from new album 3 Pears - If
Believing and the old staples 1000 miles from Nowhere, Little Ways,
Turn me Up Turn me Loose and Maybe I Will.
Rounding out the night was the song and album that started it all for
him Guitars, Cadillac's Etc and in the encore of three songs the
extended version of Long White Cadillac.
In a sentence - it was a very generous performance by a star artist and
a crack band.
Review by PETER O'KEEFE.
Dwight photos by Tonkgirl
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