Dwight Yoakam spent his formative years acting in theater productions and singing and playing guitar in local garage bands. In 1978, after a brief stint in Nashville, Yoakam relocated to Los Angeles.

Though Dwight Yoakam seems a freewheeling conversationalist ... including his 1986 breakout album, "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.," and the timeless 1988 duet "Streets of Bakersfield" with ...