Dwight Yoakam at The Mirage Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3 at 10:30 p.m.

Dwight Yoakam will perform in the Danny Gans Theatre at The Mirage Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3 at 10:30 p.m.

With his stripped-down approach to traditional honky-tonk and country, Yoakam helped return country music to its roots in the late '80s. Yoakam has appeared on the country Top 10 charts numerous times and remains one of the most respected and adventurous recording country artists of all time. Songs like “Guitars, Cadillacs,” “A Thousand Miles From Nowhere” and “I Sang Dixie” vaulted Yoakam to the top of both the pop and country charts. His talents have also taken him to the big screen as an actor in such movies as “Sling Blade,” “Panic Room” and “Waking Up In Reno.”

In 2004 he released Dwight's Used Records, a 14-track anthology including duets that appeared on other artists' albums, unreleased covers, and cuts Yoakam contributed to various tribute compilations. An album of all new material, the self-produced Blame the Vain, followed in 2005.

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