Dwight Yoakam Gone

7 (out of 10) - "...most tries at Memphian miscegenation...have led to limp handshakes over a fence. But where Don Was failed, L.A.'s head hick succeeds....Who'd have picked this ratty little gunslinger to make a single too black for country radio?..."
"...his most ambitious effort yet..."
- Rating: B+
"...he not only reveres this music's sacred Carter Family/Jimmie Rodgers past, but is willing to test its stylistic limits to push into the millenium, a chance few peers are taking....startling, but largely on target..."
Village Voice (2/20/96) - Ranked #40 in Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.