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Title: Best CD I Have Heard This Year
Review: I have been a casual Dwight Yoakam fan since he arrived on the scene and must admit I had not heard much from him in a while. I heard Don Imus mention on his show about a month ago that he had heard DY's new CD and he couldn't be more effusive in his praise. Knowing that the I-Man has a great taste in music but can also be ascerbically critical, I took his comments to heart and bought Blame the Vain on the Tuesday of its release. I have to give DI credit, DY and BTV simply blew me away. I don't think there is an average song in the set (all superior) and I also think it breaks new country ground while pulling in and paying respect to those sounds and styles that have defined the genre. If The Beatles ever did country, I think they would have sounded a lot like this. And that is not a bad place to be. Kudos Dwight on this superb, trailblazing release.
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