Monday, March 07, 2022

Your Monday Moment of Why Didn't I Get the Memo?

From 1999, please enjoy the great Dwight Yoakam and his sensational cover of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love."

I honestly don't know how I missed that at the time -- Yoakam directed the clip, BTW -- given that it was a top 20 hit on the American country charts, #64 on the pop charts, and used in a Gap commercial.

In any case, I've been a Yoakam fan since forever -- for those boots alone, if truth be told -- and better late than never.

[h/t Matt Mitchell]

5 comments:

GetAwayGoober said...

And from Dwight's Under the Covers, I also liked The Last Time and Things We Said Today. Pete Anderson did a lot of good work with Dwight back in the day.

steve simels said...

Oooh -- I gotta check those two out. Thanks for the heads up.

Anonymous said...

Steve,

I had commented a while back on a Marshall Crenshaw post about my friends' show where he had an in-depth interview with Marshall. He has another episode of "Music Night At The Majestic" with Pete Anderson where they delve into his work with Dwight, as well as his Scotty Moore inspiration and influences of so many blues players. It's a cool show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSPGxzKrbsc&t=5s

- Vikram

pete said...

not a nice man, I'm told - hope I'm wrong

FD13NYC said...

Plus his role in Sling Blade.