Dwight Yoakam will release his first studio album in seven years on Sept. 18 titled 3 Pears (Warner Bros. Records). The 12-track release is produced by Yoakam, along with two songs co-produced with Beck: “A Heart Like Mine” and “Missing Heart.” Fans can hear a teaser of the track, “Trying,” now on Yoakam’s newly launched website www.DwightYoakam.com.
Yoakam will be honored by the Academy of Country Music with the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award at the 6th Annual ACM Honors on Sept. 24 in Nashville. The prestigious Award salutes individuals who are pioneers in the country music genre. Past recipients include Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Sr. and Hank Williams Jr.
Yoakam also recently narrated the current exhibit at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, The Bakersfield Sound: Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and California County, showing through the end of next year. The exhibit explores the roots, heyday and impact of the Bakersfield Sound, the loud, stripped-down and radio-ready music most closely identified with the careers of Country Music Hall of Fame members Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.
3 Pears track listing
1. Take Hold Of My Hand
2. Waterfall
3. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
4. Trying
5. Nothing But Love
6. It’s Never Alright
7. A Heart Like Mine
8. Long Way To Go
9. Missing Heart
10. 3 Pears
11. Rock It All Away
12. Long Way To Go (Reprise)
