Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

Infobox Album | Name = Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
Type = studio
Artist = Dwight Yoakam


Released = start date|1986|08|19 (Original)
start date|2006|10|17 (Deluxe)
Recorded = Excalibur Studio,
Studio City, CA
Capitol Studio B, Hollywood
Genre = Country
Length = 31:34
Label = Reprise
Producer = Pete Anderson
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d7ozefwkhgf3 link]
* (Reissue) Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rx63tro8klox link] |This album = "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc."
(1986)
Next album = "Hillbilly Deluxe"
(1987) |

"Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc." is country music artist Dwight Yoakam's début album. It was also the first of three consecutive #1 Billboard Country Albums for him. Three of its tracks rose into the Top 40 of the Hot Country Singles chart in 1986. Yoakam's first single was "Honky Tonk Man" topping out at #3 on the country charts; it was a song originally popularized by Johnny Horton in 1956. The follow-up was the title song, "Guitars, Cadillacs" at #4. His third single from the album was "It Won't Hurt," which would rise only to #31. Another featured tune is "Bury Me," a duet with ex-Lone Justice vocalist Maria McKee. The album was the first of a long series of albums featuring record producer-guitarist Pete Anderson and his trademark twangy guitar work, in an artistic association that would last for more than a dozen albums.

The album was re-issued on October 17, 2006, complete with demos from 1981 and tracks recorded live at the Roxy in 1986.

Original LP tracklisting

All songs by Dwight Yoakam except as indicated. All arrangements by Pete Anderson & Dwight Yoakam.

ide one

#"Honky Tonk Man" (Johnny Horton, Tillman Franks, Howard Hausey) - 2:45
#"It Won't Hurt" - 3:03
#"I'll Be Gone" - 2:44
#"South of Cincinnati" - 4:54
#"Bury Me" (duet with Maria McKee) - 3:19

ide two

#"Guitars, Cadillacs" - 3:02
#"Twenty Years" - 2:40
#"Ring of Fire" (June Carter, Merle Kilgore) - 3:13
#"Miner's Prayer" - 2:17
#"Heartaches by the Number" (Harlan Howard) - 3:13

Reissue tracklisting

Disc 1

#"This Drinkin' Will Kill Me" (Demo)
#"It Won't Hurt" (Demo)
#"I'll Be Gone" (Demo)
#"Floyd County" (Demo)
#"You're The One" (Demo)
#"Twenty Years" (Demo)
#"Please Daddy" (Demo)
#"Miner's Prayer" (Demo)
#"I Sang Dixie" (Demo)
#"Bury Me" (Demo)
#"Honky Tonk Man"
#"It Won't Hurt"
#"I'll Be Gone"
#"South Of Cincinnati"
#"Bury Me" (duet with Maria McKee)
#"Guitars, Cadillacs"
#"Twenty Years"
#"Ring of Fire"
#"Miner's Prayer"
#"Heartaches by the Number"

Disc 2

#"Hear Me Calling" (Live)
#"Honky Tonk Man" (Live)
#"Guitars, Cadillacs" (Live)
#"Rocky Road Blues" (Live)
#"Heartaches by the Number" (Live)
#"I'll Be Gone" (Live)
#"It Won't Hurt" (Live)
#"My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" (Live)
#"South of Cincinnati" (Live)
#"Mystery Train" (Live)
#"Ring of Fire" (Live)
#"Since I Started Drinking Again" (Live)

ingles

* "Honky Tonk Man" (January 1986)
** b/w: "Miner's Prayer"
* "Guitars, Cadillacs" (May 1986)
** b/w: "I'll Be Gone"
* "It Won't Hurt" (October 1986)
** b/w: "Bury Me"