tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post111342393122428083..comments2023-08-10T05:24:20.775-04:00Comments on Razing the Bar: Dwight Yoakam: The Fine Art of Re-InventionAndy Whitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1115061117072019532005-05-02T14:11:00.000-05:002005-05-02T14:11:00.000-05:00What a great article you've written. Dwight Yoakam...What a great article you've written. Dwight Yoakam's work, both film and music, is so significant and noteworthy. Who writes with the irony and angst quite like him? No one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1113489737403669932005-04-14T09:42:00.000-05:002005-04-14T09:42:00.000-05:00Great stuff.Dwight has a long-standing relationshi...Great stuff.<BR/><BR/>Dwight has a long-standing relationship with Jerry McAfee who was his band director at Northland, and who was my principle/boss at Fort Hayes. A outstanding guy. I was really impressed/inspired that they have keep up their relationship for so long. <BR/><BR/>Dr McAfee is scheduled to retire this year, but I pray that he doesn't. He keeps a signed photo of Dwight in his office behind his desk.danthresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519939413038295776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1113485707216795142005-04-14T08:35:00.000-05:002005-04-14T08:35:00.000-05:00Indeed. We talked quite a bit about Columbus. Ob...Indeed. We talked quite a bit about Columbus. Obviously, there's no reason or need to include those comments in an article about his music, but Dwight had some pretty funny stories to tell about playing the Agora (now the Newport Music Hall) when he was a student at OSU, doing his rockabilly twang thing as an opener for a heavy metal band. Needless to say, he was not well received. <BR/><BR/>It turns out that he's a big OSU football fan as well. He had some detailed questions about the 2005 Buckeyes (who's replacing Simon Frasier at defensive end?, etc.) that I couldn't answer, and I'm a reasonably knowledgeable fan.<BR/><BR/>He was also a very articulate guy. I don't know why I expect guys in cowboy hats to sound like Bubba, but he sounded more like an English professor, and talked about the symbiotic relationship between words and music and the juxtaposition of country music stereotypes and themes involving a more deep-seated existential angst. Bubba Sartre. Who would have figured it?Andy Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1113483999728847282005-04-14T08:06:00.000-05:002005-04-14T08:06:00.000-05:00Northland High School's very own...Good things do ...Northland High School's very own...<BR/><BR/>Good things do come out of Columbus Public Schools!danthresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519939413038295776noreply@blogger.com