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My guitars, Cadillacs, and hillbilly music Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on.
Dwight Yoakam
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Dwight Yoakam
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: October 23
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Pikeville
Kentucky
Dwight David Yoakam
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In the dark morning silence, I placed a gun to her head. She wore red dresses, but now she lay dead.
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