{"product_id":"population-me","title":"Population Me","description":"Personnel: Dwight Yoakam (vocals, acoustic guitar); Willie Nelson (vocals); Pete Anderson (acoustic \u0026amp; electric guitars, D-neck guitar, mandolin, percussion); Gary Morse (pedal steel guitar, banjo, dobro); Earl Scruggs (banjo); Scott Joss, Gabe Witcher (fiddle); Lee Thornburg (trumpet, trombone); Skip Edwards (keyboards); Bob Glaub (bass); Don Heffington (drums); Jonathan Clark, Timothy Schmitt, Tommy Funderbunk (background vocals).\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen years into his recording career, having ventured into everything from rockabilly to Clash covers, Dwight Yoakam is far past the Buck Owens-carbon copy stage. Though a couple of songs on POPULATION ME do tip their cowboy hat to the classic Bakersfield sound, the album explores a wide variety of Americana styles. The opener \"The Late Great Golden State\" resembles nothing so much as an early Eagles country-rock classic. At the opposite end of the record, closing tune \"The Back of Your Hand\" is more of an introspective, singer-songwriter affair. In between, Yoakam teams with none other than Willie Nelson on the powerful broken-hearted ballad \"If Teardrops Were Diamonds,\" and proves himself the reigning king of country self-effacement on \"I'd Avoid Me Too.\"","brand":"InnerSleeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42012000420005,"sku":"607396542918","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/6007\/1077\/files\/8178846bb2cc916b915658f017e4a4db_8bff3941-5235-44d7-9d6f-9d991788f0b2.jpg?v=1778845242","url":"https:\/\/www.innersleeve.com\/en-ca\/products\/population-me","provider":"InnerSleeve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}