DWIGHT YOAKAM PERFORMS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON SUNSET BLVD IN NEW “LIAR” VIDEO, OUT NOW
TRACK IS TAKEN FROM YOAKAM’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CURRENT ALBUM SECOND HAND HEART
Click the image below to watch the ‘Liar’ Video
June 1
st, 2015 – Burbank, CA – Global superstar singer, songwriter, and actor
Dwight Yoakam has debuted a video for his latest track
“Liar“ on his official YouTube channel. Watch it
HERE.
Directed by Yoakam’s longtime collaborator
Gregory Alosio, the “Liar” video captures Yoakam and his band performing on the back of an El Camino in the middle of rush-hour traffic on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. The street was not shut down and cars whiz by throughout the performance. Watch KTLA’s behind-the-scenes piece on the video shoot
here. “We almost got clipped once,” Yoakam told KTLA.
Vessel premiered the “Liar” video to its subscribers on May 28th.
“The ‘Liar’ music video shoot was an especially fun and unique shoot to direct because after lengthy negotiations with the city, we were granted an unusual and special clearence to capture a live performance on the legendary Sunset Strip; a street that more than any other has earned iconic status for being the location of music history for decades,” says Alosio. “Acknowledging the rich music history of the Sunset Strip, concept-wise in the video, we aimed to have one foot firmly planted in a live country/rock performance and the other placed in a whimsical creative ‘pop art’ aesthetic of the 1960’s.”
“Liar” is the latest track to be released off of Yoakam’s critically acclaimed new album
Second Hand Heart, which debuted at No. 2 on the
Billboard Top Country Albums chart, making it his highest-charting album in 26 years since 1988’s
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room hit No. 1.
Rolling Stone called
Second Hand Heart Yoakam’s “best songs in years,” while
SPIN picked it as their Album of The Week and labeled it “some of the best music of his life.” Watch Yoakam perform “Liar” on
Late Night With Seth Meyers here.
In other Dwight Yoakam news, the country music pioneer and two-time Grammy Award winner will host and perform at the
Austin City Limits 2015 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on June 18
th. More info about the event is
here. Last month, Yoakam presented the ‘Best New Artist’ Award at the 50
th Academy of Country Music Awards in Dallas and was featured on the ACM’s Superstar Duets with Sam Hunt. On August 8
th, Yoakam performs as part of the
KCRW and the
Annenberg Foundation‘s
Sound In Focus – a free, all ages summer concert series inspired by the “
Emerging” exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography. The concerts will be held at Century Park in Century City. For more, visit:
kcrw.com/soundinfocus.
For more about Dwight Yoakam and a list of his upcoming 2015 tour dates, please visit: www.dwightyoakam.com.
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