Who is the country music artist in the photo?

Dwight David Yoakam (7/23/1956 Pineville, Kentucky) is an American singer songwriter and musician, known for his pioneering style of country music.

First becoming popular in the mid-1980s, Yoakam has recorded more than 20 Albums and compilations, charted more than 30 singles on the 'Billboard' Hot County Songs charts, and sold more than 30 million records. He has recorded five 'Billboard' No. 1 albums, twelve gold albums, and nine platinum albums, including the triple-platinum 'This Time'.

Yoakam is a vocalist and plays the guitar. His genres includes, country, honky-tonk, pulse bluegrass. His associated acts include Buck Owens and The Strangers.

Not making much headway in Nashville, Yoakam moved to Los Angeles and worked towards bringing his particular brand of new honky-tonk or hillbilly music (so he called it) forward into the 1980s. Writing all his own songs, and continuing to perform mostly outside traditional country music channels, he also is the most frequent guest in the history of 'The Tonight Show'.

In 1986, Yoakam had a hit with the album "Guitars and Cadillacs, Etc. This record hit the market during a sea change in country music: the urban cowboy music was out of style, and his neotraditional music, was now in demand.

His stylish video "Honky Tonk Man" was the first country music video played on MTV (Music Television Videos). A duet with his musical idol, Buck Owens (8/12/1929-3/25/2006) "The Streets of Bakersfield" went to No. 1 in 1988.