Yoakam, 68, also has covered the Elvis classics, "Suspicious Minds" and " Little Sister," as well as Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love." ...

Yoakam returned to Milwaukee Friday behind his first album with new songs in nine years, with the Mavericks and Noah Rinker opening.

He’s known as a country music icon, but singer songwriter Dwight Yoakam is so much more. In fact, at his heart he specializes in delivering rock and roll.

The song was "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," which despite being a departure for the band, was chosen as the first single from Queen's 1980 album The Game.

To prove he still wears his musical heart on his sleeve, his live set continues to feature rockabilly versions of Elvis Presley’s Suspicious Minds and Queen’s Crazy Little Thing Called Love.

Later in the night, Yoakam delivered a country-fied version of Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” and interpreted Merle Haggard’s “Today I Started Loving You Again.” ...

Yoakam has recorded a harmonious new duet with Post Malone. Morris is stretching beyond country's borders. And Thompson — half of the duo Thompson Square — looks back to the roots of honky-tonk.

Blue Arena announced Thursday that country music legend Dwight Yoakam takes the stage at the Loveland venue on Saturday, May 10 .

Incidentally, Yoakam had also drawn me into the experience of his weekly radio show, which runs on his Sirius XM channel, Dwight Yoakam and the Bakersfield Beat.

The revered country singer gets personal and inspirational as he goes through the influences and inspiration behind his latest album "Brighter Days," out Friday.

Dwight Yoakam on Post Malone Collaboration and ‘Brighter Days,’ His First New Album in Nearly a Decade: ‘Brightness Is What We’re Hoping For’ Dwight Yoakam tells Billboard about the ...

Dwight Yoakam, Country Rebel, Has a New Attitude At 68, the Nashville outsider is releasing his first album of original material in nearly a decade, inspired by a joyous shift in his personal life.