Dwight Yoakam Covers Prince Classic On New Album
. ![]() (Radio.com) Dwight Yoakam has recorded a bluegrass version of Prince's "Purple Rain" which he will include on his new album. The country star was working on the record, Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars' when he heard the tragic news that Prince had died, reports People. "It was the day that Prince died [and] the third day we were tracking the record. I had been watching the news coverage when it first broke and continued as I got ready to leave the hotel for the day's sessions," Yoakam said. "I went to the studio, and everyone was kind of experiencing a bewildered sort of shock about it, and I felt deeply saddened. the fact that he was found alone at his compound just seemed � a tragic punctuation to the sense of the loss for millions that he had brought such joy to with his music." Prince was just 57 when he was found dead inside his Paisley Park compound from of an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl. "We were all lamenting it, and I said, 'It just feels like we should record "Purple Rain."' I had always loved the simplistic beauty of that melody and refrain." Read more here. Radio.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com. advertisement |
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