Watch Dwight Yoakam Hoot and Holler on “The Late Show” With Bluegrass Version of “Gone (That’ll Be Me)”

Posted on November 18, 2016

Dwight Yoakam brought a little of his Kentucky swagger to New York City for a performance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Nov. 16.

Dwight, clad in his low-tilted Stetson and a duster, treated the audience to a bluegrass version of “Gone (That’ll Be Me),” a song he penned and originally recorded on his 1995 album, Gone.

Dwight reinvented the tune as a bluegrass ditty on his new album, Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars, which dropped in September.

Check out the performance below, and props to Dwight for still being able swivel those hips and knees like a young buck.

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