


Ondara: After calling off his tour late last year to rethink his approach, the Grammy-nominated Twin Cities strummer formerly known as J.S. Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park, $99-$293, )Ģ. Definitely worth the drive to Waite Park. Bolstered by guitarist Eugene Edwards, Yoakam has a winning repertoire that includes his treatments of classics by Elvis Presley, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and the Carter Family as well as killer originals like "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere," "Guitars, Cadillacs" and "Fast as You." Aaron Lewis, the Staind rocker gone country, opens. It doesn't matter if Yoakam doesn't have any new material because the California cowboy with country music's sexiest legs always delivers live. Dwight Yoakam: He hasn't released a new album since a 2016 bluegrass collection that included a cover of "Purple Rain" recorded the day Prince died.
