Chords for Dwight Bio

_ [D] _ _ _ [A#] Please give a big round of applause to this group.
[F#m] Dwight and Travis.
[Gm] _ _ [D#m] One, two, three, four, [A#] _ five, [F#m] six.
In Pikesville, Kentucky, to Ruth Ann and David Yocum.
[E] He grew up in [A#] Columbus, Ohio with his mother and stepfather.
In high school, Dwight excelled at [D] music and drama.
_ _ [Em] _ _ As a [D] student in high school, [E] he began singing and playing guitar in local [D] bands.
He graduated from [G] Columbus Northline High School in [E] 1974.
_ He briefly attended Ohio State [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ Music Scene in Nashville.
[A] After _
_ _ [B] _ [F] being told that his friend, Billy Hockey, thought [Bm] music wasn't [E] marketable,
he [Bm] moved to Los Angeles.
[F#m] It was there he teamed up with lead guitarist and [G] producer Pete [Gm] Anderson.
They both had [A#] similar backgrounds.
They flew north to find work in the [E] auto industry.
Yocum rode motorcycles. _ _ _ _ _ _
Dwight started [F#] performing shows in the Los [D] Angeles rock and [A] punk clubs,
giving him exposure to a different [G] audience than the typical [F#m] country music fan.
In 1986, [E] he was signed [B] to a [Fm] recording [G#] contract with _
_ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
Yeah, [F#m] man.
Guitar again, [Em] man. _
_ [Gm] _ _ [E] _ _ Baby, keep me [F#m] now.
_ _ [C#] The album was well [F#m]-received by critics and music fans [A#] alike.
[D] He recorded four more [A] albums in his many years,
including [C#m] Yocum, _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] which contained his [E] first number one.
[A#] _ _ [F#] _ [Gm] _
Thank you.
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [D] _
_ Thank you.
[E] _ Thank you.
[A] Thank you.
Thank you. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ Thank [A] _
you.
[G#] While [A] _ [Fm] Yocum was [A#] gone, Billy Deluxe, who paid [G] tribute to his home state of [D] Kentucky,
saw the title, Ring Riding Route 23,
[G] taken from an expression by rural Kentuckians describing [D] the route
they took to find jobs outside the coalmines.
Dwight quickly became a major force in country music,
with the first [A] album going platinum.
[C] The next four, the _ _ following_
In his [A] 1993 album, This First Seed, I'm _
[C] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [F] _
[Dm] Heartbroken,
in his review, Nicholas [G] Jennings rated Hillcomb's writing on _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ [C] Dwight began taking acting roles in the early 90s in such films as Red Rock West,
Roswell, A Little Death, [Am] and The Painted Hero.
[N]
In 1996, he earned [B] critical acclaim for his portrayal of the [G] abusive alcoholic Doyle in the film
[D] _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] and his cover album. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
In [E] 2001, he made his directorial debut in the film Sound [F] of Heaven [E] and West of Hell. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F#] Dwight also appeared on [C] _ _
_ [A#] _ [C] _ [G] the film,
2005's Blame the Fame,
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#] _
_ 1987 [G] American Academy of Country Music Awards Best New Male [B] Vocalist,
[Em] _ [G] 1993's Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance,
mailed for Ain't [Am] That Lovely [C#] Yet,
[Gm] _ 1996's _ _ Stanley [Bm] Fraker performance in a film with a portrayal of Doyle [F#] Hargraves in the film Sleeplane,
[C#] and the 2007 International Artist Achievement Award by the Country Music Award. _ _
_ [F#] Dwight continues to juggle [G#] his music and acting careers living in Southern [F#m] California.
He will always [C#] be remembered as a true [F#] original who helped bring life back to music
with influences ranging [C] from bluegrass,
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _