DWIGHT YOAKAM and OTTO FELIX
The country music star and his celebrity photographer pose together in black and white headshot, sign names in black ink
Photograph signed: "Dwight Yoakam" and "Otto Felix" in black ink. B/w, 10x8. DWIGHT YOAKAM, born in Pikeville, Kentucky in 1956, is a country singer and songwriter with 13 studio albums that have placed in the top 10 of the country charts, including three no. 1 albums, and 14 top 10 country singles, including two chart-toppers: 1988's The Streets of Bakersfield with Buck Owens and I Sang Dixie. Yoakam is also an actor. He got his professional start in a 1991 episode of P. S. I Luv U and has since appeared in Sling Blade (1996), Panic Room (2002), Hollywood Homicide (2003),The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), Wedding Crashers(2005), and Bloodworth (2010). Actor, teacher and photographer OTTO FELIX (1942-2008) embarked on many journeys in the arts and entertainment industry, landing his first major acting role in Police Story (1973). Before he started in films Felix served in the U.S. Army and worked as a disco jokey in Florida. Along with his 23 film and television credits (Terror at Alcatraz (1982), Up in Smoke (1978) and The Misadventures of Sherriff Lobo (1979)), Felix was featured in over 350 TV commercials throughout the 1970's. He wrote the story for South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000). Also a noted photographer, Felix shot the cover of Dwight Yoakam's album Guitars, Cadillacs, and his photographs have appeared in various magazines including Time, People, Life and BAM. Corners rounded. Ink slightly smeared throughout. Otherwise, fine condition.