I remember back then, too. Dwight was playing the same LA clubs as punk rockers like X, and the punks were into Dwight’s wild hillbilly Bakersfield sound.
The impact of the “Bakersfield Sound” cannot be understated, it even influenced The Beatles.
Punk can have a lot in common with old school country
Mike Ness
Doing Dylan
http://youtu.be/EH2M1JGJcM0
My favorite Ness solo song
But what this thread needs is some Wayne “the Train” Hancock