You could hear the first guitar riff — and then the crowd lost it. Carrie Underwood, glittering under the stage lights, strutted across the CMA Summer Jam stage with a swagger that would make Nashville proud. At her side, country legend Dwight Yoakam, clad in his iconic cowboy hat and denim, tipped his head to the roaring audience. And together? They tore into “A Thousand Miles From Nowhere” like two outlaws on the run. “This is country music, y’all,” Dwight drawled mid-song, flashing a grin that made the crowd scream even louder
Introduction As the warm Tennessee evening wrapped around the crowd like a blanket, Dwight Yoakam’s signature twang echoed across the…