Musician/producer Beck joined him in the studio to help steer the first few recordings for his new one 3 Pears. Yoakam talks about their work together, as well as his love of Buck Owens and the reasons behind his attachment to Appalachia. Plus, Beck. We go back in our archives to hear Beck from a decade ago, when he was more focused on his own music than production. It’s an interview with the Cafe’s Michaela Majoun from right around the time of his highly praised, but emotionally dark Sea Change album.