Dwight Yoakam has been both a successful solo artist since the mid-1980s, and an actor since the late 1990s. His sound has been described as a blend of honky-tonk, punk, and rockabilly. He grew up in an area of Kentucky that heavily influenced his musical style. After moving to Los Angeles in the early 1980s, Yoakam released twelve studio albums and charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard country singles charts, the most successful being "Ain't That Lonely Yet" and "Fast As You". He has also appeared in films such as Sling Blade, Wedding Crashers, and Four Christmases. His twelfth studio album, 3 Pears, was released in 2012. He is also an active philanthropist, regularly donating to charities such as Smile Train, Habitat for Humanity, and the Nature Conservancy.