Beautiful song and his voice is so beautiful....I love this song.....I do think he is one of the most underrated singers in country music ....He is so talented.....Love Dwight...
This song reminds me of my wife. It was her favorite song before she lost battling cancer, I wish I could change the hands of time, I never missed a moment with her, life could be so unfair most times but sometimes I wonder why bad things always happen to good people.
@@AndyArnold-uz5yo truth is bad things happen to everyone and no one in particular. but your response is what's important. To be more like Job and less like Jonah.
@@robertjarrard4541 Yesum the real good ones died early to early but they walked in played it once and it went to vinyl Patsy Hank Loretta mother Maybell and the Carter's and don't ever forget OMG please forgive me I can't remember her name for the life of me I am so ashamed
i generally can’t stand country but he’s one of a small handful of artists i truly love - i saw him in Melbourne, FL a few years ago and he put on a great show
I am an old Yankee, used to roof in Austin, lived in Round Rock, I am Indian, Mexican and Scottish, I NEVER had a problem in the south. Not all us Yankees are ass-holes. Bless their hearts m
Amen! My beloved Yankee!!! My fellow countryman!!!!.... Ol I'm a good ol rebel and that's just what I am and for this yank#$@ nation I do not give a da#$, I'm glad I fought against her I only wish we'd won.......... What is the rest of this sacred song!!! ?.... Lol .. a nation divided will fall!!! Long live our great Republic and the constitution! God Bless our nation and long live the Great Republic of Texas!!! In Jesus name I pray!!!!! Love y'all!!!!!
Was played at my Sons Funeral, Took his life Struggling Alcohol, This Song has given me some peace of Mind, I Dearly miss my Boy Aaron, Love him so Much!!!!
I just wanna cry when I hear this song bc it reminds me of someone I love. I couldn't live outside of Dixie. I could never be happy any place else. I treasure my home state of Tennessee and I'm proud to be an East Tennessean. American by birth. Southern by the grace of God.
I was in a restaurant in North Carolina one time, and there was a large family group dining next to me. When they got up to leave, two young boy cousins hugged each other. That public expression of love left a lasting impression on me. There is a certain quality of character that only Southerners have. Don't let the forces that are at work today take your traditions and heritage away from you!
THANK you so much for your perception, Darlin'! One of my favorite sayings comes from the movie Two Moon Junction; it's "Darlin', don't EVER take a Southern woman for granted!" I wouldn't trade my heritage and my accent for a million DOLLARS. Bless your heart ♥
Born in God's country, I'd bet that family would have asked you to share their table if they had any idea you wouldn't be insulted, or insult them. When a Southerner goes up north, we experience culture shock. I cried 3 times my first day in NYC. If you're here, you need help, just let us know that you realize "rednecks" aren't stupid, they think before they speak. They are gentlemen in jeans and boots, usuaually dirty from working what they love. God bless the USA, especially Dixie!
There are no forces doing that. Unless you want to believe the two sides of cable news. If you’re bond and your family is so weak that anything Hannity or Meadow has to say has an impact oh they’re doomed anyway
Wow. No band. No fancy voice enhancing equipment. Yet, DY belts out a perfectly flawless rendition of the original recording. That's country music AND Dixie at it's finest.
I saw him in Shreveport louisiana it was a truly great experience I know he'd love to make it yalls way maybe I hope anyhow love from deep northeast Texas
I love how Dwight hooked up with Buck and they collaborated some great songs you can see the admiration both have for each other's talent and friendship. RIP Buck Owens you are missed.
I'm sitting in a van outside of the sagebrush clinic in Bakersfield CALIFORNIA,,. I am from born and raised in North Carolina, Dixie... Thanks Dwight,and thanks Buck... I understand this Song.
K C This borderline blows me away, his vocals, his smooth clear and concise guitar playing and lyrics. While Buck Owen's looks on with the look of utmost respect for him, damn. I've no words for this, legendary.
I'm Dixie born & raised. U can take me away from Dixie but U can't take the Dixie out of me. Home is where the heart is, then my heart belongs in Dixie. Maybe it's the way I talk. So I've been told. I have seen it all. I tell folks : "U do U & I'll do me"..My granddaughter told me that one night at the supper table....Love to visit the North but the South land is my home. One day the dew will no longer fall below the Mason Dixie line. Then I will rest knowing that I have lived & died in Dixie. Thank you Dwight.......
I sang Dixie at Dad's graveside service, President of the Civil War Round Table in Dallas, then President to Son's of Confederate Veterans in Tyler, a true historian of this era. He will always be remembered. Love you Dad!
How does it feel to be the descendent of seditionists? You better not have the balls to claim yourself as an American, if you pay homage to any part of the CSA or any paricipant in that astroturfed "rebellion" 🙄🙄 you started and lost. 🤣🤣🤣 Sedition is not a good look, yo.
I sang Dixie as he died. The people just walked on by as I cried. The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride, So I sang Dixie as he died. He said way down yonder in the land of cotton Old times there ain't near as rotten as they are On this damned old L.A. street. Then he drew a dying breath And laid his head against my chest. Please. Lord, take his soul back home to Dixie. I sang Dixie as he died. The people just walked on by as I cried. The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride, So I sang Dixie as he died. He said, "Listen to me, Son, while you still can. Run back home to that Southern land. Don't you see what life here has done to me?" Then he closed those old gray eyes And fell limp against my side. No more pain, now he's safe back home in Dixie. I sang Dixie as he died. The people just walked on by as I cried. The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride, So I sang Dixie as he died. I sang Dixie as he died...
Never heard this song before. My heart's so heavy as we're not even allowed to say the word Dixie (my aunt's name) any more without an inaccurate label. Our Southern culture & way of life is being wiped out. Lost my parents this year & realize as history is being re-written future generations will never know their roots; close families, gracious manners, proud with enormous hearts, loyal, classy with spunk, warm, and elders being treated with respect & dignity ... all "Gone with the wind". Thank you for posting! ⚘🦋😢
You say Dixie anytime you want. Stand your ground and hold your head up high as you say the word. I was born in Indiana but love the southern way of life and the great landscapes down there.
@@jayjaynella4539 People get angry. The owner of the Saints in New Orleans changed the name of the Dixie Beer Factory (she owns it & half of New Orleans ) that's been on the Mississippi over 100 yrs in the Warehouse District, because some players found it offensive. All the Southern streets are being renamed & statues have already been torn down. The more that is erased from true Southern culture, the less kind people are to one another. Why can't we all get just get along & respect all cultures & roots. I love manners, kind people, respect for elders, and making people feel at home. Southern born, Southern bred & will die in Dixie. 🙄🕇
We have to stop being concerned with what people think. The woke mobs power dies when we carry on as we please and do and say what we want. It's that simple.
I took this song and sang it at my dad's funeral. I did apologize to Dwight for my word changes but I wanted it to reflect my dad's life. Born in Arkansas and moved to Illinois after military career. So I was singing to mostly yankees and told them I wasn't apologizing to them. But I know he reunited with his parents and brothers, all of which are buried in the south.
I get it even if no one else does. To many people from north of the Mason Dixon line Dixie represents a racist , repressive society. But Most of us born and raised in Dixie made peace with those issues a long time ago. To us it’s home, where we spent summers at some swimming hole, or winters following a dam beagle down some ditch in Freezing weather for a shot at a rabbit that was way smarter than the dog and us as well. During a protracted battle for Petersburg Va. General Lee remarked that to the Union Army Petersburg was just a strategic town that they needed to take. But to Robert E. Lee it was the town where he had met , courted , and married his wife. Dixie means different things to different people. You needn’t apologize again.
Marcus, you hit the nail right on the head. Dwight is a true country artist....great vocalist and musician! And as Trina says, what passes as country is mediocre watered down pop country.
Always like Dwight Yoakam ever since I first heard him perform very talented man very good singer and songwriter and the song I sang Dixie no wonder it went to number one very very good song but very sad God bless Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens.
The first time I heard this song, I lived in Southern California. Being a Southerner from Tennessee, it made me so homesick for home. Thank you Dwight for writing this song
Cathi Hixson Pominski -+I'm with U, I LIVE in LAS VEGAS, NV! I'm SO LONESOME I COULD 😢, MISS SOUTHERN REAL PEOPLE & GREAT HM-MADE DISHES!!😀😇👍🙏I'm moving BK TO OKC OR TX!
I know the feeling. Statute of my namesake in the Nashville Green I've never yet seen but will, Timothy DeMonbruin . Still family them parts ? Imagine I'd choose Tenn. before So.Cal. would I were to do it again ..grins Lassie
+Shirley D - This is a beautiful song. Unfortunately the concept of "Dixie" has a lot of negative connotations, and rightly so. I'm from "The South", and I'll tell you right now the concept of Dixie is obsolete and just plain foolish. But many in the deep south need to cling to something. They have very little in the way of education, jobs, etc. So I understand why they hang onto their "Rebel Pride" - but I still believe it's glorifying something that died off long ago. And it won't be coming back. Whenever I hear someone say "the South will rise again" - it just makes my skin crawl. Almost all the wealth of the Old South was concentrated in the hands of a relative few, and it was 90% based on slave labor. Is that anything to be proud of? I don't think so.
Ima SuperPerson Then move to Chicago. Baltimore. New York. Boston. Philly. Cleveland. The New South thank God is still the same. Be better if you were not in it. Ungrateful betraying windbag. Pffft.
If this doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you don't have a heart. I particularly like Dwight's comment about what inspired him to write it. He is a great artist!
I have followed Dwight's career since the 80s. He was one of the last old school musicians to emerge in Nashville. Country music has since become overproduced. It is more about social media and how attractive the musician is than their talent. Many of these older musicians can no longer get airplay on radio. I don't even know if Dwight has been inducted yet into the Grand Ole Opry. Anyways, he is still a heavy hitter in my books. Writes his own lyrics and music too.
He emerged out of Los Angeles and the Bakersfield Sound, rock/rockabilly/honky-tonk influences. Pretty sure all of his albums were recorded at Capital Studio under the Reprise Label (Warner Brothers). That’s in Hollywood. Very much not a Nashville Sound, Countrypolitan, Pop Country artist. By the early 90s he did have a little neoclassical going on though.
I agree. My aunt lived and loved on old country and Dwight was the last country singer she let into her singing repertoire. My dad showed her Dwight and she was hooked. Love you aunt Mary. See you in Paradise ❤
I'm a black girl from Chicago but the best time of my life was when I went to stay with my grandparents in Vardamen Mississippi when I was 8-9 while my mom went to jail. Some of the nicest people I've ever encountered. I live in Portland now and I'm looking to move back to get away from all this chaos. God bless Dixieland ✌
I'm from Texas, I think black folks are much happier in the South, despite the history. I see black folks every where, they seem much happier down here than they do in New York or Chicago or Baltimore. It seems like nothing but misery in those northern cities, cold and grey.
The thing that I really like about his music is, how easily he makes it look. His guitar playing is so solid. He picks each of the notes in perfect time. And he has an extremely soulful southern voice. Like a lot of the other comments, I've liked his voice from the very first note. And who don't like his style?
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Went to see Dwight in concert back around 1994 in Rapid City, SD when I was stationed at Ellsworth AFB. My folks came down from Montana to go with me. They're both gone now, may God rest their souls. But I will always remember that concert with them. Amazing song, amazing talent.
Has seen him concert four times so underrated so not appreciated I've been listening to him for damn near forty years nobody else like him. He doesn't sound like anybody else!!😊
Hey william hows it hangin??well i dont really agree with that im an albertan,,(northern Canada)..and i can tell you there's many of us from up here and all over Canada that love his music...in fact he's one of my biggest inspirations as i am a songwriter myself...cheers tho
William Cason Dwight was raised in Columbus Ohio. Parents are from Kentucky I think and he was born there but he was raised in Ohio and even attended Ohio State. His style is very unique.
This song reminds me about my wife. It was her favorite song before she lost the battling to cancer, I wish I could change the hands of time, I miss her smiles, she was always there for me and our lovely daughter, and I never miss a moment with her, life could be so unfair most times, there is some pain, I will cry in vain but won’t let you know how I will feel yes, I will miss you to the core! but some times i wonder why bad thing always happen to good people. She’s always in our heart.
@@AndyArnold-uz5yo My deepest condolence my friend. I tear up to this song for my brother who died from leukemia two years ago. I miss him everyday too, Just like you he is always in my heart.
@@AndyArnold-uz5yo I like most of his old stuff. I don't really listen to any main stream radio any more as most of it isn't country. I listen to older songs such as Dixie. Thanks for your thoughts about my brother. I miss him every day. I look at his photo on my desktop every night before bed and tell him I love him and miss him so very much. Our family is really close so every tear is filled with love.
One of the FEW today that reminds me of the old school music of my roots! Don't know who will see this old mans post, but I just gotta say thanks for tradition.
Brian Gupton I see it !!! That is one of the reasons I love Dwight. You hit the nail on the head. He has that rich voice that sounds so traditionally country. xoxo
I grew up hearing that music. My parents were not big TV watchers, and the radio was always on. I grew up to love a huge and wide variety of music, but that old country just feels like home.
Whether you have multiple instrumentals, one guitar or if you’re just singing solo and you’re great in any of those situations, that’s when you know you’ve got the music in you. Dwight is truly amazing 😻
Hello from the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains on the VA/NC line. I grew up here in my family's historic home. My family has been in Virginia and North Carolina since Jamestown Colony. Anne Charlemagne Washington Wright was my 6th great-grandmother, George Washington's Great Aunt. I have had grandfathers fight in every single war that the US has been involved in since the French & Indian War for the Colonies. And of that entire 400-year history. Myself. I In one generation have seen this nation almost fall apart. For it is being collapsed & taken over from the inside by those who do not Love Jesus. And "they" want us to be ashamed of our heritage, being Southern and mostly for being White European Americans. And I only see dark days ahead for us. But I am still so so proud of being Southern since the start of it all. And especially proud of my English heritage. I love worshiping Jesus & And with all of my heart, I love my savior Jesus Christ like my parents and grandparents before them always did. My Grandfather was 98 and a WWII vet that saw much conflict in the European theater. And he passed 3 years ago. He still drove & lived alone. I am glad he is gone and not here to see how disgusting, evil, and filthy this nation is becoming and how much it hates half of its own citizens for the very reason that this nation was founded. Freedoms, freedoms that are being eroded every single day from us. Until soon they will have taken them all. They take and pollute our children to be atheists & that alternative lifestyles are good and "In" now. And in ways our ancestors here in the US would be rotisseries rolling over in their graves if they saw the US today.
Oh my lord this man's voice just kills me, i've loved his music from the minute i heard him so many years ago. This is an awesome song, it made me cry the first time i heard it
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WARNING whoever the person is that has this channel had it up here for me to contact him he saying he was Dwight Yoakam but yet could not answer one question i asked and was referring to himself as this artist. Be ware!!!!!
Never has been such an unique ,great voice been given to such a talented outstanding song writer. Most of the time the true genius song writers can't carry a tune in a bucket. And if fame finds them, its on the brilliance of their writing alone. I love that I was born/very little when Dwight's rise began. Guitars cars catallic
I first heard Dwight back in the 80s as an early teenager travelling around with my dad while he worked shoeing horses. And my love for his music is still as strong.
Out of all of the country music artists that have come and gone, Dwight Yoakam has always been my favorite. I remember the first time I saw him years and years ago, I said to myself "this guy is the real deal."
***** I usually will not respond to nonsense but I am thinking ur comment MAY be lost in translation. To answer ur question... LISTEN TO THE LYRICS.. THE LYRICS! Get it?
One of the most moving, touching songs outside of gospel music that I e ever heard. I just keep listening to it over and over. Ole Tennesseean here. Forget la and come back home Dwight.
North Georgian here, we share the same mountains and probably the same shine, hehehe. Please look south and tell Georgia that her wayward son in California misses her terribly.
massey9457 Great review 👍. I am a Kentucky feller. maybe we could share some Jack and Jim someday. And talk about the greats of Country Music. Johnny, Buck,Hank,HankJR, Mearl,etc,etc. God bless and keep you and your family.
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Beautiful song and his voice is so beautiful....I love this song.....I do think he is one of the most underrated singers in country music ....He is so talented.....Love Dwight...
This song reminds me of my wife. It was her favorite song before she lost battling cancer, I wish I could change the hands of time, I never missed a moment with her, life could be so unfair most times but sometimes I wonder why bad things always happen to good people.
@@AndyArnold-uz5yo truth is bad things happen to everyone and no one in particular. but your response is what's important. To be more like Job and less like Jonah.
God Bless Dwight and BUCK.
Two greats
He’s so talented... I wish country still sounded this pure. No auto tune....
I agree with you.
Perfection! ⭐️💙💙💙💙💙⭐️
AMEN
I wish auto tune never invented!!!!
@@robertjarrard4541
Yesum the real good ones died early to early but they walked in played it once and it went to vinyl Patsy Hank Loretta mother Maybell and the Carter's and don't ever forget OMG please forgive me I can't remember her name for the life of me I am so ashamed
Dwight is one of the most under appreciated country music entertainers. Great voice...great writer...great performer!
He was Very appreciated in the 80s and 90s, where were you?
i generally can’t stand country but he’s one of a small handful of artists i truly love - i saw him in Melbourne, FL a few years ago and he put on a great show
Always thought he was never given the recognition he truly deserves.One of country music's greatist talents.
Everyone I know loves Dwight.
Unique Style of voice! Just makes you want to listen!!
I love him !!
I am an old Yankee, used to roof in Austin, lived in Round Rock, I am Indian, Mexican and Scottish, I NEVER had a problem in the south. Not all us Yankees are ass-holes. Bless their hearts m
Bless your HEART, Darlin' ♥
Amen! My beloved Yankee!!! My fellow countryman!!!!.... Ol I'm a good ol rebel and that's just what I am and for this yank#$@ nation I do not give a da#$, I'm glad I fought against her I only wish we'd won.......... What is the rest of this sacred song!!! ?.... Lol .. a nation divided will fall!!! Long live our great Republic and the constitution! God Bless our nation and long live the Great Republic of Texas!!! In Jesus name I pray!!!!! Love y'all!!!!!
He is singing about many many Vietnam Veterans. My respect and my gratitude.
My late husband included
Hooraaww
Thank you for your service!
@@michaelcarter4534 simpler fi
Can I get a Rebel yell!!!
This man has been so overlooked. Phenomenal talent.
Dwight is a GOAT ,,, dont let anyone fool you
What does da "REFERENCE TO DA 'GOAT',MEAN?¿
greatest of all time@@FrankLocklear-cl8gq
@@Trifelivinus
❤ loved him since I was a little kid. Always wanted to see him in concert
Was played at my Sons Funeral, Took his life Struggling Alcohol, This Song has given me some peace of Mind, I Dearly miss my Boy Aaron, Love him so Much!!!!
So sad sorry for loss
Beautiful Song!
Lost my only brother going on 3 yr. This song comforts me also!
I'm sorry for your loss. I'm thankful for 10 years sober. It's a struggle few understand. I'm sure he loved those who knew him.
I'm so sorry y'all lost yer son. May he RIP. He's in God's Hands now.
Dwight Yoakum is one of the most underrated singers of all time. I'd put him in the same class as Waylon and Merle.
He's never been underrated. You talk like someone from CNN
@@mikekelly9851 CNN.. Please don't insult me like that.😬
The best. I agree, most underrated of all times
100%
He is Absolutely a American treasure but this man couldnt hold a candle to Merle Haggards and he would tell u the same
As good as it gets....not only did he write this song, he absolutely performs it magically!
Great Song. I Love My Dixie.
One of my faves by Dwight. Haunting. Bottle had robbed him of all his "rebel" pride😢
Listen to me son while you still can... powerful...❤
I had this cassette ❤
I just wanna cry when I hear this song bc it reminds me of someone I love. I couldn't live outside of Dixie. I could never be happy any place else. I treasure my home state of Tennessee and I'm proud to be an East Tennessean. American by birth. Southern by the grace of God.
Good job Sticky.
MIddle Tn, Amen!
I’m sick of people thinking I’m an asshole because of the way I sound
I feel the same about my great state of Louisiana
@@jamesmoyes3006 Is this just a local complaint or are you living in New York?
One of the few artists who have a voice even more powerful live than recorded. With his range, it shouldn't even be possible.
Love when they are even better singing live. Those are the best ones❤
His rich beautiful baritone just glides effortlessly through the notes. What a joy to hear and watch...grossly underrated. That Voice.
I was in a restaurant in North Carolina one time, and there was a large family group dining next to me. When they got up to leave, two young boy cousins hugged each other. That public expression of love left a lasting impression on me. There is a certain quality of character that only Southerners have. Don't let the forces that are at work today take your traditions and heritage away from you!
Bomb: Bet you had a Cuz Crush.
Yankee debauchery ain't got nuthin on Rebel pride
THANK you so much for your perception, Darlin'! One of my favorite sayings comes from the movie Two Moon Junction; it's "Darlin', don't EVER take a Southern woman for granted!" I wouldn't trade my heritage and my accent for a million DOLLARS. Bless your heart ♥
Born in God's country, I'd bet that family would have asked you to share their table if they had any idea you wouldn't be insulted, or insult them. When a Southerner goes up north, we experience culture shock. I cried 3 times my first day in NYC. If you're here, you need help, just let us know that you realize "rednecks" aren't stupid, they think before they speak. They are gentlemen in jeans and boots, usuaually dirty from working what they love. God bless the USA, especially Dixie!
There are no forces doing that. Unless you want to believe the two sides of cable news. If you’re bond and your family is so weak that anything Hannity or Meadow has to say has an impact oh they’re doomed anyway
Long Live the SOUTH ❤🇼🇸
Damn sure.
Wow. No band. No fancy voice enhancing equipment. Yet, DY belts out a perfectly flawless rendition of the original recording. That's country music AND Dixie at it's finest.
An acustic guitar can speak volumes if its made correctly. Just like a genuine Strad, it won't need amplification.
Almost like foxx talking to the troops in jarheads just listen u see
Yup.
Watching g from the U.K….. in awe! Fabulous
Google _ Dwight Yoakam at Buck Owens funeral. It brings a tear to my eye. I don't know how he did it.
It still lives in my heart. All the destruction of our heritage is making me feel more and more less an “American.”
Dublin, Ireland. 🇮🇪Greetings all you, Real Country, music fans.
I saw him in Shreveport louisiana it was a truly great experience I know he'd love to make it yalls way maybe I hope anyhow love from deep northeast Texas
Ja, es ist zeitlos gute Musik!
Hey Dublin, you are welcome to Wilmington North Carolina anytime.❤❤
Hello from Texas USA 🇺🇸
Hell yea brother greetings from northeast Texas
I love how Dwight hooked up with Buck and they collaborated some great songs you can see the admiration both have for each other's talent and friendship. RIP Buck Owens you are missed.
WHO LOVES THIS SONG….
and still listening in 2024?
I am from East LA. That's eastern lower Alabama for you folks in California. Love this song
I am 2024 in the Sunshine State! Love Dwight.❤❤❤❤❤❤
I never stopped
Me from NC
Hello from Texas USA 🇺🇸
I'm sitting in a van outside of the sagebrush clinic in Bakersfield CALIFORNIA,,. I am from born and raised in North Carolina, Dixie... Thanks Dwight,and thanks Buck... I understand this Song.
I'm in oswaldtwistle ,so do . I
Out on the Streets of Bakersfield. Another one of my favorites ❤
Come on home brother.
Texas loves ya Dwight!!
Love our southern pride!!!
Beats the hell out of all this "bro country" crap we hear today! Dwight's the real deal.
Damn right!!
Did you expect anything less from Dwight my KY brother?
Fo sho, my bro.
I got a song called "The 80's blues" = I'd be obliged if ya'll came for a listen.
Ain't worth a damn anymore. I don't have any hip hop country stations programmed,,, for damn sure
Still loving this beautiful and mournful song in 2022.Dwight the supreme talent...so loved.
This song never gets old . So beautiful
I love it and I was born and raised in California but have been to Dixie where I had friends of all colors
G-d bless the South, where Real American values still live.
Hell of a song and singer, even here in June of 2021…….
K C This borderline blows me away, his vocals, his smooth clear and concise guitar playing and lyrics. While Buck Owen's looks on with the look of utmost respect for him, damn. I've no words for this, legendary.
There is a video of Dwight singing this song at Buck's 2006 funeral.
What does June 2021 have to do with anything, and why do so many people (insert year here) in their comments? How unoriginal.
@@canadianroot because the music is timeless. It is so great that even a thousand years from now it will be great.
@@thevictorianedge5465 thank you dear, I really appreciate you all my lovely fans
I'm Dixie born & raised. U can take me away from Dixie but U can't take the Dixie out of me.
Home is where the heart is, then my heart belongs in Dixie. Maybe it's the way I talk. So I've been told. I have seen it all. I tell folks : "U do U & I'll do me"..My granddaughter told me that one night at the supper table....Love to visit the North but
the South land is my home. One day the dew will no longer fall below the Mason Dixie line. Then I will rest knowing that I have lived & died in Dixie. Thank you Dwight.......
I sang Dixie at Dad's graveside service, President of the Civil War Round Table in Dallas, then President to Son's of Confederate Veterans in Tyler, a true historian of this era. He will always be remembered. Love you Dad!
RIP
RIP Good Sir
How does it feel to be the descendent of seditionists? You better not have the balls to claim yourself as an American, if you pay homage to any part of the CSA or any paricipant in that astroturfed "rebellion" 🙄🙄 you started and lost. 🤣🤣🤣 Sedition is not a good look, yo.
historian of a slave state and a traitorous government
Love 'em while ya got 'em.
One of the best country music songs ever written. Just perfect.
Dixie. The real america. God Bless Dixie
Amen
I sang Dixie as he died.
The people just walked on by as I cried.
The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride,
So I sang Dixie as he died.
He said way down yonder in the land of cotton
Old times there ain't near as rotten as they are
On this damned old L.A. street.
Then he drew a dying breath
And laid his head against my chest.
Please. Lord, take his soul back home to Dixie.
I sang Dixie as he died.
The people just walked on by as I cried.
The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride,
So I sang Dixie as he died.
He said, "Listen to me, Son, while you still can.
Run back home to that Southern land.
Don't you see what life here has done to me?"
Then he closed those old gray eyes
And fell limp against my side.
No more pain, now he's safe back home in Dixie.
I sang Dixie as he died.
The people just walked on by as I cried.
The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride,
So I sang Dixie as he died.
I sang Dixie as he died...
Thank you for the words.
This Song almost makes me cry but God how I Love it.To Live and Die in Dixie.
THANK YOU !!🎶
Amen
You are a true gift to those who appreciate your talents! Thank you Dwight
This is best his best version of this great song. The way his voice breaks is magnificent and heartbreaking. Great job Dwight.
Beautiful song,and it showcases just how magnificent his voice and songwriting skills are..Dwight the sublime.
And watch he foot..never needs to keep the beat.
One of the greatest barr non
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One of the best in the last 35 years song writing incredible and the voice tore suspicious minds up!
Yes! Great cover of Suspicious Minds. Cowboy boot stomping song❤
One of the most beautiful songs ever.
Never heard this song before. My heart's so heavy as we're not even allowed to say the word Dixie (my aunt's name) any more without an inaccurate label. Our Southern culture & way of life is being wiped out. Lost my parents this year & realize as history is being re-written future generations will never know their roots; close families, gracious manners, proud with enormous hearts, loyal, classy with spunk, warm, and elders being treated with respect & dignity ... all "Gone with the wind". Thank you for posting! ⚘🦋😢
You're not allowed to say Dixie only if you choose.
You say Dixie anytime you want. Stand your ground and hold your head up high as you say the word. I was born in Indiana but love the southern way of life and the great landscapes down there.
@@jayjaynella4539 People get angry. The owner of the Saints in New Orleans changed the name of the Dixie Beer Factory (she owns it & half of New Orleans ) that's been on the Mississippi over 100 yrs in the Warehouse District, because some players found it offensive. All the Southern streets are being renamed & statues have already been torn down. The more that is erased from true Southern culture, the less kind people are to one another. Why can't we all get just get along & respect all cultures & roots. I love manners, kind people, respect for elders, and making people feel at home. Southern born, Southern bred & will die in Dixie. 🙄🕇
We have to stop being concerned with what people think. The woke mobs power dies when we carry on as we please and do and say what we want. It's that simple.
That's why you save old books on paper. The new ones will digitally remove anything the publishers don't want.
Absolutely ❤these guys. I hate when our best go away I don't know about anybody else but I'd love to keep them forever!💙💙
I took this song and sang it at my dad's funeral. I did apologize to Dwight for my word changes but I wanted it to reflect my dad's life. Born in Arkansas and moved to Illinois after military career. So I was singing to mostly yankees and told them I wasn't apologizing to them. But I know he reunited with his parents and brothers, all of which are buried in the south.
I don’t get it. What do you mean you weren’t apologizing to them? Was it an African American audience? I’m sorry for your loss.
Alley family came from. The south. I grew up in Illinois. Still love this.
She said, "Yankees!"
I get it even if no one else does. To many people from north of the Mason Dixon line Dixie represents a racist , repressive society.
But Most of us born and raised in Dixie made peace with those issues a long time ago. To us it’s home, where we spent summers at some swimming hole, or winters following a dam beagle down some ditch in Freezing weather for a shot at a rabbit that was way smarter than the dog and us as well. During a protracted battle for Petersburg Va. General Lee remarked that to the Union Army Petersburg was just a strategic town that they needed to take. But to Robert E. Lee it was the town where he had met , courted , and married his wife. Dixie means different things to different people. You needn’t apologize again.
Beautiful song
One of the last true COUNTRY singers. Not this pop crap country of today.
I agree... I do not listen to the MAJORITY of what they call country now because it is not.
I agree. I never get tired of listening to Dwight.
Marcus, you hit the nail right on the head. Dwight is a true country artist....great vocalist and musician! And as Trina says, what passes as country is mediocre watered down pop country.
Richard Cunnane Richard I won't listen to it.. A joke...
Dwight is Country Pop to me. I like true Country Music. Like...Hank, Willie, Haggard, Jones, Frizzell, Felts, Wynette, Lynn.
Can you imagine how proud he was to sing on the same stage as his idol??? Helluva song, I've cried to it a million times.
Thank you so much for the unwavering love and supportt. Indeed you are a true fan. You can write me on dwightyoakam947@gmail.com
He and Buck were very close
Always like Dwight Yoakam ever since I first heard him perform very talented man very good singer and songwriter and the song I sang Dixie no wonder it went to number one very very good song but very sad God bless Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens.
Hey how are you doing….?
The first time I heard this song, I lived in Southern California. Being a Southerner from Tennessee, it made me so homesick for home. Thank you Dwight for writing this song
Cathi Hixson Pominski -+I'm with U, I LIVE in LAS VEGAS, NV! I'm SO LONESOME I COULD 😢, MISS SOUTHERN REAL PEOPLE & GREAT HM-MADE DISHES!!😀😇👍🙏I'm moving BK TO OKC OR TX!
My favorite sign in all of America is Now Leavin California
I know the feeling. Statute of my namesake in the Nashville Green I've never yet seen but will, Timothy DeMonbruin . Still family them parts ? Imagine I'd choose Tenn. before So.Cal. would I were to do it again ..grins Lassie
Southern Pride Dyed Deep in Colors that will Never Run .
Cathi,did you go by and see the Clampetts ?They're from Bugtussel ya know
Im so honored to have been born in Dixie and lived in the South my entire life. Thank You JESUS and Thank You Dwight.
Thank The Good Lord.A True Country Girl or Lady.Sure glad We still have Southern Bell's like You Pamela.
78 years here and loving it
I'm born and raised in California but I have been to Dixie and was treated with nothing but respect. I hope to get back there before I die
Yes ma'am. If Heaven ain't a lot like Dixie I don't want to go
@@percycompton4262 OLORD GET OUT Save Your Self
KEEP SINGING ABOUT DIXIE DWIGHT !! THEY CAN'T TAKE OUR MUSIC AWAY !
Nobody has done anything but strengthened our resolve and called us out to stand for our home. Dixie! God bless. May we all live well!
+Shirley D They can't take our songs, our flag, our General, our peaceful culture, nor our spirit.
+WT Hendrix Thanks WT. The more others gripe , the more resolve I get. They don't seem to get it. History is History and no person can change it.
+Shirley D - This is a beautiful song. Unfortunately the concept of "Dixie" has a lot of negative connotations, and rightly so. I'm from "The South", and I'll tell you right now the concept of Dixie is obsolete and just plain foolish. But many in the deep south need to cling to something. They have very little in the way of education, jobs, etc. So I understand why they hang onto their "Rebel Pride" - but I still believe it's glorifying something that died off long ago. And it won't be coming back. Whenever I hear someone say "the South will rise again" - it just makes my skin crawl. Almost all the wealth of the Old South was concentrated in the hands of a relative few, and it was 90% based on slave labor. Is that anything to be proud of? I don't think so.
Ima SuperPerson
Then move to Chicago. Baltimore. New York. Boston. Philly. Cleveland.
The New South thank God is still the same. Be better if you were not in it. Ungrateful betraying windbag. Pffft.
There is no reason to destroy any monuments, look, learn, move forward, it’s things that happen before our time, Learn from history
history books my man, fuck the confederates
God bless Buck Owens with his Red White and Blue guitar a true Patriot to this country!!!!!
It's actually the flag of the Netherlands:)
"In 1966 Buck and The Buckaroos had their instruments painted red, white and blue, an extension of Buck's innate patriotism"
Gg dc t ty c de cv de cv dr🕉🕉
Dwight is a very good singer!! Love his music.
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This song reaches the depths of my Southern soul. God bless our Dixieland!
Hi from Georgia
The south will do it again 👍🏼✝️
Mine also
Dwight Yoakam is a class act all the way around....Johnny cash once stated: "Dwight Yoakam is his favorite"
Wrote it in his autobiography
Is whose favorite?
Dwight yokam
If this doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you don't have a heart. I particularly like Dwight's comment about what inspired him to write it. He is a great artist!
Awesome song Dwight. RIP Buck, one of the best.
man, when Buck Owens says "that song always touches me", you know thats a great song right there.
Many, many fans now will sing Dixie. 💔
I have followed Dwight's career since the 80s. He was one of the last old school musicians to emerge in Nashville. Country music has since become overproduced. It is more about social media and how attractive the musician is than their talent. Many of these older musicians can no longer get airplay on radio. I don't even know if Dwight has been inducted yet into the Grand Ole Opry. Anyways, he is still a heavy hitter in my books. Writes his own lyrics and music too.
He, also, had to produce and distribute his debut album. The record companies wouldn't take him on.
He proved them, powerfully, wrong.
He emerged out of Los Angeles and the Bakersfield Sound, rock/rockabilly/honky-tonk influences. Pretty sure all of his albums were recorded at Capital Studio under the Reprise Label (Warner Brothers). That’s in Hollywood.
Very much not a Nashville Sound, Countrypolitan, Pop Country artist. By the early 90s he did have a little neoclassical going on though.
I agree. My aunt lived and loved on old country and Dwight was the last country singer she let into her singing repertoire. My dad showed her Dwight and she was hooked. Love you aunt Mary. See you in Paradise ❤
@@brkfstfdHe's freaking amazing. Just what country needed!
Totally beautiful. I have a friend who died a few back. I think of him a son of the South and Veteran ..God rest him
Thanks to Dwight this song is so powerful, no one else could have wrote it and no one could have sung it like him.
People need to understand it’s not hate it’s heritage. We’re a proud people.
What a song! God Bless Dixieland!!
This is the best song Dwight ever recorded. Just beautiful and such a wonderful singing voice❤️❤️❤️
I love this song!! It's a way of life for southern people. I don't care who doesn't like it.
Brings tears to my heart! You will always be our Rebel True Country Songwriter Singer! Best of all to come your way❤🎉
I'm a black girl from Chicago but the best time of my life was when I went to stay with my grandparents in Vardamen Mississippi when I was 8-9 while my mom went to jail.
Some of the nicest people I've ever encountered.
I live in Portland now and I'm looking to move back to get away from all this chaos.
God bless Dixieland ✌
Girl, get out of there and go home.
And God bless you.
I'm from Texas, I think black folks are much happier in the South, despite the history. I see black folks every where, they seem much happier down here than they do in New York or Chicago or Baltimore. It seems like nothing but misery in those northern cities, cold and grey.
@@MattSpoon07
I work with all races in the South once and all got along. Dont believe in the Southern stereotype
Beautiful sentiment Sista. Long Live Dixie!
The thing that I really like about his music is, how easily he makes it look. His guitar playing is so solid. He picks each of the notes in perfect time. And he has an extremely soulful southern voice. Like a lot of the other comments, I've liked his voice from the very first note. And who don't like his style?
great singer
beatlemania54 And just think he wasn't even born in the South...love Dwight.
beatlemania
He was born in Kentucky
beatlemania54 i can pick a booger like that. Ha ha hahaha. I love Dwight youkam
More than anything else, Dixie means HOME. Without her, we have no roots ... ♥🕊
Most underrated singer/songwriter of all time. Deserves much more credit.❤
It's from the heart ❤️👍 and were all Americans and I cry for the families past and present!
What a voice , some of these new country " Stars " could learn a little something from guys like Dwight..
Come see my new song called "The 80's blues" I think ya'll will like it.
The best
POWERFUL................DWIGHT HAS A GREAT COUNTRY SOUND!!!!!!!!!
The joy on Buck's face and in his eyes is incredible. Wish I had been there. What a moment in time.
This is real music...no band...no background singers.
his voice is so incredible. Who needs backup music or singers when you sound so perfect?! Love his music.
This song touches me deeply as Dwight is willing to reveal that he has empathy, love and a beautiful heart 💓. Dwight is REAL🕊️💝🕊️💗
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Went to see Dwight in concert back around 1994 in Rapid City, SD when I was stationed at Ellsworth AFB. My folks came down from Montana to go with me. They're both gone now, may God rest their souls. But I will always remember that concert with them. Amazing song, amazing talent.
Dwight Yoakam is one of my all time favorites. His songs have so much meaning to me. Especially this song.
I'm southern un apologict and proud a shame that media has made it bad great song
Has seen him concert four times so underrated so not appreciated I've been listening to him for damn near forty years nobody else like him. He doesn't sound like anybody else!!😊
I love this song. I am a born and bred southern boy and I love my south! If you aint a southerner, you just cant understand it.
They can understand that we from the south will tell you how shit is and if you cross us we'll kick your ass!
Hey william hows it hangin??well i dont really agree with that im an albertan,,(northern Canada)..and i can tell you there's many of us from up here and all over Canada that love his music...in fact he's one of my biggest inspirations as i am a songwriter myself...cheers tho
I'm no Southerner but a born and bred Scot. Proud of my heritage but relate strongly to the Southern psyche.
Mississippi here, and I promise this song definitely speaks to me.
William Cason Dwight was raised in Columbus Ohio. Parents are from Kentucky I think and he was born there but he was raised in Ohio and even attended Ohio State. His style is very unique.
This is an incredible song sung by an incredible voice. I have always loved this song.
Hello how are you doing today….?
This song reminds me about my wife. It was her favorite song before she lost the battling to cancer, I wish I could change the hands of time, I miss her smiles, she was always there for me and our lovely daughter, and I never miss a moment with her, life could be so unfair most times, there is some pain, I will cry in vain but won’t let you know how I will feel yes, I will miss you to the core! but some times i wonder why bad thing always happen to good people. She’s always in our heart.
@@AndyArnold-uz5yo My deepest condolence my friend. I tear up to this song for my brother who died from leukemia two years ago. I miss him everyday too, Just like you he is always in my heart.
Oh there so sorry about your brother and thank you for your kind words… what’s your favorite Dwright Yoakam music?
@@AndyArnold-uz5yo I like most of his old stuff. I don't really listen to any main stream radio any more as most of it isn't country. I listen to older songs such as Dixie. Thanks for your thoughts about my brother. I miss him every day. I look at his photo on my desktop every night before bed and tell him I love him and miss him so very much. Our family is really close so every tear is filled with love.
One of the FEW today that reminds me of the old school music of my roots! Don't know who will see this old mans post, but I just gotta say thanks for tradition.
Brian Gupton I see it !!! That is one of the reasons I love Dwight. You hit the nail on the head. He has that rich voice that sounds so traditionally country. xoxo
The TWANG of the past makes be think if being a barefoot kid fishing and going to the stockshow in Denver.
Bet you like George jones too!
I grew up hearing that music. My parents were not big TV watchers, and the radio was always on. I grew up to love a huge and wide variety of music, but that old country just feels like home.
And the record player. Or should I say Hi Fi. Ray Price and Hank Senior
American by birth, Southern by the grace of God. ❤
"I'm Southern Born, Southern Bred,
And When l Die, I'll Be Southern Dead!"
☝️🇺🇸 #BackTheBlue!
☝️🇺🇸 👈🤠👉 🇺🇸☝️
Southern Birth and Southern by the grace of God .If you cut me I bleed Southern .
Nothing can beat it. Wouldn’t trade it. 👍
south alabama my whole life. been a lot of places but i know there is not other place i could ever call home.
Whether you have multiple instrumentals, one guitar or if you’re just singing solo and you’re great in any of those situations, that’s when you know you’ve got the music in you. Dwight is truly amazing 😻
He's got the acting chops, too. Really natural performer.
Hello from the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains on the VA/NC line. I grew up here in my family's historic home. My family has been in Virginia and North Carolina since Jamestown Colony. Anne Charlemagne Washington Wright was my 6th great-grandmother, George Washington's Great Aunt. I have had grandfathers fight in every single war that the US has been involved in since the French & Indian War for the Colonies. And of that entire 400-year history. Myself. I In one generation have seen this nation almost fall apart. For it is being collapsed & taken over from the inside by those who do not Love Jesus. And "they" want us to be ashamed of our heritage, being Southern and mostly for being White European Americans. And I only see dark days ahead for us. But I am still so so proud of being Southern since the start of it all. And especially proud of my English heritage. I love worshiping Jesus & And with all of my heart, I love my savior Jesus Christ like my parents and grandparents before them always did. My Grandfather was 98 and a WWII vet that saw much conflict in the European theater. And he passed 3 years ago. He still drove & lived alone. I am glad he is gone and not here to see how disgusting, evil, and filthy this nation is becoming and how much it hates half of its own citizens for the very reason that this nation was founded. Freedoms, freedoms that are being eroded every single day from us. Until soon they will have taken them all. They take and pollute our children to be atheists & that alternative lifestyles are good and "In" now. And in ways our ancestors here in the US would be rotisseries rolling over in their graves if they saw the US today.
two of the greatest legends in country music
Keith Stidh
96 six tears
maybe Buck, but Dwight isn't one of the greatest. Waylon, Willie, Hank Sr., Merle, David Allan Coe, and George Jones those were legends
Hey man you left out Johnny.
Owen Hamn Dwight was Johnny Cash's fav country singer
I loved Dwight he coulda been a whole lot bigger with me,, in my opinion that is lol if he'd just stayed outa the dadgum syfy movies,, " just silly"
Great singer, I enjoyed his music back in 87 and still do.
His voice blends with the guitar better than most !
He is very good even in 2022
Absolutely one of the greatest artists and song writers ever, only one!
It don't get any better than that. This man is the greatest singer in country music to day and yesterday.
Oh my lord this man's voice just kills me, i've loved his music from the minute i heard him so many years ago. This is an awesome song, it made me cry the first time i heard it
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WARNING whoever the person is that has this channel had it up here for me to contact him he saying he was Dwight Yoakam but yet could not answer one question i asked and was referring to himself as this artist. Be ware!!!!!
Never has been such an unique ,great voice been given to such a talented outstanding song writer.
Most of the time the true genius song writers can't carry a tune in a bucket. And if fame finds them, its on the brilliance of their writing alone.
I love that I was born/very little when Dwight's rise began. Guitars cars catallic
Guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music 🎵🎶
It took me awhile to realize just how talented Dwight Yoakam really is. He is truly one of the greats
I first heard Dwight back in the 80s as an early teenager travelling around with my dad while he worked shoeing horses. And my love for his music is still as strong.
one of the best country singers ever. really country lovers know this 👌
very beautiful song my friend
What a great song song by a great person thank you for that 🙏🙏
Dwight is an awesome singer, songwriter and musician!
Kathy Green Totally Agree with you big time :) ...
yessss
Yes. Let's not mention his acting career, it's not even worth it, his singing career is a million times better.
Your observations are astute.
Fuck you. His acting was pretty good, and I'm a tough critic.
Out of all of the country music artists that have come and gone, Dwight Yoakam has always been my favorite. I remember the first time I saw him years and years ago, I said to myself "this guy is the real deal."
Can NOT get enough of Dwight Yoakam! He deliver's this tune so well it puts chills all over me.
Wonder why ?
***** I usually will not respond to nonsense but I am thinking ur comment MAY be lost in translation. To answer ur question... LISTEN TO THE LYRICS.. THE LYRICS! Get it?
Got it.
***** GOOOD!!!!
Trina McLauchlin Dolly parton
PROUD DIXIE GIRL FROM BEAUTIFUL MISSISSIPPI!
One of the most moving, touching songs outside of gospel music that I e ever heard. I just keep listening to it over and over. Ole Tennesseean here. Forget la and come back home Dwight.
North Georgian here, we share the same mountains and probably the same shine, hehehe. Please look south and tell Georgia that her wayward son in California misses her terribly.
massey9457
Great review 👍. I am a Kentucky feller. maybe we could share some Jack and Jim someday. And talk about the greats of Country Music. Johnny, Buck,Hank,HankJR, Mearl,etc,etc. God bless and keep you and your family.
I love Eastern Tennessee and lived there for a spell. I left a piece of my heart there.
@@sid2112 I love Northern GA foothills but don't think I'd give a plug knickle for the rest of the state except Savannah. I'm from Charleston, SC.
@@whateverwhatever9104 Outdoor BBQ - Locust Grove, Macon's blues scene, Valdosta football games, Warm Springs....
they may not make music like this anymore, but luckily we have access to these lovely pieces of art. immaculate.
Nothing like an authentic traditional country musician. I LOVE DWIGHT!
Love this song . Love listening to him sing❤❤❤❤❤
I grew up watching Hee Haw and was a huge Buck Owens fan. I love seeing him and Dwight together. True friendship.