Dixie means Mom and apple pie and sometimes pecan pie. Dixie means love of God and country and good neighbors. Dixie means respect for old people and those who are gone. Dixie means love for the Flag and remembrance. I remember when U.S.A. meant the same.
Yea that's Dixie. Waving at your neighbor even if you don't really know them. Opening the door for the elderly. And children. Saying a prayer before you eat. Thanking god for what you have. Country music. And apple pie,,,
@@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
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 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
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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 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...
+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.
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.
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.
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!
Dixie will always be Dixie, and that's coming from a Yankee. Grow up BLM and stop cancelling things before there's no culture or reminders of history left for real people to enjoy.
cliff hooper, "... I hate ... the two party system." It is ugly, but when a country eliminates all but a single party it's even worse for the citizens, though much tidier for tyrants. (e.g., Communist China, North Korea, Cuba, ...) Except for the part where transfer of power requires an assassination rather than an election, that is. Probably why tyrants are so relentless in suppressing all dissent.
That is the stupidest thing I ever heard of.we got idiots here, That can drive and vote,but can't tell right from left.i saw this the other day,but was never thinking about politics.Lord deliver us from the dems.
I like a lot of these comments I'm straight out of the damn Georgia Woods Dixie is my life and it'll always be like I said before you don't like it get the F out
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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 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.......
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."
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.
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
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 😻
Oh, yes, I remember having tears streaming down my face the first time I heard this song, years ago in Idaho, and it still touches me deep. Dwight was doing a concert in Boise shortly after that. The wife and I went, and she became as big a fan of his as I was then, and still am today.
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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?
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.
Just saw Dwight perform in Raleigh NC last night with The Mavericks, it was outstanding. I have seen him sing about 4 times, met him at a rodeo in so Cal, love love love him.
+Olivia Hardin opinions are like elbows everybody has two. there's a hell of a lot of good voices out there and it's hard to say one is better than the other.
it's hard to pick a good voice. some people like johnny cash, some like kris kristofferson, and heaven help us bob dylan. we pick our singers by what the songs mean to us sometimes. good voices are chosen by people often not because the singers sing better than others but by what the songs mean to us.
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.
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 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.
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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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,
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.
He can write songs...he can write fiction... he can sing..he can play guitar...he can act. What more cold any one want from this diverse authentic artist?
I love this song, it always bring a tear to my eye. I'm a New York Irish kid, but I heard this song after I learned my father didn't have long to live. Besides being a great song, this has always held a piece of my heart. I always sing along, sorry Dwight. Hard to believe it's almost 27 years.
Thank you for not letting the reference to Dixie deter you from recognizing this song is about a person dying in a lonely place so far from "home". We have to stop letting things like where we are from etc. divide us. Greif and struggle are human conditions, not relegated to any race or region.
Growing up we vacationed at Getty'sburgh , I watched the Dukes of Hazard and watched Hee Haw. "Dixie" didn't have the same effect as today. Dwight Yokam was/is fantastic. Loved this song, love Dixie in the spirit of my childhood. @@williammoore6953
Still havnt had the chance to see this guy. One of best country songs. Right there with he stopped loving her today,blue eyes crying in the rain and cheatin heart. Country songs use to be story songs based on real events of a person. Not based on rap like today.
