Flat Duo Jets - Athens, GA: Inside/Out 

Song at 2:33 is "I Found My Love - The Dukes of Rhythm"

Came back to this tonight because it was my introduction to this legendary group. Rest in peace Dex. Thanks for the art.

So sad to hear that Dexter passed away yesterday. He will be vividly remembered by everyone in Chapel Hill NC. RIP Dex!

Rest in peace, Dexter. You definitely "disturbed the peace" in a beautiful way in your time here. Thank you for al the grooves and love. May you be reunited with all your siblings and mother.

Flat Duo Jets were the best thing about this movie. I saw them at the Georgia Theatre in Athens in Fall 1990 - great show. RIP Dexter Romweber.

If I was given one wish to witness one live concert this would be it...RIP Dex....I will cry now.

This guy Dexters sings like he’s possessed and plays the guitar like he’s on fire 🔥! Great stuff!

those were the days folks, from Baton Rouge to Tuscaloosa to Nashville to Athens to JAckson to Asheville - the southeast rocked underground back then

Very sad news to learn of Dexter's passing. He was is and will always be a true legend. Absolutely awesome. ❤️

This is the greatest thing on the internet!!

Rip Dexter. Your influence will echo through rock n roll forever.

Rest easy Dex... the world of Rock'n Roll owes you for being all the things it is supposed to be...

the ferosity of that guitar playing is just...shivers

Rest in peace 🙏

Rest in Peace Dexter…you were an inspiration to some of us and maybe had no idea…your LEGEND will live on in the hearts of those who love life and those who love music 🎶

RIP Dexter. What a musical force! This has to be one of the best live performances I've ever seen. Raw and just rawkin!

RIP Dexter. 55. Geez. You were so authentic. Love u forever. 💔🎸

Crow. One of my drumming idols.

Have seen these guys Multiple times (4)...the Music scene in Athens Georgia in the Eighties was atmospheric, count myself so lucky...all kinds of students loved it, and we were very proud to be in a town and school that produced REM

Greatest of all time! Saw them many times...we played shows with them out on the road...what a rush to be out in the middle of nowhere playing a show to jo one...but playing with this band made all the empty seats worthwhile! RIP brother!

I saw them open for the Cramps at Sloss furnace in 1989,great show!

1:18 Must have been freezing!! Dexter looks like a dragon blowing smoke

So ahead of their time, glad I got to see Dex and crow together in NYC like 2000

Dex Romweber is why I own several Silvertone 1448s! They’re amazing guitars for what they are. Sold as a sears catalog guitar, they were remade again a few years ago but just didn’t have the mojo of the originals.

Great stuff. I lived in Athens from 1985 through about 1993. I saw a ton of great bands during that time, including these guys.

My favorite band all time

True Rock n Roll full stop, end of discussion!

The Energy and the Love for playing it SHINES...it blows me away no matter how many times I watch it.

Cold night, hot guitar. Smokin'.

Goddamn son!!! They were rockin the fuck out on that porch!!

And played a blazing 2 hour gig after frat house from what I read somewhere. Thanks FDJ. RIP DEX, THANKS

BAr B que Killers, Pylon, and Flat Duo Jets - the emotion that exists in Athens for artistry was and is Truely special

Haha!!! "Fuck this shot let's play a rocker!". Made my day.

Not many people now the 80's like this...just great

that song at 2:35 is one of the most beautiful things ive ever heard

Flat Duo was scheduled to play a club in “my” college town, but Dex said there was no way he was going on unless he got a bucket of KFC. A few choice words (and threats) from the owner changed his mind. They were always great live, and loud as fuck!

Amazing! i love The Flat Duo Jets! i think it would be nice if there was more material from this era of the band!

Thank you for this video. No other musical performance embodies the spirit of rock and roll such as this one. And to think, I would have never known about Flat Duo Jets if it wasn't for the documentary, "Athens, GA Inside/out"

"We believe in cheap equipment." :) I can't fathom how many times I've watched this Flat Duo Jets footage. This was filmed early in 1986 and the first time I ever saw the Flat Duo Jets was at the end of that year in Durham, NC. I had just arrived in NC for college and they played in a very small venue. What I witnessed just made my mind melt. Their energy was off the charts & Dexter was such a force of nature. I was standing just feet away from the band soaking in their whirlwind of sound. The Flat Duo Jets recorded here on the porch of a UGA frat house is the vintage I saw maybe 7 months later. And I hadn't seen this footage until years after I'd first seen the band live - I didn't even know this film existed. I ended up living in Durham after college and I continued to see Dexter play live - in the Flat Duo Jets then in his various incarnations over the years: as the Dex Romweber Duo, The New Romans, and just Dexter by himself. But I keep coming back to this footage as it never ceases to remind me and amaze me of what it was like when I first set eyes and ears on Dexter & Crow. RIP Dexter.

Loved the short acoustic bit.

Seriously. I need to learn how to play those licks/chords/whatnot. It's one of the coolest things I've ever heard..!

What's the song they are playing with the acoustic guitar?

It's crazy to me that music this good could come out of the south

Balls to the wall and completely bad ass!

Remember this so well. So engaging.

Holy smokey.....I will never forget my dear friend Jere telling me about this band before we saw them together in Raleigh...it was such a special night....they were a real inspiration to Jere in the fact that they didn't have shit and were rocking their damn North Carolina asses off!!!!! Shane Duhe

i love them! just saw them in that movie "It Might Get Loud"

I love the John Seawright reading of the first poem Love Tractor ever sang out loud. Meet y'all out by the Egypt Road.

Yes!!! Great to see this on youtube again. This is fucking rock and roll.

I saw them at the 9:30 Club in DC (the old one) in 1987. Dexter Romweber was pissed because some of the equipment wasn't working right.

White Stripes copped this band big time!!! - esp. the Gothic look. To Jack White's credit he said The Flat Duo Jets had only two members way before them on Charley Rose. This band was the Real Deal.

Lucky enough to catch the FDJ back in the day! Man Dexter rocks!!!

Dextra, dextra read all about it. The Flat Duo Jets got a magical scene. Dextra! dextra!

We lived. We really did.

the original jack white!

cant get over how fucking ace this clip is. its so good it actually hurts.

i saw them like 5 times in the late 80s early 90s detroit and staches in columbus

RIP

The axe man cometh. A thousand times yes.

Hey guys, need some help here. What's the song that they sing at 2:33. "You know my love for you makes my life little brighter" I tried to google lyrics, but still couldn't find anything. I reckon it must be some old 50's ballad like Elvis or Gene Vincent maybe. I can't get it out of my head, so any kind of help would be appreciated

Punk af, blues as hell

just getting into the flat duo jets. now i feel ive been missing out on so much good music, it sucks cuz there albums are so hard to find

Seriously the reason I play is to get some of that! The DipSticks!

Times are so different now compared to this.

R.I.P. Dex.

Rest in peace Dexter.

Amen!

R.I.P., Dexter.

correction,after going back and listening to the record the first song they play is jet tone boogie off their first album

ahhh! this is do bad ass!! thanks for posting this! is there by any chance... more? :X

😢RIP Dex

What song are they playing on acoustic 2:33? Dont ignore the question like everyone else

These two couldn't have found each other by chance. There was something else at work.

Does anyone know what that fine song is called played with the mighty fine acoustic guitar?

The one who disliked this video plays the bass.

RIP Dex

🙏🙏🙏🙏

i can't see, is the crowd dancing at the start of the vid? they better be!

@HannesGlans The Movie: Athens Georgia Inside Out - Filmed in 1986 - various artists and personalities

His Prime.

song at 2:36?

some folks just got it

@CamPulaski I believe its a 1966 silver tone guitar.

@CamPulaski Danelectro (Silvertone branded) 1448. It was a department store guitar back in the 60s, Even now they go for about $400 - Vintage models - But they don't seem bad, Not that I've played one.

wow that's a silvertone amp in case guitar! i wonder what amp he uses.

All the show?

Like John Mellencamp mixed with the Cramps. Awesome.

whats the song they play acoustically after they talk about their cheap equipment

A dive club on Peachtree Street, early 90’s . Dex was sans shirt and played w his back to us the whole night. Unforgettable and gets my feet kickn & hips thrusting to this day . Sigma Nu house UGA maybe?

Одна из тех групп, кто привил мне любовь к музыке десятилетие назад, люблю их, думаю я тут единственный русский)

what's the first song?

This is one of my all time favourite videos! Amazing band, really love their sound! Does anyone know the background behind this? Where the gig was where they play 'Crazy Hazy Kisses' and the other song?

@benflannery 12 bar blues in E So E E E E A A E E B A E E

...This is sick as hell...

i beleive the first song is called breakout and is on introducing the flat duo jets

3:11 crazy hazy kisses ....what amp and effects ? Or just reverb?

Take that Black Keys!

Cool 😎

It's a 12 bar blues in E major so it's E, A, and B.

wtf with the end?