Dwight Yoakam I Sang Dixie

[@TexasMagnolia]

Dwight NEVER received the accolades he deserved! So unique.

[@okillz33]

Are you serious? He's a multi Grammy winner and considered one of the best there is.

[@rafehr1378]

Dwight did not like, get along with, Dave Clark,(American Bandstand) controlled Nashville, Dwight went to LA, played nightclubs with Great Rock bands, Chambers Brothers, Black Oak Arkansas, top punk bands. He had the first country video on MTV. 8 concerts, never bad show.

[@christinaalvarado1983]

Buck Owens gave him all the accolades he needed or wanted.

[@kimmelton3697]

You ain't just whistling Dixie, brother! (See what I did there? 😆)

[@natecloe8535]

Is he a member of the Grand Ole Oprey? Several REALLY famous country artists aren't in it. One or two will leave you scratching your head as to why the haven't been invited. My personal wtf....why isn't he in? Is George Strait. I THINK that they are contracted to perform a certain number of times every year at the Oprey and George was always too busy to commit. He tours AND runs a longhorn ranch.

[@marymeisiek7706]

Dixie is a song that a lot of people consider racist but it really isn’t. It talks about the South and the people in it, It is a longing for your home wherever that may be. I am a Southerner and proud of it.

[@reneeholcomb205]

I’m a proud , country northeast Georgia girl

[@HunterWilsonOfficial]

I’m proud to be southern and confederate!

[@BoxerRick]

Beautiful song from a Legend. Proud Hillbilly from Ky. I agree that it’s a song bout Home, wherever that is for the listener

[@jjkcharlie]

I'm an Indian. So.....

[@anzgh3145]

im born in South America, descendant of Italians and Spanish and..ive been in the USA many years...became a US patriot...and now i LOVE the South, American Christians.. all the American history flags,.. i think ..many Southerners, white, black etc, will SAVE the USA from leftist atheist godless demonic, Northerners, Westerners, East coasters,..destruction!

[@ColoradoHiker]

Some dude on the street actually died in the arms of the guy singing this song. Out in LA and i believe the guy was from the south and he actually sang Dixie to him to comfort him. That was the story he was telling.

[@corydunaway]

Not true. Things he saw in LA influenced the writing of the song, but he didn't actually do what the lyrics say

[@naomiwarner7117]

Dwight, is from Eastern Kentucky! He lived in LA for a while because he was an actor also!

[@SectionSixteen]

Wow

[@pamela1144]

Oh Ty, so beautiful! Born and raised in Alabama. Heard Dixie all my life. I know its complicated, but to me, it is singing about the love of my southern heritage. He was trying to comfort this man as he died. Dwight's voice and style is gorgeous. He is from Kentucky. Love ya Ty!!

[@charlesforbes3627]

He is singing about coming upon a man from the south who was dying and nobody cared on that LA street that he was dying. So he sang Dixie to him while he was dying. The dying man was telling him to get out of LA before it killed him to. He actually left the next week.

[@tmssame13]

Listen to a A Million Miles From No Where you'll be very happy you did

[@melanieinnc8791]

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[@tmssame13]

Thousand miles from nowhere. Sorry

[@melanieinnc8791]

@@tmssame13 Love that song

[@kitkakitteh]

Nah, Back of Your Hand is better.

[@billgardner8297]

Do you mean I’m A Thousand Miles From Nowhere - rotflmao

[@minigirl6379]

You need to look up the video on KZbin Dwight Yoakum sings at Buck Owen's funeral. It was a beautiful tribute.. Buck had personally requested that he sing at his funeral. Also, Dwight has never touched drugs, never smoke or drank. Doesn't believe in cussing, even though they made him do it in Sling Blade.

[@teacat55]

It chokes me up every time

[@michelleortega1514]

Dwight is one of my favorites.Streets of Bakersfield is a good one

[@Nik-ko9eq]

You know, this was perfect. I love hearing little imperfections and breaks in voices. Dwight Yoakam has an amazing voice and this was beautiful. 💜

[@robertferera1186]

The Northern soldiers in the civil war had "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" as their theme song and the Southern soldiers had "Dixie" as their song. Both should be honored as the music that represented the over 500,000 men on both sides who died.

[@BlueRidgeMtns100]

Southerners are often tied to their land and region in a special way. Regardless of where they go or where they end up living later in life, in their blood and bone they remain Southern and tied to their native land. This is certainly so for country (rural) people and is true whether those people are white or black. When in later life we find ourselves in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc. we seek one another out, and again color does NOT matter, for moments of "home." It's in the land, the sound, the smell, the food, the very essence of life that Southern is found. New Englanders to a large degree (the country people) have this same tie to the land, weather, and customs of their native place. It is perhaps impossible to explain but that is what the song is about. The best I can do is say that the difference lies in land that your family has farmed, lived, an died on for 100+ years is different from a house you bought last year and plan to live in until enough equity has accrued to allow you to move again. One is your family and the other is simply a structure.

[@karenmiddleton995]

I'm proud to live in Dixie. I was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi where the Civil War ended. My grandfather helped build the military park. Great memories for me and the park and history all over Vicksburg. I do love Dwight Yoakam and all his songs. He had been friends with Buck for a long time. My cousin worked for Dwight in his early years. She even got to eat with Buck on Dwight's tour bus. How cool is that. That is a sad song and Dwight can make you feel it. I love Dixie.

[@USMC-1911]

Dwight does a little yodel when he sings thats the only way i can describe it definitely has his own style .

[@celiagorleski2716]

I sang this at my dad's funeral. I changed lines to personalize it for my dad. I did sing Dixie to my dad before he died. He may or may not have heard me. He was born in Arkansas but lived most his life in Illinois working for for the Air Force. His parents and all his brothers are buried im Dixie. I figured when he died they had a chance to get back together. They were all wonderful people and I was proud to call them family. After living in Illinois for half my life my job moved to Texas to work for the Air Force so now I'm in Dixie. My final resting place is in Illinois beside my dad but some ashes will go on vacation to Hawaii.

[@Birchbytheriver]

Love Dwight! He is a legend!

[@redarmysoja]

They call that thing you said you like "having a tear in your voice" as it's seen as a sad sound.

[@hooleyqueen]

If ya don't know Dwight Yoakum, watch some of his rockin' songs. He's the Mick Jagger of Country music. I love Dwight so much. This is the real Country Music, but he does new country too. You gotta see this guy rock!

[@donaldmoon]

Dixie is an olde song -- "I wish I was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten; look away, lookaway, lookaway, Dixieland..." Our Messick Hi School Band in Mphs always played it (along with Peter Gun) in the Cotton Carnival & Christmas Parades & at school events, until 67 or 68 when we were told we couldn't play it anymore. Don't know what it meant to some people -- but to us it was a rah rah be proud of our homeland song. But like many things, it obviously hurt some people -- like seeing a rebel license plate or a mixed couple. Nobody that I knew meant any harm -- we were just kids -- but we're having a tough time getting past the past. Anyway, I'm still proud of my homeland; don't know how to fix things; but try to show equal respect and kindness to everyone, wherever. --don PS: "Dixie" is not what Dwight is playing here. Only its ghost."

[@charlii5917]

To me, the context of "dixie" is fluid in this case. It is anywhere a person feels is home. It doesn't have to be where you grew up, just somewhere that feels home with everything in you. I was born in FL, raised in Va & WV and moved to TN in my 30s and back to WV in my 50s. My dixie is TN.

[@CodyCloudWalker]

And as you know, your always welcome home

[@marshabrown2561]

Tennessee IS part of old Dixie.

[@josephz803]

Dwight is sooooo damn talented

[@denroy3]

He did a verse of 'Dixie' in the song.... "Way down yonder in the land of cotton, old times there they are not forgotten" ...look away, look away Dixie land.

[@matthewlee6168]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Dwight's music! I finally checked something off my bucket list that had been there for 30 years and saw him in concert in Austin this summer. It was a great show--the only disappointment was that he did not play the one song I wanted him to play: THIS ONE!

[@jmdio740]

Dixie’s Land. Just a very southern song. Helping the dying man to remember his home in the south and distract him. Showing that Dwight was the only one who cared to comfort the man. As far as the vocal usage, he is yodeling.

[@kennyrussell2663]

You are an amazing person my friend

[@TexasMagnolia]

HUGE Yoakum Fan! Can’t wait!

[@tylergavin8219]

Same here

[@lovingmymcmahon3382]

My mom literally got us escorted out of one of his concerts in NC back in the 90’s!!! I love this song!

[@leonardshevlin7260]

How does a fan misspell his name?

[@jeaneskridge1592]

To me, a lot of times a person who has lived their life in a certain region or state, they think of it as their home and many memories. He was an old man and his life and memories were made in the south (maybe Dixie) and probably most of his life. Dixie brings back good memories and he wants to remember them as he dies. Dwight Yoakam was an awesome singer. He had a beautiful voice and he could bring out feelings with his voice and his songs.

[@robertsalley7067]

Ty, This IS the best version of this song! Just Dwight and his guitar, that is pure music. The other version has a lot of accompaniment, to me actually detracts from the message.

[@criticwatcher]

You should do A Thousand Miles From Nowhere by Dwight. I got to see him and his band live before. You definitely get your money's worth seeing him perform live. Thank you for another upload!!!

[@forcemajeur.5138]

That video intro is so good 😂. Its always funny to come across a movie or tv show and realize its Dwight playing a part on it.

[@darrellwood3913]

Yes! I’ve been requesting this for months..lol.Happy to see your getting to it

[@terryduncan31]

The city was killed his spirit. The people walked on by because they didn't have the same type of care for their fellow man because the fast pace and different lifestyles had overtaken their hearts and they had lost touch.

[@andrewgardner1702]

The song he is referring to as Dixie. Is known as Dixieland. It was for a long time used as the national anthem of the Confederate States of America. And the tune was played at the beginning of many battles and skirmishes during the civil war to boost morale of the Confederate soldier

[@jimithy47]

The story he tells is what gets me. Being from a small town I think you imagine any city and the people being crime-ridden, crass, indifferent to someone lying on the ground dying and the people that don't understand how it's not being acknowledge; that wouldn't happen in a small town. Maybe you know a lot of the folks that live there or they just like to gossip. The part you said you liked yeah that's yodeling which I absolutely love and admire those that are capable A portion of the lyrics are 'the bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride' and I think it means he drank and drank a lot to cope with how different L.A. was compared to 'home in Dixie'. That's what I imagine small town folk vs the fast pace of a big city. Maybe I'm way off and that's okay if I am but I love the story and DY has an amazing voice. Thanks Ty for the reaction I like to hear what others think. Blessed be.

[@CheyenneNixon-p8m]

BEAUTIFUL SONG DWIGHT IS SO TALENTED

[@barbaralilly9301]

Ain't that lonely yet, Dixie, Swinging Doors......

[@khart1070]

FAST AS YOU....a banger. Try the Keith Urban Live at 2018 Stagecoach video....Dwight Yoakam walks on stage & burns it down....& Keith's guitar picking is additional fire.

[@carmenmcalistet5452]

Dixie: Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten look away look away look away Dixieland. That one. Gotta catch up with the chat. 😆

[@brandonwilliams9872]

Its "times arent nearly as rotten" :)

[@mariebible3794]

Carmen Mcalistet I’m from Dixie

[@smallblockchevy1022]

@@brandonwilliams9872 The lyrics that Carmen provided are from the song "Dixie", the song that Dwight says he sang "I sang Dixie." Dixie, is an old song. Carmen's lyrics are correct. She wasn't giving the lyrics to this song.

[@markmyers6472]

@@brandonwilliams9872 Dwight altered the words in his song... the original lyric in the chorus is ... old times there are not forgotten...

[@madeinAmericasince-rz9cp]

My grandma from Virginia. I want to go to Texas and run a ranch.

[@badpop987]

I’m not crying. I’m going to look at tools.

[@soozkoozhooz5902]

He tried to comfort a dying man with a song that the man remembered.

[@JoeHaynie_VJ]

"The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride. And I sang Dixie as he died." Pretty much it.

[@TexasMagnolia]

You’ve heard Elvis’ American Trilogy, he sings Dixieland in it.

[@olanaowen7320]

I have loved Dwight Yoakam forever, I forgot about this song. Hearing what its about....I will never forget it again.

[@kathtybest8391]

Means to me this old man originally from the South. Somehow he ended up in the Streets of LA as an alcoholic. He died with someone singing Duxie to him and holding him instead of just walking by him. That's my take on the song.

[@TheLordHighXcutioner]

Ada Jones sings one of the earliest versions of Dixie's Land. Dixie is the unofficial anthem of the South.

[@TexasMagnolia]

Dwight and all his great music needs to resurrected today!

[@GaOutlawVinyl]

Dixie was the national anthem of the Confederacy which has caused it to be somewhat controversial. The most famous version is when Elvis sang it as a part of his medley An American Trilogy. I highly recommend that version. There is also a rockin’ version of Dixie preformed by 70’s Southern Rock band Black Oak Arkansas that’s pretty good as well. It’s also the sound The Duke’s Of Hazzard car’s horn makes.

[@Tuesdays_Gone]

Yes, there is a song called Dixie or DixieLand. I think it chronicles the poverty after the Civil War. Of course, since the south is south of the proverbial Mason/Dixon line, the south is often called Dixie. Is a very upbeat tempo, but not exactly sure of its meaning. In the case of this song, it sounds like the southern man that lay dying let the bottle rob him of his life, and I assume he was an alcoholic. He was dreaming that he was back at home rather than the streets of Hollywood.

[@negativeonhand]

Love this song man. Thank you for doing that.. Dwight is so under rated.

[@nr63kish]

Dixie was popular during the Civil War on both sides, you'd know it right away if you heard it. While the North's battle song was "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", the south made "Dixie" their de facto national anthem.

[@wcwindom56]

Didnt you do a react to Elcis Presley's TRILOGY? Dixie is one of the songs in that

[@donaldmoon]

Bob Dylan did a cover, too. Look it up and give it a listen!

[@barrettgranger9139]

Dwight has a great unique voice, he’s in a lot of movies too, but this is the first time I’ve heard this one

[@cbilky2914]

I have seen dwight in concert 4 times..love him!!!

[@joelsimms4636]

You have to do A million miles from nowhere! Great song. Love and peace to all people!

[@lonn761]

Hey Ty been awhile since I heard that song. I love songs that tell stories.I must ask you have you never heard the song Dixie? What with all the awareness about slavery that seems to be what some people dwell on. Southern tradition is much more. Always good to be aware that we all have things we regret but love is always the victor. I really respect your honesty and do enjoy your ministry Ty keep that light lit for all to see brother.

[@rosieposie6671]

Dwight's nasal tone is the Bakersfield sound.

[@kimmelton3697]

Dixie was the official song of the Southern troops that the soldiers sang when wishing they were home.

[@katyb3265]

MRM I liked this video a lot. Yoakam also has a song called A Thousand Miles From Nowhere. But the one you played was the best. It really is an awesome song.

[@donrudd1358]

That's how to tell a story with a song brother.

[@MrRoverman01]

This is only one of many great songs by Dwight. Absolutely love it. You should listen to some others. I can give you a list of you would like.😁

[@patriciaadams-rl4iz]

You can be proud of wherever, you came from. This song really means alot to so many people.

[@jansummerford1050]

One of my favorite Dwight Yoakum songs ❤️🇺🇸

[@barbaramatthews4735]

I've heard this song before. I liked it then and I like it now. I'm not necessarily a Dixie person, but this one is tender and sweet. I'm a Midwest girl living in the South. The actual song Dixie was a song associated with the Confederacy. It can be taken many ways these days and may not be politically correct in some circles and a memorial song in other circles. There actually are a lot of emotions attached to it.

[@blippacg]

Wikipedia shows it was written in 1859 by Daniel Decatur Emmett, so right before the Civil War. He was from Ohio and became a notable songwriter (inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970). Interesting he was from Ohio and wrote a song specifically about Dixie land. Although Ohio was divided politically it stayed in the Union and fought with Lincoln. U.S. Grant was from Ohio which I didn't realize. One could dig deeply into the various facets of this song's lyrics and its cultural impact.

[@j.l8531]

Always good stuff on this channel

[@cheryljohnson733]

Never realized just how good his voice is until I heard it.

[@anthonyhaylock6655]

Dwight has an amazing voice , love all his songs

[@jamesballance2254]

If you ever watched the Dukes of Hazzard "Dixie" is the sound made by the General Lee's horn. It is from a poem written by a man from Ohio to make fun of the south, but was put to music and became the Anthem of the South.

[@allenmcgee6061]

The sound he makes is HEART, home, good life where it means something honestly!

[@itsnotthesamething]

That is southern drawl. Some folks once told me they loved my southern drawl, and I told them I thought their northern accent was pretty cute too. We all laughed. But what Dwight Yokam was saying here sounded like he was in a big city, and someone he was with fell out on the street, and died, but big city folks were so used to that happening that they didn't stop to help. And he wished that he had been back down south, where people had not lost their sense of compassion yet.

[@yvonne6540]

I LOVE to hear Chris Stapleton and Dwight Yoakum sing Seven Spanish Angels. One of my favorite songs EVER. A Willie Nelson and Ray Charles Hit.

[@ritahopkins8544]

You want country? Listen to Merle Haggard!

[@caseyb4425]

You know you have a true southern drawl when the voice to text app can't translate you, like a friend of mine found out. A voice, and a song, that I think would truly touch you is Paper Rosie by Gene Watson. He has a voice unmatched by no other.

[@marymeisiek7706]

Casey B Siri can never understand me!

[@alorajinx2429]

was born in Pike County KY. Love Dwight, and I relate cause I'm just another coal miner's daughter.

[@sheralsamons3752]

I think they call it Twaanngg... lol. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. Found it today. Thank you 😊❤️😇

[@MessickGreg]

Like Buck said this song can mean a lot of things to different people

[@2beesfarmstead819]

Thank you for doing this song.

[@onlyme114]

Back in the early 90's Dwight was about as hot as they got in country. He had a lot of hits. Him and Buck ( the guy with him ) had a big hit called Streets of Bakersfield. Dwight has also done some acting. In Slingblade he was the mean boyfriend of the women Karl stayed with. The one he killed at the end. He's done several other movies. He never really got all the respect for his talent that he deserved.

[@ramonaalvarez7559]

LOL U crack me up. How's that go again Ty??😁 I think that's almost like yodeling. Luv me some Dwight Yoakam .. esp the way he wears his hat down low over his eyes & peeks out from under it .. oh Lordt 🤗 What I got from the song was Dwight held someone as they were dying in Cali. But B4 he died..he told Dwight to go back home to the South..in Dixie..bc Cali was the reason he was dying & Dixie was a better place to be. The man wished he was in Dixie so that's why Dwight sang the Dixie song to him..kinda fulfilling the man's dying wish.. Dwight was Dixie to him...in a sense. Wow what a song .. sad Cali's like that.

[@chrislind57]

and now you have to do streets of bakersfield.. It is a really nice song as well.

[@donaldmcnatt9463]

When he says people can relate to it I can I was born in south Georgia I grew up in Jacksonville Florida now I'm in Michigan. I'm 57 been up here for 13,14 years and still miss home.

[@unrulyjulie4382]

Dwight was really good in Sling Blade!

[@Syster56]

The man was homeless... And he cared for the old man... He couldn't leave... So he wanted to comfort him...

[@CheyenneNixon-p8m]

It's not a racist song. The guy dieing left his southern roots. I live in the deep south and do not have a racist bone in my body. My nephew ia African American and is precious and il·love him so so much❤😊❤ the sound Dwight in voice is a yodel I think Dwight is from Kentucky. He's a nice gentleman I meant him and I believe you'd like him 😊 Don't forget Muscle Shoals.Alabama Rick Hall loved the song of blues and he didn't see color it's talent he saw....check it out😊

[@bucksbrainpostcast8762]

Dwights voice inflation is called twang

[@olanaowen7320]

Google says: Dixieland, in music, a style of jazz, often ascribed to jazz pioneers in New Orleans, La., but also descriptive of styles honed by slightly later Chicago-area musicians. The term also refers to the traditional jazz that underwent a popular revival during the 1940s and that continued to be played into the 21st century.

[@brandymccoyslone700]

Another great man yes💞I'm loving ur stuff 💞u know I gotta ask please do Daryl Singletary I let her lie for this ol Kentucky gal please 🥰

[@jrabonsound1913]

Yoakum is from Kentucky p, what he seen on the street that night was the death of a man apparently got trapped in the L?A. Homeless life and was from the South originally.

[@dougscott81]

Dwight is from Betsy Lane,Ky. Also played in Sling Blade with Billy B Thornton and also in Panic Room with Jodi Foster.

[@barbaramoore1711]

That's Buck Owens. He lives in Bakersfield, Ca. He's a country singer. His sound is known as the Bakersfield sound.

[@leapatterson2014]

I couldn't find where you had reacted to Disturbed's "The Light" or "Hold on to Memories." If you have sorry I missed it. I really think you will enjoy the messages they bring through that are very relevant.

[@kingscairn]

A young man left dixie years ago to make it big in LA , darkness wrapped its wings around him and drank himself to death in Dwight's arms - never to see Dixie again - Way down South in the land of cotton, ol times there - sing it with me boys - are not forgotten look away look away look away Dixieland

[@sixpakshaker88]

Streets of Bakersfield is a great song.

[@kevincason5309]

its simple man... we leave home in search of something. we don't really know what. we think that change will ease some longing. we find there aint nothin' out there either. we find ways to kill the pain. (the bottle had robbed him, of what he had). but we always view the past, the times we had with greater reverence. and we die lonely.... the artist sees this. attempts to capture that pain. attempts to provide relief through their work. 'til our last dying breath.

[@ronnywestberry9503]

yes a song from long ago made popular during the civil war "dixie"

[@NANA-rn3cd]

“FELLOW CITIZENS: I am very greatly rejoiced to find that an occasion has occurred so pleasurable that the people cannot restrain themselves. [Cheers.] I suppose that arrangements are being made for some sort of a formal demonstration, this, or perhaps, to-morrow night. [Cries of `We can’t wait,’ `We want it now,’ &c.] If there should be such a demonstration, I, of course, will be called upon to respond, and I shall have nothing to say if you dribble it all out of me before. [Laughter and applause.] I see you have a band of music with you. [Voices, `We have two or three.’] I propose closing up this interview by the band performing a particular tune which I will name. Before this is done, however, I wish to mention one or two little circumstances connected with it. I have always thought `Dixie’ one of the best tunes I have ever heard. Our adversaries over the way attempted to appropriate it, but I insisted yesterday that we fairly captured it. [Applause.] I presented the question to the Attorney General, and he gave it as his legal opinion that it is our lawful prize. [Laughter and applause.] I now request the band to favor me with its performance.'” Abraham Lincoln Dixie is the south! It’s was made most popular by the above kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZDOgotnZ7hsj6s&feature=share

[@redneckgirl4116]

Great song!

[@avalondreaming1433]

It's Texas When I Die for me. Please check out Tanya Tucker singing that one.

[@robertlayne802]

You should check out Sing me back home by Mearle Haggard sometime.

[@kristimarriner7673]

One of the best by Merle. Makes me tear up every time ❤️

[@drooney9]

That's a yodel that sound that you're talking about. "I wish I were in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten, look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land"

[@joeschmoe9154]

Dixie was written in the 1850s by Daniel Decatur Emmett and was very popular in minstrel songs all over the country. Sing the Song referred to the South it became the unofficial song of the Confederacy during the Civil War and was still very popular after in that region. It's basically a song written from the point of view of someone born in the South who misses it and wants to go back. This song is about a guy from the South who ended up homeless and and alcoholic and died in the streets of LA. Dwight Yoakum wrote the song from the point of view of a fellow Southerner who came upon him in his last minutes and tried to comfort him as he lay dying.

[@cindyphifer970]

I researched this song and this song was popular before the Civil War. Abe Lincoln called it one of the prettiest songs he had ever heard. Some people think Dixie means people that were for slavery but to me it has always just been about the land and its people