Steve Earle - Dixieland (Live at Farm Aid 2004)

[@timward276]

"I am Kilrain from the 20th Maine And I damn all gentlemen Whose only wealth is their father's name And the sweat of the working man Well we come from the farms and the city streets And a hundred foreign lands Shed our blood in the battle's heat Now we're all Americans" That is one of the most patriotic damn verses ever written. Thank you, Steve Earle, for writing it. What a great song.

[@erraticonteuse]

If you haven't read The Killer Angels, I highly recommend it. Kilrain is full of great lines like this. I was so disappointed when I found out he was the only entirely fictional character in the whole book, because I wanted to go learn everything I could about him. Also, as someone who had relatives in the Union Army who were recent German immigrants, as well as a 3rd great-grandfather who was just Canadian and joined a Maine regiment (not the 20th, sadly), I do love the "from a hundred foreign lands/Now we're all Americans" line so much.

[@timward276]

@@erraticonteuse Killer Angels is fantastic. Loved it. I read it after hearing the song. Kilrain really is a great character.

[@shawnaldrich7868]

Steve Earle is an AMERICAN icon,as AMERICAN as it gets

[@dougfitch3649]

I'm a songwriter and I really appreciate a historic, true story, told with humanity and relevance. Not sure how to put this but, it is clearly is, for lack of better phrasing, a song he believes in. I.e. aside from truth, there is an understanding and compassion there. I love also the obvious Irish flavor of the instrumental played on mandolin. COngruent, simple, elegant, and eloquent.

[@christopherherrin4469]

Keep pretending it was about slavey.

[@omegala1]

Steve looks so much better here in 2004 than he did in 1997 at farm aid. Good to see. Love his music.

[@bobbylane-weedhawks-skullm650]

He always looks great "in between wives"

[@stephenhill8991]

Such a talented songwriter..the real deal. Been lucky enough to see him in the UK and would love for him to come back to play for us.

[@scotsirish1970]

this song really touched me my moms side of the fam the arderys fought in the penn regiments at gettysburg and my dads side the mccoys fought for the the south i've been there and took whats left in. the arderys name is on the the penn memorial but no mention of the mccoys who died for the south oh well..what a shame

[@ADHD-Strategics]

It's so crazy to see how much Steve and his son, Justin Townes Earle, share the same body language and carry themselves in the same way on stage. I've never noticed it before.

[@princessofhesse]

Justine has a good voice, but he can't touch his father's.

[@princessofhesse]

yeah, Steve Earle knows of what he sings.

[@chadgonzo6446]

So sorry for your loss brother

[@RamseyMcV]

3464 medal of honour recipients. 2021 of them Irish born or sons of The Green. Remember that next Columbus Day.

[@terrybois5945]

At Fredericksburg, the New York Irish Brig was facing the Confederate Irish Brigade . When the smoke cleared the Union troops were decimated. And the Confederate Irish stood and saluted their countrymen

[@alechachman9599]

Columbus day is about Italian-Americans

[@comradecam]

Alec, it's more about historical revisionism, especially considering Italy wasn't even a concept yet when Columbus came to the America's and started a genocide.

[@OldGrunt227]

@@alechachman9599 : Nothing gets by you, Alex.

[@toddoberkfell3412]

What are your sources for that number? Because, from what I can find only 258 Irish-Americans have earned the Medal of Honor, which it’s still the most out of any foreign nationality. That being said, most people forget that more Germans fought in the Civil War than Irish.

[@familymetzgers]

Great song, from what I have researched and read I have to agree with him. It was about the money. When you own your labor force its much easier to turn a profit!

[@danielchamberlain2668]

As a descendant directly related to Joshua Chamberlain... I always loved this song. I hear confederate wavers playing it, it leads me into laughing... only for them to ask why...

[@moragmacgregor6792]

The tune he picks in the beginning is "Red Haired Boy," a personal fav of mine and as Irish as they come.

[@coastdweller]

Steve Earle, a self hating southerner but a great song.

[@donaldmackillop6736]

Begorrah...what a class act. We need Legions of men and women like this.

[@TheDustysix]

The 20th Maine and JLC saved this Nation. "Fix Bayonet".

[@comradecam]

All the butthurt by gullible lost causers in the comments makes this song that much better.

[@dirt5547]

He is so good.

[@dragonofthemist8611]

You want to hear a Civil War Song, I will recommend one I bet you havent heard, "I Wanna Be In The Cavalry (reprise)" - Corb Lund The dude is a Canadian and he perfectly captures the sentiments of both sides, but especially the South in the Civil War. Hint, it's sad.

[@JayJoJonny]

‘Now we’re all Americans’ hut!

[@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer]

what kind of mandoline is that?...I am considering buying one, just cause of this song....

[@nobodynobodys3828]

The ironic fact is the North were more similar to that of Ireland in that time period

[@patriciaclark9555]

💖☺💌😍

[@patglennon9671]

my favourite, being irish helps g.b.i. usa-ire

[@catdaddy3302]

When are you gonna take the Bonnie Blue off the Texas flag? Patrick Cleburne was an Irish Confederate who had a different belief. Deo Vindice.

[@johnndavis7647]

England abused the colonies with taxes and tarrifs. When the colonies had enough of it they rebeled and formed their own government. 50 years later the Northern states began to levy taxes and tariffs on trade with the southern states. When then southern states had enough they rebeled and set up their own government. In this case the oppressors didn't have to cross an ocean to bring their superior army and industrial might to the battlefield . See- Taxes and Tariffs 1833-1860

[@johnndavis7647]

War over Slavery as it relates to the economy? Gen. Sherman thought so and said as much in his memiors of the years 1843-1865.

[@sparx550]

Tuneage. It appeals to my Liverpool Irish left wing views.

[@guimarboy]

65sparx be always proud of being Liverpool Irish like half of the Beatles.

[@JacksonPolyp]

Almost the same melody as Galway Girl

[@melvynobrien6193]

He can do that; he wrote both songs.

[@stradleysmith6440]

Yes sir lol

[@JohnJohn-rv8fi]

this guy has a very black and white perception of the civil war

[@DongusMcBongus]

It was about States Rights! To own slaves.

[@cultfilmvideo6936]

This dude doesn't history and then insults those that do.

[@SspaceB]

You’re reading the wrong books boss

[@melvynobrien6193]

Steve Earle is great, but this song buys into revisionist history.

[@SspaceB]

mel obrien exactly

[@JohnJohn-rv8fi]

@@melvynobrien6193 what revisionist history?

[@erraticonteuse]

@@melvynobrien6193 Or you buy into an earlier revisionist history.

[@comradecam]

Aww somebody believes the propaganda of the lost cause and his feels are hurt by the truth.

[@Tdog24660]

ITS NOT ABOUT SLAVERY

[@SchizophrenicFrankie]

It's very much deep rooted in racism though, having originated in blackface minstrel shows. Plus the civil war was mostly fought over the legality of owning slaves so this song and to that extent southern american culture has its roots in racism.

[@rs4425]

@@SchizophrenicFrankie thanks for being the smartest person on earth

[@whatixdfuddix6896]

This guy is a traitor to “people that talk like him”

[@joeybarrett1981]

Maybe to you. I talk like him and he’s a poet well needed for the south.

[@erraticonteuse]

A traitor to traitors is a good thing to be.

[@rudywilliams6538]

how is he the traitor when its the southerners that rebelled against america?

[@stradleysmith6440]

That “guy” is Steve Earl, writer of some of the best songs that have to do with the south. It was a joke buddy

[@declanlee6894]

Not really you see the war is over we lost hence we are Americans and all on the same side.

[@georgegremillion4443]

Go ahead and abandon your Southern roots.

[@ByJingo76]

george gremillion Steve has always supported the down trodden and oppressed, he’s not going to sing songs glorifying slavers and the poor whites who drank up their snake oil.

[@chriswilson3009]

Hayes Hartman It wasn't about slavery,it was about the north trying to force the south to belp pay the norths debt to the bankers

[@danielmann5427]

@@ByJingo76 - need to learn true history. Name any other country that ended slavery by means of war? Abraham Lincoln was a tyrant and racist. During his famous debates with Sen. Stephen Douglas, Lincoln explained to the crowd: “I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races … I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races from living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be a position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.”

[@maddogavn]

POS

[@richardgifford4195]

close but wait

[@RaDHeyward]

Warning, sucky song ahead.

[@kilkee526]

Says the guy whose page links to arguably the worst songs every recorded in English.

[@djdatteddys2633]

I thought you were exaggerating, kilkee526, so I clicked over. It's probably been five years since somebody reminded me of "Sister Golden Hair." What'd I ever do to you?

[@LookMeInTheStraps]

@@kilkee526 kind makes him an expert then, no?

[@kilkee526]

@@LookMeInTheStraps It would if they were described as the worst songs in history. It doesn't when he thinks they're great.

[@dragonofthemist8611]

@@kilkee526 Omg, you replied to someone who commented on a 4year old post? Wow