Dwight Yoakam I Sang Dixie

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[TexasMagnolia]

Dwight NEVER received the accolades he deserved! So unique.

[marymeisiek]

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.

[pamela]

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!!

[michelleortega]

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

[tmssame]

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

[charlesforbes]

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.

[BlueRidgeMtns]

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.

[Nik-koeq]

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

[karenmiddleton]

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.

[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.

[charlii]

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.

[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."

[minigirl]

You need to look up the video on YOUTUBE 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.

[robertferera]

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.

[matthewlee]

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!

[robertsalley]

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.

[jeaneskridge]

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.

[celiagorleski]

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.

[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!

[USMC-]

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