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Dwight in my opinion is way underappreciated . I know it's not his original, but The Streets of Bakersfield is really good! The Heart That you Own is also a good one.
No! He was a homeless stranger Dwight & his brother happened to come across one day. The song, Dixie is about missing & longing for your homeplace & people.
This song is based on an encounter Dwight and his brother had with a homeless man one night walking the streets of LA. I thought he told this story before he began singing. Might have gotten cut off on this particular clip. I am pretty confident that this is how the story goes. Some one please correct me if I am inaccurate.
Dwight didn’t make it until he was 30. He left Nashville and headed to LA. True, heartbreaking story of a death he and his brother witnessed. Dwight is from Kentucky. His love for Buck Owens and the Bakersfield Sound brings the connection.
He was born in KY, but raised on the north end of Columbus, Ohio. After graduation from Brookhaven H. S. he attended Ohio State University before moving to Nashville and then on to LA then to Bakersville and his friendship with Buck Owens.
@@Lex34974 KYGIRL fan here, they rejected him in Nashville like they did Elvis because, they didn't like his way on stage, dancing when he sang! So he moved to Bakerfield, CA and, Buck Owens created the Bakersfield sound and, gave him his start there! That's why he loved Buck so much. Buck didn't judge him and, they wrote and recorded " The Street's Of Bakersfield " because of those people at Nashville! He was raised in Kentucky until he got a certain age, then they moved to Ohio, he is also an actor.
I've been watching your videos, mostly Dwight!! Thanks for your videos and I love your interaction with your beautiful wife!! I just love your wife,she acts so cute!! Your shows are great Justin thanks for sharing with us!!! Keep up the good work!!
I just subscribe to your channel. Happy to see you recognize all the older country singers. I sang Dixie is based on a true event Dwight went through. I was a teenager when that song came out.
Thanks James! Absolutely! I got into it a bit after I started playing in an outlaw country band a year ago. And my wife just loves it, especially Dwight!
That was just the old man calling a young man son. Here is a link to another live performance of this song. This from a show he did with Buck Owens. You may not want to watch another video, but it explains a bit about where the story came from. So just for yourselves give the intro a listen. ua-cam.com/video/UJCPnd3NDNs/v-deo.html
No, it was not his dad. Calling someone "son" is just an expression equivalent to "young man." (As in, "Listen to me, young man......") ***** I suppose "Dixie" was a kind of anthem for the CSA, but it is not a war song, nor is it political; it's a song about a much loved place. ***** By the way, Dwight uses both the words and melody of the opening lines of "Dixie" when he sings "Way down yonder in the land of cotton/ Old times there aren't near as rotten...." "Dixie" begins with the lines, "I wish I was in the land of cottton/ Old times there are not forgotten." The melody is the same. *** As for LA. Like Willie and Waylon, who moved on to Austin when they were rejected by Nashville, Dwight moved on out to California when he experienced the same. ***** Bakersfield. During the Great Depression, Buck Owens' family moved from the Dust Bowl to the Bakersfield area, as did many, many other people who were in the same dire straits. That's why country music has always been so popular there. ****** LOL. By the way, in Southern vernacular, "Bless your heart," is usually meant as an insult meaning something akin to, "You are hopeless." Think twice before you say that to your wife again! LOL.😱
No it wasn't his dad. It was a stranger who was far far from home. Both are from the South. He tried to comfort the man with a song he knew as he died. Stay the hell out of California. That is a true story.
Lol...😂 it's an old man saying son. He's from Kentucky. Bakersfield sound influenced him . He's awesome and I don't like a lot of country music. It was just a old man who had regrets about ever going to a crap hole like California and started drinking heavily. Nobody respected him after that , but he did. He told him to get hell away from here......very good advice. Very good indeed considering it's even worse now. No place for a person who knows the true beauty of the south. I'm not so sure why he just didn't go back but......
Dwight had no musicians backing him up. He had no singers covering up any mistakes he might make. He had no dancers who would hold your attention if he couldn't. It was just a man and his guitar and his voice singing a song that HE wrote. That's what I call talent! BTW, the old man was NOT his father. A lot of Southerners call younger men "son". Dixie is indeed a Southern anthem. Some of the lyrics are: "I wish I was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten, look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land. Oh, Dixie Land is where I was born, early on one frosty morn, look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land. Oh, I wish I was in Dixie, away, away, In Dixie Land I'll take my stand, to live and die in Dixie, Away, Away, Away down South in Dixie."
You are correct he is from Kentucky but was heavily influenced by the Bakersfield Sound. He has lived in LA most of his career. He used to be a rather regular guest on the late night talk shows recorded in LA. Living in LA gave him the opportunity to dabble in acting. He has appeared in a handful of major movie productions.
Dwight was born in KY but when his father got out of the Army, the family moved to Ohio & that's where he spent the majority of his childhood. He stared college at Ohio State but dropped out to pursue music.
Um google search can be misleading! The Song Dixie was a song way before the civil war. Yes they did sing it during the war but its not the way the song started. Dwights song is about a Rebel from the south who moved to LA . Its a sad song! very sad, a human is dying and people just walk on by but Dwight there and sings Dixie to him about the home he missed and loved and wished he'd never left to end up in California.
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Just a historical correction here, Dixie is a song of Southern pride but it was not the National Anthem of the Confederacy. The National Anthem of the Confederacy was God Save the South. Just figured I would let you know. :)
It was a song written when he and his brother were in L.A. and they were seeing things that they didn't like. Like, what the hell are we doing here, when we're seeing people just dying on the streets and nobody even caring.
It must have been something in the water and in that time. We got Dwight Yoakam that came out of Kentucky we got Brad Pitt I don't care if anybody likes him or not but Kentucky HeadHunters I like them. Actually went to a Kentucky HeadHunters concert when I was 15
My mom's cousin calls me son whenever we went to Kentucky. Like frenchtons Son the coke is in the fridge and that didn't mean Coke that any soda is Coke for some dang reason LOL
I bless your heart that you know in the South if you get to a bless your heart that's not that's like psychic telling you all dear because special you are oh my goodness. Honest mistake though I'm not making funny at 1iota not good would never pick on you would only tell you facts as I know them I will laugh with you not at you😉✌❤🤜🤛
Yes in the South if you're a young man and an older man is talking and he's going to call you son and you're going to call him sir and Lady a woman you're going to call her ma'am that's just the way it is and they say you don't hold buddy the hierarchy of respect just like anywhere you should but especially in the south is more prevalent you give up your seat to an older lady or an older gentleman you open the door for them again more prevalent in the South should be everywhere but yeah definitely just an older gentleman who'd whiteness brother actually encounters real story and it really Disturbed him
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Dwight in my opinion is way underappreciated . I know it's not his original, but The Streets of Bakersfield is really good! The Heart That you Own is also a good one.
I love this song
No! He was a homeless
stranger Dwight & his brother happened to come across one day.
The song, Dixie is about missing & longing for your
homeplace & people.
This song is based on an encounter Dwight and his brother had with a homeless man one night walking the streets of LA. I thought he told this story before he began singing. Might have gotten cut off on this particular clip. I am pretty confident that this is how the story goes. Some one please correct me if I am inaccurate.
This is a true story. This guy is telling the truth.
I think he told the story in the live performance where he sang it while sitting beside Buck Owens.
@@Gutslinger Thank you for clarifying.
I'm glad I read redundancy is annoying indeed how terrible true story
Yes, you are right!
Oh boy these Dwight Yoakam songs are so so good love you guys
Dwight didn’t make it until he was 30. He left Nashville and headed to LA. True, heartbreaking story of a death he and his brother witnessed.
Dwight is from Kentucky. His love for Buck Owens and the Bakersfield Sound brings the connection.
He was born in KY, but raised on the north end of Columbus, Ohio. After graduation from Brookhaven H. S. he attended Ohio State University before moving to Nashville and then on to LA then to Bakersville and his friendship with Buck Owens.
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KYGIRL fan here, they rejected him in Nashville like they did Elvis because, they didn't like his way on stage, dancing when he sang! So he moved to Bakerfield, CA and, Buck Owens created the Bakersfield sound and, gave him his start there! That's why he loved Buck so much. Buck didn't judge him and, they wrote and recorded " The Street's Of Bakersfield " because of those people at Nashville! He was raised in Kentucky until he got a certain age, then they moved to Ohio, he is also an actor.
Love this song and Dwight Yoakam. He's so talented! 💞
My CD/Album collection is massive. Going all the way back to to 1968. Dwight’s CD “This Time” is in my Top 5.
I've been watching your videos, mostly Dwight!! Thanks for your videos and I love your interaction with your beautiful wife!! I just love your wife,she acts so cute!! Your shows are great Justin thanks for sharing with us!!! Keep up the good work!!
Love Dwight! This is one of my favourites!
One of my favorite songs from him!
I just subscribe to your channel. Happy to see you recognize all the older country singers. I sang Dixie is based on a true event Dwight went through. I was a teenager when that song came out.
Thanks James! Absolutely! I got into it a bit after I started playing in an outlaw country band a year ago. And my wife just loves it, especially Dwight!
He sang that at Buck Owen's Funeral. One of Bucks favorite songs.
I am from Alabama, y'all made me laugh. "Bless your heart" 🤣
I always loved anything he did w flaco jimenez try"Things change "
One of the few songs that draws a tear.
Boy, I remember this song hitting me pretty hard back in the day.
His best song.
In the South, their are many terms of endearment: Son, Sissy, Sia…
Nobody EVER covers this song...at least that I've seen. Thank you for this:)
I must thank you for letting the artists sing their song without interrupting. Thanks again
Beautiful song Ive always Loved Dwight so under rated in my opinion.x💙
Southern euphemism is to say "son".
That was just the old man calling a young man son. Here is a link to another live performance of this song. This from a show he did with Buck Owens. You may not want to watch another video, but it explains a bit about where the story came from. So just for yourselves give the intro a listen. ua-cam.com/video/UJCPnd3NDNs/v-deo.html
Dwight Yoakam thr heart that you own
Dwight Yoakam is one of the best singers/actors of all time, check him out in Slingblade.
No, it was not his dad. Calling someone "son" is just an expression equivalent to "young man." (As in, "Listen to me, young man......")
*****
I suppose "Dixie" was a kind of anthem for the CSA, but it is not a war song, nor is it political; it's a song about a much loved place.
*****
By the way, Dwight uses both the words and melody of the opening lines of "Dixie" when he sings "Way down yonder in the land of cotton/ Old times there aren't near as rotten...."
"Dixie" begins with the lines, "I wish I was in the land of cottton/ Old times there are not forgotten." The melody is the same.
***
As for LA.
Like Willie and Waylon, who moved on to Austin when they were rejected by Nashville, Dwight moved on out to California when he experienced the same.
*****
Bakersfield.
During the Great Depression, Buck Owens' family moved from the Dust Bowl to the Bakersfield area, as did many, many other people who were in the same dire straits. That's why country music has always been so popular there.
******
LOL. By the way, in Southern vernacular, "Bless your heart," is usually meant as an insult meaning something akin to, "You are hopeless." Think twice before you say that to your wife again! LOL.😱
"bless her heart"
ok im still here you used bless your heart just right dude
No it wasn't his dad. It was a stranger who was far far from home. Both are from the South. He tried to comfort the man with a song he knew as he died. Stay the hell out of California.
That is a true story.
Rebel pride is alive and well. At least with me.
Lol...😂 it's an old man saying son. He's from Kentucky. Bakersfield sound influenced him . He's awesome and I don't like a lot of country music. It was just a old man who had regrets about ever going to a crap hole like California and started drinking heavily. Nobody respected him after that , but he did. He told him to get hell away from here......very good advice. Very good indeed considering it's even worse now. No place for a person who knows the true beauty of the south. I'm not so sure why he just didn't go back but......
Buck Owen's was Dwight's influence growing up. Hence.."The Streets of Bakersfield"
Now that I've complained enough, LOL, will you please react to Roy Orbison "Crying" or any other of his hits.
Dwight moved to Bakersville to hang with the country music scene out there
Love Dwight
Dwight had no musicians backing him up. He had no singers covering up any mistakes he might make. He had no dancers who would hold your attention if he couldn't. It was just a man and his guitar and his voice singing a song that HE wrote. That's what I call talent! BTW, the old man was NOT his father. A lot of Southerners call younger men "son". Dixie is indeed a Southern anthem.
Some of the lyrics are:
"I wish I was in the land of cotton,
old times there are not forgotten,
look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land.
Oh, Dixie Land is where I was born,
early on one frosty morn,
look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land.
Oh, I wish I was in Dixie, away, away,
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand,
to live and die in Dixie, Away, Away,
Away down South in Dixie."
And ironically was written up north in Yankee land. Not this one but the original song Dixie
You are correct he is from Kentucky but was heavily influenced by the Bakersfield Sound. He has lived in LA most of his career. He used to be a rather regular guest on the late night talk shows recorded in LA. Living in LA gave him the opportunity to dabble in acting. He has appeared in a handful of major movie productions.
This concert is from Austin city limits, as an artist you should know that avenue.
There have been a lot of country singers from Kentucky. Check them out.
In the south calling someone son "usually and older male calling a younger male". Where any female is called honey, or sweetie.
You have to listen to Red Dresses. Very surprising.
If you like outlaw country check out The Way That I Am and Old School by Creed Fisher
It’s time for “Things Change”, “I’d Avoid Me Too”, or “King Of Fools”
“I’d Avoid Me Too” is a more upbeat honky tonk bar song.
I always thought he was from Bakersfield too. 🤷♂️
Ha! She is cute with the son thing. I call everyone son and I have a beautiful daughter.
And calling someone son is a phrase we use in the south.
Dwight was born in KY but when his father got out of the Army, the family moved to Ohio & that's where he spent the majority of his childhood. He stared college at Ohio State but dropped out to pursue music.
That performance was on Austin City limits
Beautiful love you
Um google search can be misleading! The Song Dixie was a song way before the civil war. Yes they did sing it during the war but its not the way the song started.
Dwights song is about a Rebel from the south who moved to LA . Its a sad song! very sad, a human is dying and people just walk on by but Dwight there and sings Dixie to him about the home he missed and loved and wished he'd never left to end up in California.
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Just a historical correction here, Dixie is a song of Southern pride but it was not the National Anthem of the Confederacy. The National Anthem of the Confederacy was God Save the South. Just figured I would let you know. :)
It was a song written when he and his brother were in L.A. and they were seeing things that they didn't like. Like, what the hell are we doing here, when we're seeing people just dying on the streets and nobody even caring.
This video made me a sad girl 😢
I'm not into country music but trying to give your channel a few more listens to see what else you got besides Rush, ha
Flaco Himinez
Check out Brooks & Dunn- Neon Moon
Yes..if u r from the deep south this is a common thing to say as well as boy if an older person is talking to you.
I thought everybody knew what Dixie was. Guess I was wrong.
It's never actually said who the dying man is. Calling a man "Son" is normal, in the hills of Ky.
For most of us in the mountains, calling a younger man "Son," is a term of endearment. Just like we call most women, "Honey," or "Sweety."
He was a homeless man, Living on the street's of LA and, people there were mean to him because, he was a Southern man!
It's an old man talking to a younger man about life
Is Dixie a song?
You gotta be kidding me!!!
Not his dad. Southern people say SON as respect.
😂😂😂😂😂
ROFL!!!!!!!!!
That is just a way of saying to a younger person to pay attention. Not necessarily next of kin.
older southern men call most younger men son's
He was from the poorest county in the nation. Talk about coming up from nothing
He’s probably from the same place that Justified was based out of.
It must have been something in the water and in that time. We got Dwight Yoakam that came out of Kentucky we got Brad Pitt I don't care if anybody likes him or not but Kentucky HeadHunters I like them. Actually went to a Kentucky HeadHunters concert when I was 15
My mom's cousin calls me son whenever we went to Kentucky. Like frenchtons Son the coke is in the fridge and that didn't mean Coke that any soda is Coke for some dang reason LOL
I bless your heart that you know in the South if you get to a bless your heart that's not that's like psychic telling you all dear because special you are oh my goodness. Honest mistake though I'm not making funny at 1iota not good would never pick on you would only tell you facts as I know them I will laugh with you not at you😉✌❤🤜🤛
Yes in the South if you're a young man and an older man is talking and he's going to call you son and you're going to call him sir and Lady a woman you're going to call her ma'am that's just the way it is and they say you don't hold buddy the hierarchy of respect just like anywhere you should but especially in the south is more prevalent you give up your seat to an older lady or an older gentleman you open the door for them again more prevalent in the South should be everywhere but yeah definitely just an older gentleman who'd whiteness brother actually encounters real story and it really Disturbed him