Olga, Helga. Helga, Olga.

Where's that darn inkwell.......

I believe that is Duane's girl friend Dixie and her sister on either side of him. They look like twins!

He looks like I do when I have to go to the Dentist...childhood fear...pain level has to be off the scale before I will go. Poor Duane is in misery!

He probably had some kind of chemical in him, obviously not near enough to cut the pain! It takes alot to get rid of a abcessed tooth which is thobbing with every heart beat.

Setting in the Dentist's office,
got a world of trouble,
pain so bad,
it makes me mad.

I got the abcessed tooth ache blues,

Woke up this morning,
I got the warning,
Feelings like a hammer in my head,
lord, I wish i was dead.

I got the abcessed tooth ache blues,
Oh yeah,
I got the abcessed tooth ache blues.

Anybody want to add lines to this please do,
I think it needs a line or two..

Wail on Brothers and Sisters, Wail on!

Oooh, ouch, ouch, ouch! It definitely looks like a serious wail is in order. Here's a few lines for RD:

Remedies, I'll try 'em all.
Clove oil, tea bags, even a garlic ball.
RD gave me an ice bag to rest on my cheek.
Donnah's bourbon was nice, but I'm still feelin' bleak.
Starla gave me a Popsicle, told me to suck.
(I think she was teasing, but today she's outta luck.)
Owen said try Sensodyne, like on Paul Harvey's show,
He didn't tell me where to find it, I guess he doesn't know.
Paco said try meditation,
I said "Legal or not?" just for clarification.
(He got mad and said I wasn't serious.
Well, so sorry, Paco, but this tooth has me delirious.)
Starla said "How bout a massage for your jaw?"
Lisa said "Some of my milkshake? We can share a straw?"
RD, all pouty-like, said "I still say go with ice."
I swear, the pain is gettin' worse, for all this bad advice!
Mike was all grinnin' asked did I have any string?
Owen said, "No, that's just an old cartoon thing.
Don't bother with string, with twine or with wires.
Lookit here, I've got a pair of pliers!"
The others all nodded and motioned him up close,
Cindy poured more bourbon, said I'd need a double dose.
Starla crie "I can't look!" but she stayed froze in place.
Lisa said the same thing, but she covered up her face.
Next thing you know Owen's got the tooth in hand!
Somebody screamed, someone fainted, I think I heard them land.
I opened my eyes up slowly, afraid of what I'd find.
Donnah sang out "Operation over, now it's back to the grind!"
Cindy said "What'd we learn today, kids, from this boy's tale of woe?"
They shuffled back and forth, it was clear they didn't know.
So I felt better and told them, some things they need to heed:
Kids, I know you like your bubble-gum, but it's nothin' that you need.
Your caramel corn and candy-apples you buy down to the shore.
I like 'em too, but just look how they made me sore.
So gang, thanks a million, you've all been great!
I've learnt my lesson, I'll start a brand-new slate.
I'm cuttin' back on sugary stuff, there's just too much at stake.
So bye, y'all, and... Lisa? You done with that milkshake?

Sign her up! Good job all you songsmiths. Ya'll need to move to Nashville and start a songwriting buusiness. You could call yourselves the Donnah's Midweek Duaneiacs and publish some of these jewels ya'll been writing.

Now me, I like the dentist, like the pic. Yes RD I think you are right on who is in the pic with our beloved. I think he was playing to the camera a little bit. I'm sure it hurt but with the girls laughing and all and we all know he was a funny guy off stage so that's how I came to my conclusion. I guess I like the dentist because as old as I am (that would be as old as the hills by the way), I have never had but 3 cavities. Now one caused the tooth to break, but that's pretty good.

Donnah, thank you for the picture, the friends we have made and for keeping Duane's memory alive. You rock! You blues just don't sound the same:>
Have a good weekend everybody and of course...

Wail on, Skydog!

"Ladies, this Cosmo quiz is just too weird. I'm gonna wait outside for a a minute."

I still have the tooth.. It has been up on Ebay
for years now..
LMAO at Mike's ink comment..

I always really thought so much more of Duane for
having a girlfriend named Dixie..She fit right in with Hot Lanta.

"Sluuurp" bye milkshake! :) Some cool work there!

Duane looks big in this picture or are the girls just petite? I wonder how tall Duane was. Which one is Dixie? Anybody know whatever happened to her? I also can't help but wonder who took this picture? (man, I sound like an annoying 2 year old. Sorry). But if anybody knows and wants to share any of the answers, that'd be totally cool to the max.

I've always really liked this one cuz he's making them girls laugh. (even through all his pain)

Thanks Donnah!

I'm going to hazard a semi-educated guess, and say DA was probably around five-nine or five-ten at the most. Average size to most people, but by Starla Standards even Danny De'Vito is tall.

Are you a shorty Starla? No offense. I'm only about 5'2" myself. (5'6" back in the 80's due to hair)

Lisa, you will always feel tall next to me. I am four foot ten.
And I wasn't old enough to have the big eighties hair either. Anyway, my hair won't curl or tease. So I have to rely on uncomfortable and dangerous but very flattering footwear.

Duane was about 6'1"..no less than 6'0".

You sure? He doesn't look quite that tall, even allowing for the extra height that being so thin gives.

Owen, you're going to have to provide a link. Duane's height has been an item of mystery to me for years. I've yet to see anything definitive.

I've packed a tape measure in the Swamp Bag, next to the Off! and the beach towels.

I could send this pic off to NASA and ask for their help on this vital(!) issue:
http://www.florida-cracker.org/archives/004547.html

Holy Moly!!! Yea, Duane and Gregg weren't no 5-9, theres no way Im that close to them. They were TALL fellers. Im with Csason there.

And I think Dixies on the right...? Thought Donnah mentioned that before when this one was up a while back.

Oh and dont even get me started on teeth issues!!! I got a nice set of chompers now, but I went in on braces for 4 YEARS!!! I was an orthodontic specimen, the Dr told me.
(and I've never liked the dentist... I can stand lotsa pain, but I just HATE mouth pain, especially on my gums with those water picks!! ouch!)

Oh ya, and I LOVED those verses! It makes me wanna sing it all with a Duane-ish accent to the style/tune of 'No Money Down' with some hot slide licks in between... Heck I might even do that over this weekend!!!! (I'll try to get it on youtube and link it here if I do!)

Thanks all, and
Wail On!

Cool lyrics all! very cool, thanks! Im guessing Dixie is on the left cause Duane and Dixie's shirt match. Both tie dyed creations. Im guessing both Dixie and her sis were petite young ens...I can say that now cause Im over the hill.

Where is Dixie lee Meadows? Here are the possiblities, The places she has lived in the past and one may be the current city she lives in.

Phoenix, AZ
Pasadena, CA
Aspen, CO
Castle Rock, CO
Boynton Beach, FL
Hypoluxo, FL
Lantana, FL
Atlanta, GA, Macon, GA
Solon, OH

According to the net, no listed relatives and she is 62 years old.

Dixie sure did get around these are other places she has lived or now lives.

Cumming, GA
Cleveland, OH
Pasadena, CA
Beaufort, SC
Saint Simons Island, GA

From what I have read Duane was head over heels in love with Dixie. Only one problem, Duane didnt know she was already married to someone else! Makes me mad she hid that from Duane. Duane liked to call Dixie Little Martha and wrote the beautiful instrumental for her.

After he died Dixie tried to get Duane's money and stuff, rightful heir his daughter Galadrille and Duane's common law wife fought her in court and won. After that Dixie disappeared from the scene.

Donnah, I wish I knew how to email you so you could use these rare pics of Duane and Gregg here. I can only provide the link: http://www.thunderroadsnm.com/html/flashback.html

As far as I know you never posted any of these. Duane when he was swimming with his bro. and him as a very young teen and a couple of others.

I got a big kick out of these as its getting hard to find unpublished pictures of the King of the Slide Guitar! Rock on, brothers and sisters and have a good time!

Got 'em! Bless you, my child.

C'mon, now.. y'all gotta be kidding me.

First things first.. Isn't Dixie Lee..just one of the coolest names you ever heard ? Mmmm mmm..

I am looking at Gregg's pic next to the Harley, and thinking most of the pics I have seen of him and Duane, Duane is just a tad taller..(adult ones..)
and Gregg is (using the size of the bike as a rule)
72-73 inches.. So, certainly Duane was 72-73".

Now, the failsafe method would be to use Hot Lanta's length as a rule, and measure Duane that way..I know Starla Dahling has other designs on ways to measure The King of the Corcidan bottle with the cool named girlfriend, but that's only if
she can get past the "you must be at least this tall to ride" sign..

Dixie Meadows? Please. It sounds like a subdivision. Take Green Hills Road till it turns right into Southern Springs Lane, then watch for the sign "Dixie Meadows, Homes for Sale. Starting at $250'000." The kind of place where the developer tore all the trees out, leveled all the natural features, and then named the streets after them.
And Owen, you underestimate me. I am an old hand at beating the Restricted by Height rules. That's why you'll see me in four-inch-heeled hooker boots at Busch Gardens.
And in the swamps there's all kinds of convenient rocks and stumps and hummocks to stand on. I flatly refuse to sit by on a bench holding other people's cotton candy and watching their purses while they have a good time.

Ahh, you slay me, Starla.

Wonder what new pics we will be seeing soon;)!

Yea Miss Dixie showed her true colors after the accident. Duane must have seen something in her that the rest of us didn't. Of course there were a lot of secrets hidden in her little braided head that he never knew about. Maybe that's why she's been running around all these years. Makes you think.....

About DA's height...got to be more than 5'10 because that's my height and I know from looking at all the pictures of him that he was taller than that. Well if Donnah doesn't know then I guess it'll remain a mystery.

Good week end to all....

Both Duane and little brother were over 6'. I'm 6'1" and they were/are about my height.

Dickey was the shortest at about 5'8" or 9".

Lisa's original question served as a very handy way of finding out how tall everybody is, didn't it? lol
Cindy, as to Dixie Meadows-Lots-For-Sale's true colors... more than one person can and has played the "Happily Married, But Not to You" game. :) Her version just turned out to be a little nastier than usual because of the shameless attempted money-grab later on.

Starla, another hmmm,u got me thinkin, maybe we should check those cities out and see if Ms. Dixie is a real estate agent..imagine this..Meadows reality, or better yet Little Martha Reality!

Dont think I would buy a house from her though, if she lied or didnt tell Duane she was already married imagine buying a house from her..
It might go something like this: You said your newly purchased house needs a roof replacement? And the central air needs replacing?.. And there is tree roots growing in the plumbing....? Well, you didnt ask me, so I didnt mention it. Sorry, deal is done.

I wonder if Duane would have survived the accident if he would have proposed to her?
Would she keep quiet and have 2 hubbys..my guess is yes, from what I've read her occupation at the time was full time groupy.

And Donnah, no problem, I gots oodles of time to find things. It was a honor and my pleasure to to able to give back a couple of pictures, after the hundreds you have given us Duaniacs all these years! As Ernie Ford would say "Bless your little pea pickin heart." :>

Rock on brothers and sisters and have a good weekend!

Thanks everyone for all the very interesting info!

And Starla, you kill me. That Dixie Meadows Suburb stuff was classic! lmao

RD - Where have you read about Dixie? It seems like there's nothing on the web about her that I can find. If you're anything like me you probably don't remember the specifics. lol.

I was thinking if anybody knew how tall Berry was, there's that picture of them both on a balcony although Duane is leaning slightly on the railing. Duane still looks to be a few good inches or so taller than Berry in that shot. Duane looks really long waisted in that picture. (possibly a little long WASTED too).

Have a great week-end Duaniacs!

Lisa, the info is from the "Midnight Riders" book.

If realty didn't work out, Dixie Meadows is a passable name for a dairy farm. WIth Little Martha as the spokescow.
"You say your milk is watery? Impossible...well all I can say is, it rained all last week and the cow must've got wet all the way through." lol
Tidbit from watching VH1 way back in my misspent youth... the girl the song "My Sharona" is about really did go into real estate after she got done groupying. SO there's evidently a precedent.
Proposing to your girlfriend is no guarantee of accident survival. Just ask Dodi Fayed.
Dixie would have had a much harder time pulling off her little scam today, what with everybody and their brother-in-law being able to do a search on the computer.

"WIth Little Martha as the spokescow."

That one made me ROAR.

You sure it didn't make ya go "Mooooo!"?

I don't think Duane really has a toothache. If he did he would be wearing a tie dyed bandana wrapped around his jaw and tied 'round his head ala "The Little Rascals". I believe he is actually reading a copy of "Rolling Stone" and is aghast because of some unflattering photos taken by Annie Liebovitz. Duane reportedly was heard saying, "The only way she'll get my picture is if I'm asleep or passed out."

Starla's been busy..guess my little 'short stuff' comment's really jacked you up there..huh .
Dixie Lee is a fantastic name..A classic, and a great one at that.

Even if it was a subdivision, or a dairy..it still would be a great name. I could even go as far as to say a set of heels manufactured by Dixie Lee shoes would be preferable to me.

My wife is 5'3.75" so I know all about heels, and
walking slow in parking lots and all that other stuff. Speaking of heels, looks like Olga and Helga are wearing some clogs or some weird variation.

I'd be willing to fry my fish in some Dixie Lee cornmeal.

Or the Dixie Meadows Mobile Home Community, Active Adults Only. No Pets, Please.
Dixie Lee Shampoo with Buttermilk.
I'm beginning to feel a whole lot better about my own name now. At least it doesn't sound like a product I could buy at Wally World.

btw..If I spot something on the shelf at Publix that
has the word Dixie in it, it goes in the cart.

Dixie Cups! Dixie Cups! Dixie Cups!
And those throwaway Dixie Bowls too!
*looks around in frustration* Will some taller person kindly reach down the Dixie Bowls for me?

Dixie Crystals

Cairo Beauties

Luzianne tea.

I guess we'll find all this at Winn-Dixie?

Donnah is correct most of it is in the Skydog book. But, did you know there r free sites that you type in the person's name and last known city and state and voila, there it is. I typed in Dixie L Meadows, and Macon, Ga and up it comes. It gives relatives (none listed and age. Scary stuff almost everyone who has had a job and paid taxes r listed.

Happy Valentines day to all the Duaniacs!
Rock on brothers and sisters, and have a good time!

Most of the time you can find these things in Winn-Dixie..but I like Publix, where shopping is a pleasure..

but I think Deep South is a Winn-Dixie private label.

Abscessed Tooth Ache Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxGqzbgunmo

Enjoy! =P

Omigod, Ben! You really did it! *helpless giggles* I'll be damned! You are good!
I couldn't make out all the lyrics, my speakers aren't the best, can you post the words? Or at least the ones you improvised? Thanks!
Once again, you are the man of the hour!

Ben...you have made us all you tube famous! That was fantastic. Ok Starla.....you better get those tickets for you and RD to Nashville. You better take Ben and of course Donnah because she has got to be the CEO of the song writing enterprise. Ya'll are a great bunch....but we won't give little brother the credit for that line;). Thank you Ben for making a Monday a hoot!

Okay, I listened again, and I got the lyrics! I can't believe he name-dropped us all! (Even Paul Harvey. lol)
Man, we should sell it to the American Dental Association, they can use it to convince people to go to the dentist regularly and floss every day, under threat of Owen performing an extraction with pliers.
Cindy, you can come too, you and Lisa. I'll need hair and wardrobe consultants if I'm going to take Nashville by storm. Somehow I don't think the Swamp Boogie Queen ensemble will fit in as well.

Nice slide work, Ben.. Sounds a little like Duane !
The vocals reminded me of the old beat up Ford
song..

Hahaha, glad you all liked it!
It def would need grooming if we wanted to further it, but I just did some quick work and churned that out. Had a blast!
I coooooould possibly do another take and really get into it... =P

That was awesome to the max Ben!! Dug it!

Hey, has anybody seen this interview with Butch Trucks? It's pretty cool. He talks about Duane some.

http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviewbutchtrucks09.htm

If and when Ben revises it, he should have the sound of your milkshake in there: that loud, gross sound of somebody prospecting the last drops with a straw. It sounds like a death rattle.

Good idea Starla! He said he could do another take. How about it Ben? And can you make it sound strawberry? :)

I knew you would like strawbery, Lisa! Maybe RD is right and ESP really is at work here.
And if somebody could find the sounds of pliers cranking on a tooth, and certainly a few hideous screams)...

Hahahah! I'll see what I can do =P
Things are gettin a lil busy for a bit but I'll try to work on it, and I wont be lazy this time, I'll sing it right out, and get the LP with Fillmores out to play the REAL slide sound! B)

There's a song on Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies that would be perfect for the "plier" sound. It's called "Unfinished Sweet" and it's toward the end of the song if you happen to have that album Ben. Just a suggestion.