Alabama AD Greg Byrne responds to fans upset with ‘Dixieland Delight’ being cut short

Alabama football fans were excited last season when UA brought back playing “Dixieland Delight” by country legends Alabama at Crimson Tide football games. Recently, however, fans and media members alike have noticed the song being cut short.

For the second week in a row, Alabama starts Dixieland Delight only to cut it way short to play something else. It's essentially dead again.

— Marq Burnett (@Marq_Burnett) October 27, 2019

Dixieland Delight cut short again.

— Pat Dowd (@Pat_Dowd77) October 27, 2019

Alex Brehm, fiddle player for Five Card Draw and stats analyst for Crimson Crossover according to his Twitter bio, tagged Alabama AD Greg Byrne in his tweet.

Bring back the fiddle solo @Greg_Byrne

— Alex Brehm (@ajbrehm24) October 27, 2019

His tweet got the attention of Byrne. In his reply, Byrne said Bryant-Denny Stadium fans will likely hear the fiddle solo in two weeks.

We have tried a few different formats the last two games. Good chance the DLD fiddle solo will be back in two weeks 🙂✌🏼. #RollTide 🐘 https://t.co/z9QjNxEuzA

— Greg Byrne (@Greg_Byrne) October 27, 2019

Two weeks from now, “Dixieland Delight” will likely be one of the last things fans are thinking about as No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 LSU will be battling in Tuscaloosa.

Andrew Olson

Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.