Posted on 08/16/2017 2:36:44 PM PDT by RooRoobird20
Agree.
I love that song!
But I love a lot of The Band’s work - especially “The Weight” with The Staple Singers from The Last Waltz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSzL5-SPHM
And at least one voice of sanity.
Kid Rock Tells Protestors to ‘Kiss My Ass’ Over Confederate Flag
Good for Kid Rock!
I was thinking about this just the other day. How dare she sing a song like that!
the version by Levon Helm a7 the BAND was better.
Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
'Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin' they went
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E Lee"
Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,
But they should never have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin' they went
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Like my father before me, I will work the land
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet,
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing,
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin', they went
Na, la, na, la, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing,
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin', they went
Na, la, na, la, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin’. they went La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,”
always wondered why the people would be singing la la la when their homes are being destroyed...
Here is the best version ever of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by the people who wrote and first produced the song.
Robbie Robertson wrote the song and is/was performed by The Band.
Robbie and The Band were/are Canadian, the lead vocals were done by Levon Helm, the only American in the group.
Joan Baez's version was copied from these guys and when asked why her words are different, she replied, "I sang it as I heard it".
George Stoneman, (the calvary leader, from NY, who tore up the RR tracks) went on to become the 15th governor of California.
(Just a little , FYI)
Love him.
Kid Rock is an incredible musician.
Great song. Always wondered why the hippies loved it - it cast the slave-holding southerners in a good light.
Me either. Pete Seeger, that old Stalinist, singing If I Had a Hammer. Hey bozo, go down to Home Depot and buy one! They're under five bucks!
I have walked the tracks of the Danville train.
Guess we have to tear them up again.........
I assume it's because they were happy the war was finally over. It's really an anti-war song. "they should never have taken the very best".
Agreed.
Actually it’s about a poor farmer, not a slave owner. It’s an anti-war song, which is why Baez did it.
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