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Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
You tube ^ | 1969 | Joan Baez

Posted on 04/03/2021 9:24:36 PM PDT by Shark24

...one of the best-loved songs ever recorded about the Civil War: "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by The Band. The song was first recorded in 1969, and was later covered and/or performed by Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Jerry Garcia, the Black Crowes, Bruce Hornsby, and the Allman Brothers Band, among others...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: dixie; music; theband
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To: FreedomPoster

Great post. Thanks.


81 posted on 04/04/2021 9:44:18 AM PDT by Shark24 ( )
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To: wardaddy

Listening to Manassas now. Helluva good record.


82 posted on 04/04/2021 9:44:50 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Clemenza

FUNFACT-re Boyce & Hart;
Boyce & Hart were two of the three songwriters who composed the Theme Song for TV Soap Opera Days of Our Lives. 1965.

“Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Day of Our Lives!” as voiced by Macdonald Carey.


83 posted on 04/04/2021 10:00:01 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

The first verse of The Bonnie Blue Flag captures the Confederate ethos perfectly.


84 posted on 04/04/2021 1:33:53 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox )
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To: wardaddy

Neil Diamond, too.

L


85 posted on 04/04/2021 2:41:23 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. , )
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To: Dilbert San Diego

If we refused to listen to all music by lefties we’d be sitting in the dark listening to Anita Bryant.

CC


86 posted on 04/04/2021 3:17:00 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Celtic Conservative
" The band’s original version is better."

I agree. And here it is...

The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

87 posted on 04/04/2021 8:53:48 PM PDT by Pelham (Liberate the Democrats from their Communist occupation)
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