[jessduntno]

One of my favorite songs...especially the version they did live on the farewell concert, The Last Waltz...great song, great band...American music at it’s absolute best...

[BOBTHENAILER]

Great re-wording of a fantastic song.

[manc]

off to a memorial for a sons of confederate veterans member.

Hope you do not mind but I’d like t print this and take it with us.

[Michael.SF.]

In before the Northerners start ripping apart ol’ Dixie, and The Band’s great tribute to Southern Pride.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMHyovwX7JM

[nathanbedford]

I confess I have never quite understood the lyrics of The Night They Tore Old Dixie Down because I thought it was somehow doctored by Joan Baez to fit her politically correct notion of how Southerners react to seeing their society" gone with the wind." So I looked up the song in Wikipedia and was astonished to find that it was written by a Canadian just a decade or so ago.

I have always preferred from the point of view of authenticity, "I'm A Good Old Rebel" the song and lyrics of which can be heard and read here:http://www.dixiescv.org/ole-rebel.html

If you listen to the song please tell me if you agree with me. I don't think it is nearly as good as the version done by Ry Coder which you might remember from the movie, "The Long Riders." That is the version I have on my cell phone and you might imagine that it raises more than a few quizzical eyebrows when my phone rings here in Germany.

[Tainan]

You did good.