The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, by The Band

The Music Aficionado ^ | APRIL 25, 2016 | The Music Aficionado

[jacknhoo]

The late 60s saw a number of great artists looking back into the American past to find a new musical direction. Bob Dylan started the trend releasing John Wesley Harding, the album that produced All Along the Watchtower. The Byrds followed with Sweetheart of the Rodeo, a classic of Americana, and the Band released Music from Big Pink, the record that influenced countless musicians. For me the song that best symbolizes that chapter in music history is The Band’s The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down from their second album released in 1969, The Band.

[jacknhoo]

Thanks, I’m adding that to my playlist.

[jacknhoo]

And Marxists want to erase that, too, from history. And some idiot RINOs want to appease them.

[scottiemom]

Thanks for the memory. I can’t believe he’s gone. Sure will miss him. Here’s one for you: https://youtu.be/SM3jgkChV6M

[Pennsyltucky Boy]

Sorry. The mournfulness and soulfulness of the Band’s version conveys the real sadness and regret of seeing the end of the old southern way of life fading away as the war ground to it’s inevitable destructive end. Baez turned the song into a peppy revolutionary celebration that marched into the future waving flags and portrayed no regret whatsoever. Her uptempo zeal in the performance is totally misplaced, like celebrating Mao’s cultural revolution as a Mardi Gras Parade. Also her non-stop forced vibrato is grating.

[inpajamas]

YES.