The band sings about the night they drove old dixie down

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The night they drove old dixie down lyrics

The song is a first-person narrative relating the economic and social distress experienced by the protagonist, a poor white Southerner, during the last year of the American Civil War, when George Stoneman was raiding southwest Virginia. The song appeared at number on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the greatest songs of all time. Joan Baez recorded a version of the song that became a top-five chart hit in late The Band were a Canadian-American roots rock group that originally consisted of Rick Danko bass guitar, double bass, fiddle, trombone, vocals , Levon Helm drums, mandolin, guitar, vocals , Garth Hudson keyboard instruments, saxophones, trumpet , Richard Manuel piano, drums, baritone saxophone, vocals and Robbie Robertson guitar, vocals.

The members of the Band first came together as they joined rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins's backing group, The Hawks, one by one between and Follow 9 fans. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.

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