The night they drove old dixie down. The Band

One of these days the South is going to rise again Bill Graham organized a meal that consisted of 200 turkeys, 300 pounds of salmon and 400 pounds of pumpkin pie, plus an orchestra playing waltzes and poets reciting their craft
Davis and his cabinet fled to Danville, Virginia, while the Union Army led by Major General George Stoneman was trying to capture him The lyrics tell of the last days of the and the suffering of the South

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Should we do away all parks in south like Shiloh and fort donelson.

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Also, if Robertson did his homework, he would have known that general E
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Once again we see someone trying to re-write history to justify the Southern States slavery era
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But the last one, from a friend of Levon, closes it: Joe Lore Mud is the answer
Would a Southerner have called it "a rebel stand" or himself a "rebel"? Even a casual listen to the actual lyrics in the first release of the recording reveals that Helm is singing "the Robert E But you don't get concert versions after 1976
I have expanded some points, and added some of the comments from The Band , as well as extra sources, which makes it less of an essay and more of a discussion The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - alternate mix - this mix features unused overdubs - mixed by The Band, 3 June 1969 not heard; based on advance publicity Singles B-side of , November 1969, US 25 B-side of , 1977

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Deb from Oregon My vote goes toward "blood" because of the image that blood was spilled.

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When you look at it that way, it backlights Virgil's tragic, bitter silhouette all the more intensely! Willis was initially bothered by the gibberish "ba-dee-ya" lyric White used through the song, and begged him to rewrite it: "I just said, 'What the fuck does 'ba-dee-ya' mean? It definitely appears to be mud, and you can give good reason for that as in this 1995 piece: Art Dudley In a tour-de-force vocal, Arkansan Levon Helm sings about the "Winter of 65" from the perspective of the vanquished
The Story Behind The Song: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, by The Band
Best to remember were in an active war now
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Then I went and I did some research and I wrote the lyrics to the song