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spanone

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18. levon was raised in the south/arkansas ....historical research for a song is called a co-writer

Reply to WorseBeforeBetter (Reply #17)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 03:29 PM

Jul 2015

robbie had none of that.

i read levon's book and he was pretty bitter about it....

it is a powerful song and levon was one of our greatest voices

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Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [View all] struggle4progress Jul 2015 OP

Too sympathetic to the rebels? HassleCat Jul 2015 #1

Only a pawn in their game struggle4progress Jul 2015 #3

I'm reccing the song and your tagline. Either it's new or I haven't noticed. i was still in libdem4life Jul 2015 #26

Especially those who fought for the confederacy and we not slave holders. They had no stake in jwirr Jul 2015 #6

It was written by a Canadian. nt lumberjack_jeff Jul 2015 #2

Wasn't Arkansan Levon Helm involved somehow? (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2015 #14

written by robbie robertson.....canadian spanone Jul 2015 #16

That I know about Robertson. I thought I heard somewhere that Levon was... WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2015 #17

levon was raised in the south/arkansas ....historical research for a song is called a co-writer spanone Jul 2015 #18

He was involved in that the song was written for him to sing Major Nikon Jul 2015 #34

its about whiners who started a war and lost and can't get over it. catchy tho nt msongs Jul 2015 #4

Nice Technics SL-1500 turntable with a Stanton 600 series cartridge playing it. Elwood P Dowd Jul 2015 #5

I loved The Band's version Gloria Jul 2015 #7

That's my preferred version. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2015 #15

The enitre album is just something I still love Gloria Jul 2015 #20

I still have my Pioneer turntable... kentuck Jul 2015 #23

A complicated, emotional tune about a difficult, conflicted era -- it can be seen as anti-war. . . Journeyman Jul 2015 #8

What a great version! kentuck Jul 2015 #12

Havens could cover anyone's song it seemed, even a signature piece, and make it his own . . . Journeyman Jul 2015 #28

+ struggle4progress Jul 2015 #13

Somebody posted this link in another thread, and I thought it worthy of reposting. Cassidy1 Jul 2015 #9

a haunting but typically inpenetrateable REM song arely staircase Jul 2015 #10

The idea for the song came from Robbie Robertson hearing "the South will rise again" cemaphonic Jul 2015 #11

It's a great song. cwydro Jul 2015 #19

All the bells were ringing daleo Jul 2015 #21

I have empathy for the conscripts. I have no empathy for folks who would kill to own other folks. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jul 2015 #24

It's an anti-war song from the prospective of the south. Sam_Fields Jul 2015 #25

Right marions ghost Jul 2015 #29

Did Cher do a version of this song...I keep thinking of her as I hear the other renditions. libdem4life Jul 2015 #27

Mebbe. Dunno. I've lost track cuz so many folk have covered it struggle4progress Jul 2015 #30

I think the prevailing sentiment is more anti-war than lost cause lament. fishwax Jul 2015 #31

I think that the "Robert E Lee" in the song refers to the steamboat rather than the general. cemaphonic Jul 2015 #32

I think you're probably right about that too fishwax Jul 2015 #33

At the time it was written, the US was bombing the living shit out of Vietnam Major Nikon Jul 2015 #35