The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Single by the Band
from the album The Band
A-side"Up on Cripple Creek"
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1969
Recorded1969
GenreFolk rock[1][2]
Length3:33
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Robbie Robertson
Producer(s)John Simon
Audio
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by The Band at YouTube

"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a 1969 song by Canadian-American The Band and taken from their second studio album The Band. It is an A-side to their hit Up on Cripple Creek.

Joan Baez version[change | change source]

"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Single by Joan Baez
from the album Blessed Are...
B-side"When Time Is Stolen"
ReleasedAugust 1971
GenreCountry Folk
Length3:26
LabelVanguard
Songwriter(s)Robbie Robertson
Producer(s)Norbert Putnam
Joan Baez singles chronology
"Sweet Sir Galahad"
(1969) 		"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
(1971) 		"Love Song to a Stranger"
(1971)

The most successful version of the song belongs to Joan Baez and was taken from her 12th studio album Blessed Are.... It went to number 3 in Canada and the United States, number 4 in New Zealand, number 5 in Australia, number 6 in the United Kingdom and number 8 in Ireland.

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Pitchfork Staff (August 18, 2006). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 12, 2022. ...whose dramatic performance here turns a period piece that could have been a "Schoolhouse Rock" episode into a mournful piece of folk-rock.
  2. ↑ Valdez, Steve (2014). "Folk rock". In Henderson, Lol; Stacey, Lee (eds.). Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century. London: Routledge. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-135-92946-6.
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