The Band – “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, “Up On Cripple Creek” And “The Weight”

One of the most memorable songs of the Seventies for me was actually written shortly before the decade began: “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, by Bob Dylan’s Canadian backing group The Band. The song, written by Robbie Robertson and sung by Levon Helm (though he aparently claims to have contributed to the lyrics), […]

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