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"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".

 

I am very fortunate in having heard this amazing song performed live by The Band on their tour in support of the s/t "brown" album. The only other live music experience I’ve had that equals it was hearing Little Village perform John Hiatt’s "Lipstick Traces" on a soundstage in Burbank in ’92. The Little Village album was not so hot, but they sure were!

The Beatles? Saw them in ’65. Hendrix? Saw him in ’68 and ’69. Cream? Saw them in ’67 and ’68. The Who? Saw them in ’68 and ’69. Who else ya wanna name? Sorry, hearing The Band live spoiled me for just about EVERYONE else. Not Iris DeMent, whom I just saw this past Thursday. Stunningly great!

 

Here’s J.R. Robertson, Eric Levon Helm, and some other guy talking about the song and its’ creation:

 

https://youtu.be/nVYBW_zCvOg?t=1

 

 

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I saw Miles Davis on David Sanborn's TV show Sunday Night Music on NBC. This was near the end of Miles's life. The backing band was The Red Hot Chili Peppers! I kid you not! How the mighty have fallen!

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Going way back I saw Jimi Hendrix on the David Frost TV show (Summer of ’69?). This was at my high school friend's house where we watched on a black-and-white TV, along with his father. That same July I was there watching along with my friend and his dad as Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the Moon! Kids today have no idea what they missed!

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One more blast from the past: I remember seeing the Jefferson Airplane on Ed Sullivan doing Lather and Crown of Creation. Grace Slick sang both songs wearing black face makeup! My parents were in the room watching too, this time on a color TV.

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I bought and enjoyed the Brown album when it came out. My appreciation for MFBP came decades later!

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