The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (REACTION) First Time Hearing It
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#theband #thelastwaltz
One of the best singers and drummers ever, the Great Levon Helm
Certainly the most intense and soulful drummer/singer I ever saw.
The Last Waltz is one of the all time greatest concert films ever. Directed by Martin Scorcese
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I remember I have seen this movie in my childhood in communist Romania. You can not imagine what I experienced.
"The Band" was a Canadian-American rock band formed in 1967. They started out as the "Hawks", the backing group for singer Ronnie Hawkins & later they were the back up band for Bob Dylan. Their most popular songs are "The Weight" & "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". But they had a lot of other great songs such as "Up On Cripple Creek", "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)", "The Shape I'm In", "Ophelia", "It Makes No Difference" etc.
Almost everything The Band does is pure gold It makes no Difference is a must, Robbie wrote great lyrics and Rick sang the hell out of it, as Rick usually did.
@@hannejeppesen1809 "Makes No Difference" is Rick's beautiful signature song. He dies a little every time he sings it.
@@joannerichards1750 Robbie wrote it with Rick in mind. Felt he could sing it without it coming off as self pity. He was of course right.
This song was always seemed personal to me and I am a northern.
Music from Big Pink , never gets old !
The song "The Weight" from this when the classic R&B group the Staples joins them is must see at least once
That one goes on my list. Thanks.
If you like documentaries, Ken Burns: "The Civil War" is about the best way to learn about the US Civil War.
Good tip ! I should rewatch it. The early photography shows you so much more than just reading about it.
I will see if i can find that one. Love a great documentary.
I have all my great grandfathers journals from this war…. Sad but true… brother fought brother….
Definitely stories to preserve in the family. Very sad, but very valuable.
I lived on the San Francisco Peninsula from 1967-77 and this was the last concert I saw at Winterland. They opened the doors at 5:00 pm and it ran well past the usual 2:00 am closing time. I had seen the Band there a few years earlier, but this show with Dylan, Clapton, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Ron Wood, Ringo Starr, Joni Mitchell and many other guest performers was truly epic. I didn't know at the time that it was being recorded, so when I saw the movie years later, I could hardly believe that I was getting to relive the experience all over again. The nostalgia I felt, increased the experience exponentially.
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Who were some of the performers who didn't get in the movie?
@@johnperrigo6474 It's been a while since I saw the movie and 48 years since I was at the concert. I think that all of the performers were included in the movie at least once, even though they may have sung in several songs. If you go to "The Last Waltz" Wikipedia page, it discusses the concert and the film. Scroll down to the 'Performances" heading and there is a table listing all of the songs. The columns include Song, Artist(s), Concert, Film and Albums. The Concert column lists the order performed and the Film column lists the order shown in the movie, including omissions.
That had to be an incredible experience! I would have loved to have been there. So sad that they are all home now except for Garth.
@@johnperrigo6474 I replied to you earlier, but I don't see it here. I'll post it again, but if you don't see it, maybe it got taken down for referencing a non-TH-cam web page. I'll split it up into two parts.
Robert E Lee was the Commanding General of the Confederacy. When they sing "come and see the Robert E Lee" they are referring to a riverboat of that name. The Civil War was primarily fought over the issue of slavery. Cheap slave labor was the source of wealth for many land owners in the South. The massive loss of lives on both sides was heart breaking and even split some families apart. The more you go down The Band's rabbithole the more impressed you will be. Fabulous musicians and songwriting. Reall top notch.
Negative ghost rider, the war was about money power and greed. Only in the end did slavery play a part. When Lincoln knew he was in trouble, he created the " emancipation proclamation". In all reality Lincoln was for slavery. Here is one of his quotes; if I could win the war without setting a single slave free, I'd do it!....
And also the north had the same or more slaves as the South.
In 1864 Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama were the richest states in the nation. These states held the key to everything that came through the Mississippi River and it's ports throughout the south. Washington and the north wanted this for themselves. Thus, the war started. And to this day, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are the 3 poorest states in the nation.
@@robertjones6971 Bullshit.
Yes, this is definitely revisionist history. South Carolina actually succeeded from the Union before Lincoln was even sworn into office (Lincoln was removed from all Southern Presidental ballots so he did not carry one Southern state) and the attack on Fort Sumter occurred about a month later (the Emancipation Proclamation wouldn't occur until 2 years later and while it did not free the slaves, it gave them a path to freedom by joining the Union Army). Lincoln was not a hard-core abolitionist, but the North was intent on restricting future slave states, which the South recognized would diminish their future political power. Back to the song, whether one one fought on the side of the Confederacy or the Union was pretty much determined by geography, as slave ownership was only for rich landowners in the south. Slavery was the driving force in the agrarian South needing massive cheap later, while the North was primary industrial. The truth is the end of the Civil War was a forgone conclusion, especially after Gettysburg, where Lees hope of fighting the war in Union territory was dashed and it quickly became a war of attrition due to the South's dwindling resources. The point of the song was from the prospective of a common man in the south, not fighting for slavery, but to preserve the only way of life he knows.
It Makes No Difference from The Last Waltz is the one that gets me every time. Their music got me through the hardest time in my life. I used to hire the VHS tapes, then eventually got the DVD version. I still have the vinyl and poster as well. ❤
R.I.P. The Band members who have passed away, and live on Garth.
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Yes, that was General Lee who was the supreme commander of the rebel army. Richmond, Virginia was the capital of the Confederate states. The southern or Confederate states were the rebels and seceded from the northern states which started the Civil war. The south is also called Dixie. The people of the northern states were called the Yankees. Needless to say, the northern states under Abraham Lincoln defeated the southern states thus abolishing the institution of slavery.
Well and succinctly said.
Nice. Thank you for explaining to our European friends!
We live in Arkansas and recently took a little road trip to Levon Helm's childhood farm in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas. Just being there in the Mississippi River Delta country makes you feel the blues, rock-a-billy, and country music almost as if Levon got his talent from the soil.
Thanks for sharing that! Hope i can one day see the Mississippi (or at least a small part of it 😃)
I prefer this version over the studio version. Levon’s vocals are so heartfelt and Robbie was such an amazing songwriter, his words move you.
Robbie Robertson is Native American (and one hell of an artist).
Last Waltz is a must see concert film. From Muddy Waters to Joni Mitchell to Bob Dylan just one great performance after the next and Scorsese does a great job capturing them.
Highly regarded as one of the best books written on the American civil war is Battle cry of Freedom: the civil war era by James M. McPherson.
Yes, it's the best single volume history of the Civil War.
Absolutely Agree
Thank you for that recommendation. Will see if they have this one on kindle.
It is a great movie. Somehow it has become a family tradition at our house to watch it on the evening after Thanksgiving Dinner.
Now that i am exploring so much music, i definitely need to watch it.
It used to be on TV on Thanksgiving for a number of years
Maybe on TBS ?
I don't remember which channel though
I later bought 5 of the DVDs
1 each for my brothers , Father and myself
@@MAC-gx3ji that's probably where it started lol
Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy, fell to Union forces on April 3, 1865.
April 2: The Confederate government and military begin to evacuate Richmond. Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet leave by rail. Soldiers are instructed to set fire to warehouses and bridges as they leave. This is the night referred to in the song.
April 3: Before dawn, Confederate troops destroy bridges as the last soldiers leave going south. Union troops advance from their lines to the east, arriving on the edge of the city at around 7:30 AM. The 29th (Colored) Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry is the first Union infantry to enter the city.
Once Union General Ulysses S. Grant had taken nearby Petersburg, Jefferson Davis, the Confederate President, and his Cabinet evacuated Richmond by rail, instructing Confederate soldiers to set fire to warehouses and bridges as they left. The flames spread unchecked and devastated the city before being extinguished by Northern troops after the city surrendered.
President Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad visited the smoldering city on April 4th. Ten days later, after the Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Lincoln was shot in the head by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth while Lincoln was attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died of his wounds the following day, April 15, 1865 at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater. He was the first U.S. president to be assassinated.
Near the end of the American Civil War, Lincoln's assassination was part of a larger political conspiracy intended by Booth to revive the Confederate cause by eliminating the three most important officials of the federal government. Conspirators Lewis Powell and David Herold were assigned to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward, and George Atzerodt was tasked with killing Vice President Andrew Johnson.
Beyond Lincoln's death, the plot failed: Seward was only wounded, and Johnson's would-be attacker became drunk instead of killing the vice president. After a dramatic initial escape, Booth was killed at the end of a 12-day chase. Powell, Herold, Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt were later hanged for their roles in the conspiracy.
I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia and I grew up in a rural area near the small town of Chester about 20 miles south of Richmond, between Richmond and Petersburg. In the woods around my house, there were many trenches still intact from the Civil War (aka "The War of Northern Aggression" as some southerners called it). My friends and I played imaginary battles in those trenches when we were kids. In the autumn, the trenches would be filled with fallen leaves and we had fun jumping into the huge piles of leaves in the trenches.
Thanks so much for taking the time to share this. Much appreciated!
@@SaeedReacts. You're welcome. Thank you for your insightful and heartfelt reactions to great music.
The first few notes at the beginning of the song was a song called "Look Away Dixieland ". You can hear sprinkles of it during the song, just musical parts, no singing
Interesting piece of trivia for ya'll. Levon Helm, the drummer, was in a scene in the movie "Shooter" with Mark Wahlberg. Levon was the old expert in firearms!!
Joan Baez also sang this song and is another voice from this generation to explore! Put a flower in your hair and keep diggin!
That is interesting!
My first Joan Baez reaction is coming later today.
"Dixie" was the Confederacy, which are the states that seceded from the country to make their own country so that they could keep their slaves. The Yankees were the soldiers of "The Union" (the remaining United States), and the song reflects the sadness and wounded pride of the losing side.
"When all the bells were ringing " = fire alarms!
You’ll absolutely LOVE The Last Waltz! Perhaps the greatest concert film ever made!
I was privileged to grow up in the same area as all The Bands members (other than Levon - who I eventually met). I was a few years younger than them, and they were already considered musical hero’s in Southern Ontario Canada. I got quite friendly with Danko, and miss him to this day!
Peace
Definitely will watch the film.
Thanks for watching and have a great day.
Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and singer, an amazing song writer and singer!
@@rhphotocdn Robbie Robertson was in the Red Rock Ensemble. He is from an indigenous tribe in Canada and his band did an album of songs about the Native American culture and people. Fabulous
The Last Waltz is the best concert movie I ever saw. Nothing comes close. The Band is incredible in that movie.
Definitely need to watch it.
The drummer grew up in the south, it where they get their southern sound. Ken Burns has a doc on civil war that will help you understand
I started watching that documentary!
This is a tremendous song, packed with emotion.
As of 2009, the Danville train still ran twice a day through the bottom of my back yard in Richmond, VA
Hello from Danville Virginia, home of the Danville train referenced in this song. The train ran from Richmond VA to Danville VA and was part of the main rail line in the south. When Richmond burned at the end of the war, the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis and his cabinet escaped by train. They stopped here in Danville for 1 week, making Danville the last Capitol of the Confederacy.
Thanks for sharing this. Greetings from Belgium.
They were Bob Dylan's backup band for awhile.
Check out “the weight” a song with the The Band and the Staple Singers
Good for the soul
As of july 22....I'm 31 years sober....no meetings 🙂3 years? good for you..❤
Congratulations! You’re AMAZING! I wish my dad had been able to do that! He was in 2 wars and he turned to alcoholism! VERY sad! It’s only recently I’ve to veterans and they’ve told me that he probably had PTSD! It hurts because we didn’t know about that in the Sixties! God Bless you! Peace and Blessings to you and yours from Australia!
Congratulations on your longterm sobriety! That's very inspiring!
@@SaeedReacts. thanks...it's hard, but worth it.
33 years for me last February. Congrats
"The Last Waltz" is an amazing movie, filled with all sorts of cameos. Feels like half of the big artists in music at the time show up. This song is, I think, more about the plight of the poor working man, more than it is specifically about Southern Civil War veterans. Levon is from Arkansas, and they have a very Southern vibe, but they do a good job of defying categorization. A lot of Southerners felt like they lost the best of their young men to a war helping rich slave owners, who often found a way to get out of fighting in the war that sought to protect their way of life.
As others have mentioned, there are so many gems from that concert, the collaborations with all the musicians and bands they ever played with (they were the back up band for Bob Dylan, for instance, and were simply referred to as "the band" so they kept that as their name when they went out on their own.) Others have also recommended The Weight and I heartily agree! Levon Helm sings Ophelia, and other songs you'd love - Up on Cripple Creek, Evangeline, The Shape I'm In, It Makes No Difference. Sometimes I just put the whole album on repeat... :)
The gentleman on the Drums is Mr. Levon Helm (RIP), the only American in The Band, the rest of the guys were from Canada. He was originally from Arkansas, a Southern state, so he had some feeling for the words he was singing. Had the opportunity to see Levon when he was playing with The Cate Brothers, a band from his home state, as the opened a concert for the Grateful Dead in Lewiston, Maine back in 1980. A powerful song with strong lyrics and an important message.
Saw the Band 3 times in Chattanooga after Robbie left the band! We were standing in front of the stage between Rick and Levon all three times! It was excellent! Richard Manuel had already passed away. Richard’s voice was missed but was still great
Love the band! There history alone is a incredible story by its self. ❤
Ken Burns the documentarian did The Civil War and it is an amazing watch.
I'm a huge fan of the band being from Canada. My town is smack dab in the middle where all 4 of the canadian boys grew up (not the drummer). It's been a few years since I read their biographies but I'm pretty sure this is the last time the drummer sang and played this song. Out of all the recordings this one is the best imo and he sang his heart out and went for it.
Yes, that is what I read as well. Had to do with Levon turning bitter against Robbie, some years later. Great singer and drummer but had some personality issues. Love their music and especially love Rick and Robbie.
Watch The Last Waltz and We Were Brothers.
Meet the Band one if the best bands ever.
Shelby Foote is the most prominent historical writer. If you want an audio/musical history suggest the concept album "White Mansions" featuring a host of very special musicians put together by outlaw country star Waylon Jennings and his Wife Jessie Coulter and even Eric Clapton sitting in. It tells the story from the Southern side with several characters woven in the songs, the aristocrat son who leaves his finance as an officer, the low down redneck who doesn't care about slavery but if you're gonna invade his land, how the South didn't want war but when the Union invaded they took up arms and heck it'd be over in six weeks time and they'd just whip their asses. And how the whole affair turned into a huge national tragedy with the Southern states on a comparative basis seeing more destruction than Europe in WW2. There is a written narrative that goes along with it and the music is fantastic and will make you cry,
Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy. Lee was the commander of southern armies and a southern hero.
And a villain to all right thinking people.
Another great reaction, I really enjoy your insight and appreciation of the music that is the soundtrack to my life, it almost makes me feel like I’m hearing it for the first time. There is an award winning bio on US Grant by Ron Chernow that is an amazing look at Civil War era America
Amazing song! Thanks so much for watching and that recommendation.
@@SaeedReacts. absolutely check out the Last Waltz film for yourself, but for the channel The Weight with the Staples from the film is a must
Word is, the best night out a trophy class entertainer could ever have was to be invited to a night at Levons house to hear him perform.
This is the last time Levon sang this song! He knew it and put everything he had into it!
For a Great War song, check out Bobby Bare (legend) singing Lookout Mountain about a desperate last stand late in the war. My 4 times great uncle fought there.
Hi, Saeed. A very good book would "The American Civil War", by John Keegan. Two good movies about the civil war are "Glory" and "Lincoln".
And after you saw "The Last Waltz", and you heard their famous song "The Weight", I would like you to check "The Weight/a song goes around the world." I bet, you will be pleasantly surprised. 🙂
Oh, and I forget...Dixie, or Old Dixie is the nickname of the Confederate States.
I saw Lincoln when it came out but thats 12 years ago. I know a bit about the Civil war, but want to dig deeper. Still need to watch Glory.
Will look up that book. Thanks.
"Free State of Jones" is another great Civil War movie, based on actual events of a contingent of Southerners who opposed involvement in the War, and opted to create their own, "Free State of Jones"
I LOVE ❤ this song!!
Great song!
Four out of five members are Canadian but they play American music better than most American bands.
Deep rabbit hole. The Band is the band that influenced everybody else with the release of their first album Music From Big Pink. I don't think they ever had a bad song or bad album. The Weight, from this same movie, is your next stop, then Makes no Difference, and then Evangeline.
I live in Mississippi 50 miles north of New Orleans...I'm just glad I did not live back in that era.My Great Grandad..was made to leave the country after the war, because he would not pledge his self to the union...True story..My Grand 's name is famous in Honduras..It is even in their museum .
Oh wow, i didnt know people had to leave if they didnt want to pledge allegiance.
Grant 's memoir is lucid and full of first hand accounts of his part in the war.
The spectacular thing about this song from a lyrical perspective is that it perfectly captures the plight of the poor southerners after the war, their land ravaged, their Confederate money literally worthless, and their friends, neighbors, and family dead, without glorifying the evils of the Confederacy or embracing the Lost Cause mythology. Much credit to Robbie Robertson for writing it and to Levon Helm for giving him a southerner's perspective, not to mention to Levon for the unbelievably poignant singing.
For more on the US Civil War, check out "A New History of the American South" by Edward L. Ayers from the Great Courses Series. It's essentially 11 hours of college lectures by a respected professor. It's available for free from a lot of public libraries or for purchase directly from The Great Courses or from Audible.
Thanks so much for sharing this info!
Will check on Audible, i just got my annual credits 😃
I'm so glad you had a chance to experience The Band. They were one of the premier classic rock bands and their music is timeless. Robbie Robertson (the guitarist and one of their songwriters) went on to work with Scorsese, scoring many of his films. They made an incredible team. Most of their great songs are listed below, but a particular favorite of mine is Chest Fever, with one of the most amazing organ introductions ever. And as an aside, Todd Rundgren, who you recently reacted to, produced The Band's Stage Fright album.
The War Between the States was heartbreaking, for both sides, my family lost a cousin to a Rebel prison camp when he was captured fighting for the North. I wish they could have solved things without fighting and killing each other.
The Band was previously the band that backed Bob Dylan in the mid 60s. You'll see Dylan in the "Last Waltz". The Band has many great songs. Some of their earlier ones are "The Weight" and "I Shall Be Released" both of which are magical and sublime.
The Robert E.Lee was a reference to the paddle-wheel steam boat named after the general!
Great Reaction! ❤ The church bells were ringing in the South as a warning to everyone in town! This is the perspective from the side that lost, the South, whose army was led by Robert E. Lee. So glad you reacted to this one, which I haven't heard since the early 70s, but was on the radio a lot when it came out! ❤ You asked for recommendations on the American Civil War and I cannot be more emphatically excited to recommend Ken Burns' documentary mini-series called The Civil War. It uses real photographs, letters from soldiers to their loved ones and vice-versa to tell the story of the war as if you are hearing it from your Grandpa, complete with the beautiful & often sad music of the 1860s in the background. If that is the only thing you ever watch, you'll know everything. Ken Burns is the ultimate historian & creator for documentaries.❤❤❤
Thank you so much for this recommendation! I will look up this documentary. Sounds exactly like what i am looking for.
Have a wonderful day!
@SaeedReacts. you too! And you will love it. It is a multi-hour series, but each hour stands on its own it breaks up the civil war into 10 hours or so - something like that. This war was gritty & cruel. Some of the photographs are astonishing. They are some of the earliest photographs ever taken in the u.s.a. I am a woman & still enjoyed it. It is not technical, but it does explain war strategy a bit. It is heartbreaking, actually. The best MOVIES i would recommend ; COLD MOUNTAIN with Jude Law, Renee Zellweger, & Nicole Kidman. A GREAT movie!! And "GONE WITH THE WIND" with Clatk Gable & Vivien Leigh - it is a famous movie from the 1930s when the Civil War was only 60 years in the past. It is also an epic and great movie!!
The North was referred to as the "union" or "yankees" hence the NY Yankees. The south was the "rebels" or "confederate" states. The north wore blue uniforms and the south wore grey. Often one side or the other were refenced by their uniform color.
Thanks for letting me know about that!
my fave song & performance from the Band! ♥ You gotta check out their song It Makes No Difference
Be sure to find the uncensored/longer version. Can link if you have someplace to send
Will add this one to my list. Thanks.
The book Gods and Generals by Shaara, Jeff
Joan Baez also sang this song
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The book Across 5 Aprils is loosely based on Hunt’s grandfather and his story regarding his experiences during the war, written in the early 1960’s
Thanks for telling me about that one!
The movie is well worth watching. A true Classic.
Will check it out.
Good job my man you picked a great song to react to... Levon went on to become a successful actor as well ❤❤❤
Great song! Will look him and his work up .
Thanks for watching.
Lotta great songs from that film
Do more
Yankee was slang for a Northerner. The Mason/Dixon line was the separation of north and south. South was considered Confederates, north were the Union army
Thanks so much for that info! Definitely need to read more about it.
I had a friend tell me if you could drive a stick shift you could drum and by golly he was right! I'll definitely admit it is hard to sing and drum at the same time. But practice makes perfect.
I can drive a stick shift! Maybe i need to try drumming 😅
@@SaeedReacts. Think of the Hi-hat as the clutch and the Bass drum as the brake and give it a try!
The American Civil War was a complicated scenario that developed over many decades with stark societal differences, some of which still present issues today. It was a very bloody conflict resulting in more than 600,000 deaths. At the end of the conflict many viewed the Union Army as the most powerful in the world. Churchill, upon learning that Pearl Harbor was bombed supposedly wrote "having studied the Civil War fought out to the last desperate inch, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful".
Thanks for sharing a bit. I started watching a documentary series on it the other day.
Great react/review! Many excellent, brilliant insights.
Thanks so much!
A thousand books. Hundreds of documentaries. It’s a deep rabbit hole. Get ready!
I started watching the Ken Burns documentary. And also saw a few books in my audible subscription that i might check out.
Thanks Saeed - yes do watch The Last Waltz, you will love it. I've watched it several times through the years. And if you're interested in the history of the civil war, Ken Burns always does an amazing job. Highly recommend all of his work. ☮
Will watch that film.
And i seen Ken Burns a few times now, so that must be a good sign 😃
Yep, you need to watch The Last Waltz. I saw them in the mid-seventies, and they were great.
Will watch it!
They did a live version called The Weight with the Staple singers. Mavis Staples is a SOUL Queen; u will be hurting ur journey if u don’t hear it. It doesn’t matter if u post it or not, just being a pal👍🏼😎
Thanks for the recommendation!
There aren’t really two sides, really except for the waste of good lives for evil. The Civil War was about slavery. The South(Dixie) wanted to continue the enslavement of African people. The South wanted to secede from the Union in order to keep their economic system working. The articles of secession plainly state the reason, slavery.
That said , Levon Helm was from the South, the only American in a band of Canadians. Love him (RIP) and the Band.
Levon's ancestors were from the North and were supporters of the union. Levon did not like performing this song. He was a believer that the Northern Union was right and the war was needed to stop slavery and force the states back together in the union and make the US one again.
You are right to a certain extent and wrong at the same time. It is far more complicated than just the southern states wanted to preserve slavery. It was far more the issue that the federal government was overstepping their authority. It was and still to this day that the states have more power than the federal government when pertaining to laws. They succeeded because the federal government was making a law that all states would have to follow, which at the time was unheard of. Slavery was just the issue surrounding the arguments around state rights vs. the federal government. This is why it was necessary to pass amendments to the constitution to abolish slavery. Unfortunately, this was done after the war and not before. We can go deeper into the reasoning to the South's succession with taxation and other economic issues the South had with the northern states, but that would be a whole other book, and even the explanation that I gave on the state's rights issue is quite simplified.
@hp697c Read the 11 secession statements. They clearly state the reason they wanted to secede.
Read anything by Shelby Foote.
Thank for the recommendation!
Think about the brain for a second. It has to send a message to the left leg, and something different to the right. Same for both arms. Then, it has to remember melody, timing, and send a message to the vocal chords to sing the correct lyrics in the correct tone. All... AT THE SAME TIME!
Its incredible ! I think about stuff like this all the time 😄 . Fascinating!
I applaud your courage my friend. +1 sub
Thanks so much for subscribing!
Love this song by Joan Biaz too❤🎵🎶
Must check out her version as well!
Bruce Catton wrote several books on the civil war and is considered to be the best. Also, in the song, when they mention the Robert E. Lee, it's in reference to a steam ship with that name.
Thanks for the recommendation and info! Much appreciated!
Had forgotten this one
Great song!
If you want to know more about the War Between the States I recommend Ken Burns The Civil War, the books of historian Shelby Foote (born in my state), and a wonderful series of fiction books by the Shaaras. Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels, and The Last Full Measure. TKA was Michael Shaara, which won the Pulitzer and was the basis for the film Gettysburg, one of the best films about the War. G&G and TLFM was written by his son, Jeff Shaara, as bookends to his dad's book. As a Southerner and historian myself, I'm intimately acquainted with the history. My ancestors fought in this tragedy. Lived in Vicksburg for awhile, went relic hunting a bit on the banks of the river, seen the cannonball still stuck in the wall at Cedar Grove, and lived in an apartment that had been quarters for house slaves. Some of the old plantation homes are apartments in Vicksburg. If you ever come down here, holla. I can show you loads of music history and regular history.
Did you know that Levon Helm, the drummer/singer of The Band was also nominated for an Oscar for Coal Miner's Daughter? He played Loretta Lynn's daddy in the film.
Thanks so much for these recommendations and sharing some info. Much appreciated! Its definitely a bucket list item to take a drive through some of the States and learn about the history.
I also recorded a reaction to the song Coal Miner's Daughter, but its not uploaded yet.
Lincoln, Gods and Generals, Glory
Saeed - The 'Old Dixie' being referred to in the song is the Confederate flag which flew over the 11southern states of the Confederate States of America ( CSA ) from 1861 - 1865. When it says, 'They drove Old Dixie down' it means the soldiers of the United States of America ( Yankees ) took down the flag of the CSA flying over Richmond, Virginia, the capital, when it surrendered in April of 1865. These were very bad times in the South, much had been destroyed and there was little food.
Thanks so much for taking the time to inform me about this!
Gone with the wind! Movie🎉🎉🎉
The Civil War Documentary by the amazing Ken Burns. A nine episode documentary. Award winning just like the last waltz was.
I watched the first episode 2 days ago. Hope to continue this weekend.
This was one of my favorites growing up.
As someone who appreciates cinema, I’ll highly recommend “The Civil War” an amazing documentary by the famous Ken Burns
This one seemed to be mentioned a lot. I started watching the first episode yesterday.
If you're interested, the Ken Burns documentary about the civil war is iconic. Some of the commentators on there are historians who've written books on the civil war. I read the first volume of Shelby Foote's civil war history, but they're huge books, so it'll take me a while to get up the energy to get through volumes 2 and 3.
A lot of their songs kind of come from the perspective of farmers. I know Levon Helm was very active in things like farm aid. This song is about famers having their crops and livestock plundered by the various armies as they're going through, and even after they've lost family members in the war.
The yankees are the North in the civil war context.
Thanks for the recommendations. Will look up those books.
I did watch the first episode of the Ken Burns documentary since this recording.
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Good book on the subject
Thanks so much for the recommendation! Will look up that book.
One of my favorite performances and Levon Helm was such a great vocalist. One thing you do tend to notice about drummers who sing, is their vocals are usually dead on beat. You can drag or lead a vocal line, but I can't recall a drummer doing it. I think that would be pretty tough.
You need to listen to Jamie Johnson, the song, "rebel soldier" , very sad, very true. The video with pictures hits hard.
And it is about the civil war.
You are killing me with these top-notch songs! Keep up the good work you will never run out of songs
Damn straight, best reactor out there!
Thank so much for the kind words! So many amazing songs!
The American civil war was the result of centuries of culture clash, as well as economic warfare between the north and south. The southern states believed that since they voluntarily joined the union, they could voluntarily leave it. The north had the opposite opinion. Almost a million deaths later, the matter was "settled", I guess. Great song, great band, sad story.
Music from Big Pink .
Drumming and singing...
Ringo Starr with the Beatles.
Don Henley with the Eagles
Phil Collins with Genesis
and so many war :)
In an interview once Don Henley was asked about how difficult it must be as a drummer and singer and he very humbly replied "Heck all I have to do is hit things it's those guys that play guitar and keys and have to remember all the cords and licks and keep in time that have it hard!". Probably one of is few humble moments...
The most iconic story written about the Civil War is Gone With the Wind written from the perspective of a spoiled southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Fictional, but entertaining.
Recently I've been reading a series called the 'Bregdan Chronicles' by author Ginny Dye, (waiting on book 21 to come out this year) These books are well researched and tell of things happening in the North and the South during the pre war years and after. The politics (real history) and the life of a different kind of Southern lady from Richmond Virginia, (fictional history). The story addresses all of the issues of our struggling country during the years of 1860 to 1874 (so far).
These books deal with all of the issues from the slaves, Irish immigrants, Native Indians, the rise of the KKK, work conditions in major cities, child labor, the women's suffrage movement at the time and so much more. I would recommend them if you want an entertaining story with a lot of factual history throughout.
I really enjoy your channel and the way you react to the songs from my era.
I have seen it, but i was probably way to young to understand it. "Frankly, my dear. I dont give a damn" is the only thing i remember. I must watch it again and maybe read the book as well.
Thanks for the recommendations as well!
Oh wow! Did The Band write this song? There's a VERY famous version by Joan Baez. I always assumed that it was hers. And in the end it's Robbie Robertson's! I just Googled it. 🙂All this time I thought that they were covering her. I learned something today. LOL The Band was a Canadian band' that moved to America, and had great success. Their singer Robbie Robertson has amazing solo albums, post The Band.
Great song! Must check out Joan's version some time.
Bet you know more about American history than 90% of Americans
I know a bit, but definitely want to learn more.
That might be overstating it, perhaps 80 percent. Can't tell all my friends pretty much know their history, we are baby boomers. I was born and raised in Denmark, and went to a little country school, but when I left school, I knew where New York, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles etc. was, also pretty much knew the different states and had a good idea of which state was in the East, the South etc.
Yes, you need to watch that! Greatest rockumentary of all time, about one of the great, great bands in rock history. Prior to going out on their own they were the backup band for Ronnie Hawkins known as the Hawks, then Bob Dylan’s backup band. Bob referred to them as “the band”. When they started doing their own thing they decided to make it their official name.
Will watch it. Heard about it for years, but now the timing seems perfect.
Sara Dylan named them the Band.
Love The Band. The We, Long Black Veil. R.I.P Levon
A great resource to learn about the Civil War is the PBS documentary by Ken Burns. A must see.
I actually watched the first episode , because it was recommended so highly. Will continue today.