Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1971)

I'm 72 tears old. When I went to a doctor's appointment yesterday morning, as I was leaving her exam room she said, "Oops, you forgot your cane!" I said, oh no, I can't forget Virgil! She looked at me blankly so I said that's my cane's name. Virgil. You know, as in Virgil Cane? Another blank stare. The Doctor is in her 40's and wasn't even a twinkle in her father's eye yet in 1971 when I was a 20-year-old singing along at the top of my lungs with Joan Baez on this song. She didn't get the reference. Ouch! A reminder that I'm old!

Folks from the South cry when they listen to this masterpiece.

WE WERE LUCKY TO LIVE IN SUCH A GOOD ERA,NEVER TO BE REPEATED.

I'm literally shocked and saddened while listening to and watching this, suddenly forced to realize just how utterly and like obviously horrendous modern music has devolved during the past twenty years or so, for too long too many people with too many eyes and brains focused upon dehumanizing phone screens, instead of learning to write lyrics and play musical instruments.

This is my favorite version. The backup singers sound amazing with Joan's vocals.

This never gets old.

She did that song so fantastic and we couldn't have grown up in a better time. The music of the 60' 70' and 80' was the best Happy to have lived it

Back when songs told real stories and the singers had real talent.

Beautiful song, beautiful guitar, beautiful woman, beautiful voice…what’s not to like? I remember this in the early 70’s when it came out in the UK, love it to this day ✌️

Written by the late great Robbie Robertson , she delivers a version that still sounds great 52 years later ...

No computers, auto tune, lyp syncing, or anything else, just pure raw talent, one of the Great ones from back in the day, 60's and 70's man all the way, not to mention the 50's, Groovy.,......!!!!!

If you would listen to the lyrics, it's actually about the suffering of one impoverished man and his family during the Civil War rather than being a celebration of the Confederacy. It was written by a Canadian, and it is mostly an anti-war song.

This is without a doubt the finest version of this song,Joan Baez is superb singing this beautiful song written by Robbie Robertson (RIP) of The Band

Absolutely stunning talent!!!

Hearing this just brings me back to when i was a teenager so long ago .brings tears to my eyes knowing we will never have an era of music like that again. Ànd people had soul back then.....😢😢😢😢😢

Back in the days when you could tell truthful stories without being labeled.

The hair on my arms stand straight up EVERY time I hear this masterpiece.

She was a perfect fit for this song I couldn't imagine anyone doing it better

I was lucky enough to see Joan Baez in concert 1971- what an amazing song and what a beautiful singer💕💕

When I was 16 and saw her on TV at the MLK March on D.C., 1963, Joan Baez was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. She was about 22 at the time and with some gimpy guy who turned out later to be Bob Dylan.