song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (cover)

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The song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (cover) is Joan Baez’s famous 1971 folk-rock rendition of The Band’s Civil War-themed ballad, which became one of her signature hits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
adaptationOfLyrics modified from The Band’s original lyrics ⓘ
basedOn American Civil War ⓘ
chartingArtist Joan Baez ⓘ
composer Robbie Robertson ⓘ
containsElement backing band instrumentation ⓘ
prominent female lead vocal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decade 1970s ⓘ
distributionFormat later digital releases ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Vietnam War era United States ⓘ
linked to: Vietnam War
hasInfluenceOn Joan Baez’s popular image as a crossover folk-rock artist ⓘ
hasLivePerformances true ⓘ
hasNotableChartSuccess true ⓘ
hasRecordingLocation United States recording studio ⓘ
hasStudioVersion true ⓘ
hasSubject American South ⓘ
family loss ⓘ
post-war poverty ⓘ
railroads ⓘ
includedIn Blessed Are... (album) ⓘ
isCoverOf The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (The Band song) ⓘ
label Vanguard Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Robbie Robertson ⓘ
musicalStyle vocal-driven arrangement ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person Southern Confederate veteran ⓘ
narrativeTheme defeat of the Confederacy ⓘ
loss and hardship ⓘ
notableFor association with Joan Baez’s anti-war era repertoire ⓘ
becoming a mainstream hit in early 1970s ⓘ
commercial success compared to original ⓘ
originalArtist The Band ⓘ
performanceType solo vocal with band accompaniment ⓘ
performer Joan Baez ⓘ
producer Henry Lewy ⓘ
Norbert Putnam ⓘ
recordingArtist Joan Baez ⓘ
releaseYear 1971 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
signatureSongOf Joan Baez ⓘ

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