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 of America
surface form: United States
decade 1970s
distributionFormat later digital releases
vinyl record
format 7-inch single
genre folk
folk rock
rock
hasCulturalContext Vietnam War
surface form: Vietnam War era United States
hasInfluenceOn Joan Baez’s popular image as a crossover folk-rock artist
hasLivePerformances true
hasNotableChartSuccess true
hasRecordingLocation United States recording studio
hasStudioVersion true
hasSubject Southern United States
surface form: American South

family loss
post-war poverty
railroads
includedIn Blessed Are... (album)
isCoverOf The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
surface form: 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 Bob Dylan and The Band
surface form: 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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Joan Baez notableWork song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (cover)