the black crowes are seriously the most perfect band to cover a song like this. fantastic!

@strangedazey546

11 ай бұрын

I don't even care that this comment is a million years old. ❤

@shazam1969ish

11 ай бұрын

agree!

According to The Band's Robbie Robertson, he wrote this song while he was staying at Levon Helm's parents house in Arkansas. Robbie has stated in numerous interviews and books over the decades that Levon's father, Nell Helm was a very proud Southerner who told him many stories about his life growing up on a cotton farm as well as stories about the lives of his ancestors. Nell Helm proudly said to Robbie one day, "You know what Robbie? The South *will* rise again someday." Robbie then took all of Nell's stories, emotions and feelings of Southern pride and wrote this song. This was Robbie's tribute to the South and all the many proud Southern men and women who thought & felt exactly like Nell Helm did.

@richardsmithRE

3 жыл бұрын

Great comment. Thanks

@jodyhoffman1405

3 жыл бұрын

I lived in the south for a while and they will rise again & I hope to live to support them.

@irishbear76

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought Joan Baez wrote it.

@dwightswan2265

2 жыл бұрын

Robbie is a clown and has said the lyrics need to ne changed and he done that in his last performance. RIp Levon. You should never had let Robbie into your home.

@jodyhoffman1405

2 жыл бұрын

@@dwightswan2265 Your right he is a clown! I hadn't heard that he said that, I believe it though. I am so damn tired of everyone trying to change everything that has to do with the south & the Confederacy.

I love this song, the flag and you proud people. Lots of love from Scotland

I was at this show. They were absolutely at one of their best peaks in YEARS during this run of shows.

@scotttbeee2912

5 ай бұрын

Ditto

Damn man...from a southern gentleman Crowes do this anthem very very well

I love this song and wasn't sure if I should click. The BC's did Levon and The Band proud.

Normally I like the original versions but as usual Chris Robinson just freaking kills it. So sad that the Black Crowes are no more.

@lorettasearcy1471

2 жыл бұрын

They got back together minus Gorman on the drums

@carolynramirez130

Жыл бұрын

They are together and touring now. I’ve seen them at least 10 times. The last time was a hometown Georgia show this past summer and he’s a guys are getting better and better every time I see them.

@drewt2790

Жыл бұрын

@@carolynramirez130 Me and my "Amorica" tattoo got to see them in Bonner, MT at the Kettlehouse Amphitheater. AMAZING show!!! Right up there with the 4th of July Aerosmith show I saw at, the infamous, Alpine Valley in WI. Funny enough Steve Gorman has a radio show played regularly in Montana called "Steve Gorman Rocks". He talks about the life of a professional musician and plays some Rock'n'Roll.

@debbiearnold6230

10 ай бұрын

We saw them perform two weeks ago this Friday! Six rows from stage!!! They sure can rock and roll!

First off.. NO ONE does levon justice....but I gotta say... a lot of passion from Chris on this one!! well done!!!!

@JohnSmith-ez8dn

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/pXl-j9WTlNPKn8o.html Check the guy that comes second and then ...... better stfu

@GG-tg7hh

4 жыл бұрын

The Lisa Hannigan cover is stunning.

@kevinmartin3281

3 жыл бұрын

Amen sir

@kevinmartin3281

3 жыл бұрын

Levon helm is awesome

@iaindickson

3 жыл бұрын

The only man that could touch Levon on this song would be John Foggerty. Would love to hear him sing it. But happy to stick on the Last Waltz for the millionth time, close my eyes and enjoy

One of the greatest covers of all time

@knackforknickers

5 ай бұрын

I truly can’t believe what I’m listening to right now

This is one of the best covers of anything ever by anybody imo

Levon Helm and all the other members of The Band structured their music in a minimalist fashion... RIP Mr. Levon Helm.. :(

Commendable performance of The Band's "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" by The Black Crowes. Great job guys and a tribute to one of the greatest bands who ever played..........The Band.

I have never been more proud of our Georgia boys than i am right now! God bless DIXIE! Our home! May we all live well!

@marilynnixon5913

10 жыл бұрын

fuck dixie

@pvenice87

10 жыл бұрын

Marilyn Nixon and fuck you too

@marilynnixon5913

10 жыл бұрын

pvenice87 that still leaves Dixie being fucked, which is fine by me

@acarlovonsexron1994

10 жыл бұрын

Marilyn Nixon What's ironic is you are being racist towards a Southerner for being from the South because of it's racist past. And it's such a double standard. See people as individuals, and judge those individuals on their individual character, period. Greetings from Alabama.

@marilynnixon5913

10 жыл бұрын

Carlo Von Sexron what's even more ironic is I can mock dixie for being stupid only to have it defended by people who don't even know what the word racist means. You'd have been better off with jingoistic. My family is from Alabama, so I know first hand how terrible the concept of dixie is. Greetings from a reformed Texan.

Love Chris he feels every song he sings

@dustdevl3404

3 жыл бұрын

He could sing the phone book and imbue it with passion.

Music that captures history and feelings has to be respected.

@TheWayneoman

4 жыл бұрын

You would think.....

Best cover of this song I've ever heard. His voice is plaintive and desperate; as you would imagine a starving, shoeless Confederate to sound. Only boys from the South could pull off such a hauntingly beautiful cover.

@aaronwalker1349

6 жыл бұрын

Damn right they are a great band wish they could get it together.

@nonamemcgillicutty9585

4 жыл бұрын

It kills me when I bring the Crowes up in southern rock conversations with a group of pals and half of them don't even know THE BEST SOUTHERN BAND EVER

@curtisnease6822

4 жыл бұрын

The only thing missed was Richmond fell April 9th not May 10th but by far the best cover and song I've ever heard

@jeremychildress8701

4 жыл бұрын

McDowellCounty Agreed

@trple2

4 жыл бұрын

best ive heard too

Canadians and Levon, from Arkansas, timeless music. No history, no politics, it’s all about the music

Pure gold! Marc is right on at that 3 minute mark. Gorman for strength! Underrated drummer.

@allanbriggs807

Жыл бұрын

One of the better drummers.

@ottoandnibbles

Жыл бұрын

All the good ones are.... 😉

@scotttbeee2912

5 ай бұрын

MFF is best but he fumbled that solo. 😊

Ive heard alot of Artists doing their version of this great old song of the south.. its hard to beat the Black Crowes version...Chris Robinson nails the vocals

The music and lyrics were actually written by Robbie Robertson, but Levon Helm sang it with great soul and deep-seeded pain. If you read up on the song, that's what Robertson wanted to portray in the lyrics.

Never heard their version before till now, damn fine job!

man the keyboards is a dying art in rock music. it's so hard to find someone who can play the keyboards like that.

@dennisgabbeart1814

4 жыл бұрын

Especially as good as this guy Eddie Harsch (RIP)

A great version, second only to The Band. Loved the use of the organ in that verse. It's a very moving song, even for someone like me who lives far away in Australia.

Stoneman's Cavalry... wow... stuns me how poignant the reference can be even in the 21st Century. Happy they covered this...thank you for posting.

@jeremydinan5766

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was “Stonewall” as in Stonewall jackson

@rosierosie62

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremydinan5766 George Stoneman's raid in 1865

I'm a huge fan of classic rock, for me Chris Robinson is one of the few singers who still sings with a ton of soul. This one's beautiful! Also if you've seen the footage of Jimmy Page with the Crowes, he does the old Zep stuff better than any active singer today! Levon Helm still rules, but if the Band isn't around, the Crowes deserve this shot! especially when its that good.

This was a fantastic cover. I played this and the clip from "The Last Waltz" back and forth. The two versions certainly are incredible in their own way and there was definitely much more emotion with the Band's version, but I feel the Crowes did a great job in adding their own stamp on it without losing anything felt from The Band's version.

The only song that me feel the mood of the south and how it would feel to experience what the south went thru and I'm so thankful to be from Atlanta and my city did rise again.

I pray that in cleaning up history they don't sweep everything under the carpet. Song's like this are historical about a time in our collective history. If we whitewash away history we have a chance of repeating it again and again. Don't let banning this song be the Second time that they Drove Old Dixie Down. Great version of The Band's classic song. Peace be with you All, don't forget your past or it will come back to hit you in the Face. ✌❤🎸🎶🙏 KEH 🇨🇦

We still miss you Ed Harsh✌️

I love it....The Black Crowes looked and sounded like old school rockers in this vid including being pretty high yet playing well while high.

Damn, ain't nothing that them brothers, can't do, love the crowes, been a fan since their first album, over 40yrs old now, so glad they haven't changed their style, stayed true to their roots ...

best lead vocal Ive seen for this song

They do this fine song justice!! 🇺🇸

@shelly2599

3 жыл бұрын

Knox TN Yankee if you're still here yes they do. Have a good one 🎶

what an amazing version of this classic "the band" song! Total blown away by this! Awesome!

This is a great version! Really expresses the dedication of young men to a futile cause. It’s always the young who have to pay for the grandiosity of the old.

@normankennith7919

Жыл бұрын

& the rich!!!!

@johnbaugh2437

Жыл бұрын

@@normankennith7919 yes of course the rich. Mississippi was the wealthiest state per capita before the war. But that wealth wasn’t really per capita. It was in the hands of the few who stood to benefit from a plantation society.

@normankennith7919

Жыл бұрын

@@johnbaugh2437 thank you!! i live in england & there is still a growing gap between the richest & the poorest!! the wealthy do not have to tighten their belts in a time of crisis but the less well off do! the wealthiest in the uk have been getting away with not paying their proper share of tax for years!! the tories scant regard for the people they represent is highlighted by their concern for ukraine, more than the british people who are having to live with a cost of living crisis!!

LOVE THE BAND.. They did a great job on this one... Long live the 60's

I have to agree that this is probably the best cover version of this song I have ever heard.

A truly excellent version of this epic song, the best that I've heard second only to The Band's version, which considering that it's been 45 years since they recorded it is high praise indeed! What a wonderful job boys, you make The Band proud I'm sure, wherever they are, especially J.R.R. who gets to line his mattress with a few more bucks. Superb! .

Love it makes me cry my dads best tune brilliant cover love it

Poor Cheryl Crow was out of her legue and her comfort zone with this song and with Honky Tonk Woman also. Natalie was doing a good job and of cause Pat was sublime as always! 😊

You Take What You Need And You Leave The Rest. But They Should Never Have Taken The Very Best. AMEN

Great voice for this song perfect!

Well, in defense of the Crowes, I was at this show (Fillmore in SF) and they had just literally played like a 3 hour set. Might explain the 'lackluster' energy into the song. I've seen hundreds of shows over the years and this one ranks up there. Some of the shit they did was simply amazing. Thanks fellas for an unforgettable night!

A true rock n roll band in every sense of the term. They been rockin at a high level since the early nineties.

10th listening in a row as our Country continues to divide and destroy. Need I say more? Nov. 5th 2020

@karrenpopovics2780

3 ай бұрын

April 2024❤😂

This guy Rocks-Old Soul ♥great job!

this is a GREAT cover of a GREAT song. no need to compare to The Band or to The Band's "The Last Waltz". the Crowe's are fantastic, ..and simply just paying homage to one of the best American (Canadian) band's ever to hit a live stage, period.

The Band! A band forever as are the crowes and we are still driving dixie down- these guys have soul Im glad they stuck it out through to good and bad!

Love the Crowes. Nice rendition.

This a close to perfect rendition of The Band! Vocals are amazing!

SMH, I just discovered this in 2023. Damn that guy can sing!

Beautifully crafted No rush just the beans .

I still believe in the real rock´n roll listenning to these guys !!! LOVE BLACK CROWES, we brazilians wait for you perfoming here!

Aside from all the drama , CR delivers soul every single song he sings. Right on. Crowes forever ✌🏼❤️🤘🏼

It lifts my soul every time a Northerner says something like this. Bless you.

oh yeah! ...not an easy feat, to carry this piece with such authority; with just the right touch of funk in the mix. bravo! peace

Can't believe I'm just discovering this cover now. One of my favorite songs and I'm not even slightly disappointed, infact delighted to hear!

One of the best sung renditions of this song?but the original can never be bet...rip Levon

Yeah, i've been a huge fan of the band since i was a little kid. I really like the black crowes feel to this version!! Thanks for the info!!

What a great version of this song.. very moving..

I love this song! And nobody sings it better than Chris!

Great song never get tired of hearing no matter who sings it

i now have new respect for the crows! priceless..best cover of the masterpiece.. by the BAND

A++++++ way to go guys. This is far best cover I have ever heard of this song. Totally different in a spectacular way FANTASTIC

what a heartfelt rendition this is,God bless the south...

@neobailey5268

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

Beautiful

Wow! The organ....holy shit!

this is my favorite cover version of this song

absolutely!! This band is phenomenal

I LOVE THIS MAN & THAT VOICE!!!Peace,Love and CRB👁💚©️®️🎵🎼🎶😝💨💨〰️

this really is a beautiful cover, i kind of was leary to listen cause i thought it would ruin my thoughts of the black crowes, cause the bands songs are just so perfect to me, like they couldnt be touched, but they did this song and didnt change alot like other artists would do, you can tell they really love the band and what they stood for, this is the best cover ive ever heard

Sounds proper with the horns. Reminds me of a time I saw the crowes at a small club in the 90s. That performance was life changing.

i am from connecticut but wish i was sotherner the south rocks.and so does this song.

Don't sing this unless you can do it justice--and they did. I don't have to agree with the politics, people. This is a beautiful song that narrates a troubled time in our collective history.

Oh this is amazing, not only do i love The Band for being original, i love The Black Crowes for covering this song and keepin it original.

You guys did a fabulous job with that song!.

wow what a great cover

They're not The Band. They never will be. They're The Black Crowes. This is their version of a classic song. At the time of writing this, 21 people can go jam knitting needles in their ears as they have no need of a sense of hearing. I'm a die hard Band fan and am in total agreement with scranchdip. Lovely, respectful cover and a pleasure to listen to.

Love this band so much!! A REAL band, playing REAL music :D extremely talented and amazing live! If you haven't seen them live before....SHAME ON YOU!! :D

Now I finally have a reason to like the Black Crows. I love this song!

This is beautiful, warms Dixie heart. Got a portrait of Robert E Lee on my wall.

Great cover of The Band!!

A comment I saw from someone else... I just wanted to share. Direct copy / paste... A Soldier 1864 We are now falling back to the mountains The Cannons have been beating us up all day Jeb caught a piece of iron in the shoulder And bled out within the hour We are all tired of dying And wish for peace … M.S. Morrison

Southern fried rock-n-roll soul... The Black Crowes did a hell of a with this cover.

Cool, didn't know they did this, very authentic and heart felt, no doubt.

THEEEE BEST cover of this song by far, wow! Sooo good.

Robbie was interested in history. Especially, when it came to Civil War-era history. He & Levon wrote this song based on historical fact. That's why it's so sad & beautiful simultaneously. Outside of Joan Baez covering it, I consider it one of the top 100 songs ever made, period.

@0001highlander

4 жыл бұрын

Why don't you like Joan Baez's cover? It's excellent. As is this one.

@louistrudeau767

Жыл бұрын

@@0001highlander JB screwed up the lyrics... a fact that she later admitted.

I was recently in Petersburg Virginia near Fort LEE and ran into a gigantic old old cemetary Blandford Cemetary where 30,000 confederate soldiers were buried after the siege of petersburg...its a shrine to the lost cause of the confederacy...this is where memorial day was created (look it up) It is amazing...and atop one giant monument theres a statue of robert e lee and inscibed below him it says GLORIA VICTUS which means glory to the vanquished... my family have lived in the appalacian mountains since before the revolutionary war...only one person in this area had slaves his name was Patrick Hagan and they were indentured servants and after their debt was paid they were freed and most of themsettled all around Hagan Hall and thru hunters valley where they continued to work for Mr. Hagan and owned their homes...does anybody understand how HARD it was to survive herebback then? White or black

Beautiful.

Jesus, people. I like "Ride of the Valkyries," but that doesn't make me a Nazi. I enjoy Prokofiev and Shostakovich, but that doesn't make me a Stalinist. Can we just appreciate the music for what it is?

@darbsta187

9 жыл бұрын

Stephen Martin I listened to "Dance of the Knights" and immediately wrote my communist manifesto *sarc*

@nickwinter4079

7 жыл бұрын

Stephen Martin thank you! like just listen to the music and enjoy! not everything has to get so political

@Falconlibrary

7 жыл бұрын

I think the Confederacy was the worst idea ever (including New Coke) but I appreciate the masterful storytelling of this song. It's about a man who's seeing his entire world go up in flames. Everything's gone and all he can do is sift his fingers through the ashes.

@michaelwalker6184

7 жыл бұрын

why don't you get your head out ya ass and come to NC and say that shit.

@wcwindom56

6 жыл бұрын

so you dont believe in the way the US was originally established, that State Rights were the original intent?

I think Levon would approve.. I can remember when Robbins was in Mr Crows Garden and mocked this type of sound. We grow up. That was really good..

Well I’ll tell you one thing Chris Robinson has me convinced that he is proud of his southern heritage watching him sing this song Either that or he is a great actor. You can just feel how real and raw the emotion is along with those words He’s from Marietta Georgia and went to college in South Carolina

Am I supposed to pretend that I don't love this song now?

@24james

3 жыл бұрын

Of course not. Just be mindful listening to this great song in California in 2021 is probably a hate crime🤣

@cwbrooks5329

3 жыл бұрын

@@24james Hahahahaha

@johnathanutahzio8474

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a great song. Songs are stories. That’s all. What would ruin it is inducing politics.

@CatherinaMonica

3 жыл бұрын

@@24james lolololol

@tatesafake2173

2 жыл бұрын

The song rings true to shed light on the horror of war. The north and Lincoln didn’t care about slavery he cared about saving the union saying “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save thise Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. The union was made up of slave states just as the south was Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, and Kentucky remained slave states and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 freed enslaved people in areas in rebellion against the United States. He had reinvented his "war to save the Union" as “war to end slavery." The emancipation was meant to unusual he south and hurt them economically just like sanctions are used today. This was about northern expansion with industrialisation and the South rejected the factories and the move into cities. Mark my words today in 2022 another industrial revolution has begun. Gas prices skyrocket and war breaks out in Ukraine this after its 31 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Bigger player are behind everything we see. The green new deal, the United Nations agenda 30, then covid and inflation of the US dollar and the collapse of the Russian ruble it’s currently at .007 cent to 1 US dollar that’s .70 cents to 100 US dollar. Keystone pipeline shut down and sanctions stop Russian pipeline to Germany. The green new deal is being put in place right in-front of us and it’s hidden in tragedy. COVID got bills passed that provided billion for electric charging stations. It’s sad that honesty can’t change the world or those in power feel this is the only way. Nevertheless our world is changing and will never be the same. A world government is coming and currency will change all crypto currency is already monitored and monetized. And Microsoft has a international patent for body activity cryptocurrency transfer software. Patent number W/O 2020 060606 ironic is it that money transfer patent for future currency would be awarded the mark of the beast as its patent number. Crazy shit

Robert E Lee..... our hero

Awesome! I adore the original and think this rendition is in keeping with it's spirit! It's a perfect example of how to cover a song with dignity:)

Chris has the best rock n roll vocals, love his voice

I've been listening to the Band for many many years and I didn't know the Black Crowes play this song.... I think this is a great version of "the night they drove old...." I think I like the Black Crowes more now.

This is just incrediable. The emotion and soul that is poured into this. I'm sorry, but only a southerner can really nail this song. A Canadian may have written it, but an Arkansan put the soul in it. Baez sings a nice easy to listen to song, but crap people she didn't even get the words right. She just liked the tune and had no idea of the emotion and the feelings evoked by the tune. I for one had a great uncle who "was just 18, proud and brave, but a yankee laid him in his grave."

there are no bad versions of this song!!!!

really dont care who wrote this song , ,, or who plays it , still a favorite of all , on both sides of the border !!! just home from overseas !!! the Border I mention is the 49th !!! WE ARE ALL NORTH AMERICANS !!! Serve together ,