I have no particular insights into what was going on in the minds of Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm (though I suspect that I may have read more about that than the author of the Slate article).
But I think John A. Imami hit the nail on the head, as to what the song meant, and means, to him and many others. Thank you, Comrade John. And for a version of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down that (to me) illustrates what John wrote, check out this performance by Richie Havens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDvveTtB1sQ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#384): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/384 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76186108/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES<br />#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br />#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br />#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
