'Acadian Driftwood' -- Live at QBUS 2008 (Cover)

[CGiordano464]

pretty good. its hard to do a song from such an acomplished group like the band and do it well

[RGMiron]

I'll bet it would have been nice if the load mouth asses would have listened instead of TALKED.

[ShipwreckTownBand]

Lovely job- on a difficult masterpiece. I've done it in F, sans capo, your arrangement and performance has a lot of smart and soul.

[mheads2]

Thanks :)

I see this was the live version we did in Leiden in 2008. I think we kicked the set of with it so we'd have still been warming up.

We gave it a rest for a while but have just started adding it back into the set so it's feeling fresh again. M

[13thfloor18]

Very beautiful cover of an amazing, passionate piece of music

Thank you

[Jay3039]

i love richard shindells version

[PhrankCanuck]

Excellent song aboot (haha) Canada and our relationship with our American friends, The Band was awesome, and you did a great version.

Only critique would be you need to hit that guitar a little harder, I play and sing that song well....

Great job....

[howgoyoufar]

It's more about the french and english really..

Acadians were of french descent, the british deported them to America.

[Peddle2theMATT]

Acadians were the first Europeans to come to North America....American''s didn't deport us....England DID....we were deported all over the world....look up your history.

I am Acadian and I am living in Nova Scotia Canada...the orinial ACADIA.

The Brits tried to get rid of us but we came back, a stronger people.. We Acadians are all over the world..we are still here. No matter how much the Brits tried to get rid of us.

[wvprogressive1933]

The original colonies of the USA were part of the British Empire at the time. I know this, because the young George Washington got his butt kicked by the French not very far from where I'm typing this.

[canehdian82]

Actually it was England they battled. Acadia at the time being NB and NS had a lot of Acadians deported to the south.

[wvprogressive1933]

It was Britain, and all of those colonies were British possessions. So yes, the Americans did fight this war-- though they were not separate nation.

In NS and NB, there were several New Englanders that fought against the French. In fact, it was New Englanders who made most up the merchant class of NS. Further, they all fished Grand Banks. So yes, the country that became America did fight the French in this war.

[Lenny0844]

Nicely done:) Good song that alot folks don't know about, well, atleast down in East Tennessee, not sure 'bout up in Canada where I guess it is more about.

[speedytoo]

Great work, a shame too much backround talking. Shut up and listen to these two place a beautiful song

[speedytoo]

I mean PLAY

[mheads2]

It's my fault - my camera was at the back of the hall! The pro video crew did the Northbound 35 clip so the soudn is so much better. There are supposed to be some more pro clips but they haven't appeared as yet.

[iansphoto]

Fantastic cover choice! Who is the band & where is this footage from? Concerned decendant of former Maritime/Franece's new Englander in CT. great performance!!

[QTUBE2008QBUS]

it was simply fantastic to have the two of you perform at the Q-Tube Festival - so glad you could come ! 5 stars & 3 cheers from Art