Acadian Driftwood - The Band

[grissomnumber1]

wow, this is great. Just like England. Gotta take everything. They did it to Ireland and Scotland, too.

[guybelliveau]

Thanks JB for clearing that up

[jbbacque]

"J'arrive Acadie"...

[TheMarpahela]

Love 'em

[eweykidd13d]

I want this video on my 6810 unit.

[guybelliveau]

Is that what they say?

[imyour99]

What an amazing group of musicians. The way they all sing the "Genevieve Agathea" chorus at the end makes my hair stand up.

[talktofiddlestix]

Every time I hear this song it makes me cry, cry, cry! Being an Acadian it's hard to listen with just my ears. Thank you to The Band for the heartfelt document. Vive L'Acadie!

[MrRazorblade999]

Great video. Nice work!

[ozawablog]

Your video is a favorite on Oslo

[scottjackson67]

Amazing song about the Acadian people, one of the Band's best.

[Flifford56]

All I know is The Band + Gordon Lighfoot + Rush = Canada is awesome.

[CJTELE]

Love This COOL Slide Show One Of The Best Bands ever guess that's why they were the BAND Vive L'Acadie thank you for your heritage and mostly for your music For you Americans This is where Cajun Music came from Accadia Nova Scotia New Buinswick Canda

[aquamoon22]

Beautiful video for one of the most poignant and storied songs ever to come down the pike. A true arrow straight to the heart!!!

[BluesBrothers823]

"Set my compass north, I got winter in my blood" is easily one of my favorite song lyrics

[scottjackson67]

@BluesBrothers823 It's an excellent lyric. Only rivaled by, "Then some returned to the motherland / The high command had them cast away / And some stayed on to finish what they started / They never parted / They're just built that way."

[writer125]

This is why the Band is the best. And I'm living in New Orleans right now. Cajun way of life down here is the best. Love this song.

[rkoalldae]

Man 0 Man what a sweet groove, with a little Canadian History thrown in to the mix. We Canucks should spend more time investing in our History instead of trying to bury it under the guise of "Political Correctness" Bravo to the Band. A True Classic. Play on, Lads!

[Hinoglue]

I had to watch this for school. Not exactaly my type of music, but the tunes kind of catchy, and I like the lyrics. :{D

[MrJkauf]

Of all the bands I've seen and heard over the past 40 + years, The Band remains my favorite.. Arcadian Driftwood showsa good part of why.

[13odman]

2 dislikes miss-clicked

[tacey505]

just a tearful reminder that we should all be aware of history, any where anytime, we are who we were

[gilmour73]

The Expulsion is a black mark on the history of Nova Scotia. Good to see a Canadian band that made it as big as The Band by telling the stories of America telling the lesser known stories of Canada.

[sirslice]

As a person with a solid Acadian linage (surname - Le Blanc) the song evokes sad feelings of what my ancestors went through. Just travel through Nova Scotia's "Acadia" heading north to the Annapolis Valley and you cant help but think of the "expulsion". 

[iheartmyshoes88]

today was the 150th reunion of the proud acadian family the bourgeois held in st Albert i am proud to say i am part of that family for many generations they have been around i am 12th generation.

[dazhuang1990]

真好听！

[theengagedfew]

@dazhuang1990 Yeah, what he said!

[goofus1931]

I am 80 yrs. old, live in NC and am hearing impaired. Would anyone be willing to send me the words? Also, I would like to know where I can access those great maps and pictures.

Thank you so much! rfoster009@triad.rr.com

[python134r]

@goofus1931

If no one sent you the words I will.....

Rich g....Sunny South Florida

[luvdastuf]

Great video.

[acarouselofantics]

I think this is one of the songs that was primarily written by Robbie Robertson, as he wrote most of them or many of them. But I've read that Levon Helm argued that some of the other members did not receive proper writing credit.

Anyway, great song and video to go with it!!

[guytitanic]

I wonder if they could have pulled this off without weopenry?

[opivyh8su]

I can say that hearing this song over the years and always coming back - I feel so proud to be an American because I can hear how proud these guys are to be Canadian. No matter how many miles you travel, no matter where you go you always know and remember home.

[dimiballas]

How can you not respect a Band which respects it's own homeland?

[romeosyne]

I love songs that involve maps. Maybe the historian in me, I dunno.

[wolfboy581]

Just another classic from my parent's time period!

[RoyFive]

One of the things I love so much about it is that all three lead singers are showcased.

[enry63ful]

grande canzone,grande popolo,a

[lawltaxcuts]

Holy crap this is a good song

[twinoak170]

@lawltaxcuts Every Band song is better than good. 

[Downtownnomesayn]

Nice job! My town is on those maps :))

[xpat73]

An apology? Wow you must be very old. Stop trying to play the victim card about something that happened hundreds of years ago.

[tonedizastr]

@xpat73 lol yeah but that war still affects whats going on right now fuckin dumbass, why do you think the french people in NB are still fighting for their french rights? coincidence?

[dopeasfuckk]

gonna have to sample that...

[dombackpack]

We Acadians, are still waiting for an apology from the Queen. The canadian government is too afraid to ask her though. Glad the Band has greater respect for our culture than the canadian government.

Vive L'Acadie!

[jonruss56]

@dombackpack - Ah,where have you been?4 years ago Queen Elizabeth made a formal apology for these events.

[dombackpack]

@jonruss56

WHAT? Please support your statement with sources.

The federal Parliament of Canada has recognized the Acadian deportation by a made-in-Canada Royal Proclamation. The thing is it's the British crown, not Canada since in 1755 they did not exist, that should apologize. The British crown is responsible for the deportation not the Canadian MP's. It's as if my father would punch me and my brother would apologize. Doesn't make sense does it? Vive l'Acadie

[cosmicrider287]

one of their very best.

[Bropro66]

My great great great great  grandfather was captain of one of the ships that took the Acadians away

[jonruss56]

@Bropro66 - My great great great great grandfather was probably one of the deportees,who knows ?



[jazzkid66]

could never tire of this song..can listen to it forever..a song i would want to have if stranded on a desert island..

[jonruss56]

@jazzkid66 - I totally agree with your comment,one of the best if not the definitive Band song !!

[taykoz]

I would love to get a hold of some of these pictures, the maps especially. Where did you find them?

[chrishaha1]

f*** yes moi jchui acadien pi jparle chiac!!!

[yurgayimcool]

CAUTION: Robbie Robertson's cock is closer than it appears in the passanger side mirror of an automobile...

[cowboy57jrg]

je suis acadian!!!!

[jleblanc599]

Wow!!! tears continue to trickle!! Powerful vid!! Passing this one on my FB to fellow Acadian members!! ty so much..Jeanne LeBlanc

[EggsOverEasy2008]

南十字星は、中村とうよう氏がNew Music Magazine 誌で100点満点の評価をしたロック史上に残る名盤中の名盤

[pkotowski]

Thanks for putting this up. "and some stayed on to finished what they started/they parted, their just built that way"

[dfri729]

Next to The Weight, this is my favorite song form The Band.

[CanadaDan7]

Could someone point me in the direction of more songs like this from The Band?

You know... more Canadian-ish songs?

I love their most well-known music too (often songs relating to the South), but having just found this gem, I want more gems!

[ocwelch]

crawdaddy's

[mrmckay1055]

Great song, cool video. Although the video seems to focus on Nova Scotia, don't forget about the expulsion of the Acadians in New Bunswick and Prince Edward Island.

[DiscoSux87]

The birth of the Cajuns.... when the Acadians were brought down to Louisiana by the British after the French lost the war in the North

[jonruss56]

@DiscoSux87 -Look at the maps ! It is a myth that any Acadian was deported to Louisiana. They were deported elsewhere and some managed to get there by themselves;a pretty resilient people they are !! Vive L'Acadie !!!

[manzo7500]

Excellent video. Really helps tell the story.

[bobflea]

No question - greatest Canadian band ever.

[Democritus477]

@bobflea Rush is pretty good too.

[AFatGuyNamedPete]

@Democritus477 Sure, but they're no Band

[rennyminou]

It's a very sad story. The Brits drove the Acadians away from their homelands in a very violent and cruel fashion.

[yodhe]

very good video!

[midnitecowboy100]

A sad, but interesting story. Makes me want to learn more. Seems to be a similar story of the Volga's?

[hants21]

i live 15 minutes from grand pre.if you get a chance visit the place.i used this song as a teaching tool with my children.beautiful but true song.thank you for posting the video.

[g5uk]

THE BAND

[cajascalientesrey]

Garth is overwhelming in this song. incredible

[1994g0]

With this masterpiece, The Band takes its place as a great historic troubadore."Acadian Driftwood" tells the story of the diaspora of the Acadians-called "Cajuns" in Louisiana.Rapid fire talk, unforgettable food, lightning quick minds....all of this was forged by the crucible of history as told so lyrically by The Band.Magnificent song.

[jonruss56]

@1994g0 -well put !! I could not have said it better .

[easysoeasy]

This is such a beautiful song. I've loved The Band for ages, but I've never heard this one before - which is a travesty. Why doesn't every Canadian have this song burned into their collective awareness?

[11xzxzxz]

I was never a great Band fan. Like a lot of their songs and admired them more than enjoyed them. I think this is from Stage Fright and frightening good song too.

[moneywagon]

So I've lived in NS my whole life, and been a big fan of the bad for about 10 years, i never knew this gem existed until yesterday, awesome song about a terrible even in North American History. And if you ever wondered why there's "Cajun" people in the southern US, its because "Cajun" is a bastardization of the Word Acadian. hence why people in the south speak french, cause they were deported to whats now the deep south. Free history lesson of the day.

[Elphir]

@moneywagon Oui, mais son Français n'est pas comprehensible pour des Francophones modernes.

Or in English, yes, there are descendants of Acadians living in Lousiana, Mississippi and Missouri nowadays, but their French is unintelligable for speakers of Modern French.

[mnkff54]

@Elphir I wouldn't say it is unintelligable, just a different dialect. It takes some getting used to. The same is true for Acadian french. Both are old french and different than modern french but I happen to like hearing both Acadian and Cajun french.

[Elphir]

Are those bagpipes in the beginning? Wow..what a brilliant combination.

[dryrott]

Great video to go along, I've always wanted to know what this song was about! One of my very fav's by The Band, that whistle part is always in my head.

[chucktriplett]

It's a sad song, but a great one. RIP Rick and Richard.

[atmtree]

now i know why they called themselves the band

[nlrider]

hell ya joshie

[you1986tube]

@atmtree they didn't. bob dylan did. until him they had no name.

[TheWap13]

@you1986tube Actually they were originally called The Hawks, when they were backing Ronnie Hawkins.. Had a few names after that. When the worked on Dylan's The Basement Tapes, they were always refered to as the band and by various other frontmen... Robbie Robertson & Levon Helm thought since they were refered to as the band, the should call themselved The Band... Dylan did not name them....

[hopenfefer]

One voice for four lines and another for four lines and back and forth from first to third person and two parts to a verse and then not and a third voice and back to the other two and two lines each and three on the chorus and the double references with historical liberties and ambiguity and Garth's arragement all make for a fine pairing with a good Bourbon.