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Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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Uploaded by on Jan 19, 2007

Recorded live in Frankfurt, Germany using an Olympus 770C. Security was very tight, so difficult to film freely. Sound is good however, so sit back when you can't see Ms Baez, and imagine. Just wonderfull.

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  • I wish she would just sing the lyrics correctly.

    The Band performance is not a version, it's the original.

  • Yes, The Bands version may be the original, it is still one version of many however! Call it the original version, if you will.

  • Baez admits that she had not intended to change any lyrics and learned the song by listening to the original version.

    Really, how hard would it have been to get the copy-write version of the lyrics. At least that's what Robertson said to me at a gig in Toronto.

  • Very true. Some of her changes are rather amusing. Still, I believe she now sings much closer to the original lyrics. Still "there goes THE Robert E Lee" however. Does she really mean the Paddle Steamer?

  • I am amused, I must say. This is an audience recording, and doesn't pretend to be anything else. The audience were encouraged by Joan to sing a long, and even thanked afterwards for doing so. Therefore it is perfectly acceptable for there to be the sound of the audience singing on this recording. The fact that Joan sings better than anyone else present only magnify's the reason why we all paid money to go and see her!

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  • she could fart and she would still sound better than the rest of us on our best day!!!

  • This song reminds me of my childhood. It brings tears to me eyes.

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  • One of my favorites, I like the Soundstage version but my vid was deleted :-( Anyway, the sound is great, fun to hear you sing ;-)

  • excellent!

  • If she didn't intend to change the lyrics then

    she should correct them once the errors are

    pointed out. She still screws them in the latest

    versions. Of course it his her right to screw

    them up.

  • She messes up the lyrics to some of her

    songs to the point where one wonders if she

    understands the point of the song.

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