“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” was first recorded by The Band in Los Angeles and released in 1969 by Capitol Records as both a single and a track on an album that included the hit “Up ...

Guitarist Jim Weider joined the Band in 1985, and spent 14 years on the road alongside Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Garth Hudson.

“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” gave Robertson a place in the Americana community. He co-opted a Tennessee Williams-esque style of writing to help capture the energy of the time he was ...

It has to do with perhaps his most iconic song, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” written very early on in Robertson’s career and first recorded in 1969 by Robertson’s group, The Band, in only ...

Robbie Robertson, the lead guitarist and songwriter for The Band, whose classics include “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” has died at 80 ...

Robbie Robertson's songwriting credits include: "The Weight," "Up On Cripple Creek" and the "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" — a song narrated from the perspective of Confederate soldiers.

The Band, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (1969) Robertson wrote “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” based on the Southern memories of Helm, the only American in a band with four ...

1 of 7 | . FILE - Musician Robbie Robertson arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Robertson, the lead guitarist and songwriter for The Band, whose ...

Credited with writing or co-writing songs like The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Chris Iorfida · CBC News · Posted: Aug 09, 2023 4:03 PM EDT | Last Updated: August 9, 2023.