The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

A great clip of a pretty much perfect song from a superb film, The Last Waltz.  Written by a Canadian (Robbie Robertson), but given voice by a son of the south (Levon Helm), this song by The Band nails it – however you want to defne it.

Go here for a great discussion of the song by musicians and historians.

Saw the clip on Publius.  Check out his post.