Video: The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

We couldn’t let Thanksgiving pass around these parts without our annual fluffage of the greatest rock movie of all-time – The Last Waltz. Roughly 36 years ago, about 5,000 lucky fans were treated to a full Thanksgiving dinner, followed by a star-studded “farewell concert” from The Band at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, the site of their very first public performance. With each viewing I seem to come away with a new favorite performance from the film, and after last night’s annual viewing, which was particularly poignant since we lost the great Levon Helm earlier this year, it was no surprise it was going to be one of Helm’s signature songs – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Let’s check it out…

The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

From everyone here at Hidden Track, we want to wish all of our readers a very happy Thanksgiving!!!