Drove Old Dixie Down - Intro lick?

[Sidney Vicious]

For guitar?

Thanks

[Lee Harvey]

What a great song...

[Sidney Vicious]

Originally Posted by Lee Harvey

What a great song...

Indeed - the vocal is a little tough if I try to sound like Levon Helm - high! - but to me it is worth the effort as it just sounds better sung that way - a high voice reflects the pain and emotion of the song IMHO.

[Lee Harvey]

I agree, Johnny Cash's version just doesn't have the pain the song needs..

There are some bootlegs of The Black Crowes doing it... really good

[Wileyone]

Originally Posted by Sidney Vicious

Indeed - the vocal is a little tough if I try to sound like Levon Helm - high! - but to me it is worth the effort as it just sounds better sung that way - a high voice reflects the pain and emotion of the song IMHO.

Levon Helm R.I.P.

[jbmando]

You could do something like this:

[Sidney Vicious]

Originally Posted by jbmando

You could do something like this:

Wow - that sounds great -

can't wait to try it but can't til tomorrow -

The version I have been playing starts Bm D G Bm D though - no Am.

[jbmando]

Well, yours is just in D. The Band did it in C, so that's why I played it in C. To do it in D, just play an open D chord and walk up 0 2 3 on the low E; 0 on the A, then hit your Bm to start the song. Notes: E F# G A, chord: Bm

[Sidney Vicious]

Originally Posted by jbmando

Well, yours is just in D. The Band did it in C, so that's why I played it in C. To do it in D, just play an open D chord and walk up 0 2 3 on the low E; 0 on the A, then hit your Bm to start the song. Notes: E F# G A, chord: Bm

Thank you so much - I will give it a whirl - much appreciated.

[ScatMan]

Another way; similar to the piano run in the original but adding a chord at the beginning:

Starting on C:



Or D:

[Sidney Vicious]

jbmando -

That's exactly what I wanted - thank you again.

and thank you too ScatMan

[FMA]

Originally Posted by jbmando

Well, yours is just in D. The Band did it in C, so that's why I played it in C. To do it in D, just play an open D chord and walk up 0 2 3 on the low E; 0 on the A, then hit your Bm to start the song. Notes: E F# G A, chord: Bm

Or slap a capo on there.

[Sidney Vicious]

Originally Posted by FMA

Or slap a capo on there.

I'll try that too - thanks.

[Wally]

Originally Posted by Sidney Vicious

Wow - that sounds great -

can't wait to try it but can't til tomorrow -

The version I have been playing starts Bm D G Bm D though - no Am.

Sidnet, unless I am much mistaken, the chord progression for the verses ...in the key you are using....would be
Bm, D, G Em...repeat. They walk the bass note down from the G to the Em....G, F#, E.
Then, they rearrange those same chord s for the last two lines of the verse....with that trick at the end of the second line of go ing tot he E major.
Bm, G, D, Em
Bm, G, D, Em...Emajor
Chorus:
D, G
D, G
D, G
D, G
D, Bm, Em, G
D..intro back in to verse.....


And you must have an alto voice!?!?!

[sass35011]

A word of caution, refrain from playing that song south of the Mason-Dixon line.

[Wally]

Originally Posted by sass35011

A word of caution, refrain from playing that song south of the Mason-Dixon line.

Why is that??? IT seems to be a song of reality concerning a time in the life of the United STates that we all should have come to terms with long ago. IT is by no means a rejoicing over Union victory. IT is a song about a southern man who has witnessed the destruction of his way of life, the death of his brother, the death of his heroes, and the excesses that were exercised by the victors..."They should never have taken the very best". I view it as a sad anthem.
I have lived 'south of the Mason Dixon line' all of my life, and I have loved that song since the first tiem I heard it. Noone around here has ever complained about that song, to my knowledge. The words of the song are very plain and understandable...and are not 'anti-Confederacy' in any way, imho. There is no rejoicing in the song over the defeat of the South.

[Lee Harvey]

Originally Posted by sass35011

A word of caution, refrain from playing that song south of the Mason-Dixon line.

Better tell The Black Crowes and Awhole lot of southern bands that play it..

[McGlamRock]

Originally Posted by sass35011

A word of caution, refrain from playing that song south of the Mason-Dixon line.

Wasn't Levon Helm the son of cotton farmers from Arkansas?

[pondcaster]

Originally Posted by jbmando

You could do something like this:

Yep, that's the way I've picked it out. Am C F Am... Can work that intro into a lead that runs thru the song. Sounds great with rhythm guitar playing the Am C F Am x2...

Been playing that since the other sad day... really works itself into a nice jam. Then we go into The Weight and back into TNTDODD... Thanks again, Levon!

[Wally]

Originally Posted by McGlamRock

Wasn't Levon Helm the son of cotton farmers from Arkansas?

Born and bred in ARkansas, Mr. HElm was. You could hear that Southern twang coming straight out of his heart. Anyone who thinks that the song in question is anti-South is not listening to the words of the song. That happens.
Look at what one of the political parites did with Bruce Springsteens 'Born in the USA" back some time ago. Springsteens song is one of the sharpest-tongued looks at the USA from the perspective of the disenfranchised. Their use of it ignored the reality of the lyrics. IT fit into those 9.2 seconds that most people have as a limit on their attention span, though. THe phrase 'born in the U.S.A.' actually takes up about 7.5 seconds. (;^)