The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down: The Best of the Band Live in Concert is a 1990 compilation of live recordings from American roots rock group the Band released by CEMA Special Markets.

Reception

The editors of AllMusic Guide gave this album 2.5 out of five stars, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine noting that the performances are good and that listeners will be pleased by the music, but there is too little content and that there are "better ways to hear the Band at their peak".

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down: The Best of the Band Live in Concert

Track listing

All tracks are taken from Rock of Ages. Various releases of this album have eight or 11 tracks, all of which are written by Robbie Robertson, except where noted:

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down: The Best of the Band Live in Concert

"This Wheel's on Fire" (Rick Danko and Bob Dylan) – 4:07

"The Weight" – 5:32

"Rag Mama Rag" – 4:33

"The Shape I'm In" – 4:14

"Don't Do It" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 5:00

"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" – 4:34

"Across the Great Divide" – 3:59

"Life Is a Carnival" (Danko, Levon Helm, and Robertson) – 4:17

"Stage Fright" – 4:38

"The Unfaithful Servant" – 4:48

"King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" – 4:04

Personnel

The Band at the Academy of Music concerts

The Band

Robbie Robertson – guitar, backing vocals, introduction

Garth Hudson – organ, piano, accordion, tenor and soprano saxophone solos

Richard Manuel – vocals, piano, organ, clavinet, drums

Rick Danko – vocals, bass guitar, violin

Levon Helm – vocals, drums, mandolin

Additional musicians

Howard Johnson – tuba, euphonium, baritone saxophone

Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn

Joe Farrell – tenor and soprano saxophones, English horn

Earl McIntyre – trombone

J. D. Parran – alto saxophone and E-flat clarinet

Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar on "Down in the Flood", "When I Paint My Masterpiece", "Don't Ya Tell Henry", and "Like a Rolling Stone"

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down: The Best of the Band Live in Concert

Production

Allen Toussaint – horn arrangements

Phil Ramone – engineer

Mark Harman – engineer

References

External links

1990 live albums

Capitol Records live albums

The Band live albums