‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’, explained by an actual Southerner April 23, 2012 By Kathy Shaidle I was always surprised that The Band was as popular with hippies as they were… More from my siteMore talk radio stuffWe’re gonna need a new word for ‘irony’Because America is clearly vying for ‘fourth greatest nation’ status at this point?Yeah, Ontario’s diverse. So was Jonestown.