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Acadian Driftwood. " Acadian Driftwood " is a song by the Band. It was the fourth track on their sixth studio album Northern Lights – Southern Cross (1975), written by member Robbie Robertson. Richard Manuel, Levon Helm and Rick Danko trade off lead vocals and harmonize on the chorus.
"Acadian Driftwood" was featured in a 1984 CBC-TV special titled Murray McLauchlan's Floating Over Canada. The only Band member to appear in the sequence was Levon Helm. In this presentation of the song, Levon, his wife Sandy Helm, and Murray McLauchlan depict the expulsion of Acadian citizens by British forces.
Like his songs, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Acadian Driftwood", he touched on history that connects to his life and family. The Battle of Wounded Knee and the near-extinction of the bison are outlined in the song "Ghost Dance". [158] He won a Juno Award for Producer of the Year. [139]
On "Acadian Driftwood," he turns his attention to his native Canada, writing about the expulsion of the Acadians by the British in Nova Scotia during the 1750s.
The song "Acadian Driftwood", recorded in 1975 by The Band, portrays the Great Upheaval and the displacement of the Acadian people. [119] Antonine Maillet wrote a novel, called Pélagie-la-Charrette, about the aftermath of the Great Upheaval. It was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1979.
"Acadian Driftwood" performed by the Roches – 6:20 "The Unfaithful Servant" performed by Rosanne Cash – 4:56 "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) performed by Josh Turner – 5:03 "Life Is a Carnival" (Danko, Levon Helm, Robertson) performed by Trevor Hall – 4:09 "Look Out Cleveland" performed by Jackie Greene – 3:13
Hoskyns considers it and "Acadian Driftwood" to be "the most moving songs Robertson had written in five years." [1] Allmusic critic Rob Bowman claims that it "might be the best romantic ballad ever done by the group." [6] The Sarasota Herald-Tribune described the song as "poignant" and praised its eloquence as being worthy of a Grammy Award. [7]
Robbie Robertson of The Band wrote the song "Evangeline", performed with Emmylou Harris. In his lyrics, Evangeline is a girl from the Maritimes who awaits her absent lover in Louisiana, but the storyline and time period differ from Longfellow's original. Another Robertson song, "Acadian Driftwood" from 1975, was also influenced by Longfellow's ...