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"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.
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.
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. Robertson's lyric carries the ...
The Roches perform the Band classic "Acadian Driftwood". Please Give (2010). The Roches sing "No Shoes" by Paranoid Larry. Amen & Goodbye (2016). Suzzy appears on the songs "I Am Chemistry," "Half Asleep," and "Gerson's Whistle" on the fourth album by the Brooklyn indie trio Yeasayer.
I mean, not that everything else tonight doesn’t, but it’s not one of the more well-known of his songs, I would say, even if I guess a fan might disagree with me. ... “Acadian Driftwood ...
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]
"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