The Band – “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, “Up On Cripple Creek” And “The Weight”

One of the most memorable songs of the Seventies for me was actually written shortly before the decade began: “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, by Bob Dylan’s Canadian backing group The Band. The song, written by Robbie Robertson and sung by Levon Helm (though he aparently claims to have contributed to the lyrics), […]

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Stealers Wheel – “Stuck In The Middle With You”, “Everyone’s Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine”, “Star”, “Late Again”, “Another Meaning”, “I Get By” and “You Put Something Better Inside Me”

Stealers Wheel, the band formed in 1972 by Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan from Paisley, Scotland, had several hits in the early to mid Seventies, in particular “Stuck In The Middle With You” and “Everyone’s Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine”. “Star” also reached the Top Thirty in both the US and the UK […]

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