In Levon Helm's autobiography, 'This Wheel's On Fire', he says about this song:
"Caledonia Mission" was Robbie's, and Richard sang the lyrics that alluded to the little problem we'd had with the law a few years earlier.
This seemed like a reference to the Star Of David, given the fact that Robbie is Jewish. That last verse is very peculiar, are there Jewish Missions in Modark, Arkansas? Seems unlikely. And would a "deranged mountain man" be Jewish? lol
This seemed like a reference to the Star Of David, given the fact that Robbie is Jewish. That last verse is very peculiar, are there Jewish Missions in Modark, Arkansas? Seems unlikely. And would a "deranged mountain man" be Jewish? lol
In Levon Helm's autobiography, 'This Wheel's On Fire', he says about this song: "Caledonia Mission" was Robbie's, and Richard sang the lyrics that alluded to the little problem we'd had with the law a few years earlier.
"You know I do believe in your hexagram"
"You know I do believe in your hexagram"
This seemed like a reference to the Star Of David, given the fact that Robbie is Jewish. That last verse is very peculiar, are there Jewish Missions in Modark, Arkansas? Seems unlikely. And would a "deranged mountain man" be Jewish? lol
This seemed like a reference to the Star Of David, given the fact that Robbie is Jewish. That last verse is very peculiar, are there Jewish Missions in Modark, Arkansas? Seems unlikely. And would a "deranged mountain man" be Jewish? lol
The hexagram line is supposedly a reference to the I Ching.
The hexagram line is supposedly a reference to the I Ching.