Zac Brown Band covered “The Weight” in honor of Robbie Robertson ... wrote the hit song for the group’s debut studio album Music from Big Pink in 1968. A video capturing Sunday’s ...

“When the legendary Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler told me that he had recorded ‘The Weight’ with Aretha Franklin, I thought, how does it get better than that?” To have anyone ...

So for the cover of their 1975 album, the band sought a literal depiction of that with a stuntman who — in an era before digital effects — actually had to be set on fire for multiple takes.

Aysanabee was nominated for three Juno Awards this year, including songwriter of the year, alternative album of the ... Aysanabee's nostalgic cover of The Band's "The Weight" above, and keep ...

“Music from Big Pink” featured Robertson's "The Weight." The follow-up album, "The Band," released in 1969 ... and became newsworthy enough to appear on the cover of Time magazine.