Like the album it hailed from, Music From Big Pink, “The Weight” came as a breath of fresh air amid the tumult and tear gas of the summer of ’68. The song’s relaxed yet mildly funky ...

I would say, in probably 45 minutes, I had written the skeleton of the whole song The Weight, the rootsy fifth track on Music From Big Pink, is one of The Band’s most enduring and oft-played ...

It’s hard to put a finger on it, but there is something just so soothing about the song, “The Weight,” by the Canadian-born rock band, the Band. It’s like an old dusty short story that you ...

"The Weight," "Up on Cripple Creek," "The Night ... 70s — even though he didn’t sing lead on many of his most famous songs — died this week. Robbie Robertson, guitarist and primary ...

The Band’s iconic track The Weight’s meaning remains obscure, but Robbie Robertson remembers what inspired it. The enigmatic song about a traveller, the characters he meets and the burdens he ...