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 ...