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Take a load off, Fanny

"The Weight" is a 1968 song by The Band. The song appears originally on The Band's first album, Music from Big Pink. "The Weight" is one of the group's best known songs and among the most popular songs of the late 1960s counterculture. However, the song was not a significant mainstream hit for The Band in the US, peaking at only #63. The Band's record fared much better in Canada and the UK – in those countries, the single was a top 40 hit, peaking at #35 in Canada and #21 in the UK in 1968. No fewer than three cover versions of "The Weight&quo… read more
"The Weight" is a 1968 song by The Band. The song appears originally on The Band's first album, Music from Big Pink. "The Weight&… read more
"The Weight" is a 1968 song by The Band. The song appears originally on The Band's first album, Music from Big Pink. "The Weight" is one of the group's best… read more

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The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock n' roll group of the 1960s and '70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band comprised Robbie Robertson (1943 - 2023) (guitar, piano, drums, harmonica); Richard Manuel (1943-1986) (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone, organ, slide guitar); Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet, accordion, synthesizer, saxophone) (1937 -2025); Rick Danko (1943-1999) (bass guitar, violin, trombone, guitar), and Levon Helm (1940-2012) (drums, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica). The members of The Band first worked together as The H… read more
The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock n' roll group of the 1960s and '70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band comprised Robbie Robertson (1943 - 2023) (guit… read more
The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock n' roll group of the 1960s and '70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band comprised Robbie Robertson (1943 - 2023) (guitar, piano, drums, harmonica); Richard Manuel (… read more

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