Damn @spiritofradio, that’s a great version of also one of my very favorite songs, up there with "God Only Knows" and "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted". "The Weight" (and the rest of Music From Big Pink, and the s/t brown album), once fully digested, rendered just about all other Rock ’n’ Roll Bands irrelevant to me for quite a while. I love what the dobro, mandolin, fiddle, and banjo players in this video add to the song. And the girls singing 3-part harmony---fantastic!
There’s a great version of "The Weight" performed by The Band and The Staples at the end of The Last Waltz, and another filmed at the 2012 Americana Awards Show with Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, John Hiatt, Jim Lauderdale, Richard Thompson, Buddy Miller, Larry Campbell, Sam Bush, Amy Helm (Levon’s daughter), I think Peggy Young (Neil’s now ex-wife), Don Was, and others. Incredible!
If anyone does a YouTube search for this posted video, you will come across a video of Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White performing the song. You will not believe how utterly lame they sound. My God, they don’t even get the opening chord sequence correct. And the "singing"---pathetic!
