Surprisingly, the most well-known of The Band's songs made its way onto this breakout album almost by accident. The Band rented a house nearby-a big pink house-and in 1968 cut the album that bore their home's name and Dylan's cover art.

In 1965, they joined the recently electrified folkster as his back-up band until a motorcycle accident forced Dylan to take some time off near Woodstock, New York. After that, the Hawkinsless Hawks hacked around Canada and the American northeast for a few years before connecting with Bob Dylan. The Canuckified band enjoyed considerable success until Hawkins took off on his own in 1963. In Canada they connected with Canadians Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, and Richard Manuel. Arkansas rockabillies Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm traveled north-way north-with their band The Hawks in the late 1950s. The Band originated as a sort of Razorback-Maple Leaf fusion.

What do y'all think, eh?ДЇirst, let's get to the bottom of this strange mixture. Or perhaps this sort of indecipherability is what you get when you mix Arkansas and Canada. Perhaps leaving the words and their meanings obscure was part of 'Weight' writer Robertson's craft. But Band guitarist Robbie Robertson objected in principle to printing lyrics on record covers and sleeves. More elaborate liner notes and printed lyrics would have helped us puzzle out these questions. And just about every garage band and folk group, as well as many church choirs, has worked up versions as well.Д«ut does anybody outside of The Band fully understand it? Does anybody even know all the right words? Is it Annie or Fanny who's handing over a load? Who is that walking with the Devil вЂ“ Karma or Carmen? Does Crazy Chester catch him in the fog or the fall? And does Chester promise to fix his rags or his rack? Some of rock's biggest names have covered the song. 'The Weight' is probably The Band's greatest song, and is certainly the most memorable track off its greatest album, Music from Big Pink.

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