When Jim Weider was fresh out of high school, one of his favorite bands walked into the store where he was working. Growing up in Woodstock, New York, during the 1960s he was surrounded by music ...

When Jim Weider formed The Weight Band in 2013 to continue the musical legacy of The Band, he was well qualified for such an undertaking, having replaced The Band’s original ...

On June 28, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., Homer Center for the Arts in Cortland County will host a free event discussion centered on ...

Growing up a "country boy who liked to hunt" in Woodstock, ... Weider and his band The Weight will perform tonight at Songbirds at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30-$50 and like all shows at Songbirds, ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — “The Woodstock Sound” will fill the Bardavon when the Weight Band and Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams return on Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale to Barda… ...

The Band got together at a pink home in Woodstock they called Big Pink and recorded their debut, Music from Big Pink, which included “The Weight.” (Previously the Band had been called Canadian ...

The Band played at the 1969 Woodstock festival, not far from where they lived, and became newsworthy enough to appear on the cover of Time magazine. But the spirit behind their best work was ...

Robbie Robertson, guitarist and main songwriter for The Band died Wednesday at age 80. The Toronto-born musician penned classics such as "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down ...

But Weider felt it wasn’t over yet. The world still needed the “Woodstock sound.” And so, The Weight Band was founded in 2013, inspired by Helm, who died a year earlier, to carry on the legacy of the ...

Paramount Theatre The Paramount Theatre will present The Weight Band at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, on its main stage, 30 Center St. in Rutland. Tickets are $40 and $50 (+ tax and fees); call ...