"The Weight" is a song by the Band, released as a single in 1968 and on their debut album Music from Big Pink. Band member Robbie Robertson wrote it, and it opens with a traveler arriving in Nazareth. Here is my cover of it with the Yazoo Ramblers, which I posted to the channel on June 22, 2026.
It was the group's first release under the name the Band, after earlier records as the Canadian Squires and Levon and the Hawks. Rolling Stone put it at No. 41 on its 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Why I picked it
Rambling around the northeast, figuring it all out.
Credits
- Song: The Weight
- Original artist: The Band
- Written by: Robbie Robertson
- Played by: Cal Carter and friends: Bob Young, Peggy Fenton and Gary Geurts
Session notes
- Posted to YouTube: June 22, 2026
- Length: 4:55
- Recorded in the garage in Milton, GA, at my June 18, 2026 practice session (it is in my "Yazoo Ramblers June 18, 2026 Practice" playlist).
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Song Stories is where I share the story behind each cover on Cal Carter's Yazoo Ramblers Channel. I record the covers in my garage in Milton, GA, and I put the story and the credits here. If this song means something to you, tell me about it in the YouTube comments. I'd like to hear it.
If you are new here, the playlist below has the rest of the Yazoo Ramblers covers, and my music page has them all in one place.
Keep rambling
- Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/F5ERRXdA6zA
- More of my covers: https://www.gulfshoreslife.com/the-yazoo-ramblers-band-covers
- Playlist: Yazoo Rambler Covers - Americana & Blues Classics Covers: The Yazoo Ramblers Sessions (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaYy11pUoiVYXStCbXs7Th_FcOKuj5TMR)
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