Connect with us

Arts

Take a Load Off. Crank up This Epic Cover of 'The Weight'

Avatar

Published

on

Screen grab of Robbie Robertson and Ringo Starr
Spread the love

Playing For Change’s latest release, a cover of The Band’s epic “The Weight” featuring Robbie Robertson and Ringo Starr, is a viral video sensation on the song’s 50th anniversary.
“We made it brick by brick, starting with Robbie” Playing For Change co-founder Mark Johnson, a Grammy-winning producer-engineer, told Rolling Stone. “That’s what makes this special. We could never have never assembled this group in the studio. You need to go there, and then when you go there, you’re where they feel comfortable. You hear that in the music.”

About Playing For Change

In its own words, Playing For Change, “is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music, born from the shared belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people.”
Learn more here:
http://playingforchange.com #iPlayForChange #SongAroundTheWorld Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlayingForCh… Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playing4change Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/playing4change

Continue Reading
1 Comment

1 Comment

  1. Avatar

    Robert McEwen

    September 19, 2019 at 9:53 pm

    Thank you for sharing that rendition of the song and the video. What an amazing collection of artists and their interpretations of this great song. Hopefully it’s available for download on Apple Music.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Close Bitnami banner
Bitnami