The Weight Band - World Gone Mad 2018

Keeping the spirit and the music alive that helped define an era, members of The Weight Band were either actual players in The Band or are directly and deeply connected to their legacy. Touring nationally for the past four years featuring members of The Band, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm's band. The Woodstock-based Weight Band is not a tribute to The Band but rather a continuation of where The Band and its members left off. Members include Jim Weider, Marty Grebb, Brian Mitchell, Albert Rogers, and Michael Bram… Songs were written by The Band, Levon Helm… and Colin Linden. Summer 2018, The Weight Band releases its first full-length, 11-track studio album World Gone Mad in Europe. It features eight original tracks, guest vocals, and slide guitar from Jackie Greene on a cover of a Jerry Garcia-Robert Hunter song, and writing contributions from the late Levon Helm on previously unreleased songs. The Weight Band originated in 2013 inside the famed Woodstock, New York barn of Levon Helm when Jim Weider and Randy Ciarlante both former members of The Band performed Songs of The Band with Band founder, Garth Hudson, alongside Jimmy Vivino and Byron Isaacs. Inspired to carry on the legacy of the unforgettable rock group, Weider, Ciarlante, and Isaacs began performing fan favorites from The Band catalog to audiences across the country, inviting Marty Grebb and Brian Mitchell to complete their sound. The Weight Band later added Albert Rogers and Michael Bram to make up their current lineup with Weider, Mitchell, and Grebb. Together, after four years of touring, The Weight Band has recorded a new album of original material, capturing The Band's musical tradition and packaged it for today's vibrant Americana base. Released in Europe in September 2018, World Gone Mad is an Americana/Roots Rock masterpiece of the Woodstock sound.

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