Jackie DeShannon, The Band: The Weight
Posted in Lyrics at 23:08 on 3 February 2010
The Band’s The Weight has famously obscure lyrics. Nevertheless I did buy the single way back when and also found a very good version of the Bob Dylan song I Shall Be Released on the B-side.
The first version of The Weight I remember hearing, though, and one that got a bit of airplay at the time, was by Jackie DeShannon. She wrote a good few of the familiar songs from the mid nineteen-sixties including a couple of The Searchers’ hits.
Here she is on You Tube.
For comparison purposes here also is The Band’s original version.
Tags: Jackie DeShannon, Lyrics, Nostalgia, The Band, The Weight
campbell yule
7 February 2010 at 21:51
CSNY,John lennon and The Band
real music Jack
At the risk of sounding like an auld hippy they dont make them like that any more
Far out Man
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