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 guitarist Robbie Robertson ...

Don’t mistake The Weight Band for a tribute act. Yes, those who see the group when it opens for Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes on April 7 at the Robins Theatre probably will hear “Up on Cripple ...

Born from the famed barn of Levon Helm in Woodstock, New York, The Weight Band carries on the legacy of one of rock’s most influential groups.

Jim Weider of The Weight Band remembers the first few times he saw The Band, initially at Woodstock in 1969, and again in 1973 at the Watkins Glen Summer Jam, an event that drew more people than ...

Sep. 4—STROUDSBURG — The Weight Band, featuring members of The Band and the Levon Helm Band is headed to the Sherman Theater in the Poconos on Saturday, September 7. Performing original songs as well ...