The Weight to me was The Band. Then saw this. The group has amazing musicality that matches Garth Hudson and they sing so well and harmonize in such a great way.
As a child growing up in my house The Band was a staple in a daily diet of wonderful music. Whenever I hear this song it always reminds me of good times, great friends and contentment. I had heard other versions before but they never evoked the same emotions The Band did. I have to say this version does. Truthfully, with all respect to the legends, I think I like this version better. Please come to Canada Gillian and bring all of your wonderful friends with you.
Hell of a lot of talent on that stage. But there was something else there too that night. There was an energy and spirit produced by artists completely immersed in the moment, touched briefly by a magic that happens only rarely on a stage and in our lives. Thank you, OCMS, Rawling and Welch for giving us this.
Saw these guys (Gillian, David & OCMS) at a gig over here in Ireland a few yrs back, got to chat to a lot of them afterwards. Hands down the best gig I've ever been to!! It's a shame that so many people my own age won't listen to a good music just because it's not "cool" or mainstream.
Love the way she looks at Dave at around 1:34. Seriously, I love to sing but I will never have what this woman has, do what this woman does. She's got the mountains in her voice. White mountain woman blues with soul to spare. Truly my soul's sister.
This song is one of the best ever written. I don't believe I've ever heard a bad version of it. the Weight brings out the best in whoever's playing/singing it. I'm loving the new release featuring Robbie Ringo and musicians from all over the world 🎶✌❤😷🎶🍏
It does not get any better than a great cover of the best song around. This song is a perfect mix of blues, country, folk, bluegrass, and pop. It is the perfect example of a mixing pot of the American experience.
During one of the interviews in The Last Waltz, I assumed it was Martin Scorsese, asked them all about how they came up with their style of music. Levon answers, it's a mixture of all of it. Southern Blues, Jazz, country, bluegrass, and you can put all those Styles together and it comes out as rock and roll. But they certainly played every other style of music out there, and they did it all Justice! It's too bad the band didn't stay together for another 40 years.
What a tribute to "the Band", and Gillian, has she ever sounded or looked more precious...Southern Gothic country slash rock slash whatever perfected...goosebumps and tears, this is the way the south sounds and feels in it's soul...
I saw Old Crow, Gillian and David perform this at Hardly, Strictly Bluegrass Festival in 2009 and it did indeed give me chills...(it's as good as any of the dozen or so times I saw the Band perform it over the years). It's so great to have this video to relive their performance.
Many folk speak of this being not as good as the original, but thats not the point, the point is that someone covered it at all and the reason they did is because they felt the emotion in the original, and responded by offering this damn good cover...music isnt a competition, its an evolution
I really felt the same about the invention of the wheel! You know what was great? When Ugh and Agh decided to make it square! This is almost as good as time Tom and Jane made Fire God so we eat square bread! @brian brown: brian brown makes a very good point, here.
Playing music has been the guiding force of my life, and a long time ago I came to the conclusion that I would sing songs written by other people if I felt I had something to add to it. I didn't want to stand on stage feeling like a hack b/c I was doing a second rate job singing someone else's version of a great song. If you don't have something to add to the conversation just let it go. I know the impulse to sing and play songs you Love. I can't and wouldn't want to sing Visions of Johanna or Tangled Up in Blue like Bob Dylan. Jerry Garcia does my favorite versions of both those songs and his versions, for me, define those songs. I will Never play either as well as Jerry, and out of respect for Jerry, myself, and those listening to me will save them the trouble of wanting to tell me how the whole time they were listening to me butcher a version they love of a song they love they were wishing they weren't.
brian brown music as evolution is a perfect way to encapsulate this type of cover. "The Weight" is a song written with intrinsic traditional style. It deserves to be carried on into perpetuity.
Credit to RR for authoring this remarkable tune and Levon and Rick for its delivery. Still after 50 years of this tune filling our ears, the only vocalists who can bring it to us like they did.
Gillian and the Boys did this song proud....this is the best cover of this song, that I have ever heard.... I am sure Robbie and the rest of the Band are smiling
Finally, a comment that I can't resist adding to. Ever since I was a kid around 1970, I turned onto the band, and over the years have gotten a deeper sense of what classic legends they were, when they were at their height. And they all had the sense to get out at the top of their game, before the road killed them. Robbie Robertson talked about that in the Last Waltz. So it's nice to see another group of musicians do one of their most well known songs, and do it justice. Gillian and David have become legends in their own time, for very justifiable reasons. I believe they are at the very top of this game, and do not receive the attention they deserve!
I really, really like this. Her smile makes it all the more precious. The joy of performance is amazing and I have felt it. Spiritual joy and much more.
what a wonderful interpretation of a classic song. the pairing of OCMS and Gillian Welch/David Rawlings is just about perfection. saw OCMS in houston a couple of weeks ago - they are a MUST SEE LIVE ACT. if you get the chance GO. find a sitter, call in sick, drive 4 hours if you must. just get there - you won't be disappointed.
I'm just discovering Old Crow Medicine Show. They're like all my fav musicians wrapped up in one band...and young and energetic. Bless their hearts. It's a real sacrifice to do what they've done with such dedication and talent.
Beautiful music, lovely happy people, doing what they love, the warmth and honesty of this music just oozes like sweet sweet honey off of warm toast between the fingers of a laughing child...
I got to see these guys together in Chico a few years ago and I still think it might be the best concert ever. Loved the whole thing...this song was soooo great that night.
Moments like this just have to happen. You cannot plan it. I would love to have been there and heard this live. I thank these musicians for keeping true country music alive. The pop country acts aren't worthy of shining their shoes.
JJK Believe it or not, this is what country music used to sound like, before the folks in Nashville and Memphis decided what was and wasn't marketable. While of course The Band wasn't a country group, the traditional country sound was quite prevalent in their songwriting, and this performance is very much reminiscent of the early days of "mountain" music. Aside from the instruments being used, the traditional and modern country music styles bear very little resemblance to each other.
Thank you so much Gillian Welch and OCMS for this beautiful performance. Battling through Traumatic Brain Injury for the past 6 months, and this song (one of my all time favorites)--what a sweet and heartfelt version!
Brilliant video, watching it makes me feel really good, because I know that the future of popular music is safe in these guy's hands.. such great, raw talent.
The best video on CZcams. It has the most heart and the most soul and you really see how much OCMS and Welch Rawlings enjoy playing the music together. There wouldn't even have to be an audience and it would be the same. Awesome.
It is always a testament to the talent of a band to be able to improve on an already great song. And, they have obviously done that here - well done by all.
It is so cool to see different generations of folk musicians coming together to make a STELLAR cover of this already cool song. Gillian Welch can wrap herself around a note like no one's business.
This is the BEST cover I have ever heard of this song. Don't know if I prefer this or the original by The Band.... so much the same and so different. Class! Thanks for posting!
Just the real deal talent I've seen him solo multiple times just raw talent, you can even see it on Gillian's face after..David Rawlings actually produced his last album it's called folk singer vol 1
I always have a hard time believing this song was "written" - feels like it has always existed and Robbie and the boys unearthed it up north somewhere. Many (too many!) good and great musicians have tried and failed to do it justice, and there will never be a version quite like the original, but I think this is a beautiful performance. I Love Gillian and David - can't wait to see them next month in NYC!!
I feel that way about a few songs. Songs that are so much a part of the culture it’s hard to imagine they once didn’t exist. It must be weird to be the songwriter. Imagine you’re driving along listening to the radio and Eleanor Rigby comes on and you think “Oh yeah, I remember where I was when I wrote that” No particular reason I chose that song, there’s a few I could choose from. Not a helluva lot but a few.
Love it all, but how could this part not be anyone's fav. . . it's Ketch rippin' that fiddle and such a great voice to add harmonies in. . .absolutely incredible. Love it . . . can't say anymore that words can describe . . .
This was amazing.. In my idealist 20's I hated covers, then I realized it was the highest form of flattery-- Now I appreciate covers when they are done right-- this one is done even better than right-- Thanks for posting and sharing it. EXCELLENT version of a fine old song by a stage full of outstanding talent- I too, am a Band Fan, as well as OCMS and now Gillian Welch
I sincerely love the version by The Band, but now I can't hear this song any other way than this. It simply beautiful, and the stories bear much more truth in a setting like this with acoustic instruments and a more earnest tone.
if you think that there is no soul in this music.....then you probably havent been in any neck of woods. I myself am from the foothills of california. "GOLD COUNTRY!" And we love your music.. If you dont like this sound i dont know why you are here?!?
The Weight to me was The Band. Then saw this. The group has amazing musicality that matches Garth Hudson and they sing so well and harmonize in such a great way.
As a child growing up in my house The Band was a staple in a daily diet of wonderful music. Whenever I hear this song it always reminds me of good times, great friends and contentment. I had heard other versions before but they never evoked the same emotions The Band did. I have to say this version does. Truthfully, with all respect to the legends, I think I like this version better. Please come to Canada Gillian and bring all of your wonderful friends with you.
I'll never get tired of this version. Just wow.
Hell of a lot of talent on that stage. But there was something else there too that night. There was an energy and spirit produced by artists completely immersed in the moment, touched briefly by a magic that happens only rarely on a stage and in our lives. Thank you, OCMS, Rawling and Welch for giving us this.
Wow! Love Gillian, David & OCMS! Thank you, Levon, for probably the all-time greatest group sing along ever! Your cool vibes will resonate forever!
Saw these guys (Gillian, David & OCMS) at a gig over here in Ireland a few yrs back, got to chat to a lot of them afterwards. Hands down the best gig I've ever been to!!
It's a shame that so many people my own age won't listen to a good music just because it's not "cool" or mainstream.
I would be willing to wager, that Robbie Robinson himself has this song in his top playlist. Absolutely beautiful work!!!
this song kept me alive tonight. literally. it changed my heart about the worth of this life. thank you.
Love the way she looks at Dave at around 1:34. Seriously, I love to sing but I will never have what this woman has, do what this woman does. She's got the mountains in her voice. White mountain woman blues with soul to spare. Truly my soul's sister.
This song is one of the best ever written. I don't believe I've ever heard a bad version of it. the Weight brings out the best in whoever's playing/singing it. I'm loving the new release featuring Robbie Ringo and musicians from all over the world 🎶✌❤😷🎶🍏
There are those few times when a group of musicians get together and magic happens - this is one of them!
It does not get any better than a great cover of the best song around. This song is a perfect mix of blues, country, folk, bluegrass, and pop. It is the perfect example of a mixing pot of the American experience.
During one of the interviews in The Last Waltz, I assumed it was Martin Scorsese, asked them all about how they came up with their style of music. Levon answers, it's a mixture of all of it. Southern Blues, Jazz, country, bluegrass, and you can put all those Styles together and it comes out as rock and roll. But they certainly played every other style of music out there, and they did it all Justice! It's too bad the band didn't stay together for another 40 years.
What a tribute to "the Band", and Gillian, has she ever sounded or looked more precious...Southern Gothic country slash rock slash whatever perfected...goosebumps and tears, this is the way the south sounds and feels in it's soul...
I saw Old Crow, Gillian and David perform this at Hardly, Strictly Bluegrass Festival in 2009 and it did indeed give me chills...(it's as good as any of the dozen or so times I saw the Band perform it over the years). It's so great to have this video to relive their performance.
Gillian Welch and David Rawlins are so amazing together...always have been, David's guitar playing is brilliant.👍👏🤗
Gillian/David made me respect a genre I wouldn't have bothered to check out before hearing them. Just phenomenal artists.
It's one of the most soulful and beautiful interpretations of a song that I ever heard.
The harmony and the way they perform this is absolutely beautiful. The Band would be proud of this especially the late Richard Manuel.
Many folk speak of this being not as good as the original, but thats not the point, the point is that someone covered it at all and the reason they did is because they felt the emotion in the original, and responded by offering this damn good cover...music isnt a competition, its an evolution
Well said
I really felt the same about the invention of the wheel! You know what was great? When Ugh and Agh decided to make it square! This is almost as good as time Tom and Jane made Fire God so we eat square bread!
@brian brown: brian brown makes a very good point, here.
Playing music has been the guiding force of my life, and a long time ago I came to the conclusion that I would sing songs written by other people if I felt I had something to add to it. I didn't want to stand on stage feeling like a hack b/c I was doing a second rate job singing someone else's version of a great song. If you don't have something to add to the conversation just let it go. I know the impulse to sing and play songs you Love. I can't and wouldn't want to sing Visions of Johanna or Tangled Up in Blue like Bob Dylan. Jerry Garcia does my favorite versions of both those songs and his versions, for me, define those songs. I will Never play either as well as Jerry, and out of respect for Jerry, myself, and those listening to me will save them the trouble of wanting to tell me how the whole time they were listening to me butcher a version they love of a song they love they were wishing they weren't.
brian brown music as evolution is a perfect way to encapsulate this type of cover. "The Weight" is a song written with intrinsic traditional style. It deserves to be carried on into perpetuity.
Good rendition...
I used to sing this in high school with my little folk rock band. I loved this song so much. Brings back the memories.
Whats is so beautiful is the fact that all the players are honoring Levon Helm in their own way.
Credit to RR for authoring this remarkable tune and Levon and Rick for its delivery. Still after 50 years of this tune filling our ears, the only vocalists who can bring it to us like they did.
Gillian and the Boys did this song proud....this is the best cover of this song, that I have ever heard.... I am sure Robbie and the rest of the Band are smiling
Gifted and soulful musicians one and all. The perfect tribute to the perfect song.
Love Gillian and Dave..!Rest in eternal peace Levon, Richard & Ricky..God Bless THE BAND !!!!!
Amen.
Finally, a comment that I can't resist adding to. Ever since I was a kid around 1970, I turned onto the band, and over the years have gotten a deeper sense of what classic legends they were, when they were at their height. And they all had the sense to get out at the top of their game, before the road killed them. Robbie Robertson talked about that in the Last Waltz. So it's nice to see another group of musicians do one of their most well known songs, and do it justice. Gillian and David have become legends in their own time, for very justifiable reasons. I believe they are at the very top of this game, and do not receive the attention they deserve!
Just about the best version of this song I've ever heard. Ol' Levon and them would be proud.
this is simply the best version of this song ever. for them and for us.
a wonderful person introduced me to this version. i'll never again hear this song without thinking of her.
One of the finest songs of all time...God bless you Miss Fanny.
I really, really like this. Her smile makes it all the more precious. The joy of performance is amazing and I have felt it. Spiritual joy and much more.
what a wonderful interpretation of a classic song. the pairing of OCMS and Gillian Welch/David Rawlings is just about perfection. saw OCMS in houston a couple of weeks ago - they are a MUST SEE LIVE ACT. if you get the chance GO. find a sitter, call in sick, drive 4 hours if you must. just get there - you won't be disappointed.
They really put heart and soul into the song. Thank you to the Lady, and the Gentlemen. XXX.
One of the best live performances of any song on CZcams. A truly great song by The Band.
I'm just discovering Old Crow Medicine Show. They're like all my fav musicians wrapped up in one band...and young and energetic. Bless their hearts. It's a real sacrifice to do what they've done with such dedication and talent.
Beautiful music, lovely happy people, doing what they love, the warmth and honesty of this music just oozes like sweet sweet honey off of warm toast between the fingers of a laughing child...
Fantastic harmonies. It is an absolute pleasure to listen to these folks perform together.
My God...its just so pure.
Thank You for putting this out here where everyone can enjoy it.
No need to compare this with the original - they're both superb in their own way.
said it before and ill say it again. one of the best musical performances i have had the pleasure of seeing. thank you
I got to see these guys together in Chico a few years ago and I still think it might be the best concert ever.
Loved the whole thing...this song was soooo great that night.
The talent on that stage is unbelievable
Moments like this just have to happen. You cannot plan it. I would love to have been there and heard this live. I thank these musicians for keeping true country music alive. The pop country acts aren't worthy of shining their shoes.
Country music? I don't think so
JJK Believe it or not, this is what country music used to sound like, before the folks in Nashville and Memphis decided what was and wasn't marketable. While of course The Band wasn't a country group, the traditional country sound was quite prevalent in their songwriting, and this performance is very much reminiscent of the early days of "mountain" music. Aside from the instruments being used, the traditional and modern country music styles bear very little resemblance to each other.
JJK educate yourself
+JJK Get your head out of your ass, this is real country music, not that bland pablum Nashville is selling. This is real Americana.
Some much better than she likes my truck or taking my jet ski to the marina
Thank you so much Gillian Welch and OCMS for this beautiful performance. Battling through Traumatic Brain Injury for the past 6 months, and this song (one of my all time favorites)--what a sweet and heartfelt version!
Gary Dorshimer music heals like no other. Godspeed, sir.
Oh SWEET FRIEND i had a TBI 7yrs ago this June 12th I still stumble BUT I'm working
Blessings
All the best Gary. Hope you are on the mend!
this girl will go down in music history, a true gift.
One of the things that make me still have faith in this rotten world. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Our shithole president is making it hard to have faith in this rotten world.
are Johnson What a total piece of shit you are! Unbelievable! 🖕
are Johnson You are such a piece of shut it’s truly hard to believe! 🖕
Lol at trumpsters defending their racist criminal moron.
R. Jay stewart The greatest President ever! 4 more years! USA! USA! USA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Trump Forever! 👍
I love the Old Crow Medicine Show and I love this cover. Great.
Chills.....great version. Saw her for the first time at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in SF. It was magic. Pure magic.
An amazing blend of musical and vocal harmonies.
This is simply fantastic. Everyone shines. Gillian's smile is radiant. One of the best things I've seen and heard on youtube.
I concur
ugh....this is why I love Dave and Gillian......and of course OCMS......damn good
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i saw these guys last winter..BEST SHOW I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS!!!!! hands down!! they even did this one ! thanks Gillian and boys ...you rock!!! =)
can't believe I missed these guys in Hollywood....great tune!
Damn, I have loved this song for a long time. This version sent chills up my spine.
Two of the absolute BEST genuine Artists!
I wish I could have been there in person. So much talent all on one stage!
By far the finest performance of The Weight that I've ever heard. Absolutely fantastic.
Superb.
Almost as pleasing as how good this is is how much Gillian smiles throughout - clearly enjoying the whole experience!
It is hard not to like every version
of this song, my all time favorite song and I love them all! The original is the best to me!
Awesome, just turned 60 Brings tears to my eyes.listening to this the only kind of thing to keep on keeping on.
Absolutely Amazing! As a huge fan of both Gillian & David as well as OCMS it only makes sense that they'd make incredible music together.
Makes a man wonder how Carmen and The Devil got to be such close frends in the first place.
One of my all time favorite songs. Great job! I believe Levon would approve
Brilliant video, watching it makes me feel really good, because I know that the future of popular music is safe in these guy's hands.. such great, raw talent.
The best video on CZcams. It has the most heart and the most soul and you really see how much OCMS and Welch Rawlings enjoy playing the music together. There wouldn't even have to be an audience and it would be the same. Awesome.
It is always a testament to the talent of a band to be able to improve on an already great song. And, they have obviously done that here - well done by all.
Perfect song! I hope I'm never so depressed that watching this won't cheer me up.
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i love songs like this. hit you in the chest like a ton of bricks but leaves you so refreshed after. what a trip.
It is so cool to see different generations of folk musicians coming together to make a STELLAR cover of this already cool song. Gillian Welch can wrap herself around a note like no one's business.
When they all sing that last verse it gives me goosebumps!
I hope someday my kids watch this and wonder why it doesn't have a billion views.
+Jeremy AAsum I hope someday this has a billion views!
Damn right! Excellence in musical power.Thank you both.Love the guitar DR.
This is the BEST cover I have ever heard of this song. Don't know if I prefer this or the original by The Band.... so much the same and so different. Class! Thanks for posting!
Just goes to show you how much a great song this really is. This bluegrass type band just nails this song. Great cover!!!!
Bloody hell, this is a great version of a great song.
Anything with the old crow medicine show is worth watching 🎸🎸🐻
This is such a wonderful version! Please please please, this needs to covered on someone's album.
This is so beautiful -2019
I just love that young fella in the blue shirt singing his short bit!
+Rachel King I feel the same; each solo is so filled with their what effort?
+Rachel King "I'm a peaceful man..."
That would be Mr. Willie Watson you gotta check him out
Just the real deal talent I've seen him solo multiple times just raw talent, you can even see it on Gillian's face after..David Rawlings actually produced his last album it's called folk singer vol 1
+Rachel King i
They are singing with their souls, beautiful
its just amazing having that many brilliant people on a stage at one time
This musical performance truly is top shelf. It is also a beautifully filmed and edited piece. good job broadcast team.
Totally agree!!
I always have a hard time believing this song was "written" - feels like it has always existed and Robbie and the boys unearthed it up north somewhere. Many (too many!) good and great musicians have tried and failed to do it justice, and there will never be a version quite like the original, but I think this is a beautiful performance. I Love Gillian and David - can't wait to see them next month in NYC!!
What you said!
Dylan kinda has that way, huh?
I feel that way about a few songs. Songs that are so much a part of the culture it’s hard to imagine they once didn’t exist. It must be weird to be the songwriter. Imagine you’re driving along listening to the radio and Eleanor Rigby comes on and you think “Oh yeah, I remember where I was when I wrote that”
No particular reason I chose that song, there’s a few I could choose from. Not a helluva lot but a few.
@@shtevenshtein Not a Dylan tune, but he definitely has a few in this category!
Absolutely golden!! Musicians performing for the joy of entertaining. Beautiful.
Incredible sounds, harmonies born out of a love of music. I got to hear them live.
Everyone in OCMS looks so young here! Gillian is amazing (not a surprise), and they all sound great together. So sad Willie left the band.
Beautiful song, great cover.
Simply outstanding! Great job. I can listen to it over and over again. It'll definitely be played when I leave this world. God bless The Band's music.
Love it all, but how could this part not be anyone's fav. . . it's Ketch rippin' that fiddle and such a great voice to add harmonies in. . .absolutely incredible. Love it . . . can't say anymore that words can describe . . .
Wonderful version! Gotta add, if I were to make a list of the top 10 songs of the last 60 years this song would make that list.
A great rendition of a classic song. Congratulations!
This was amazing.. In my idealist 20's I hated covers, then I realized it was the highest form of flattery-- Now I appreciate covers when they are done right-- this one is done even better than right-- Thanks for posting and sharing it. EXCELLENT version of a fine old song by a stage full of outstanding talent- I too, am a Band Fan, as well as OCMS and now Gillian Welch
waves of chills up and down the spine for this one... these are some of the most beautiful people I have ever seen
I sincerely love the version by The Band, but now I can't hear this song any other way than this. It simply beautiful, and the stories bear much more truth in a setting like this with acoustic instruments and a more earnest tone.
Cole Peterson you can find the band on CZcams
That's an ole Vietnam song performed by the band god bless the men who had that load and fit vietnam
What a wonderful version! What a classic!
Thank you for that!
if you think that there is no soul in this music.....then you probably havent been in any neck of woods. I myself am from the foothills of california. "GOLD COUNTRY!" And we love your music.. If you dont like this sound i dont know why you are here?!?
God, I love American music!
We like it too, brotherman =)
SenorMorgenStern But did you know this song is originally by The Band? And four of the five members are Canadian?
this cut me shed a tear will be doing this one with old band reunion after 40 years 24 sept 2016
One of the best songs ever written . One of the best covers. Could be the best version ever. Could be. I'm lovin it.
This is my preference.
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But I have to admit some prejudice.
Heart & Soul very moving rendition.... love it love them.