The Weight is an all-time classic from the American songbook that saw The Band transition from Bob Dylan's backing band to a new era with the 1967's The Basement Tapes and 1968 debut Music From The Big Pink.
Robbie Robertson on The Last Waltz, gear secrets and that bronze Fender Strat
But anyone who pays attention to the song's opening line will know it namechecks 'Nazareth' and there's a very good reason for that – Robbie Robertson's Martin D-28 guitar, as he explains in the video above.
The clip is taken from the forthcoming documentary, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band, in select cinemas on 21 February.
The documentary is based on Robertson’s 2016 memoir Testimony and follows The Band’s history to their 1976 Martin Scorsese-directed farewell show The Last Waltz.
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