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Dwight
August 31st 2024
These guys are great.! They're a new incarnation of The Band, whose fanbase from the '60s and '70s may be aging but is still totally dedicated to the best group from the era of the Beatles, Stones, Who, and Dead. Please invite them back.
Plymouth, NH@The Flying Monkey
Debbie
August 11th 2024
AMAZING evening with my honey!! THank YOU ALL for a fantastic night with some awesome music!
Riverhead, NY@Suffolk Theater
AJ
March 18th 2024
FANTASTIC show!!
Hurry back!
Come to Cafe 11 in St. Augustine, while the P-V concert hall is under renovations.
We love you all!
Ponte Vedra, FL@Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
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About The Weight Band
On their second studio album, Shines Like Gold, The Weight Band looks at our troubled world, ponders the passage of time, and ultimately conveys a sense of hopefulness for the future. “There’s a new dawn rising,” they proclaim on the title track, “and it shines like gold.”
With Shines Like Gold, The Weight Band presents a dynamic set of classic Americana that draws upon roadhouse rock, funky swamp pop, blues, country soul and folk music. Composed of band leader, renowned guitarist Jim Weider (The Band, Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble Band, Jim Weider Band), keyboardist Brian Mitchell (Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble Band), bassist Albert Rogers (Jim Weider Band, Jimmy Vivino), drummer Michael Bram (Jason Mraz) and keyboardist Matt Zeiner (Dickey Betts), the veteran quintet shares a deep appreciation and knowledge for this music, which Weider describes as the “Woodstock Sound.” The Weight Band continues to serve as its torchbearer, with Shines Like Gold
representing a sublime example of these masterful roots musicians at work.
Featuring nine original songs (co-written by Weider, Colin Linden, Brian Mitchell and Matt Zeiner) plus a cover of a Willie Dixon gem, the album kicks off with “Weight of the World,” a robust roots rocker that powerfully delivers a hopeful message for the times ahead. Mitchell’s accordion gives a New Orleans touch to “Long Journey,” a poignant song about persevering after losing a loved one. The standout lead single “Shines Like Gold” (Jim Weider & Colin Linden) offers an exuberant slice of Americana with its reassuring “keep the faith” lyrics driven home by Bram and Rogers’ powerful, galloping rhythm line and Weider’s muscular Telecaster playing. Closing out the album is its sole cover, with strong vocals by Bram, Mitchell and Zeiner, a bluesy, jazz-tinged rendition of Willie Dixon’s “It Don’t Make Sense (If You Can’t Make Peace),” which still remains amazingly relevant.
The Weight Band’s musical kinship is evident throughout the album, giving it a more cohesive and funkier sound than the group’s debut. The addition of Zeiner also contributed to the new album’s sound. He forms a potent keyboard/organ tandem with Mitchell (“Tear Down These Walls” and the poignant “Old John”) and provides the band with an additional strong vocalist. Tracks like “Out of the Wilderness” and “Tall Trees” particularly showcase his terrific harmonizing with Rogers and Bram.
A testament to the group’s musical affinity, The Weight Band recorded Shine Like Gold’s ten songs live at Clubhouse Studios in Rhinebeck, NY, over four days – with minimal rehearsal during the height of the pandemic in 2020. Producer Colin Linden, an award-winning musician and Weider’s longtime collaborator and co-writer on several of the album tracks, was in Nashville. The arrangement, however, worked out perfectly, according to Weider. “He was really thorough with the vocals. He came up with a great arrangement in the middle of ‘Tall Trees’ with his acoustic guitar and my slide underneath. He had a big hand and footprint on this record. Weider added, “We go back, so there is a comfortableness
working with him.”
The Weight Band’s origins are tied to Woodstock and some of its most famous inhabitants, The Band. Weider, a Woodstock native, served as The Band’s lead guitarist from 1985-2000, following Robbie Robertson’s departure. In the late 00s, he replaced Jimmy Vivino in the Levon Helm Band, which already included Mitchell. The connections extend further, as Rogers shared the stage with Helm and Hudson while in The Jim Weider Band and Bram drummed in the Chris O’Leary Band, an off-shoot of Helm’s band The Barnburners.
In 2017, The Weight Band performed on the PBS series Infinity Hall Live. The following year, their selfproduced debut, World Gone Mad, was released to strong reviews. Billboard called it “excellent” while Goldmine Magazine hailed World Gone Mad as one of the year’s best indie albums. Most recently, the Weight Band put out Acoustic Live in 2021. This 11-track album features five songs recorded at the Big Pink on October 25, 2019, and six songs recorded the following night in Levon Helm’s barn/studio. Performances include memorable versions of “World Gone Mad,” Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited,” Jerry Garcia’s “Deal,” and several Band covers.
Following Helm’s death in 2012, Weider performed a few “Songs of The Band” concerts, which included Vivino, Byron Isaacs, Randy Ciarlante and Garth Hudson. The shows were so well received that Weider started the first version of The Weight Band with Ciarlante, Isaacs, Mitchell, and keyboardist Marty Grebb. Over the next several years, the group shifted from playing mainly Band songs to their originals. Along the way, band membership shifted too. When Isaacs left for the Lumineers, Rogers came aboard. Bram joined the group after Ciarlante’s departure. Following World Gone Mad’s release, Grebb bowed out and Zeiner stepped in.
While The Band along with Dylan played a large role in making Woodstock a launching point for what is now called Americana, native son Weider points out the town also had a diverse music scene in the 70s. It was home to performers like blues harp man Paul Butterfield, jazz saxophonist David Sanborn, traditional folkies Happy and Artie Traum, New Orleans-bred singer Bobby Charles and bluegrass troubadour John Herald. This musical melting pot all contributed to the Woodstock Sound.
With Shines Like Gold, The Weight Band presents a dynamic set of classic Americana that draws upon roadhouse rock, funky swamp pop, blues, country soul and folk music. Composed of band leader, renowned guitarist Jim Weider (The Band, Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble Band, Jim Weider Band), keyboardist Brian Mitchell (Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble Band), bassist Albert Rogers (Jim Weider Band, Jimmy Vivino), drummer Michael Bram (Jason Mraz) and keyboardist Matt Zeiner (Dickey Betts), the veteran quintet shares a deep appreciation and knowledge for this music, which Weider describes as the “Woodstock Sound.” The Weight Band continues to serve as its torchbearer, with Shines Like Gold
representing a sublime example of these masterful roots musicians at work.
Featuring nine original songs (co-written by Weider, Colin Linden, Brian Mitchell and Matt Zeiner) plus a cover of a Willie Dixon gem, the album kicks off with “Weight of the World,” a robust roots rocker that powerfully delivers a hopeful message for the times ahead. Mitchell’s accordion gives a New Orleans touch to “Long Journey,” a poignant song about persevering after losing a loved one. The standout lead single “Shines Like Gold” (Jim Weider & Colin Linden) offers an exuberant slice of Americana with its reassuring “keep the faith” lyrics driven home by Bram and Rogers’ powerful, galloping rhythm line and Weider’s muscular Telecaster playing. Closing out the album is its sole cover, with strong vocals by Bram, Mitchell and Zeiner, a bluesy, jazz-tinged rendition of Willie Dixon’s “It Don’t Make Sense (If You Can’t Make Peace),” which still remains amazingly relevant.
The Weight Band’s musical kinship is evident throughout the album, giving it a more cohesive and funkier sound than the group’s debut. The addition of Zeiner also contributed to the new album’s sound. He forms a potent keyboard/organ tandem with Mitchell (“Tear Down These Walls” and the poignant “Old John”) and provides the band with an additional strong vocalist. Tracks like “Out of the Wilderness” and “Tall Trees” particularly showcase his terrific harmonizing with Rogers and Bram.
A testament to the group’s musical affinity, The Weight Band recorded Shine Like Gold’s ten songs live at Clubhouse Studios in Rhinebeck, NY, over four days – with minimal rehearsal during the height of the pandemic in 2020. Producer Colin Linden, an award-winning musician and Weider’s longtime collaborator and co-writer on several of the album tracks, was in Nashville. The arrangement, however, worked out perfectly, according to Weider. “He was really thorough with the vocals. He came up with a great arrangement in the middle of ‘Tall Trees’ with his acoustic guitar and my slide underneath. He had a big hand and footprint on this record. Weider added, “We go back, so there is a comfortableness
working with him.”
The Weight Band’s origins are tied to Woodstock and some of its most famous inhabitants, The Band. Weider, a Woodstock native, served as The Band’s lead guitarist from 1985-2000, following Robbie Robertson’s departure. In the late 00s, he replaced Jimmy Vivino in the Levon Helm Band, which already included Mitchell. The connections extend further, as Rogers shared the stage with Helm and Hudson while in The Jim Weider Band and Bram drummed in the Chris O’Leary Band, an off-shoot of Helm’s band The Barnburners.
In 2017, The Weight Band performed on the PBS series Infinity Hall Live. The following year, their selfproduced debut, World Gone Mad, was released to strong reviews. Billboard called it “excellent” while Goldmine Magazine hailed World Gone Mad as one of the year’s best indie albums. Most recently, the Weight Band put out Acoustic Live in 2021. This 11-track album features five songs recorded at the Big Pink on October 25, 2019, and six songs recorded the following night in Levon Helm’s barn/studio. Performances include memorable versions of “World Gone Mad,” Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited,” Jerry Garcia’s “Deal,” and several Band covers.
Following Helm’s death in 2012, Weider performed a few “Songs of The Band” concerts, which included Vivino, Byron Isaacs, Randy Ciarlante and Garth Hudson. The shows were so well received that Weider started the first version of The Weight Band with Ciarlante, Isaacs, Mitchell, and keyboardist Marty Grebb. Over the next several years, the group shifted from playing mainly Band songs to their originals. Along the way, band membership shifted too. When Isaacs left for the Lumineers, Rogers came aboard. Bram joined the group after Ciarlante’s departure. Following World Gone Mad’s release, Grebb bowed out and Zeiner stepped in.
While The Band along with Dylan played a large role in making Woodstock a launching point for what is now called Americana, native son Weider points out the town also had a diverse music scene in the 70s. It was home to performers like blues harp man Paul Butterfield, jazz saxophonist David Sanborn, traditional folkies Happy and Artie Traum, New Orleans-bred singer Bobby Charles and bluegrass troubadour John Herald. This musical melting pot all contributed to the Woodstock Sound.
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Genres:
Rock, Americana
Band Members:
Brian Mitchell, Matt Zeiner, Michael Bram, Albert Rogers, Jim Weider
Hometown:
Woodstock, New York
No upcoming shows in your city
Send a request to The Weight Band to play in your city
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The Weight Band
8 months ago
The Weight Band's tour
Fan Reviews
Dwight
August 31st 2024
These guys are great.! They're a new incarnation of The Band, whose fanbase from the '60s and '70s may be aging but is still totally dedicated to the best group from the era of the Beatles, Stones, Who, and Dead. Please invite them back.
Plymouth, NH@The Flying Monkey
Debbie
August 11th 2024
AMAZING evening with my honey!! THank YOU ALL for a fantastic night with some awesome music!
Riverhead, NY@Suffolk Theater
AJ
March 18th 2024
FANTASTIC show!!
Hurry back!
Come to Cafe 11 in St. Augustine, while the P-V concert hall is under renovations.
We love you all!
Ponte Vedra, FL@Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
View More Fan Reviews
About The Weight Band
On their second studio album, Shines Like Gold, The Weight Band looks at our troubled world, ponders the passage of time, and ultimately conveys a sense of hopefulness for the future. “There’s a new dawn rising,” they proclaim on the title track, “and it shines like gold.”
With Shines Like Gold, The Weight Band presents a dynamic set of classic Americana that draws upon roadhouse rock, funky swamp pop, blues, country soul and folk music. Composed of band leader, renowned guitarist Jim Weider (The Band, Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble Band, Jim Weider Band), keyboardist Brian Mitchell (Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble Band), bassist Albert Rogers (Jim Weider Band, Jimmy Vivino), drummer Michael Bram (Jason Mraz) and keyboardist Matt Zeiner (Dickey Betts), the veteran quintet shares a deep appreciation and knowledge for this music, which Weider describes as the “Woodstock Sound.” The Weight Band continues to serve as its torchbearer, with Shines Like Gold
representing a sublime example of these masterful roots musicians at work.
Featuring nine original songs (co-written by Weider, Colin Linden, Brian Mitchell and Matt Zeiner) plus a cover of a Willie Dixon gem, the album kicks off with “Weight of the World,” a robust roots rocker that powerfully delivers a hopeful message for the times ahead. Mitchell’s accordion gives a New Orleans touch to “Long Journey,” a poignant song about persevering after losing a loved one. The standout lead single “Shines Like Gold” (Jim Weider & Colin Linden) offers an exuberant slice of Americana with its reassuring “keep the faith” lyrics driven home by Bram and Rogers’ powerful, galloping rhythm line and Weider’s muscular Telecaster playing. Closing out the album is its sole cover, with strong vocals by Bram, Mitchell and Zeiner, a bluesy, jazz-tinged rendition of Willie Dixon’s “It Don’t Make Sense (If You Can’t Make Peace),” which still remains amazingly relevant.
The Weight Band’s musical kinship is evident throughout the album, giving it a more cohesive and funkier sound than the group’s debut. The addition of Zeiner also contributed to the new album’s sound. He forms a potent keyboard/organ tandem with Mitchell (“Tear Down These Walls” and the poignant “Old John”) and provides the band with an additional strong vocalist. Tracks like “Out of the Wilderness” and “Tall Trees” particularly showcase his terrific harmonizing with Rogers and Bram.
A testament to the group’s musical affinity, The Weight Band recorded Shine Like Gold’s ten songs live at Clubhouse Studios in Rhinebeck, NY, over four days – with minimal rehearsal during the height of the pandemic in 2020. Producer Colin Linden, an award-winning musician and Weider’s longtime collaborator and co-writer on several of the album tracks, was in Nashville. The arrangement, however, worked out perfectly, according to Weider. “He was really thorough with the vocals. He came up with a great arrangement in the middle of ‘Tall Trees’ with his acoustic guitar and my slide underneath. He had a big hand and footprint on this record. Weider added, “We go back, so there is a comfortableness
working with him.”
The Weight Band’s origins are tied to Woodstock and some of its most famous inhabitants, The Band. Weider, a Woodstock native, served as The Band’s lead guitarist from 1985-2000, following Robbie Robertson’s departure. In the late 00s, he replaced Jimmy Vivino in the Levon Helm Band, which already included Mitchell. The connections extend further, as Rogers shared the stage with Helm and Hudson while in The Jim Weider Band and Bram drummed in the Chris O’Leary Band, an off-shoot of Helm’s band The Barnburners.
In 2017, The Weight Band performed on the PBS series Infinity Hall Live. The following year, their selfproduced debut, World Gone Mad, was released to strong reviews. Billboard called it “excellent” while Goldmine Magazine hailed World Gone Mad as one of the year’s best indie albums. Most recently, the Weight Band put out Acoustic Live in 2021. This 11-track album features five songs recorded at the Big Pink on October 25, 2019, and six songs recorded the following night in Levon Helm’s barn/studio. Performances include memorable versions of “World Gone Mad,” Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited,” Jerry Garcia’s “Deal,” and several Band covers.
Following Helm’s death in 2012, Weider performed a few “Songs of The Band” concerts, which included Vivino, Byron Isaacs, Randy Ciarlante and Garth Hudson. The shows were so well received that Weider started the first version of The Weight Band with Ciarlante, Isaacs, Mitchell, and keyboardist Marty Grebb. Over the next several years, the group shifted from playing mainly Band songs to their originals. Along the way, band membership shifted too. When Isaacs left for the Lumineers, Rogers came aboard. Bram joined the group after Ciarlante’s departure. Following World Gone Mad’s release, Grebb bowed out and Zeiner stepped in.
While The Band along with Dylan played a large role in making Woodstock a launching point for what is now called Americana, native son Weider points out the town also had a diverse music scene in the 70s. It was home to performers like blues harp man Paul Butterfield, jazz saxophonist David Sanborn, traditional folkies Happy and Artie Traum, New Orleans-bred singer Bobby Charles and bluegrass troubadour John Herald. This musical melting pot all contributed to the Woodstock Sound.
With Shines Like Gold, The Weight Band presents a dynamic set of classic Americana that draws upon roadhouse rock, funky swamp pop, blues, country soul and folk music. Composed of band leader, renowned guitarist Jim Weider (The Band, Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble Band, Jim Weider Band), keyboardist Brian Mitchell (Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble Band), bassist Albert Rogers (Jim Weider Band, Jimmy Vivino), drummer Michael Bram (Jason Mraz) and keyboardist Matt Zeiner (Dickey Betts), the veteran quintet shares a deep appreciation and knowledge for this music, which Weider describes as the “Woodstock Sound.” The Weight Band continues to serve as its torchbearer, with Shines Like Gold
representing a sublime example of these masterful roots musicians at work.
Featuring nine original songs (co-written by Weider, Colin Linden, Brian Mitchell and Matt Zeiner) plus a cover of a Willie Dixon gem, the album kicks off with “Weight of the World,” a robust roots rocker that powerfully delivers a hopeful message for the times ahead. Mitchell’s accordion gives a New Orleans touch to “Long Journey,” a poignant song about persevering after losing a loved one. The standout lead single “Shines Like Gold” (Jim Weider & Colin Linden) offers an exuberant slice of Americana with its reassuring “keep the faith” lyrics driven home by Bram and Rogers’ powerful, galloping rhythm line and Weider’s muscular Telecaster playing. Closing out the album is its sole cover, with strong vocals by Bram, Mitchell and Zeiner, a bluesy, jazz-tinged rendition of Willie Dixon’s “It Don’t Make Sense (If You Can’t Make Peace),” which still remains amazingly relevant.
The Weight Band’s musical kinship is evident throughout the album, giving it a more cohesive and funkier sound than the group’s debut. The addition of Zeiner also contributed to the new album’s sound. He forms a potent keyboard/organ tandem with Mitchell (“Tear Down These Walls” and the poignant “Old John”) and provides the band with an additional strong vocalist. Tracks like “Out of the Wilderness” and “Tall Trees” particularly showcase his terrific harmonizing with Rogers and Bram.
A testament to the group’s musical affinity, The Weight Band recorded Shine Like Gold’s ten songs live at Clubhouse Studios in Rhinebeck, NY, over four days – with minimal rehearsal during the height of the pandemic in 2020. Producer Colin Linden, an award-winning musician and Weider’s longtime collaborator and co-writer on several of the album tracks, was in Nashville. The arrangement, however, worked out perfectly, according to Weider. “He was really thorough with the vocals. He came up with a great arrangement in the middle of ‘Tall Trees’ with his acoustic guitar and my slide underneath. He had a big hand and footprint on this record. Weider added, “We go back, so there is a comfortableness
working with him.”
The Weight Band’s origins are tied to Woodstock and some of its most famous inhabitants, The Band. Weider, a Woodstock native, served as The Band’s lead guitarist from 1985-2000, following Robbie Robertson’s departure. In the late 00s, he replaced Jimmy Vivino in the Levon Helm Band, which already included Mitchell. The connections extend further, as Rogers shared the stage with Helm and Hudson while in The Jim Weider Band and Bram drummed in the Chris O’Leary Band, an off-shoot of Helm’s band The Barnburners.
In 2017, The Weight Band performed on the PBS series Infinity Hall Live. The following year, their selfproduced debut, World Gone Mad, was released to strong reviews. Billboard called it “excellent” while Goldmine Magazine hailed World Gone Mad as one of the year’s best indie albums. Most recently, the Weight Band put out Acoustic Live in 2021. This 11-track album features five songs recorded at the Big Pink on October 25, 2019, and six songs recorded the following night in Levon Helm’s barn/studio. Performances include memorable versions of “World Gone Mad,” Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited,” Jerry Garcia’s “Deal,” and several Band covers.
Following Helm’s death in 2012, Weider performed a few “Songs of The Band” concerts, which included Vivino, Byron Isaacs, Randy Ciarlante and Garth Hudson. The shows were so well received that Weider started the first version of The Weight Band with Ciarlante, Isaacs, Mitchell, and keyboardist Marty Grebb. Over the next several years, the group shifted from playing mainly Band songs to their originals. Along the way, band membership shifted too. When Isaacs left for the Lumineers, Rogers came aboard. Bram joined the group after Ciarlante’s departure. Following World Gone Mad’s release, Grebb bowed out and Zeiner stepped in.
While The Band along with Dylan played a large role in making Woodstock a launching point for what is now called Americana, native son Weider points out the town also had a diverse music scene in the 70s. It was home to performers like blues harp man Paul Butterfield, jazz saxophonist David Sanborn, traditional folkies Happy and Artie Traum, New Orleans-bred singer Bobby Charles and bluegrass troubadour John Herald. This musical melting pot all contributed to the Woodstock Sound.
Show More
Genres:
Rock, Americana
Band Members:
Brian Mitchell, Matt Zeiner, Michael Bram, Albert Rogers, Jim Weider
Hometown:
Woodstock, New York
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