Almost Hits: The Band - The Weight (1968)
I should have acknowledged the passing of the great Robbie Robertson - the late composer and unofficial leader of The Band earlier - but there have been so many nice tributes written about him already that I believed I had nothing pertinent to add. However, while looking around for something to say I discovered that the mostly Canadian quintet never placed any of their singles in the top twenty of the Hot 100 during their entire career. Their highest charting record was the double sided hit "Up On Cripple Creek" / "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" that fought its way to #25 in 1969. I considered writing about one of those two songs, but instead I'm going to discuss the first 45 RPM record the group released under the name of The Band. "The Weight," from their debut LP - Music From Big Pink - was very popular on FM, album oriented, rock radio stations, but it only managed to make it as high as #63 on Billboard's wee...