The Weight Band – Featuring members of The Band and the Levon Helm Band
The Band was one of the most important roots rock groups of the 1960s. The influential group, which included Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson, began in Canada and then migrated to the U.S. It was the subject of a Martin Scorsese documentary The Last Waltz. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked The Band 50 on the list of 100 greatest artists and the song “The Weight” was ranked 41st on the magazine’s list of the 500 greatest songs. It is a storied history. Levon Helm died in 2012 after a lengthy battle with throat cancer that kept him from performing for many years. In 2013, in the Woodstock barn Levon Helm loved, Jim Weider and Randy Ciarlante, both former members of The Band, performed “Songs of the Band” with founder Garth Hudson, Jimmy Vivino and Byron Isaacs. The experience inspired Weider, Ciarlante and Isaacs to carry on The Band’s legacy and they began performing fan favorites.
Ticket link: https://www.lyrictheatre.com/show/11568-the-weight-band-featuring-members-of-the-band-and-the-levon-helm-band
