Great version. Way back ca.1970, Emperor Rosco on BBC Radio 1 did a splice of this and the Band's original - best of both, totally seemless. I taped it on reel to reel, but the machine's bust. Anybody else have it? I hear Rosco's DJ'ing in LA.......
This is every bit as good as the version by The Band. I don't know much about this group, but if the rest if their material is as good as this, they must have been some outfit.
@markebelmark Robbie Robertson wrote "The Weight" while he was a member of The Band. The released it as a single and then it appeared on "Music From Big Pink". The Smith cover version was used in the film Easy Rider because of contractual issues. The two versions are more or less identical apart from the vocals. I prefer The Bands version as different members take a verse each, but the Smith version is pretty good.
Awesome.
chrishaven76 1 month ago
Good cover, You would think they were cousins.....
dannysfreind 5 months ago
Good version but doesn't touch The Band's orig.
BuonoBruttoCattivo77 6 months ago
Great version. Way back ca.1970, Emperor Rosco on BBC Radio 1 did a splice of this and the Band's original - best of both, totally seemless. I taped it on reel to reel, but the machine's bust. Anybody else have it? I hear Rosco's DJ'ing in LA.......
txTom52 7 months ago
This is every bit as good as the version by The Band. I don't know much about this group, but if the rest if their material is as good as this, they must have been some outfit.
allanscot1 7 months ago
amazing
juliyjacke 9 months ago
great cover
MrNINTENDOJOE 1 year ago
One of the best covers of this song Ive ever heard!!!! ROCK ON!
artjoe1 1 year ago
is the bass player the guy who played in humble pie to?
FiloGraziani 1 year ago
@FiloGraziani Yes, Greg Ridley, on bass in this video, was in both Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie.
JNDGuitarman 11 months ago
Spooky Tooth covering the Band's, "The Weight."
stratcries 1 year ago 4
@stratcries Smith wrote this one.
markebelmark 8 months ago
@markebelmark Robbie Robertson wrote "The Weight" while he was a member of The Band. The released it as a single and then it appeared on "Music From Big Pink". The Smith cover version was used in the film Easy Rider because of contractual issues. The two versions are more or less identical apart from the vocals. I prefer The Bands version as different members take a verse each, but the Smith version is pretty good.
cottageorgan 2 months ago
Spooky Tooth or the Band?
klegster 1 year ago