The Weight Band - World Gone Mad (2018)

The Weight Band formed when a group of musicians convened in Levon Helm’s famous Woodstock farm to carry on the legacy of The Band’s iconic music. Since then, the lineup has evolved along with the mission. Now, The Weight Band are their own entity and are set to release their debut album, World Gone Mad, on February 23rd.

Recorded at Clubhouse Studio in Rhinebeck, New York, World Gone Mad features The Weight Band’s current lineup of The Band’s Jim Weider and Randy Ciarlante, Levon Helm Band’s Brian Mitchell, The Rick Danko Band’s Marty Grebb, and drummer Michael Bram. The album seeks to capture the “Woodstock sound” while providing “a powerful glance at the current national mood.”

Two of the tracks, ““You’re Never Too Old (To Rock N Roll)” and “Common Man”, were co-written by Helm but never previously released. As a preview of the LP, The Weight Band has shared the latter song. Though written well before things like Twitter and border walls were part of the general cultural discussion, the track hits upon the “divisiveness of today’s political climate and the hardship of life in America.”