Monday, May 31, 2010

Did You Know: Easy Rider Edition

In reference to the previous post, The Band's version of The Weight appears in the Easy Rider film, but the version of the song that was included on the soundtrack was performed by the band Smith because of contractual problems preventing use of The Band's original.

Listen to Smith's take on our namesake tune:

1 comment:

ak said...

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/06/pee-wee_harman.html#more


Conan and Jimmmy Vivino performing the Weight.

how's that version match up?