When Jim Weider formed The Weight Band in 2013 to continue the musical legacy of The Band, he was well qualified for such an undertaking, having replaced The Band’s original guitarist Robbie Robertson ...

Paramount Theatre The Paramount Theatre will present The Weight Band at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, on its main stage, 30 Center St. in Rutland. Tickets are $40 and $50 (+ tax and fees); call ...

Sep. 4—STROUDSBURG — The Weight Band, featuring members of The Band and the Levon Helm Band is headed to the Sherman Theater in the Poconos on Saturday, September 7. Performing original songs as well ...

The Weight Band is: Matt Zeiner, Michael Bram, Albert Rogers, Jim Weider (front), and Brian Mitchell. Credit: Photo by John Halpern/Courtesy of Jim Weider It was a warm summer evening on July 14, 1985 ...

Growing up a "country boy who liked to hunt" in Woodstock, New York, Jim Weider always felt some sort of connection to The Band, especially to members Levon Helm and Garth Hudson. Bob Dylan's onetime ...

Is there such a thing as a perfect concert? The Weight Band’s show last Friday at Cohoes Music Hall came close.