This tells the story of a guy who visits Nazareth, and is asked by his friend Annie to visit several of her friends. The Weight that is his load are all these strange people he promised he would check on. The song was never a big hit, but it endures as a classic rock staple. The Bands guitarist Robbie Robertson claims this was influenced by the work of Luis Bunuel, a Mexican director who made some of the first movies dealing with surrealism. Robertson was intrigued by the characters in his films, who were often good people who did bad things. Robbie Robertson got the only writing credit for this, although other members of the group claimed that they contributed to this as well as many of their other songs and were not credited. Since only the writer receives royalties for a song, this created a great deal of tension in The Band. The vocals are shared by Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, and Levon Helm. One of the distinctive characteristics of The Band was their three lead vocalists. The Rockin Apple
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