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"The Weight" Featuring Robbie Robertson and Ringo Starr

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The Weight | Featuring Ringo Starr and Robbie Robertson | Playing For Change | Song Around The World The Weight,. features Ringo Starr and The Band's original member Robbie Robertson, along with musicians across 5 continents. Great songs can travel ...
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Mr. Robertson apparently decided to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of his composition "The Weight" by being a part of one of "Playing for Change's" international productions. And somehow, Ringo Starr (playing drums right around the corner from Robbie, on someone's balcony...) looks almost the same age as he did when he was with the Beatles.

Personally, I think this is the best version I've ever heard of the song since the original...

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