“Put the load right on me”

by digby

Mavis Staples, Nick Lowe and Wilco rehearse “The Weight.”

The first time I heard that song was at the third “Day On The Green” concert with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and The Band. It was pretty great. And I saw Nick Lowe many, many times a long time ago. We’re all old now, but it’s true what they say about age being a state of mind because I feel the same way hearing that song as I did then. And Mavis Staples still sings like a naughty angel — at 73. So there.