After moving from Woodstock to Santa Barbara to Nashville, then to Atlanta and back to Woodstock again, few things in Jim Weider’s life were stable but for his beloved ’52 Fender Telecaster. He was ...

For Woodstock native Jim Weider, his beloved '52 Fender Telecaster was one of the few stable things in his life – and it would carry him through his career with The Band, after he took on the ...

PITTSFIELD — Jim Weider, lead guitarist for The Weight, was firm in his assertion: His band is not a tribute band, playing the songs of that legendary group. "I was the guitarist for The Band longer ...