My first date with Dianna — best friend, wife and frequent editor — was to see The Band. She introduced me to the legendary rock group’s music, and we went to their 1970 concert in Madison, Wisc.

Garth Hudson, who played organ, accordion, saxophone, and more as a member of the Band—perhaps still the group that best ...

The native Ontarian was the oldest member and the last surviving original player in the quintet that also included Canadians Richard Manuel ... to the album’s Chest Fever.

(L-R) Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson ... to The Band was the wondrous organ solo to open “Chest Fever,” so definitive that it was given its own ...

Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm and Rick Danko ... “Caledonia Mission,” “We Can Talk,” “Chest Fever” and “Lonesome Suzie.” But Music from Big Pink is oft ...

Known for classics like "The Weight," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Up on Cripple Creek," The Band's original lineup featured four Canadians (Hudson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and ...

Hudson was behind the iconic intro on the Lowrey organ for the hit song Chest Fever ... Originally, the group consisted of Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, and Hudson.

Francisco San Martin, 'Days of Our Lives' and 'Jane the Virgin' Actor, Dies at 39 The Canadian musician and his mates Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel backed ... improvised ...

His biggest contribution to the Band was on the organ – he played a Lowrey rather than the rock player’s go-to, the Hammond B-3 – and one of his solos, at the start of Chest Fever on Music ...

From left: Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel ... the Band was his virtuoso improvisation leading into the song “Chest Fever,” which usually took off from Bach’s Toccata and Fugue ...

The quintet — Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm and Rick Danko — toured ... particularly on tracks like "Chest Fever" and "Up On Cripple Creek." "The best line I ever heard with ...