Raised in an insular Protestant community, Garth Hudson defined musical greatness while finding a way to survive it.

AHudson was a classically trained performer who played piano, synthesizers, horns and his favored Lowrey organ.

Eric Garth Hudson was the son of a musically inclined father, Fred Hudson, who was a fighter pilot in World War I before becoming a farm inspector, and an accordion- and piano-playing mother ...

Garth Hudson, a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist best ... As a member of the Capers, he played piano and sax, and backed up touring stars like Johnny Cash and Bill Haley when they came to town.

Garth Hudson recently passed away on January 21 ... saxophone, melodica, piano, and synthesizer. Chest Fever, The Weight, This Wheel’s On Fire, Rag Mama Rag, Up on Cripple Creek, Tears of ...

The last surviving member of the pioneering Canadian-American roots-rock group, he was an almost mythical figure who blended Bach with rock, contributing to a sound that was old-fashioned and cutting ...

Garth Hudson, a virtuoso keyboardist who helped shape ... folksiness of “The Weight,” on which Mr. Hudson played piano, to the propulsive “Chest Fever,” which opened with a dramatic ...

Eric “Garth” Hudson was born in Windsor ... On the Band’s most famous song, "The Weight," Hudson played piano. But his calling card was the 1968 song "Chest Fever," a monumental organ ...

The last of the five members of the iconic American rock group, The Band, Garth Hudson’s death is the end of an era.

Garth Hudson, the multi-talented musical genius who elevated the Band while remaining its most reserved member, died Tuesday. He was 87. Hudson, who was the last surviving member of the group, died in ...

Garth Hudson, the multitalented musical genius who ... saxophone, melodica, piano, synthesizer — and play it well. He was best known for his work on the organ, preferring a Lowrey to the rock ...