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.

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, who played organ, accordion, saxophone, and more as a member of the Band—perhaps still the group that best embodies the glorious, lawless amalgamation of styles at the very heart of rock ...

(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.

Hudson, guitarist Robbie Robertson, bassist-singer Rick Danko, pianist Richard Manuel and drummer ... lengthy Bach-inspired introduction to “Chest Fever,” known in concerts as “The Genetic ...

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 ...

The oldest and only classically trained member of The Band, Garth Hudson was best known for his distinctive Lowrey organ work on songs like "Chest Fever." ...