Jan 21, 2025 · Garth Hudson, a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist best known for his distinctive organ and saxophone work with the Band, and who in his later years remained an in-demand player among young...

Garth Hudson made his final public appearance on April 16, 2023, performing in Kingston, New York, in the Flower Hill House Concert No. 6, where he played Duke Ellington‘s “Sophisticated Lady”. [28]

Jan 21, 2025 · From a career-defining sax solo with the Band to playing accordion with Bob Dylan. ... Garth Hudson, who died on Jan. 21, 2025, at the age of 87, was a musician's musician. The last living member ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Garth Hudson, the last surviving founding member of the beloved roots-rock ensemble The Band, has died. The Canadian musician was 87 years old. ... Hudson continued playing in several iterations ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Today, we sadly say goodbye to Garth "Honey Boy" Hudson, the last living original member of The Band. A musical genius and cornerstone of the group’s timeless sound, Garth once said, “I found...

Jan 22, 2025 · Garth Hudson wasn’t the most magnetic, the most handsome, or the most financially successful member of the Band—a group George Harrison, of all people, called “the best band in the history ...

Jan 21, 2025 · NEW YORK (AP) — Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on Cripple Creek,” “The Weight” and “Rag Mama Rag,” has died at age 87. ... “Play a stadium, play a theater. My job was to provide ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Eric Garth Hudson was born on Aug. 2, 1937, in Windsor, Ontario. His mother, Olive Louella Pentland, played piano and accordion and sang. His father, Fred James Hudson, was a farm inspector who ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Garth Hudson, the inventive keyboard player whose soulful playing was a key part of 1960s/70s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Band‘s country-tinged Americana anthems has died at 87.

Jan 21, 2025 · Garth Hudson, The Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on Cripple...