Garth Hudson, keyboardist and last surviving founding member of the Canadian-American rock group The Band, has died. Though cause of death has not been confirmed, the Toronto Star reports he died in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock,
The last surviving original member of the Band died on Tuesday. He was a master on keys and saxophones who could conjure a panoply of scenes and eras.
Hudson's keyboard was an essential element of the Band's sound on roots-rock classics such as 'The Weight' and 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.'
Garth Hudson, the organist and multi-instrumentalist whose wizardry enhanced some of the best-known songs of 1960s and '70s rock group the Band including "Up on Cripple Creek," "Chest Fever" and "Ophelia,
Hudson was the last surviving original member of The Band, made up of musicians Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Levon Helm. His wife, Maud Hudson, died in 2022. Together, they had one daughter, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, has died, aged 87. His death was confirmed by the Toronto Star, who report that Hudson passed away peacefully in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock, N.Y.
A multifaceted musician, he was the last surviving original member of an influential group that mixed rock, r&b and an Americana sound.
Garth Hudson, the keyboardist and last surviving member of The Band, has died. He was 87. Hudson “passed away peacefully in his sleep” on Tuesday morning at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York, his estate executor confirmed to the Toronto Star.
ROCK icon Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of the group The Band, has died at age 87. Hudson, an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died in his sleep at a nursing home in
The Band's last living member, Garth Hudson, has died. He passed away Tuesday morning, while sleeping in a New York nursing home, outlets report. Hudson was 87 years old. The group began as backup musicians for Ronnie Hawkins (Levon and the The Hawks) and then Bob Dylan,
Garth Hudson, the keyboardist, sax player and archivist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band, died January 21 in his sleep in Woodstock, NY. He was 87.