The critic Robert Christgau, writing about their Dylan collaboration Planet Waves, called their sound “stray-cat music — scrawny, cocky, and yowling up the stairs.” That yowl was Hudson’s ...

11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In 2005, he formed a 12-piece band called The Best!, with his wife on vocals. "Garth Hudson Presents: A Canadian Celebration of The Band" was a 2010 tribute featuring ...

Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of the iconic rock group The Band, has passed away at the age of 87. He died peacefully in his sleep on January 21, 2025, at a nursing home in Woodstock ...

Hawkins agreed to buy Hudson a Lowrey organ. This move not only sealed the deal but also defined the band’s hauntingly unique sound. That same sound became synonymous with the deeply emotive and ...

11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In 2005, he formed a 12-piece band called The Best!, with his wife on vocals. "Garth Hudson Presents: A Canadian Celebration of The Band" was a 2010 tribute featuring ...

Garth Hudson, the multitalented 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 ...

when Hudson was first approached by Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm to join their band, then called the Hawks. Though he initially declined, by December of that year Hudson was lured into the group ...

Garth Hudson, the stoic multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of the Canadian roots-rock group the Band, died Tuesday at a nursing facility in his adopted hometown of Woodstock, N.Y. He was 87.

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 ...