Garth Hudson, the multi-instrumentalist who served as the principal architect of the Band's sound, has died at 87.

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

A multifaceted musician, he was the last surviving original member of an influential group that mixed rock, r&b and an ...

The Band were the ultimate rock & roll fantasy of brotherhood, and Garth Hudson was the glue guy who made the fantasy real.

The Canadian virtuoso, known for his solo on “Chest Fever,” gave the group a “sound twice as big” and his mates music lessons ...

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, the last surviving member of the Band, has died. Hudson, who played organ, keyboards, accordion, and saxophone ...

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.

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 was 87 years old. His death was confirmed by the group’s representatives who said he “passed away peacefully in ...