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 ...

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.

Hudson played keyboard for The Band, the influential rock group that formed in 1957 and was originally called the Hawks. The band famously performed with Bob Dylan and in 1968 released its debut ...