The last of the five members of the iconic American rock group, The Band, Garth Hudson’s death is the end of an era.

The oldest and only classically trained member of The Band, Garth Hudson was best known for his distinctive Lowrey organ work on songs like "Chest Fever." ...

With no album planned, they wrote and played spontaneously in an ... Formed in the early 1960s as a backing group for rocker Ronnie Hawkins, the Band was originally called The Hawks and featured the ...

Garth Hudson, the keyboardist, sax player and archivist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band whose farewell show with the group was memorialized in Martin Scorsese’s landmark documentary ...

The Canadian musician played keyboard, organ and saxophone on some of group's most memorable songs. Garth Hudson ... the group was working as the backing band for rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins.

He was writing songs by age 11 and performing professionally ... The opportunity came in 1961, when Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm approached him about joining Hawkins’ backing band, the Hawks.

Garth Hudson, the keyboardist, sax player and archivist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band whose farewell show with the group was memorialized in Martin Scorsese's landmark documentary The Last ...

The Band began in 1957, when Helm migrated from Arkansas to Ontario to join Robertson, Danko, Manuel, Hudson and Stan Szelest as Ronnie ... the same songs every night, didn’t like Hawkins ...

With no album planned, they wrote and played spontaneously ... Formed in the early 1960s as a backing group for rocker Ronnie Hawkins, the Band was originally called The Hawks and featured the ...

Born and raised in London, Ontario, Hudson was recruited by rock legend Ronnie Hawkins to join his band ... and by 1968 released their debut album, Music From Big Pink. "We were so locked in ...

He joined the Capers, with whom he backed up touring musicians like Johnny Cash and Bill Haley, and later Ronnie Hawkins’ backing ... including his debut solo album The Sea To The North (2001 ...