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

Robertson, the band’s guitarist and lead songwriter, died in 2023 after a long illness. Keyboardist-drummer Richard Manuel hung himself in 1986, bassist Rick Danko died in his sleep in 1999 and ...

That yowl was Hudson’s organ. Like his bandmates, he got recruited by Fifties rockabilly vet Ronnie Hawkins for his backup band, the Hawks. He grew up in Ontario, in a farming family.

The Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.Formed in the early 1960s as a backing group for rocker Ronnie Hawkins, the Band was originally called The Hawks and featured the ...

The group's official Instagram page dubbed Hudson "a musical genius and cornerstone of the group’s timeless sound." ...

Formed in the early 1960s as a backing group for rocker Ronnie Hawkins, the Band was originally called The Hawks and featured the Arkansas-born Helm and four Canadians recruited by Helm and ...

Garth Hudson, the keyboardist, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist who was the last surviving member of the Band, has died. He was 87. His former manager, Jim Della Croce, confirmed his death ...

Born and raised in London, Ontario, Hudson was recruited by rock legend Ronnie Hawkins to join his band, The Hawks. At 24 years old, Hudson joined Hawkins' band composed of drummer Levon Helm ...

The rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins, who was backed by the Band in the early sixties, when they were still known as the Hawks, understood Hudson as a singular type of dude: “He heard all sorts ...