Hudson's keyboard was an essential element of the Band's sound on roots-rock classics such as 'The Weight' and 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.'

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

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.

Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, died Tuesday. He was 87.

Keyboard player Garth Hudson, who also played with Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Roger Waters and more, has died aged 87

Robbie Robertson, the Band’s guitarist and songwriter in the group’s years of stardom (who himself passed away in August of 2023 ), offered a far more effusive assessment of what Hudson brought to the table in his 2016 memoir “Testimony”

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, New York, his estate executor confirmed to the Toronto Star.

Eric “Garth” Hudson, the visionary multi-instrumentalist whose masterful organ playing helped define the sound of legendary rock group The Band, died in his sleep on Tuesday morning at a nursing home in Woodstock,

The Band's last living member, Garth Hudson, has died. He passed away Tuesday morning, while sleeping in a New York nursing home, outlets report. Hudson was 87 years old. The group began as backup musicians for Ronnie Hawkins (Levon and the The Hawks) and then Bob Dylan,

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

Garth Hudson, the Band 's genius multi-instrumentalist and careful archivist, has died. He was 87. The Toronto Star confirmed that he passed away in his sleep this morning at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York. Longtime friend Jan Haust told Rolling Stone that "yesterday was a day of music and hand-holding."