Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of the iconic Canadian rock group, The Band, passed away on January 21, 2025. He was 87.
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Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician, has died at age 87. Hudson, the eldest and last survivor of the group which once backed Bob Dylan, has died at age 87.
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, who played organ, accordion, saxophone, and more as a member of the Band—perhaps still the group that best embodies the glorious, lawless amalgamation of styles at the very heart of rock and roll—died at the age of eighty-seven,
Organist Eric “Garth” Hudson of rock group The Band, died on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at age 87. He was the last surviving member of the original 1960s and ‘70s group. Hudson was also the only member of The Band to never sing on stage.
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, the multi-instrumentalist who served as the principal architect of the Band's sound, has died at 87.
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Garth Hudson funeral at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. * Amy Helm, second from left, was among those performing at Garth Hudson’s funeral on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, at Old Dutch Church in Kingston,
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