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 Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on Cripple Creek,” “The Weight” and “Rag Mama Rag,

Garth Hudson, a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist best known for his distinctive organ and saxophone work with the Band, has died at 87.

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.'

Garth Hudson, the iconic keyboardist from the legendary rock group The Band, has passed away at the age of 87.

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.

Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of the Band, has died. Hudson, who played organ, keyboards, accordion, and saxophone in the legendary roots-rock band, died peacefully in his sleep this morning at a nursing home in Woodstock,

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,

Robertson, the band’s guitarist and lead songwriter, died in 2023 after a long illness. Keyboardist-drummer Richard Manuel killed himself in 1986, bassist Rick Danko died in his sleep in 1999 and drummer Levon Helm died of cancer in 2012. The Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band who toured with Bob Dylan, has died. He was 87. Hudson's death was confirmed in a statement shared to The Band's official Instagram page on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm and Rick Danko — toured behind Dylan in 1965 and '66. In 1967, the group relocated to a house in upstate New York, which they dubbed Big Pink. In its basement,