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

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 ...

Garth Hudson, who played organ, accordion, saxophone, and more as a member of the Band—perhaps still the group that best ...

Canadian native son, Garth Hudson, who has been a resident of Woodstock for the last fifty years, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Born August 2, 1937 in Windsor, Ontario, Garth was the son ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Band, from left, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm and Robbie Robertson. (GAB Archive / Redferns) Born on Aug. 2, 1937, in Windsor, Ontario, Eric Garth Hudson was the son of ...