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, the keyboardist, sax player and archivist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band whose farewell show with the group was memorialized in Martin Scorsese's landmark documentary The Last Waltz,

Garth Hudson, the Band's virtuoso keyboardist who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to colour rock standards such as Up on Cripple Creek, The Weight and Rag Mama Rag, has died at age 87.