Garth Hudson, the keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist of The Band, has died at the age of 87. His passing was confirmed in a statement shared on The Band’s official Instagram page on Tuesday, ...

Eric 'Garth' Hudson, the last original member of The Band has passed away at the age of 87, it has been announced. The band rose to fame for their tracks including The Weight and The Night They Drove ...

The executor of his estate executor confirmed the news to the Toronto Star. Born Eric Hudson on August 2, 1937, in Windsor, Ontario, and was trained in classical piano and music theory. He played in ...

An architect of the Band’s genre-melding sound, he played piano on “The Weight” and organ on “Chest Fever.” He was the group’s last surviving member.

Born in 1937 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada as Eric Hudson, the late organist always had a love for music. At the very beginning of his career, Hudson could be found in singer Ronnie Hawkins' backup ...

Eric “Garth” Hudson, the last original member of The Band, has died aged 87, the group has announced. The Canadian musician rose to fame with Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Richard ...

His close friend Jan Haust, a music archivist and producer, confirmed the news to NPR. "He was a divine musical gentleman," Haust says. "He died peacefully in his sleep, holding the hand of someone he ...

The group became part of the Juno Awards’ Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1989. He was born Eric Garth Hudson in Windsor, ...