Garth Hudson, keyboardist and last surviving founding member of the Canadian-American rock group The Band, has died. Though cause of death has not been confirmed, the Toronto Star reports he died in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock,
The musician, who released 10 studio albums with The Band and toured with Dylan, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band who toured with Bob Dylan, has died. He was 87.
The group's official Instagram page dubbed Hudson "a musical genius and cornerstone of the group’s timeless sound."
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.'
Check out four great songs by Rock & Roll Hall of Famers featuring The Band’s Garth Hudson in honor of his passing.
Garth Hudson, the keyboardist and last surviving member of The Band, has died. He was 87. Hudson “passed away peacefully in his sleep” on Tuesday morning at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York, his estate executor confirmed to the Toronto Star.
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 keyboardist, sax player and archivist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band, died January 21 in his sleep in Woodstock, NY. He was 87.
It's so fitting that Garth Hudson was the last man standing from the Band. The beloved organ virtuoso died on Tuesday morning at 87, near Woodstock - just a few miles down the road from Big Pink, the house where the Band and Bob Dylan transformed music history just by jamming in the basement.
The last surviving original member of the Band died on Tuesday. He was a master on keys and saxophones who could conjure a panoply of scenes and eras.
Garth Hudson, the multi-instrumentalist who served as the principal architect of the Band's sound, has died at 87.