Garth Hudson was The Band's virtuoso keyboardist and an all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles.

The last surviving member of the pioneering Canadian-American roots-rock group, he was an almost mythical figure who blended Bach with rock, contributing to a sound that was old-fashioned and cutting ...

Garth Hudson, who played organ, accordion, saxophone, and more as a member of the Band—perhaps still the group that best embodies the glorious, lawless amalgamation of styles at the very heart of rock ...

The first official biography of The Band pianist Richard Manuel will hit shelves this spring via Schiffer Publishing.

He was 87. Retiring and seldom interviewed, Hudson was the quiet man in the group that began life as the Hawks, Arkansas-born rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins' backup band, who in 1966 graduated to ...

Garth Hudson, the multi-instrumentalist who served as the principal architect of the Band's sound, has died at 87.

In his early twenties, to his parents’ alarm, he joined Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm in a rock band called the Hawks, assuaging his parents by stipulating that the group pay him an extra $10 a ...

They were all young, talented and eager musicians who later become the core of The Band. Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks from left: Rick Danko, bass; largely hidden Richard Manuel, piano; Hawkins ...

The Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Formed in the early 1960s as a backing group for rocker Ronnie Hawkins, the Band was originally called The Hawks and featured the ...