Garth Hudson, last surviving member of The Band, dead at 87
nypost.comThe 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.Hudson was a founding member of The Band alongside Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel.
Hudson was an organist, keyboardist, accordionist and saxophonist for the group.The Band formed in Toronto in 1957 and gained recognition in the 1960s for their work with Bob Dylan.
They broke up in 1977 but then reunited in 1983 without Robertson. The group stayed together until 1999 upon Danko’s death.The Band released 10 studio albums, nine live albums and nine compilation albums.
They were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.In 2008, they received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.Some of their most popular songs include “The Weight,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “It Makes No Difference.”Their farewell concert on Thanksgiving Day 1976 was turned into a 1978 movie, titled “The Last Waltz,” that was directed by Martin Scorsese.All of Hudson’s former bandmates died before him.Manuel died by suicide at age 42 in 1986.
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