Garth Hudson, the final living member of The Band, passed away peacefully this morning January 21. He was 87 years old.

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✨️THE BAND✨️ Garth Hudson eldest and last surviving of The Band has passed away On the morning of Jan 21 2025 Hudson passed in his sleep in a nursing home in Woodstock NY at the age of 87 Hudson’s wife Maud passed in 2022 They had a daughter Tami Zoe Hill Garth Hudson made his most recent public appearance April 16 2023 performing in Kingston, New York in the Flower Hill House Concert No. 6 he played Duke Ellington‘s “Sophisticated Lady” The Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 Hudson was Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for the rock group the Band The only non-singer among five musician's and only one who was classically trained He was a principal architect of the group's sound and was described as "the most brilliant organist in the rock world" by Keyboard magazine A master of the Lowrey organ Hudson's other primary instruments were piano, accordion, electronic keyboards, and saxophones (alto, tenor, soprano, baritone, bass) He was a much-in-demand and respected session musician performing with dozens of artists including Elton John who has cited him as an early influence @🎶MaMaRoCkS🎶 🔺️Up on Cripple Creek🔺️ ✨️Biography✨️ Eric Garth Hudson was born in Windsor Ontario 🇨🇦 August 2 1937 His parents Fred James Hudson Olive Louella Pentland were musicians. His mother played piano and accordion and sang His father a farm inspector who had fought as a fighter pilot in World War I played drums C melody saxophone, clarinet flute and piano Hudson moved with his family to London, Ontario around 1940 Starting piano lessons at an early age, Hudson also played organ at his church and his uncle's funeral parlour, and performed country songs on the accordion Classically trained in piano music theory, harmony and counterpoint Hudson wrote his first song at the age of eleven and first played professionally with dance bands in 1949, at the age of twelve He attended Broughdale Public School and Medway High School before studying music (primarily Bach's chorales and The Well-Tempered Clavier) at the University of Western Ontario. During this period he grew increasingly frustrated with the rigidity of the classical repertoire, leading him to drop out after a year. In 1956 he joined London band the Silhouettes. The group relocated to the Windsor/Detroit area where work was more plentiful. It was there in 1958 the Silhouettes joined with fellow Londoner Paul "London" Hutchins and became Paul London and the Capers Hudson primarily played saxophone in the group, and some piano in a style inspired by Johnnie Johnson but saw his first Lowrey Organ at a show in Detroit and determined that he would get one. The group found moderate success and plenty of work, recording a few songs in Toronto in 1960 changing their name to "...Kapers" with a 'K' recording a few more songs at Chess Studios in Chicago Hudson was first approached by Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm summer of '61, after a show and asked to join the Hawks he declined. The Hawks persisted Dec 1961 Hudson agreed to join on two conditions: Hawkins buy him a Lowrey organ he be paid an extra $10wk by ea of the other band members to give music lessons ✨️The Band✨️ 24-year-old Hudson joined the Hawks the backing band for Ronnie Hawkins, the band already consisted of 21-year-old Levon Helm (drums) 18-year-olds Robbie Robertson (guitar) Rick Danko (bass) Richard Manuel (piano) Hudson provided innovative accompaniment. For example "Up on Cripple Creek" feat Hudson playing a clavinet through a wah-wah pedal to create a swampy sound reminiscent of a Jew's harp or the croak of a frog This clavinet–wah wah pedal configuration was later adopted by many funk musicians (to b continued) #theband #garthhudson #onthisdayinmusic #60sthrowbacksongs #70sthrowbacksongs #oldiesongs

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Eric Garth Hudson (August 2, 1937 – January 21, 2025) was a Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for the rock group the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He was a principal architect of the group's sound and was described as "the most brilliant organist in the rock world" by Keyboard magazine. Hudson was the last living original member of the Band. #garthhudson #theband #vintage #retro #canada #accordion

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