US EditionOn This Day, Jan. 21, 2025: The Band’s Garth Hudson Died at Age 87
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On This Day, Jan. 21, 2025: The Band’s Garth Hudson died at age 87
On This Day, Jan. 21, 2025… Keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson, who was the last surviving member of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Band, died at age 87. He passed away in his sleep in a nursing home near Woodstock, New York. The oldest and only classically trained member of The Band, Hudson was best known for his distinctive Lowrey organ work on songs like “Chest Fever” and its dramatic live improvised intro, which is known as “…
You could say that Garth Hudson was the silent member of The Band. After all, you won’t find too many interviews with the multi-instrumentist. In “The Last Waltz”, he offers a couple of quotes. But most of the time he feels nice to listen to interviews while others talk. But once the music starts to sound, it’s impossible to ignore his contributions, which always seem to be just what each song needs. Throughout the Band catalog, we can find coun…
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