circa 1963 [Photo: The Hawks] On a junket to Detroit (across the river from Windsor), The Hawks encountered Garth Hudson playing the organ and horns for a local band, Paul London and the Capers.

Raised in an insular Protestant community, Garth Hudson defined musical greatness while finding a way to survive it.

With Garth Hudson’s death in January, the world lost the last member of a group with few Top 10 hits but was instrumental in rock and roll. My first date with Dianna — best friend, wife and frequent ...

As Garth Hudson neared the end of an 87-year musical journey that had taken him around the world and into many of our hearts, he had one last wish — he wanted to play the grand pipe organ in the ...

Wood, whose real name is Alfred Jesse Smith, was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1941. Rock music world rocked by deaths of ...

Here, it was Castleblaney’s finest, the inestimable Paddy Cole. In the US, it was The Band’s Garth Hudson, a man who once graced the cover of Time magazine under the banner 'They Have Been to ...

He revealed that the band would then continue touring as a legacy act. Years After Usher Recalled Seeing 'Wild' Things When He Lived With Diddy At Age 13, His 'Sad' Response To A Question About ...

“It’s a photograph by the same photographer that took the photo that’s the cover of our first EP.” He revealed that the band would then continue touring as a legacy act.

More than 50 years later, The Band remains our favorite group, its music always a comfort through strange times. Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, died on Jan. 21 at age 87.