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 ...

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Jackie Farry, who hosted an MTV show and rubbed shoulders with some legendary rock acts, died on Jan. 12. She was 58. Variety ...

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Garth Hudson at the Rock & Roll ... Richard [band member Richard Manuel played keyboard] not only had the voice, he had this great rhythmic feel, so I never had to play that heavy left-hand ...

Keyboardist Garth Hudson, perhaps best known for his powerful and memorable Lowrey organ intro for the classic Band song “Chest Fever,” has died at 87.

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 ...

Hudson was the quiet one ... kids and were throwing ourselves into playing, but Garth was classically trained and was able to find musical avenues on the keyboard that we didn’t know existed.

Garth was still in the studio sweetening the tracks, stacking up those chords, putting on brass, woodwinds, whatever was needed to make that music sing." The croaking-frog sounds on the 1969 song "Up ...

Through the years, Garth Hudson was one of the most sought-after session musicians. His ability to play a variety of instruments including the Lowrey organ, saxophone, keyboard, piano, synthesizer ...

Garth Hudson, the Band's virtuoso ... Lights/Southern Cross," a 1975 album that brought Hudson special praise for his work on the keyboards. A year later, Robertson decided he had tired of live ...