The Canadian virtuoso, known for his solo on “Chest Fever,” gave the group a “sound twice as big” and his mates music lessons.

The last of the five members of the iconic American rock group, The Band, Garth Hudson’s death is the end of an era.

Garth Hudson recently passed away on January 21 ... he was skilled at playing almost any instrument including accordion, clavinet, piccolo, saxophone, melodica, piano, and synthesizer.

Garth Hudson was 87 years old. His death was confirmed by the group’s representatives who said he “passed away peacefully in ...

The last surviving original member of the Band died on Tuesday. He was a master on keys and saxophones who could conjure a panoply of scenes and eras.

Garth Hudson was ... The music magazine called Hudson a prodigy who had one time disassembled his father’s pump organ and then reassembled it. He also played accordion in a country band at ...