Rest easy, Garth." 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 ...

The Canadian virtuoso, known for his solo on “Chest Fever,” gave the group a “sound twice as big” and his mates music lessons. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Garth Hudson ...

Garth Hudson, the organist and multi-instrumentalist whose wizardry enhanced some of the best-known songs of 1960s and 1970s rock group the Band, including "Up on Cripple Creek," "Chest Fever" and ...

folk and blues rock with a unique flavour courtesy of Garth Hudson's Lowrey organ playing. The song Chest Fever was often prefigured by an improvised piece from Hudson, nicknamed "The Genetic Method".

Garth Hudson was the mystery man in the Band ... Genetic Method,” his extended eight-minute Bach-style intro to “Chest Fever. “You might think he was playing a concerto for organ and ...

By Jon Pareles Ever so self-effacingly, Garth Hudson breathed history ... At the Band’s concerts, Hudson’s keyboard introduction to “Chest Fever” expanded into an improvisatory showcase ...

Garth Hudson, a virtuoso keyboardist who helped ... Weight,” on which Mr. Hudson played piano, to the propulsive “Chest Fever,” which opened with a dramatic solo Mr. Hudson played on his ...

Garth Hudson, the last surviving founding member ... particularly on tracks like "Chest Fever" and "Up On Cripple Creek." "The best line I ever heard with respect to Garth is, 'Music is his ...

Canadian Hudson hailed as one of rock's greatest keyboardists The Band's music influenced by folk, blues, country, and soul Hudson collaborated with artists including Norah Jones and John Hiatt ...

Garth Hudson, the majestic keyboard ... performing an organ solo and a standard improvised introduction to “Chest Fever,” from their seminal 1968 debut album Music From Big Pink.

Garth Hudson, the multitalented musical genius ... Perhaps his defining contribution to The Band was the wondrous organ solo to open “Chest Fever,” so definitive that it was given its own ...