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, who played organ, accordion, saxophone, and more as a member of the Band—perhaps still the group that best ...

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 ...

The last surviving member of the pioneering Canadian-American roots-rock group, he was an almost mythical figure who blended ...

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 ...

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 ...

An architect of the Band’s genre-melding sound, he played piano on “The Weight” and organ on “Chest Fever.” He was the group’s last surviving member.

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 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 ...

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.