The musician became famous for his keyboard, saxophone and accordion parts in the songs of the legendary Canadian group
Garth Hudsonthe last original member of The Bandlegendary Canadian band, died at the age of 87 this Tuesday, the 21st, while sleeping in a nursing home in Woodstock, New York. The announcement was made by the administrator of his estate to the newspaper The Toronto Star.
In 1961, he joined the group that would become The Band, along with Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel, initially acting as Bob Dylan’s backing band.
Regarded by fellow musician Robbie Robertson as “Rock and Roll’s most advanced player”, Hudson was a multi-instrumentalist and became famous for his keyboard, saxophone and accordion parts with The Band.
The group achieved great success with songs like The weight, Up at Cripple Creek AND The night they took old Dixie down. The Band’s talent was recorded in the documentary The Last Waltzdirected by Martin Scorsese.
Hudson has had a long career and has worked with names such as Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Leonard Cohen, Tom Petty and Roger Waters. The musician has also contributed to film soundtracks, including Raging bull (1980), by Scorsese, ed The Elect (1983), by Philip Kaufman.
Source: Terra
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