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 ...
The first official biography of The Band pianist Richard Manuel will hit shelves this spring via Schiffer Publishing.
He was 87. Retiring and seldom interviewed, Hudson was the quiet man in the group that began life as the Hawks, Arkansas-born rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins' backup band, who in 1966 graduated to ...
Robbie Robertson was one of the all time guitar greats but because his work is so intrinsically tied to his band he was often overlooked as an individual genius ...
The Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Formed in the early 1960s as a backing group for rocker Ronnie Hawkins, the Band was originally called The Hawks and featured the ...
Garth Hudson, the multi-instrumentalist wizard of The Band, the first Canadian group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has died. He was 87.
The last surviving member of the legendary "Up On Cripple Creek" group died in his sleep on Monday morning (Jan. 21).
He played in local bands before hooking up in the late 1950s with rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins’ The Hawks, which eventually would feature many of his Band mates. The group would back Bob ...
Garth Hudson, the multi-instrumentalist who served as the principal architect of the Band's sound, has died at 87.
They were all young, talented and eager musicians who later become the core of The Band. Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks from left: Rick Danko, bass; largely hidden Richard Manuel, piano; Hawkins ...
Robertson, the band’s guitarist and lead songwriter, died in 2023 after a long illness. Keyboardist-drummer Richard Manuel ...
Along with American drummer and vocalist Levon Helm, the musicians first came together as rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins' backup group. Garth Hudson of the roots rock group The Band poses for a ...