Get the latest gossip
Garth Hudson, founder member of the Band and Bob Dylan collaborator, dies aged 87
Hudson was the last remaining member of the folk-rock group, releasing 10 studio albums with them and touring with Dylan in his newfound electric period
The multi-instrumentalist, who played keyboards and saxophone for the bestselling 1960s folk-rockers as well as Bob Dylan, died peacefully in his sleep at the Woodstock nursing home he lived in, the executor of his estate confirmed to the Toronto Star. Hudson was also responsible for recording and archiving the sessions that became The Basement Tapes, with the Band and Dylan playing ad-hoc songs in a house in upstate New York. He also took on session work in the 1980s with artists such as Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison and Leonard Cohen, and performed The Wall with Roger Waters in Berlin in 1990 alongside Band bandmates and other star guests.
Or read this on The Guardian
