The Band were the ultimate rock & roll fantasy of brotherhood, and Garth Hudson was the glue guy who made the fantasy real. Rob Sheffield pays tribute ...

The Canadian virtuoso, known for his solo on “Chest Fever,” gave the group a “sound twice as big” and his mates music lessons ...

A rustic figure with an expansive forehead and sprawling beard, Mr. Hudson was a classically trained performer and ...

Ronald Reagan was president. The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the U.S., along with the Sony Walkman. The ...

Garth Hudson, the organist and multi-instrumentalist whose wizardry enhanced some of the best-known songs of 1960s and '70s ...

The group's official Instagram page dubbed Hudson "a musical genius and cornerstone of the group’s timeless sound." ...

These famous and iconic lines from legendary rock songs are a testament to good songwriting, some decades after they were released.

The 1950s saw the birth of rock and roll, but these original songs might have been overshadowed by their covers.