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.

In a remote house called Big Pink, a motley band of multi-instrumentalists have gone from backing frantic rockabilly cat Ronnie Hawkins as The ... their own music – and are on the precipice of ...

He was the last of the five members who would comprise The Band to join, entering the picture in their formative years as the group backed the Canadian bar-hopping outfit of Arkansas-born showman ...

a backup band for rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins. Hudson supported Bob Dylan on his first rock tour in 1966 and served as the recording engineer for their legendary “basement tapes” in West ...

No matter the song, Hudson summoned ... The Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Formed in the early 1960s as a backing group for rocker Ronnie Hawkins, the Band was ...

After a year studying music at the University of Western Ontario, he grew frustrated with classical music and dropped out, beginning his venture into rock ... when Ronnie Hawkins and Levon ...

No cause of death was revealed, but he said Hudson “died peacefully” and “yesterday was a day of music ... singer Ronnie Hawkins. Hudson supported Bob Dylan on his first rock tour in 1966 ...

No matter the song, Hudson summoned ... 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 ...

Garth Hudson, the last living member of roots-rock group the ... out of earning a music degree to play in bands. In 1961, Hudson joined the Hawks, backing Ronnie Hawkins, after the other members ...

In 1961 he was approached by the Canadian rockabilly star Ronnie Hawkins ... rock history”. Indeed, even The Beatles grew voluminous beards and embraced the back-to-the-roots culture for Let ...