Eric Garth Hudson was a Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for the Band. He was a principal architect of the group's sound and was described as "th
Hudson performing in 1971
Hudson performing with the Band, Hamburg, Germany, May 1971.
Hudson is playing organ to the left, at the Last Waltz concert in 1976
The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group the Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Last Waltz was advertised
Garth Hudson
…feared would think he was squandering his years of music education by playing in a rock and roll band. Discussing the thinking behind his early fears in The Last Waltz, Hudson told interviewer-director Martin Scorsese: "There is a view that jazz is 'evil' because it comes from evil people, but actually the greatest…
Original theatrical release poster
The Band's drummer and vocalist Levon Helm
Bluesman Muddy Waters guested with the Band for the concert.