Garth Hudson was the mystery man in the Band ... Like his bandmates, he got recruited by Fifties rockabilly vet Ronnie Hawkins for his back-up band, the Hawks. He grew up in Ontario, in a farming ...

Garth Hudson at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards. Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson stand behind. January, 1994 [Photo: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame] Organist and multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson died ...

Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The ... a backing band for rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins. Even then, guitarist Robbie Robertson said later, “Garth was far and away the most ...

Eric “Garth” Hudson was born to musician parents ... In his early twenties, to his parents’ alarm, he joined Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm in a rock band called the Hawks, assuaging his ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Garth Hudson, the Band's virtuoso keyboardist ... Formed in the early 1960s as a backing group for rocker Ronnie Hawkins, the Band was originally called The Hawks and featured ...