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Learn about the life and musical legacy of Garth Hudson, the innovative keyboardist for The Band.

Keyboard player Garth Hudson, who also played with Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Roger Waters and more, has died aged 87

Innovative organist with the Band, the rock group who changed the way their contemporaries thought about music

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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

Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician, has died at age 87

He was praised as a ‘musical genius and cornerstone of the group’s timeless sound’.

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He played on “the second most influential record in the history of rock ’n’ roll”

Hudson was a talented multi-instrumentalist best known for playing keyboards and saxophone for The Band

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