Garth Hudson, the stoic multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of the Canadian roots-rock group the Band, died Tuesday at a nursing facility in his adopted hometown of Woodstock, N.Y. He was 87.

The Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Garth Hudson, the keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist who was the last surviving member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members The ...

Garth Hudson in 1969. The Band’s songwriter and guitarist Robbie Robertson called him “far and away the most advanced musician in rock ’n’ roll.”Credit...David Attie/Getty Images ...

Garth Hudson, the majestic keyboard, saxophone and accordion player and last surviving member of The Band, died Tuesday. He was 87. Hudson died in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock ...

The group became part of the Juno Awards’ Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1989. He was born Eric Garth Hudson in Windsor, Ontario, on Aug. 2, 1937, and grew up in the northeastern city of London.

NEW YORK (AP) — Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards ...

Garth Hudson, the last surviving founding member of the beloved roots-rock ensemble The Band, has died. The Canadian musician was 87 years old. His close friend Jan Haust, a music archivist and ...

Garth Hudson, whose fantastical approach to the organ and virtuosity on a panoply of other instruments lent a distinctive ...

Garth Hudson, the multitalented musical genius who elevated The Band while remaining its most reserved member, died Tuesday. He was 87. Hudson, who was the last surviving member of the group ...