Garth Hudson (born Eric Garth Hudson in Windsor, Ontario, on 2 August 1937 ; died 21 January 2025) was a Canadian musician remembered as the organist and keyboardist for Canadian-American rock group The Band. In 2002, he was honoured with the Canada South Blues Society's Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2005, Hudson received the Hamilton Music Award for Best Instrumentalist. A master of the Lowrey organ, Hudson's orchestral tone sense and style anticipated many of the sonic advances of the polyphonic synthesizer. Read more on Last.fm