The last of the five members of the iconic American rock group, The Band, Garth Hudson’s death is the end of an era.

The rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins, who was backed by the Band in the early sixties, when they were still known as the Hawks, understood Hudson as a singular type of dude: “He heard all sorts ...

The Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Formed in the early 1960s as a backing group for rocker Ronnie Hawkins, The Band was originally called The Hawks and featured the ...

The Band began in 1957, when Helm migrated from Arkansas to Ontario to join Robertson, Danko, Manuel, Hudson and Stan Szelest as Ronnie Hawkins’ backing outfit, the Hawks. Hawkins was a ...

He soon had the opportunity. In 1961 he was approached by the Canadian rockabilly star Ronnie Hawkins to join his band, the Hawks; Hudson hesitated, fearing the reaction of his conservative ...

Before the Band, Hudson played in the group's early incarnation as the Hawks, backing up Ronnie Hawkins. In his later years, he released solo music and played as a backing musician, including ...

Robertson, the band’s guitarist and lead songwriter, died in 2023 after a long illness. Keyboardist-drummer Richard Manuel hung himself in 1986, bassist Rick Danko died in his sleep in 1999 and ...