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 as "Up on Cripple ...

In band member Levon Helm’s 1993 book, This Wheel’s On Fire, Hudson explains his influences: I sort of grew up with country music because my father would find all the hoedown stations on the ...

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 as "Up on Cripple Creek," ...