Michael Brewer, half of the most successful folk/rock music act Kansas City has ever produced, died Tuesday ... the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and others, performed until the pandemic hit in 2020.

Garth Hudson, the Band's virtuoso ... and "Rag Mama Rag," has died at age 87.Video above: Remembering those we lost in 2025Hudson was the eldest and last surviving member of the influential ...