Garth Hudson, last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87
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🗓️ 22 January 2025
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Garth Hudson, the keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist of The Band, has died at the age of 87.
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| 0:30.4 | I picked up my bag. |
| 0:32.9 | I went looking for a place to hide. |
| 0:36.7 | Garth Hudson, who was the band's keyboardist, has passed away. |
| 0:41.8 | He was 87 years old. |
| 0:43.9 | Kevin's playing the band right now with some bumper music. |
| 0:47.0 | 87? |
| 0:47.9 | Mm-hmm. |
| 0:49.6 | Really? |
| 0:50.0 | Up on Cripple Creek and the weight. |
| 0:52.8 | Well, I guess, guys like Dillon there in their 80s, and that's where they were kind of got their big break with was they were playing with. |
| 0:59.8 | They were Dylan's backing band, thus the band, right? |
| 1:02.5 | I mean, that's not exactly where it came from. |
| 1:04.7 | But yes, the band does a cover of one of Kevin and I, our favorite song, Atlantic City. |
| 1:11.5 | And so, yeah, would Christofferson and leave on helm and, you know. |
| 1:17.4 | Yeah, that's the best version of Atlantic City that exists, I think. |
| 1:21.5 | So, I mean, I was thinking the other day, so Steve Perry, who is the lead singer of Real Journey, is 76 today. |
| 1:28.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:29.1 | Is it today or was it yesterday? |
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