The last original member of the Band died this week at 87 ... Hudson hadn’t stepped foot on the Big Pink grounds since the Sixties. But the owners weren’t around that day, and he didn ...

1968, West Saugerties, just outside Woodstock. In a remote house called Big Pink, a motley band of multi-instrumentalists have gone from backing frantic rockabilly cat Ronnie Hawkins as The Hawks, to ...

After woodshedding with Dylan in West Saugerties, N.Y. - where Hudson served as recording engineer for Dylan and the group's legendary "basement tapes" – the musicians stepped out as the Band on a ...

In 1968, the five musicians became simply known as The Band and released Music From Big Pink, which Rolling Stone in 2003 listed as No. 34 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

When the Hawks officially became the Band in 1967 with their debut LP, Music From Big Pink, Hudson immortalized the Lowery’s church-like pipe-organ tone with “Chest Fever” (sometimes ...

Their debut album from 1968, 'Music From Big Pink,' is a rock classic; the follow-up album, simply titled 'The Band,' remains a cornerstone of rock Americana -- an astonishing feat considering ...

Hudson’s keyboard was an essential element of the Band's sound on roots-rock classics such as 'The Weight' and 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.' ...

We spent hours together at Big Pink that day. Every now and again ... of their shot was one of two surviving members of the Band. Garth spoke with a very soft voice and I often had to bring ...

Mr. Hudson was a musical architect of the Band, which rose to prominence as Dylan’s backing group before releasing its debut album, “Music From the Big Pink,” in 1968. Heavily informed by ...

Perhaps his defining contribution to The Band was the wondrous organ solo to ... “Music from the Big Pink” in 1969. The only classically trained musician in the group, Hudson was admired ...