Garth Hudson

Eric Garth Hudson is a Canadian multiinstrumentalist. As the organist, keyboardist and saxophonist for CanadianAmerican rock group the Band, he was a principal architect of the groups unique sound. Hudson has been called the most brilliant organist in the rock world by Keyboard magazine.

Hudson was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. His parents, Fred James Hudson and Olive Louella Pentland, were musicians. His mother played piano and accordion and sang. His father, a farm inspector who had fought as a fighter pilot in World War I, played drums, C melody saxophone, clarinet, flute and piano. Hudson moved with his family to London, Ontario, around 1940. Classically trained in piano, music theory, harmony and counterpoint, Hudson wrote his first song at the age of eleven and first played professionally with dance bands in 1949 at the age of twelve. He attended Broughdale Public School and Medway High School before studying music at the University of Western Ontario for one year nevertheless, he grew increasingly frustrated with the rigidity of the classical repertoire. In 1958, he joined a rock and roll band, the Capers. He was reported to have said that he also gained some performance experience from playing at his uncles funeral parlor. In December 1961, the 24yearold H

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