Garth Hudson (1937–2025)

He was the last original member of The Band. Here’s an obituary from The Guardian.

And here, from 2017, is some extraordinary pianism, a lengthy solo lead-in to “The Weight.” I hear the hymn “Jerusalem” (Sir Hubert Parry’s setting of a William Blake poem), “Old Folks” (Willard Robison–Dedette Lee Hill), “Dardanella” (Felix Bernard–Johnny S. Black), a bit of Brahms (thanks, Elaine), and “The Last Rose of Summer” (a traditional melody joined to a Thomas Moore poem). I suspect there’s still more to hear.

I don’t know what the screams from the audience are about — trying to get the pianist to wrap it up? At any rate, they’re to be ignored, just as Garth Hudson ignored them.