Mr. Helm was from Arkansas. According to Mr. Helm and others, Mr. Hudson had kept turning down pleas to join the Hawks until he was offered a new organ, an extra $10 a week to give the others ...

After splitting in 1963 with Hawkins, whom they came to view as a parsimonious disciplinarian, the group recorded singles as the Canadian Squires and Levon & the Hawks. Hudson, Helm and Robertson ...

Sam Burgess led the Blue Hawks in rebounding with 11 points, while McCormick grabbed 10 boards for T Falls. The pair of victors lifted T Falls boys to 10-3 on the season and 5-0 in Western 7B play.

Once Hudson joined, Helm wrote in his memoir, This Wheel’s on Fire, “We really thought we were the best band in the world.” The Hawks soon parted ways with Hawkins, who was a strict ...

To hear Garth Hudson at his deranged best, listen to the legendary 1966 tour with the Band (still known as the Hawks) backing up Bob Dylan, especially the May 20 gig in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Garth Hudson, the wildly talented multi-instrumentalist best known for playing keyboards and saxophone for The Band, has died. He was 87. Hudson’s death was first reported by the Toronto Star ...

Garth Hudson at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards. Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson stand behind. January, 1994 [Photo: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame] Organist and multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson died ...