And the secret weapon, as he was called by Rolling Stone’s Paul Evans, was Garth Hudson, the big guy with the big bushy beard who didn ... By that point, Robertson was no longer a member.

“Garth Hudson Presents: A Canadian Celebration of The Band” was a 2010 tribute featuring Neil Young, Bruce Cockburn and other Canadian musicians. In recent years, Hudson struggled financially.

Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, has died. He was 87. Hudson died early Tuesday in a nursing home near Woodstock, New York, his former manager, Jim Della Croce, confirmed to ...