Garth Hudson, who played organ, accordion, saxophone, and more as a member of the Band—perhaps still the group that best embodies the glorious, lawless amalgamation of styles at the very heart of rock and roll—died at the age of eighty-seven,

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 USA TODAY. Della Croce remembered the late musician as a "brilliant man" and the "glue that made The Band, The Band."

Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician, has died at age 87. Hudson, the eldest and last survivor of the group which once backed Bob Dylan, has died at age 87.

The Band's longtime keyboardist and organist – just days after the beloved Canadian musician's death at the age of 87. Taking to his newly-active X account on Monday (Jan. 27), Dylan shared a brief reflection on Hudson's musical legacy.

"Sorry to hear the news about Garth Hudson. He was a beautiful guy and the real driving force behind the Band," Dylan wrote. "Just listen to the original recording of The Weight a

Bob Dylan has returned to his favorite social-media cesspool of choice, X, not to review a trio of SNL curveballs from a certain young admirer but to instead memorialize a recently deceased friend and collaborator.