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- Birth nameEric Garth Hudson
- Garth Hudson was born on August 2, 1937 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was a music artist and actor, known for Raging Bull (1980), The Right Stuff (1983) and A Sea of Green (2014). He was married to Maud Hudson. He died on January 21, 2025 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- SpouseMaud Hudson(1978 - February 21, 2022) (her death)
- Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Band) in 1994.
- In 1956, at the age of 19, he joined the Silhouettes from London, Ontario as a saxophonist.
- He initially studied classical music, then fell in love with rock 'n' roll.
- Played trumpet and saxophone through high school.
- Garth Hudson was a Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for the rock group the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
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