RIP Eric Garth Hudson CM (August 2, 1937 – January 21, 2025). He was the treasured multi-instrumentalist— most notably, organ, clavinet, accordion and saxophone— for Canada’s transcendent rock organization, The Band. His saxophone solo on the Last Waltz version of this song has been known to bring chills to music lovers everywhere, and when combined with bassist …
. . The 1978 concert movie “The Last Waltz” was unusual for a couple of reasons. One, it was directed by Martin Scorsese and two, it was a farewell show for an enormously popular group that had all it’s original members living, no real drop in popularity, and no band members with outstanding warrants (no …