The opportunity came in 1961, when Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm approached him about joining Hawkins’ backing band, the Hawks. After initially refusing, Hudson joined the band on the condition ...
The Band's last living member, Garth Hudson, has died. He passed away Tuesday morning, while sleeping in a New York nursing ...
Formed in the early 1960s as a backing group for Ronnie Hawkins, and originally called the Hawks, the group featured American Levon Helm and four Canadians recruited by Helm and Hawkins ...