It’s so fitting that Garth Hudson was the last man standing from the Band. The beloved organ virtuoso died on Tuesday morning at 87, near Woodstock — just a few miles down the road from Big Pink, the house where the Band and Bob Dylan transformed music history just by jamming in the basement.

Garth Hudson, the multi-instrumentalist who served as the principal architect of the Band's sound, has died at 87.

Garth Hudson, a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist best known for his distinctive organ and saxophone work with the Band, has died at 87.

Garth Hudson, keyboardist and last surviving founding member of the Canadian-American rock group The Band, has died. Though cause of death has not been confirmed, the Toronto Star reports he died in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock,

Garth Hudson, the organist and multi-instrumentalist whose wizardry enhanced some of the best-known songs of 1960s and '70s rock group the Band including "Up on Cripple Creek," "Chest Fever" and "Ophelia,

Keyboard player Garth Hudson, who also played with Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Roger Waters and more, has died aged 87

Garth Hudson, the keyboardist and last surviving member of The Band, has died. He was 87. Hudson “passed away peacefully in his sleep” on Tuesday morning at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York, his estate executor confirmed to the Toronto Star.

A multifaceted musician, he was the last surviving original member of an influential group that mixed rock, r&b and an Americana sound.

An architect of the Band’s genre-melding sound, he played piano on “The Weight” and organ on “Chest Fever.” He was the group’s last surviving member.

The oldest and only classically trained member of The Band, Garth Hudson was best known for his distinctive Lowrey organ work on songs like "Chest Fever."

The last original member of the Band died this week at 87. In 2014, RS accompanied him on a visit to the upstate New York home where the group recorded The Basement Tapes with Bob Dylan