WATCH: Garth Hudson ‘The Band’ Perform Rare House Concert
Written by Logan Phillips on April 19, 2023
Garth Hudson, the co-founding member of the Band, recently gave a rare performance at a house concert in Kingston, N.Y.
The concert was hosted by musician Sarah Perrotta. In the clip uploaded to Instagram, Hudson, who has not performed live since 2018, can be seen sitting at the piano playing Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady.”
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Hudson and guitarist Robbie Robertson are the two remaining survivors of the Band, and though a reunion of any kind is very unlikely, the pair did get together in 2014 when ‘The Band’ was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame.
Hudson, for the most part, has retreated from the public eye in recent years. His most recent release was back in 2010 when he released, Garth Hudson Presents A Canadian Celebration of the Band. The record featured a collection of Canadian artists, like Neil Young, Blue Rodeo, and Cowboy Junkies. Collaborating together to perform songs of the Band. “As far as my accompaniment and solos and so on, in between these folks, I think it did spurn me onward,” he said in 2014.
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