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Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)

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Garth Hudson

Canadian multi-instrumentalist (1937–2025)

Eric Garth Hudson was a Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for The Band. He was a principal architect of the group's sound and was described as "the most brilliant organist in the rock world" by Keyboard magazine. In 1994,…
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August 2

Day of the year

August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 151 days remain until the end of the year.
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