lightnin digits Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 ...I watched "The Last Waltz" last weekend. Had forgotten how unique The Band was and what an unusual yet technically sound keyboard player Garth Hudson was. Hudson had one of the most unorthodox styles as well as one-of-a-kind rigs, anchored by an Allen (I believe) Organ. I've never seen them, or Hudson live-but have a bunch of their albums; what are your thoughts about this band and this keyboard player? Soylent Green is People!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISPdeRuiter Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 Hi, Yes, the Band was terrific. I believe Mr. Hudson played a Lowrey, if my memory serves me well. Nevertheless at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 Garth Hudson is such a great, often overlooked, keyboard player with a very unique "voice". His role in The Band seems the mortar holding everything together. (Ben Tench's role in The Heartbreakers reminds me a bit of Hudson.) He was the most musically educated member of The Band, and IIRC, he gave lessons to some of his bandmates. "Chest Fever" rules. And, yes, it was a Lowrey organ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_3guy Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 Originally posted by ISPdeRuiter: Hi, Yes, the Band was terrific. I believe Mr. Hudson played a Lowrey, if my memory serves me well.Correct. Steve www.seagullphotodesign.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_dup3 Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 I agree: as far as his musical skills & influence, GH was the real deal. He also produced & played in some band(s) later (the Cult?). My favorite bit is the intro to "Chest Fever"...but has anybody else noticed that Prince used that as the intro progression to "1999" ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 I don't beleive, d, that Prince's intro was note for note, but close enough to take notice! When first hearing it, before the rest of the tune took off, I thought it was going to be some kind of cover. Garth seemed to do some pretty advanced sounding stuff with what seemed to be limited equipment. It struck me he preffered to do ALL he could with what he had instead of adding more gear to achieve his results. I've said before that the Band's Robbie Robertson was an underrated guitarist. It seems he wasn't the ONLY one in the group that was underrated. And what I really dug about Garth was that he never seemed to be watching what he was doing! He just KNEW! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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