A great has died

IIRC, Garth made several mods to his Lowrey that the company incorporated into the production version.  Here's another remembrance:

https://www.theringer.com/2025/01/22/music/garth-hudson-the-band-obituary

What an amazing, loving, and beautiful tribute.  Thank you for sharing the link.  

Wow @petaluman, I’ll second @rpeluso’s perfect comment. The best summation of Garth Hudson’s character and talent I’ve ever read, and I’ve read everything ever written about The Band, my by far favorite musical combo (Rock ’n’ Roll or otherwise) of them all. I’m going to print the article and add it to my music library.

I had never before seen George Harrison’s praise of The Band ("The best band in the history of the universe"), an opinion I realize not everyone here agrees with. I myself am in complete agreement with George. I happened to have found a copy of Garth’s The Sea To The North album (on CD) a few months back, an album no one else could possibly have made.

Here’s a video chronicling Garth visiting the Big Pink house ten years ago, the first time he had been back since he, Levon, Rick, and Richard moved out back in 1969:

https://youtu.be/tBc_4dPQusI?si=P0o7BEPkW2gRrnnF