Im not going to get moopy or soppy or mushy, he says. I got the address on Instagram where im, @lizziethistle. However, as Saving Country Music worked to verify the addresses of the social media posts and the current status of Garth Hudson, representatives for the 84-year-old say the effort isnt warranted, and sharing his address publicly is against Garths wishes. There are too many folks that dont understand the meaning of boundries when it comes to public figures. The name was also unpretentious, un-juvenile and un-cute, per singer/guitarist and de facto leader Robbie Robertson. I would put our story up against any musical group in the history of the world.. Bob doesnt do anything like this, ever.. This being Arkansas, there are probably more than a few who are ready to dog-cuss Robertson for drawing breath and royalty checks while his former bandmates in The Band -- only one of whom, Garth Hudson, is still alive -- had to struggle and scratch to make ends meet. With The Bands output limited, it was up to Robertson to shoulder most of the writing responsibilities, and hold the group together. I didnt feel any separate feeling, he says. I thought this was going to be an obituary so glad to hear he is still kicking. After a near-fatal stabbingand decades of threatsthe novelist speaks about writing as a death-defying act. Sammy, ART FEIN (L-R) Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson,. I don't think it would be respectful to Garth to show that he is not feeling that well, and to not be able to. Garth Hudson (Profile) | The Canadian Encyclopedia He was looking old though. Archive audio of his voice features in this documentary, but no new interview. 9:39 am, Garth, Just saw that Maud passed last year and felt so sorry that I had not kept in touch better. They certainly weren't the same without Robertson. Advertisement 2 Story continues below As well meaning as it all might have been initially, the writing of letters to Garth Hudson, and the sharing of his personal address is being discouraged henceforth. Photograph: David Jordan Williams. After Dylan watched Once Were Brothers, so he could sign the release, he called me and said, My God, I started watching this, and I got completely hooked. Share with friends Share your show . He also has five grandkids, who call him Papa Rob. (Hudson has always existed as a gnomic Buddha-like presence, above all the chatter and noise.) What happened on that drive became part of literary history. It could be dark. He has a novelist's unsparing eye for telling details and. An earlier version said the Hawks backed Dylan when he first went electric. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. The Corrupt World Behind the Murdaugh Murders. Robbie Robertsons album Sinematic is out now. I grew up to you and your band mates . "In those days we didn't realize that song publishing -- more than touring or selling records -- was the secret source of the real money in the music business," Helm wrote in This Wheel's On Fire. Born in Windsor, Canada, both of Garth Hudsons parents were musicians as well, and he was classically trained from an early age on multiple instruments. Of course from there what became known as The Band reconfigured the future of music in North America, backing Bob Dylan in the Blonde on Blonde era, including the notorious electric tour in 1966 when Dylan eschewed his acoustic folk past, and into 1968 when The Band recorded their first album Music From Big Pink. I dont want to be the guy whining, but we got work to do! Garth Hudson is still around but gets little screen time in Daniel Roher's documentary, which seems content to let Robertson ramble on, unchallenged.