In a genre with so many fantastic songs, one tune stands out as maybe the most perfect rock and roll song ever produced.

Hail! Rock and Roll! It was the same theater that turned him away as a child because he was Black. See An Exploration of Smithsonian Collections Featuring African American Music from Smithsonian Music ...

Check out four great songs by Rock & Roll Hall of Famers featuring The Band’s Garth Hudson in honor of his passing.