Garth Hudson returns to Big Pink after 47 years

Garth Hudson is known for being as brilliant as maddening.  He comes from a long line of relations that lived well into their nineties and as he didn't share all of the Band members vices he may just get there.  In person he is spry if not exasperating as one might expect from a man of his age and stature.  His wife Maud is no minor figure in his life and the site of his frail frame pushing her along in her wheelchair is a sweet vignette of love.  Rolling Stone likely had to edit this well made 8 minute documentary on The Basement Tapes down considerably.   Garth's, known by his band mates as H.B. or Honey Bear for his ability to sweeten up the tracks, role is captured well with the Band's archivist Jan Haust describing well how Garth was operating.  There's interesting discussion about the nature of the materials (wood, concrete, and carpets) allowing Garth to achieve the sound he desired.  Garth also gives a stirring account of the composition and execution of Dylan's obscure Sign Of The Cross.  The mini-doc ends with a sprawling interlude on solo piano, what would have been called in their live show The Genetic Method.