Toby Myers, a longtime bassist for John Mellencamp and Roadmaster, has died at the age of 75. The bassist died on Jan. 16 at his home in Indiana after a long battle with cancer, according to an obituary posted on Legacy.com by the funeral home handling his affairs.

A multifaceted musician, he was the last surviving original member of an influential group that mixed rock, r&b and an Americana sound.

Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, has died. He was 87. Hudson died early Tuesday in a nursing home near Woodstock, New York, his former manager, Jim Della Croce, confirmed to USA TODAY.

Garth Hudson, the organist and multi-instrumentalist whose wizardry enhanced some of the best-known songs of 1960s and 1970s rock group the Band, including "Up on Cripple Creek," "Chest Fever" and "Ophelia,

An architect of the Band’s genre-melding sound, he played piano on “The Weight” and organ on “Chest Fever.” He was the group’s last surviving member.

The last surviving original member of the Band died on Tuesday. He was a master on keys and saxophones who could conjure a panoply of scenes and eras.

The group's official Instagram page dubbed Hudson "a musical genius and cornerstone of the group’s timeless sound."