When the news ofGarth Hudsonsdeathhit on Tuesday morning, many thoughts flooded my mind all at once.

I asked him to describe a typical day back then.

Wed be around, cleaning up, and doing whatever we did, he said.

TORONTO - OCTOBER 18 - Garth Hudson (keyboards) of  The Band heads toward the induction ceremony of the group. Canada’s Walk of Fame inducted five new recipients on October 18, 2014. The ceremony took place at the Sony Centre for Preforming Arts.        (Rick Madonik/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Garth Hudson in 2014. The last surviving member of the Band died this week at 87.Rick Madonik/Toronto Star/Getty Images

Then finally everybody would go down the pink stairs.

Someone passing by might have assumed he had some form of dementia.

It was just his body that was breaking down.

He leaned down, picked up a rock, and put it into his pocket as keepsake.