Jazz Articles about Garth Hudson

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Album Review

Alexis P. Suter Band: Just Stay Live, featuring Garth Hudson, Recorded Live at the Falcon

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by Doug Collette
May 27, 2026

With the late Garth Hudson's photo on such prominent display in Debra Clark's graphic design for Just Stay Live, featuring Garth Hudson, Recorded Live at the Falcon, the participation of the brilliant multi-instrumentalist of The Band threatens to overshadow the other attributes of Just Stay Live, most conspicuous of which is the courageous choice of material. Lesser artists might be daunted by the prospect of covering songs by Gregg Allman ("It's Not My Cross To Bear"), Bob Dylan ...

Album Review

The Band: Stage Fright 50th Anniversary Edition 2CD

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by Doug Collette
May 23, 2021

In order to more fully appreciate the 50th anniversary edition of the Band's third studio album, Stage Fright (Capitol, 1970), it is best to resist the temptation to go off on tangents regarding the revisionism visited upon the release. The supervision administered by the group's guitarist/songwriter Robbie Robertson may be as questionable as that visited upon other such packages in recent years, but rampant skepticism and suspicion about his motives ultimately precludes deeper enjoyment of the work both past and ...