WTF is this tribute band thing?

**Benny Profane** · 07-28-2018, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by dookey67

Not sure that I am sold on this...

Talking Dreads, reggae Talking Heads cover band...

http://talkingdreads.com/

Really good collection of raggae covers that comes from the source. This one is remakes of American soul and Motown: https://www.amazon.com/Studio-Soul-S.../dp/B00005BILT and there are other excellent collections from one of the best rock steady studios in Jamaica.

The Wailers were originally a soul hits cover band.

**rideit** · 07-28-2018, 01:51 PM

Saw Karl Denson's Tiny Universe covering the Allman Brothers album Eat A Peach.
Fucking outstanding...better that Denson's own material.

**uglymoney** · 07-28-2018, 06:39 PM

I think it is a big venue thing. Music genres spread people so thin these days. Plenty of new music being played but almost always at smaller venues and at music festivals. We laugh at 99% of the washed up bands that come through here and play at our arena but at CSPS and the Paramount we have good bands on the regular. Blue grass, jam bands, and Americana for the win.

I bet almost every town has somewhere like our CSPS. All kinds of cool shit comes through here that is really too good for this town. http://www.legionarts.org/events/upcoming/

I'll admit to going to see Steve Miller a couple years ago because nostalgia and bucket list but it wasn't probably worth it. Maybe if he would move along but he spends almost all his time rehashing the old hits and people like that shit. I went for the jams and could have stayed for the 2 or 3 tunes where he wasn't in rehash mode and then just left.

The hair bands, Joan Jet, Def Leppard, all that junk sells tickets I guess. Just crazy.

Still can't believe I never made it to a Petty show. One of the few old guys that could draw a shit ton of people and still throw it down. Saw Dylan many times.

**Self Jupiter** · 07-29-2018, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by uglymoney

The hair bands, Joan Jet, Def Leppard, all that junk sells tickets I guess. Just crazy.

Isn’t that crazy? ...people...

Tesla is making money touring these days. What the fuck?

**dookeyXXX** · 07-30-2018, 10:39 PM

On my way home from Reno today I noticed a billboard advertising Blue Oyster Cult, playing at Boomtown casino in Oct.
BOC was my favorite band in Jr and High School. Never saw 'em.
Sadly, I think there is only 1 or 2 original members left in the band. And seeing them at a casino ain'the gonna be like their arena heyday with the giant Godzilla. Plus the surviving original dude's must be kinda old...
I am slightly tempted, though...

**rideit** · 07-30-2018, 10:44 PM

The first time I 'accidentally' took acid (though I was taking a microdot of Mesc, turns out it was four way windowpane) was at a Black and Blue show (sabbath and boc).
Absolutely tripped balls, saw the notes coming out of the speakers, and all of that...

**GiBo** · 07-31-2018, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Self Jupiter

Fair enough - I’m not going to want to see Fleetwood play any Rumors tracks until Leslie is invited back in the band!

I know you meant Lindsay. I feel the same way. My SO bought tickets to the current tour, but I refuse to go. No Lindsay and no would have ever heard of FM.

I have no problem with cover bands. I saw Classic Albums Live do Led Zepplin IV and it was phenomenal. Highly recommend anything by that outfit.

I've seen Brit Floyd. Very good.

I have a friend who has a Rush tribute band, "Rash". Note for note, prefect. He also had a Yes tribute band for a while that was excellent.

**Self Jupiter** · 07-31-2018, 10:15 AM

Ah, good catch- who the fuck is Leslie?

**Benny Profane** · 08-01-2018, 12:49 PM

Brown Sabbath is a cool band I discovered about a year ago. A bunch of Latin guys in a fairly large band with horns doing Sabbath.

**SumJongGuy** · 08-01-2018, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by Benny Profane

Brown Sabbath is a cool band I discovered about a year ago. A bunch of Latin guys in a fairly large band with horns doing Sabbath.

I bet they also do Alice Bowie.

**Shredhead** · 08-02-2018, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by dookey67

On my way home from Reno today I noticed a billboard advertising Blue Oyster Cult, playing at Boomtown casino in Oct.
BOC was my favorite band in Jr and High School. Never saw 'em.
Sadly, I think there is only 1 or 2 original members left in the band. And seeing them at a casino ain'the gonna be like their arena heyday with the giant Godzilla. Plus the surviving original dude's must be kinda old...
I am slightly tempted, though...

They’re still really good.

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**SumJongGuy** · 08-02-2018, 07:28 AM

My sister worked for MelloTron Keyboards in the 80s. Eric Bloom came on as a consultant and rep. She said he hit on her every day aka me too caliber. They were great when I saw them with Dokken and Aldo Nova. I've got an ax to grind with Bloom now though.

**El Chupacabra** · 08-02-2018, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by dookey67

On my way home from Reno today I noticed a billboard advertising Blue Oyster Cult, playing at Boomtown casino in Oct.
BOC was my favorite band in Jr and High School. Never saw 'em.
Sadly, I think there is only 1 or 2 original members left in the band. And seeing them at a casino ain'the gonna be like their arena heyday with the giant Godzilla. Plus the surviving original dude's must be kinda old...
I am slightly tempted, though...

You should go and keep yelling "MOAR COWBELL!!!!!"

**dookeyXXX** · 08-02-2018, 10:14 AM

Sadly, I found some youtube footage from their last show in the Reno area and it looked like a bunch of fat, old people sitting in hotel conference room chairs in a hotel conference room watching a nondescript band run through a bad version of "Don't Fear The Reaper".. Granted the footage was obviously shot on a cellphone, but the band looked and sounded horrible.
I think I will save my money. I have their entire catalog, so I can just slap a few of their albums on, crank the volume to 11, dim the lights, drink some beer, and imagine I am seeing them in their heyday.

**Shredhead** · 08-02-2018, 11:40 AM

I see a lot of live acts. BOC always gets the crowd on their feet.

**Benny Profane** · 08-02-2018, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by dookey67

Sadly, I found some youtube footage from their last show in the Reno area and it looked like a bunch of fat, old people sitting in hotel conference room chairs in a hotel conference room watching a nondescript band run through a bad version of "Don't Fear The Reaper".. Granted the footage was obviously shot on a cellphone, but the band looked and sounded horrible.
I think I will save my money. I have their entire catalog, so I can just slap a few of their albums on, crank the volume to 11, dim the lights, drink some beer, and imagine I am seeing them in their heyday.

If you really want to do it right, get a t-top Firebird, grow a mullet, and drive down to the Jersey Shaw on the Parkway with your babe at the side cranking that tune loud out of the 8 track.

**SumJongGuy** · 08-02-2018, 12:51 PM

I wonder what impact the proliferation of click tracks has had on tribute bands. With the proper set up they are essentially playing along to the recorded version note for note. Way easier to buy the product than record all those tracks yourself or attempt to pull it off live night after night. Even Rush used click tracks on everything post Hemispheres. The

**Peruvian** · 08-02-2018, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by rideit

The first time I 'accidentally' took acid...

How many times have you ‘accidentally’ taken acid?

**gravitylover** · 08-04-2018, 08:58 AM

This is a local tribute festival next weekend https://www.ivesconcertpark.com/fore...sat-aug-10-11/ If the weather is decent we'll probably go, the wife and kids are more interested in it than I am but I bet some of it will be pretty good but that Stella Blues band isn't bad at all. The venue is actually just a couple of hundred feet from the dorm my kids will be moving into in 3 weeks so it's a good thing for them to get comfy with their new home away from home. I'll definitely be seeing Sam Bush in the same spot with them a few weeks into the semester.

**Marshall Tucker** · 08-06-2018, 05:57 AM

^ There's been a few of those around here, NOT dead-themed though. There was a 2-day tribute fest with "Foreigner" and "Eagles" headlining a few weeks ago.