General Music Chat

I think if it's done correctly and professionally, it is a very fun project. But I would not solely do a Tribute. I currently play in a Ozzy tribute that covers both his solo and Black Sabbath material as well as a Megadeth tribute. Both are fun for different reasons and Deadguitars listed some good ones. But it also opens up many more doors as most tribute venues are different from the cover band bars. I play in a classic rock cover band which is always fun as well as a originals band and I think each band adds cool elements to gigging. I also try to limit playing out with each one once a month. It keeps you busy but every gig seems to be fresh and fun since your not playing the same ol stuff every weekend. So, I like playing in them, but it does have to be done the right way.

schmedidiah see that "s" in the word tributes? That means two bands. If I meant to combine them I would have said a tribute band.

Sorry, I missed that. You're right.

Planet we currently do "Destroyer", "Lola", "All Day And All Of The Night", "You Really Got Me", we would add "Victoria", "Sunny Afternoon", "Well-Respected Man", "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion", "Where Have All The Good Times Gone", "Father Christmas" and some other ones I can't think of here at work. The tunes are easy and have great hooks and melodies. The Trower tribute would take a little more work, I know most of the tunes but we currently only do "Bridge of Sighs" and "Too Rolling Stoned". Trower is one my earliest influences and I can pretty much duplicate his music.

good choice of "obvoius" (read: required) tunes.

for less obvoius but nonetheless great tunes allow me suggest a few of my faves.....

Waterloo Sunset
This Time Tomorrow
Rats
Black Messiah
Superman
Hay Fever
Black Messiah

be sure to put up some video when ya get some and get a chance, "Dave"....uh, i mean jimmy.

....and one more "deep cut",

"I'm Not Like Everybody Else". they used that song to great effect (as usual) in a Sopranos episode.

I always liked 'Celluloid Heroes' a lot. Very sentimental and melodic.

The Kinks, at first, were on track to be a very early metal band for my money.

I remember Joey Reynolds (WKBW Buffalo) had a 'British Invasion' show and told us up front that 'You Really Got Me' sounded ridiculous to him but that it was charting in the UK and that's what he promised he'd play - bless his heart.

I was a bit shocked myself when I heard it the first time - very young fellow that I was - in a way I'd been waiting for that - but it certainly wasn't something I'd heard before!

But yeah, I got the 45. 'All Day and All of the night' as well.

Talbot

Would be great if they patched it up. Great band.

I've lost two brothers - they are being dumbasses really, there is nothing so important it should get in between brothers.

Talbot

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I think musicians, as a whole, don't really appreciate tribute bands much, its more the fans (of the original) that like them. quote]
Mike,I beg to differ. I believe that muicians "DO" appreciate a musician in a tribute band and the work and accuracy that goes into their "Role". Id say its those bands that "Label" themselves a "Tribute" band and dont even come close to sounding like said band other than being able to know the chords,that no one appreciates.

zar

There are musicians and there are performers. I'm re-learning this the hard way on my current project. I would assume for a tribute band you must be both.

When I first returned to Georgia from LA I started jamming around and was amazed to find that most guys wore shorts. In LA we 'dressed' for rehearsals.

I got used to it but now I'm needing to get far away from that 'shorts' business and back to sparklin'.

Talbot

zar

There are musicians and there are performers. I'm re-learning this the hard way on my current project. I would assume for a tribute band you must be both.

When I first returned to Georgia from LA I started jamming around and was amazed to find that most guys wore shorts. In LA we 'dressed' for rehearsals.

I got used to it but now I'm needing to get far away from that 'shorts' business and back to sparklin'.

Talbot

excellent point mike. i've always been more of a musician and have mostly played in bands where the MUSIC is the performance. don't get me wrong..i'm not a shoe gazer and when the music is happening i'm moving around and enjoying myself...but it's BECAUSE i'm enjoying myself not because i'm thinking "show".

i had a conversation w a rather uptight banjo "performer" a while back. ( a very good musician too) he sat in w this hippy freak bluegrass band i was playing with. we're playing outside at a local no frills neighborhood bar and it's summertime. weather was around 100 degrees and humidity off of the charts. we're all wearing shorts, tank tops and sandals....banjo guy shows up in his skin tight Wranglers, long sleeved western shirt, a vest, boots (of course), and a leather cowboy hat. and it's 100 FRIGGIN' DEGREES!

he sneered dismissively when he walked over to the stage. i asked him what's wrong and he said something along the lines of "well, i'm used to playing with folks who dress professionally when the perform".

i told him "i'm sure my approach to stage attire is exactly the same as your's". "really?it doesn't look that way"
so i asked him..."don't you believe in dressing in what you think is appropriate for the gig?" ...."yeah, i do"

....."well there ya go..."that exactly what I do. i dress in EXACTLY what i feel is appropriate for the gig".

well, he didn't like that much but by the end of the first of set we were buddies because we were both enjoying each other's playing. different threads for different jeds, i guess.

But I bet he was sweating like a pig at a Texas cookout!

one more thing on the "attire" bit.

i do think it's important to dress appropriately for the gig. i mean i wouldn't wear sandals and shorts to a wedding gig and i likewise wouldn't wear a suit to a gig at backyard party or local bar.

but for me, because music is such a big part of who i am and (goofy as it sounds) ....a way in which i express myself and who i am.....i don't want to play "dress up" on a gig and not be "myself".

But I bet he was sweating like a pig at a Texas cookout!

you got THAT right.... but he sure looked all perfessional!