KevB Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) [quote name='stuckinthepod' timestamp='1446209156' post='2897727'] I second Doors Alive. Saw then recently and was very impressed. Managed to conjure an atmosphere as well as a solid performance. [/quote] Yes they are a good act, they are the 3rd or 4th Doors trib I've seen through the years and are the next best after the Australians for me. I was a bit surprised when i chatted to the singer after a gig a couple of years ago how Scottish he was! They were supposed to be playing in Derby tonight and I might have gone but they've been replaced by an act called 'the strange doors' who look a bit second rate by comparison from their website. Edited October 30, 2015 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1446213182' post='2897787'] I think I rather pay to see what makes Gilmour special rather than someone trying to just sound like Gilmour [/quote] There was something like an 8 or 9 year gap between Dave Gilmour's last tour and this one. At that rate he'll be nearly 80 when the next tour kicks off, so seeing the real thing can be rather problematic. I don't buy the "I'd only go to see the original" view. If you're a fan, or even not, then a good tribute is a very good thing indeed. Brian Wilson went to see a Beach Boys Tribute band in Las Vegas and they were so good he hired them to play with him, as the Beach Boys. That's got to be a feather in your cap as a musician. The Straits were a Dire Straits tribute band, which contained members of the Dire Straits touring band and Steve Ferrone on drums. That was a great band by any measure, and with their "Mark Knopfler", Terry Reiss, they obviously had Dire Straits down to a T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 When Thijs Van Leer resurrected Focus as a recording/touring entity he initially employed members from a Focus tribute in Holland apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 [quote name='Deep Thought' timestamp='1446203114' post='2897639'] That sounds like Live Wire, who are bloody good. I'll third Limehouse Lizzy. [/quote]Yes, that is the band. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Undoubtedly there are many talented musicians on the Tribute scene, who do an excellent job, so I'm not knocking them but I've got no interest in going to see them. Back in the 70's I endured a twenty minute Jimmy Page solo played with a violin bow, it was a miserable thing then and the thought of sitting through it all again, with some pretender dishing out the torment, makes me feel a bit ill For me, it has to be the real deal or not at all. I feel the same about pretend, vintage instruments. I can take the bashing that's heading my way, so fill your boots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I really don't care a jot whether a band/musician/show is tribute/cover/original (although there's very little that actually qualifies as original and when it does it's usually not that great). I'm only interested in (1) 'is it any good?' and (2) 'do I like it?' and (3) 'am I entertained by it?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 [quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1446221384' post='2897900'] Let us know how it goes. Seen the others, not for a few years though. My first TMB gig was mid-90s in Atlanta, really enjoyable. Ditto years later at the Royal Albert Hall when Steve Hackett joined in for a bonus Firth Of Fifth encore. [/quote]Will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) My Favourite Tribute band at the moment. The Dukes Of September. [media]http://youtu.be/02uqM2DnxuM[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/zIgq9WatLWM[/media] http://youtu.be/x1Eu17DbeSo Edited October 30, 2015 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) Played in a tribute band for a while, not really my thing, and I wouldnt set out to see one. I was very impressed with Dizzy Lizzy though. Edited October 30, 2015 by BILL POSTERS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 The Dukes Of September. . . back in 1991 theses guys had a band called the New York Rock And Soul Review. There's a live CD, which I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1446247191' post='2898158'] The Dukes Of September. . . back in 1991 theses guys had a band called the New York Rock And Soul Review. There's a live CD, which I have. [/quote] Wasn't there a CBS Orchestra band as well....featuring the likes of Phoebe Snow? I have that tape Edited October 31, 2015 by JTUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) Not mentioned yet, I believe, but the Concertgebouworkest tribute band Berliner Philharmoniker also are amongst the best. Sadly slightly too polished though. IMHO Edit: I saw JTUK's post first now. Mine wasn't a comment on it, so no bad attempt at humour or snide here. Edited October 31, 2015 by BassTractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1446305501' post='2898500'] ... Concertgebouworkest tribute band Berliner Philharmoniker ... [/quote] Going to hear them in Berlin over Christmas/New Year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1446310064' post='2898526'] Going to hear them in Berlin over Christmas/New Year. [/quote] We have been over to see them a couple of times, I think you will enjoy them. They use music stands as well, you would have thought they knew all those old tunes by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1446310064' post='2898526'] Going to hear them in Berlin over Christmas/New Year. [/quote] Congrats! It's gonna be great, but you already knew that. Will Simon Rattle himself be conducting them? IMHO he's one of the very greatest, and has been for 3 to 4 decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1446206063' post='2897679'] The Kate Bush trib featuring our very own sprocketflup is worth seeing too: [url="http://www.cloudbustingkatebushtribute.com/"]http://www.cloudbust...ushtribute.com/[/url] [/quote] Aww, thanks mate. **blushes** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Has a tribute band ever been mistaken for the original band? Surely this would make them the best... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Not read the whole thread but the best tribute band I ever saw many moons ago was dressed to kill a Kiss tribute and "Gene Simmons is a BC member how cool is that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Rush trib Bravado have had a consistently high quality and have been around quite a while, think the 'Geddy' is based in a music shop in Doncaster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E sharp Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y37QgDY-MiY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 [quote name='cytania' timestamp='1446373040' post='2898795'] Has a tribute band ever been mistaken for the original band? Surely this would make them the best... [/quote] I was once asked to sign some original memorabilia of the band, but in my own name. Odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I played a one off tour in a Cure tribute band. On the second night a guy in the audience was shouting "Simon, Simon" at me and clearly crying as I played the ending of A Forest. A bit weird. I found it quite limiting playing exactly like someone else and recreating the studio recordings of a band who sound quite different when they play the songs live, so I'll stick to playing originals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroydiamond Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Was on a cruise several years ago and took this clip with my crappy mobile phone, so sound quality is not the best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTpNWaDAs-s These guys were using very basic gear and just a vocal P.A. No harmonising pedals or any sneaky stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 [quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1446503528' post='2899946'] a guy in the audience was shouting "Simon, Simon" at me and clearly crying as I played the ending of A Forest. A bit weird. [/quote] Now, I'd have been very happy that I was connecting with the audience to that degree. The reason actors love the theatre so much, night after night, is the reaction of the audience. Why do so many musicians not connect with an audience to that level? IMO an original bass line is just a bass line. No different to any other bass line. If you wrote A Forest then you'd be just as trapped as some guy playing it in a tribute band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Black Star Riders? Esentially a Thin Lizzy tribute with the remnanants of the band that still play Thin Lizzy stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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