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| From | "Will Harris" <NonStopPop@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: Tribute bands |
| Date | Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:10:37 -0400 |
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>Nowhere near to the extent they are in the UK, a cultural oddity
>that's always puzzled me when I see pages of gig listings with tribute
>bands next to "real" acts in the back of magazines like Mojo. Outside
>of places like Vegas and Atlantic City (Simpsons joke: "Now Playing:
>Knights in White Satin, a tribute to the Moody Blues. Opening act: The
>Moody Blues"), tribute bands play local bars that don't get many
>touring acts
I wish that was consistently true, but I can tell you that the big
2,000-person-capacity venue here in Norfolk - The NorVa
<http://www.thenorva.com> - regularly has tribute bands filling its
schedule. In fact, the current listings show that on June 15th, they've got
The Cured (Cure tribute) w/ Blasphemous Rumors (Depeche Mode tribute), and
on August 3rd, it's The Machine: The Pink Floyd Experience.
Of course, on August 10th, they've also got Dweezil Zappa playing the music
of Frank Zappa, but that may only count on a technicality...:-)
Latah,
WILL
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