Another great tribute band who play mostly covers is Hayseed Dixie. They play AC/DC, Queen and many other rock bands stuff in a completely different style, mainly bluegrass. They are great musicians and a hoot. I saw them last year when they played Edinburgh during the festival. The crowd went wild.

There is a huge market for cover bands....Imagine a wedding, birthday party or other celebration without a live band playing covers. I certainly would not want a band playing original stuff at my birthday parties.
How many folk meet their spouses for the first time at such events....I know from letters I have received that I have been responsible for a number of folk getting it together as a result of the last slowy.

There is room for both original and cover bands and each serves a purpose. From reading the resposes, I get the impression that most folk against cover bands are not themselves regular paid performers....Anyone who has performed for a living knows the buzz and satisfaction you get entertaining an audience. What music you play covers v originals is pretty irrelevant.

At the end of the day a lot of the big stars perform music written by other people anyway. How many songs did Elvis, Sinatra, Streisand plus many other legends write and perform?

Not everybody can write AND perform songs.....no disgrace in only being able to do one or other.

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