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Behind Geddon's Wall · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:50 am Post subject: Tribute Bands

I listened to Bill Bailey's 'Tribute Band' show last night. it was good listening and i learned a lot about the early tribute bands. Apparently Bjorn Again is now a global franchise with line-ups in Australia, 2 in America and several in Europe.

That got me thinking (ouch!). There was a musician who started in a tribute band to Chopin and Sibelius and ended up in a tribute band to Mussorgsky and Ravel. His name - Keith Emerson of The Nice and ELP fame.
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gfloyd · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:19 am Post subject:

Didn't Elvis once come 3rd in an Elvis impersonators competition?

That tells you all you need to know about the audience for tribute bands. Laughing

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SantaFefan · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:28 am Post subject:

Never seen any Sad

although I would like to see the Bootleg Beatles one day..

I did venture into London in the early 80s and saw the show Elvis with Shakin Stevens playing his early years... wasn't too bad actually. I did get a slight feel of watching the original.
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Behind Geddon's Wall · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject:

The bootleg beatles are on the next show.
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SantaFefan · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:24 pm Post subject:

Thanks BGW! I didn't know that.. Very Happy

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pickle · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:27 pm Post subject: Tribute Bands

I heard the first episode after coming back from a really poor night at a theatre.
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