Litmus test for determining if a cover band is any good...

[hgiles]

Comin Home Baby -- bVI7 chord (where the IV chord usually is)
Quiet Nights Corcovado -- leaving off the last two bars of the 32 bar form
... I am still learning to play pop tunes, so don't have much credibility there.

[DrSpunkwater]

Originally Posted by kev b

How many bands still play Louie Louie with an E instead of an Em?
Good grief it's all on the web, if you can't be bothered to work it out for yourself. Back in my day you had to keep lifting the needle on a 45 to work out a song kidstodaydon'tknowthey'rebornrantrant............. ..

I wouldn't blame a band for playing E instead of Em. That Em sounds like crap, at least to me.

[lfmn16]

Originally Posted by JonnyAngle

So... I've never heard of 11 bar blues. Which bar does one leave out?

The 12th one.

[duff beer]

Originally Posted by JonnyAngle

So... I've never heard of 11 bar blues. Which bar does one leave out? I can't think of any other way to play 12 bar blues than to have all 12 bars.

If you're only playing 11 bars, then it's not 12 bar blues.

[gumbynotpokey]

Late to this thread it seems...

For me the test of a great cover band is the intangible. I'll try to put this into words. Does the music pass the smell test? Or, does the band have the "it" factor? Does the band and the music come across and connect - among the band members and with the audience? It's a basic gut-check thing.

Cover bands are usually playing in places and with audiences that want to have a good time. Does the band deliver?

A lot of factors go into this. Having a blast while you play is part of it, but beyond enjoyment it's the band being in the zone and rising above themselves, loving it, and all that synergy stuff. Audiences respond to the gut-check and the room becomes ONE.

For me, that's the litmus test of a great cover band.

(Some might rip me for bringing up something that isn't music per se, but all about having an "on" night. Well being "on" does involve the music too. A great cover band can go out and have an "on" night by choice. Read the audience, shift in the moment/set-list, etc. It's organic. A great cover band gets this and does it, and succeeds - where other bands would fall flat - no pun intended).

[plankspanker13]

Originally Posted by gumbynotpokey

Late to this thread it seems...

For me the test of a great cover band is the intangible. I'll try to put this into words. Does the music pass the smell test? Or, does the band have the "it" factor? Does the band and the music come across and connect - among the band members and with the audience? It's a basic gut-check thing.

Cover bands are usually playing in places and with audiences that want to have a good time. Does the band deliver?

A lot of factors go into this. Having a blast while you play is part of it, but beyond enjoyment it's the band being in the zone and rising above themselves, loving it, and all that synergy stuff. Audiences respond to the gut-check and the room becomes ONE.

For me, that's the litmus test of a great cover band.

(Some might rip me for bringing up something that isn't music per se, but all about having an "on" night. Well being "on" does involve the music too. A great cover band can go out and have an "on" night by choice. Read the audience, shift in the moment/set-list, etc. It's organic. A great cover band gets this and does it, and succeeds - where other bands would fall flat - no pun intended).

THIS...and Marc's comment, here:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

[Steve Dallman]

We stick in the first verse of Pinball Wizard.