I agree. I've not paid more than $15(what my 5th row Mirage ticket cost) for any of these cover bands. They're literally paying tribute to FM. This Rumours band on the ship tells a little story between songs, while they're swapping microphone places for Lindsey to be up front next, etc... AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN STILL HIT THE NOTES, unlike Old Goatsy. I enjoy TF out of them.

BTW, this band only does FM, one night(two shows). They were doing 70's and 80's classic rock last night(they did Stop Draggin' last night). And they're doing different music tonight. If they were a sucky cover band, I'd hate it. But they're damned good(did I mention that it's free, as is my Cabernet?).:woohoo:
Edit- they did EO17 tonight.

Yes, it was an italian transatlantic. It sunk on July 1956 after colliding with MS Stockholm.

By the way, that Dream Woman song of French And Saunders. Is it an original song of that show? Who wrote it? Or is it a song with changed lyrics for the parody?

Always assumed it was written by the duo as a parody of Dreams and Rhiannon.

I'm sure this is overload for y'all, and I'll drop it like it's Stevie trying to get into FM solo in 1975.
Here's a thing on this Rumours band.
https://craigslegztravels.com/syd-no...%20of%20Google.

I find it a mystery why you spelled Stevie properly.

Alcohol....

Same, don't have any interest.

French and Saunders I would go see!!! But, that's not what we get with the cover bands. :lol:

More than present day. I actually enjoyed the 2018 tour. I got to see Christine McVie!!

Tribute bands in general are definitely the future. And some are really big!

You went and saw them WITHOUT LINDSEY?

I'M REVOKING YOUR CARD!!!

I'd see Christine with almost anyone!

Old Goatsy firing Lindsey was CRIMINAL, and I wouldn't have any part of it.

Really??? That's brand new information! :lol:

We've been here for 100 years, what do you expect?

Gulp.

Gulp.

Didn't YOU play in a FM tribute band?

Pepperidge Farms remembers...

lol. I didn’t know I’d ruffle so many feathers with my controversial take!! But David, you’ve been a source of so much Fleetwood Mac information for me over the years (even if you never knew it!). I’d never insult you and I’ll forgive you for putting chiffon on and twirling around doing your best Stevie impression while “fake Lindsey” ignores your glares!

I had to play all the keys while the “Chrissie” girl up front stood behind another board that wasn’t plugged in and pretended to play it. People used to come up to me after and ask, “What was she playing?” and I’d say, “Christine.”

The whole scene is or used to be embarrassing. But the pay was good at the casinos. They have money to burn, and a band is only there to bring people to the bar to purchase booze. The money is made from booze.

About once every fifteen years, a cover band comes along that can actually do its job and outperform the original (or what the original has become). Leonid & Friends, a bunch of Russian musicians, does Chicago better than Chicago ever did but also infuses that quintessence of Chicago’s old spirit into the song. It’s very different from ordinary covers and tributes — it’s artistry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kQ1llzPiB4

No offense to whoever’s reading, but the dozens of Fleetwood Mac tributes don’t reach anything like that level. Even the Stevies don’t move the way Stevie Nicks used to move. They move like audiences move at Night of 1000 Stevies. If you’re going to play Stevie, you’d better do your homework and watch hundreds of hours of Stevie and capture her unique dancing. It isn’t enough just to flap your arms to generate bat wings. Watch “Angel” again in St. Louis and try to copy those moves exactly — including the wide grin on the face, that sense of swagger and being so cute that everybody’s looking at you. (Actually, best to drop the visuals entirely and just perfect how you play the song.)

God........... how I miss the Stevie you describe. I would watch all 5 of them. Over and Over and I'd be over my head from their nuances and weird idiosyncrasies. I used to be truly captivated. :)

Same with this "Brooke" of Nightbird: Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band from the Houston, Texas area. They also have a woman in the band who plays Christine. They take their "roles" very seriously.

Every time Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks play a concert in Houston, Texas - you will ALWAYS see "Brooke" dressed in her Stevie tribute band stage wardrobe walking into the venue with her entourage. They twirl, dance, and play tambourines down on the floor. Stevie may be wearing tennis shoes on stage these days, but "Brooke" can still rock the platforms. It's a sight to see.

https://nightbirdofficial.com/

That is sooooo strange to me. So they do this at a Nicks show?

Yes - and Fleetwood Mac.

See and that's exactly what is so weird to me. Taking their costume and "act" so seriously. I would rather just see a cover band do a good job covering some Fleetwood Mac songs. I don't need to see a fake Stevie and fake Lindsey and fake Christine while the people actually playing the parts are in the background pretending not to exist. I'm not big on that "theater" aspect. It's fake and phony to me and I'd rather just sit on my couch and watch a video of the actual band than that. Wearing their garb to an actual FM or SN show takes the weird to a new level.

In Rumours ATL, really Stevie is the only one that plays the entire role. I mean, both bands have John wearing the "English driving cap", but there are no mannerisms being copied(and the one last week played bass WITH A PICK on The Chain). In Rumours ATL, I think Christine wears the old school scarf on her head, but that's it.

And I think people want to see Stevie being Stevie. She is(un****ingfortunately) the draw.

Remember the guy who made a lucrative career out of doing Joni Mitchell in the 1980s? Even Joni Mitchell said it was so surreal to watch him. Besides the sound its part of the shtick. I remember his tour appearances would be in the newspaper right next to the major acts coming to town.
If you can pull it off, I say go for it and go all in.

c-r-i-n-g-e

It always makes me laugh that none of these tribute bands do any of the nuances that any of us would totally know from live shows/taped performances. I guess these shows really aren't for us though, and they just want to try to sound identical to the records. :shrug:

Yes. Super embarrassing and the opposite of what rock and roll is/was. Similar to the real $tevie now.

As in "fake'?