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Originally Posted by jmn3
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!
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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.)