Topic: White Room 'A Tribute To Joe Bonamassa'
I know we are not the first, but my band now plays a Bonamassa Tribute in the U.K. as an option for venues.This is a natural progression for us , because we were playing 50% Bonamassa originals and Bonamassa versions of blues rock tracks in any case. Many of our customers still haven't heard of Joe, but when they hear the music they almost always like it. A lot of UK venues will not play covers bands but will book a tribute act. So, we could get booked playing covers of covers of covers)
We are keeping our band name and not trying to 'copy' Joe's band (How sad that would be) In fact, we have tweaked some tracks by introducing bass pedals , for eg at the end 'run in' of Mountain Time and Wurm/ Starship Trooper.
I know many of you might feel a Tribute Show is a negative thing, but I only heard of Joe just over a year ago but I can tell you that at the last show I visited in Bristol there were at least 20 people there ,that I know of, that came to Joe via my band and its' connections.So, I think this helps Joe as well.
If you are interested take a look at my website link and I would draw your attention to 'my back page' where the article is very much about Joe. You are welcome to leave your thoughts in the Guest Book.