[kcrazorbackfan]

Last night at Savannah. It was a great, awesome show. Bo Bice sounded a lot like David Clayton-Thomas during the early era of BST. BST really gave the audience their money's worth last night and Bo Bice was a great showman.

[JoMar]

Agree

[JerryLBell]

My wife and I caught BS&T with Bice at EPCOT last year and I agree, he's a very good substitute for David Clayton Thomas. I was thrilled to see the band as I quite enjoyed them growing up in the 60s and 70s. She was even more thrilled with seeing Bice as she had watched and enjoyed him on one of those big talent shows on TV. Though the show was abbreviated (maybe 45 minutes), I couldn't quite see shelling out the bucks to see the "full" show that they put on at Savannah. But then, I have been told that I can be a fiscally prudent offspring of unmarried parentage (aka "cheap bast*rd").

[Chi-Town]

Are there any original members or was it a tribute show?

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[Rapscallion St Croix]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

Are there any original members or was it a tribute show?

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Bo Bice has the longest time in the group of all the current members and he joined in 2013, so....................

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

Are there any original members or was it a tribute show?

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Doesn’t matter to me as long as they halfway sound like the original band (as BST did) and play their songs from their era (as BST also did).

BTW, Badfinger didn’t and didn’t; they were AWFUL.

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

Are there any original members or was it a tribute show?...

I wonder too, CT, especially if they use the name of the original band.

A tribute band can sound great, but it adds something...at least for me...if there’s at least one original member.

[bandsdavis]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

I wonder too, CT, especially if they use the name of the original band.

A tribute band can sound great, but it adds something...at least for me...if there’s at least one original member.

For all of these bands, such as BST, Chicago, Badfinger, on and on, most orignal members would be at least in their mid 70's and many in their 80's. While there are some notable exceptions (Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett come to mind although their style of music lends itself to less stress on the vocal cords, and Peter Noone and Gary Lewis) most people in this age group just cannot perform at the level that a professional band should be held to. There are a lot of very good musicians and singers in The Villages in this age group, but I don't thnk any of them would profess to be able to perform at this level on a night in-night out basis as a professional touring band would do. We saw The Four Lads last year, and they had one original member and the other 3 had been with the group for decades, and I was very disappointed. BS&T and The Four Freshmen have found younger very capable performers to bring us the original arrangements at a very high quality level. I much prefer to hear that kind of performance instead of a band made up of orignal members who may struggle. Just my opinion. I'm sure others will have a different view.

[Chi-Town]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

I wonder too, CT, especially if they use the name of the original band.

A tribute band can sound great, but it adds something...at least for me...if there’s at least one original member.

There should be a stipulation that you can't use the the group's name unless there is an original member in the mix. Having said that, this may be the best tribute band around:

The Australian Pink Floyd Show - YouTube

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[tedquick]

I thought the show was exceptionally good. Each band member had their own solos and ALL played very well. The drummer got a standing ovation. I am a former trumpet player and was blown away with the range and endurance of both trumpeters. I'll be at their next show if they ever return.

[JoMar]

33 states have laws that to use the name of the band it must have an original member. BST meets that requirement since Bobby Colomby, an original founder still manages the band. I think he is the only survivor of the original founders. In addition, the use Bo Brice and advertise him as part of the band therefore not sending a message that original members are there. A couple of the performers have been with the group for a decade or more but they rotate in and out since they have jobs with other bands. Trivia fact: The driving force behind naming rights has been Jon Bauman (Bowzer from Sha Na Na). His legislation is known as the Truth in Music Act.

Don't understand why they played The Savannah center instead of The Sharon. We were at the 8 o'clock show and thoroughly enjoyed it but the acoustics in the Savannah is horrible. We sat in the third row and if I didn't know the words of the songs I would have been frustrated because even though we were close Bo's Mic was very low.

[Bruiser1]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

There should be a stipulation that you can't use the the group's name unless there is an original member in the mix. Having said that, this may be the best tribute band around:

The Australian Pink Floyd Show - YouTube

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Brit Floyd just performed at Orlando and its show was superb. Music and special effects was on Point. David Gilmor (original member of Floyd has a dvd of his concert in Pompei!

BST was good. on point but the show was abbreviated . they played for 1:15 took a bow and then returned for encores. That finished about on time but not as long as other shows at Savannah