Longevity of 1960's cover bands?

[Dandelion]

Please..

It is not my intention to annoy folk but.........

I am currently inbetween bands, and bored.

A position has been offered in a newly forming 60's band.

They have good gear and own rehearsal space and PA etc.

They are local.

I want to throw my all into something, but I was hoping for a more rock orientated position, but there aren't any around here.

Been following "Join my band" and its clones and local music press. There is nothing out there at the moment.

I am 40.

I depped for a similar band a couple of months ago as a favour, and I realy enjoyed it.

But, how much life is there in a 60's cover band?

A 1970's band I would jump at, but 60's?

Is there any mileage in it.

I know some people rave about the 1960's. and it is almost sacred.

But it was over 50 years ago.

Would I be flogging a dead horse by accepting this?

[chris_b]

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1376663519' post='2177633']
....Would I be flogging a dead horse by accepting this?....
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No, you're between bands so do it.

[Dandelion]

Cheers, that is what I am coming round to thinking...

Just got image im my head of all the 1960s cover bands that I used to watch locally, The ones with the backing tracks.

[paul h]

I'm pretty much done with cover bands that play a lot of 60's stuff. I do like a bit of Motown but I have no desire to be in a band again unless it involves a set list that does not feature all the usual crap I am asked to play

[geoffbyrne]

.....the best music was in the 60's.....



G.

(well, it was!)

[gary mac]

The Overtures are a local band to me, they are a 60's covers band and extremely busy.

They get many a high profile, well paid gig.

I've seen them a lot over the years and they always get the dance floor full right from the first number.

[BigRedX]

The 60s covers a wide variety of music.

[paul h]

I am fully aware that I'm in a minority and that a lot of bands do well with the usual 60s stuff. I just think it's such a shame that there are so many great songs that nobody ever plays.

[Dingus]

If you getting out there and enjoying playing some songs with a decent group of people , does it matter what era they are from ? There were so many great songs from that decade that I think it could be a blast playing them . I can see no reason whatsoever to reject this oppotunity out of hand because it's '60's music .

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1376663519' post='2177633']
A 1970's band I would jump at, but 60's?
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What sort of 1970s music do you mean?

I'm sitting here thinking of Boney M and The Sex Pistols.

Edited August 16, 2013 by BetaFunk

[Dandelion]

1970's TRex, sweet all the glam stuff, and the heavy rock would be excellent.

[BetaFunk]

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1970's TRex, sweet all the glam stuff, and the heavy rock would be excellent.
[/quote]
That's a great excuse for dressing up outrageously. I rather like that.

I may have some velvet loon pants somewhere.

[AntLockyer]

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1376664482' post='2177667']
.....the best music was in the 60's.....



G.

(well, it was!)
[/quote]

[Dandelion]

I've Just phoned the Guy, and accepted the gig.

Nothing to lose at this stage.

[cybertect]

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1376663519' post='2177633']Is there any mileage in it.

I know some people rave about the 1960's. and it is almost sacred.

But it was over 50 years ago.[/quote]

Are you concerned that the people who were young in the 1960s will have all died off and won't be there to furnish you with an audience in ten or fifteen years? That's long-term thinking, I'll grant you that...

[bertbass]

Just about to start our 28th year, frightening. Don't forget that rock started in the 60s, The Who, Cream, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Vanilla Fudge, Pink Floyd, Yardbirds, Zeppelin, the list is virtually endless.

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1376670670' post='2177820']
Don't forget that rock started in the 60s, The Who, Cream, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Vanilla Fudge, Pink Floyd, Yardbirds, Zeppelin, the list is virtually endless.
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!960s?

1959 for me!!!!!!!!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2j7sLUDkDM[/media]

......and it took me ages to do my hair like that every morning.

Edited August 16, 2013 by BetaFunk

[JTUK]

A friends band do really well out of it...and I was reluctant to go and see them as I had these pre-conceptions about material
but they had such a good spin on numbers....that it was very entertaing.

I think...or have learnt...that if you think the 60's is boring, then you are picking the wrong numbers

What can be wrong with the Small Faces, Who and Stones..to start with...!!!

[Truckstop]

My band do music almost entirely from the 50's and 60's and we always seem to go down pretty well. I think blues and rock n roll has a great vibe and feel that people naturally gravitate to whether they know the songs or not.
Some of our best gigs have been in front of a bar full of 18-30's!!

Truckstop

[Gust0o]

Not much demand for dubstep cover bands at the minute, so maybe the old classics are continuing to tread water

[Dandelion]

Thanks for your opinions.

Quite lookng forward to it now I have spoken the guy.

[lojo]

I saw the overtures last night, absolutely brilliant 60s cover band, and they get some great gigs by the look of it

Edited August 18, 2013 by lojo

[steve-bbb]

all decades are good

except the 90s

i <3 the 60s as i have a tape recorder memory and i can recall vividly all the stuff i heard on radio in mid 60s from age of about four

[Westie9]

If it's good it'll last, and there seems to be a lot of interest around the 60's stuff for weddings at the minute (age group 25-35 years)...

[Skol303]

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1376674130' post='2177898']Not much demand for dubstep cover bands at the minute...[/quote]

Haha, no indeed! But a huge demand for dubstep amongst young clubbers And plenty of acid house revival nights for ageing ravers like me. Horses for courses and all that.

Personally I think good music is timeless regardless of the decade it was produced in. 60s soul can certainly hold its own on modern day dancefloors - and continues to be sampled by contemporary producers.

It all depends on what tracks you choose. Very easy to pick dated cliches from any decade. I certainly wouldn't be put off by it - just choose wisely.