Cover Band Venting

On two occasions, we played in a venue that could best be described as a Olive-Garden-type restaurant. If a loud rock cover band playing in an Olive Garden sounds like a ridiculous … Read more

A while back, I blogged about a time when our lead singer was sick and his voice just gave out about 10 minutes into a four-hour show. Well, this past Saturday gave … Read more

To summarize my last band-related post, I was very surprised to see that my old Cincinnati-based originals band was reforming after several years. I was a senior in college when the band … Read more

I’m going to briefly put the continuing ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band on hold for a second to rewind band life a bit. My roots in music go back as far … Read more

For anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don’t put video up of us.  Truth is, I’m self-conscious.  Someone missed a … Read more

For anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don’t put video up of us.  Truth is, I’m self-conscious.  Someone missed a … Read more

And now: The continuing ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band. This is a simple story yet a good one. One of the first bars we ever played at was a … Read more

For anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don’t put video up of us.  Truth is, I’m self-conscious.  Someone missed a … Read more

It’s that time again – time to pick some new songs for my cover band to learn.  That said, I need some guidance in making my next pick.  Below you will find … Read more

For anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don’t put video up of us.  Truth is, I’m self-conscious.  Someone missed a … Read more

For anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don’t put video up on us.  Truth is, I’m self-conscious.  Someone missed a … Read more

We started our last show early – 9 p.m.  We were expecting to have not a whole lot of people milling around.  What we weren’t prepared for was a whopping three dudes … Read more

I’m lucky to have my rock cover band because it gives me an outlet for music in my life.  But the cover band is just the latest outlet.  It all started with, … Read more

My cover band had back to back awesome shows these last two nights.  Thursday was great because the Bengals won, and the crowd was in a festive mood because of that.  And Friday was fun, … Read more

If you’ve ever listened to my cover band play, you know that our lead singer has a decently cool voice.  He’s got good vocal range, and his voice has that grungy edge to … Read more

We were playing a show the other day on the river and got word mid-show that a ferry was bringing a ton of people over after the Jimmy Buffett concert ended.  Score. … Read more

It was a long time coming, but our drummer has finally given his official resignation and left the band.  The guy was burnt out on playing covers for some time and it … Read more

So the bassist and I are talking by cell phone, both staring at Weather.com.  We agree: It’s going to storm all night.  We shouldn’t play out usual Thursday gig on the river … Read more

Had a good show last night down on the river. It’s fun to place outdoors in the summertime.  At least, it was fun until our lead singer went into bozo mode.  It … Read more

1. Letting that one drunk guy onstage to sing “Mr. Jones” is a recipe for disaster.          You all know the guy I’m talking about.  He’s the one who keeps blurting … Read more

My cover band had its biggest show of the year last weekend.  It was one of those things where we were playing for a few thousand people and our amps were cranked … Read more

Biggest show of the year coming up for my cover band - and coming up fast. This Friday, we are the lead Friday night band for a huge Catholic parish festival in a Cincinnati … Read more

At my last cover band show, we had a crazy drunk guy who was pretty out of control.  Unfortunately, our lead singer thought it wise to let Mr. Drunk up onstage early … Read more

Man, it’s amazing what you can do and get if you simply say that it’s your birthday. Example: My cover band lead singer and I were at a smaller bar in a … Read more

The lead singer of my cover band once described himself as “vain.”  From my point of view, it’s hard to argue with that.  For a case in point, let me take you … Read more