[Phantom51]

To the haters of the world: goodnight
Seriously people (tth_fan, Phantom51, and especially screw_ball), why can't you respect musicians just because they cover bands? We can't always see our favorite bands in person all the time (cost, distance, logistics, etc), so seeing a cover band playing your fav tunes is second best! Plus, Strictly Hip totally rocks! They've been playing Western New York and across the states (Charlotte, NC, etc.) for years and get rave reviews. Jeremy Hoyle and his boys have been getting kudos for years, and their original music! Pretty damn good original music too!
Plus, the guys are super friendly and recognize you even if they don't remember your name, and that's why living in Buffalo with an awesome music scene and friendly people is worth living through six months of snow and cold (I don't have to tell you Canadians that!)!
And I'm not just saying this because they played at my wedding reception (and I still love it even though I'm now divorced). It was the next best thing to having TTH play at my wedding.
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So pplllbbhhhttttt to you haters!

I'm not a fan of Cover bands that only cover one band and try to imitate them and usually do so very badly, if these guys do other stuff and original stuff then that's cool. My comment was not really a shot at them, I feel if you have taken the time to learn how to play music (which isn't easy to do) I would by trying to create my own music rather than cash in on copying another band note for note. Covering songs in a bar is one thing, acting and imitating a band is another.

And cover bands are certainly not second best to seeing the original act. Listiening to the original acts CD would have to be second best. At least for me.