[bomp] Re: Tribute Albums

[YeeYeeMgt@xxxxxxx]

I've been watching this thread for a while and thought I'd chime in.   Back 
when I used to write a fanzine, I wrote a piece about tribute albums. That  was 
close to ten years ago give or take a year or so. Lots more stuff has come  
out since then. There's a lot of hit or miss stuff out there, I'll give you  
that, but I actually enjoy a lot of them. I prefer the lesser known bands  and 
indie labels that pop up on them, but sometimes there's a surprise here  and 
there on the more established labels. I do love the Sonics and Sam the Sham  
tributes, as there's a whole bunch of bands that I've both listened to, seen  
live, and met at one time or another, but I don't limit it to just them.  Just 
thinking off the top of my head:
 
1) Beyond the Wildwoods - A Tribute to Syd Barrett: Anybody have a copy of  
the Tropicana Fishtank album to burn for me? I love the version of No Man's 
Land  on this.
 
2) Saturday Morning Cartoons - Love the Reverend Horton Heat Johnny Quest /  
Stop That Pigeon
 
3) Johnny Thunders tribute with surviving Dolls members each doing a  cut
 
4) There's a Van Halen tirubte that I think was done in Boston. The rule  was 
no note-for-note guitar solos, although there is a note for note version of  
Eruption done on a church organ at some church in West Roxbury that is worth  
purchasing.
 
5) Raspberries Preserved - Scott McCarl's version of Nobody Knows is great,  
otherwise hit or miss.
 
6) There's a Shadows tribute that I've only seen when my buddy Joe Coughlin  
brought it on our 351 mile journey to see the Dictators and Punch Drunk 
Monkeys  in Cortland NY. What a day, what a journey. Status Quo had a cool cut on 
it, and  if my memory serves me right, Peter Green even plays on a cut.
 
7) Roky Erickson tribute - If only ZZ Top still sounded like their version  
of Reverberation. At least they're recent album sounds a bit like they did in  
1973. I still like the various interpretations of the songs, especially Doug  
Sahm's version of You're Gonna Miss Me. Blows the Border Wave version out of 
the  water. Anybody ever hear Doug's version of You Don't Know with CCR's 
drummer  backing him up?  Intense
 
8) Troggs - Groin Thunder - Ace from start to finish
 
9) Ramonetures - Maybe not a tribute, but still, a variation of a theme,  
Ramones songs done Ventures style. It works just fine.
 
There's tons of other stuff. The only tribute album I didn't really care  for 
was the Peter Green 2-CD one. Can't explain why, just didn't like it all  
that much.
 
MJ

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