The nearest I've got to seeing a tribute band was when we went to the Dubliners musical a few weeks ago in Truro. It got stunning reviews but, well, I dunno...The main man there was a bloke who'd known the lads. He and his band were pretty good though over-loud (and he sang with a vibrato that I never heard the Dubs do). There was a lot of in-between commentary and an awful lot of sentiment, and a few of the songs were pulled around or shortened a fair bit. The audience loved it and joined in raucously with the songs (as indeed did I when I knew the words), but I just came away thinking, well, that wasn't really the heart and soul of the lads...

I can listen to Dubs records or YouTubes with a tear in my eye whenever Luke is singing. I'll stick to me records, I think.