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24 Jan 05 - 01:04 PM (#1387143) Subject: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GeoffLawes Last night ,being kept awake by an unpleasant combination of lower back pain and a bad cough, I whiled away the sleepless hours thinking up names for bands that might perform as tribute acts in folk music.Here is my list to which you might like to add. Fauxport Convention The Not Yetties The Voice Quads Clonead The Cheaptains Crapercallie Morris Vanson The Doubliners The Fake Tansads The Switches Of Elsick but my favourite ( I'm from Hull ) was Waterson All |
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24 Jan 05 - 01:27 PM (#1387174) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST,Sleepless Dad The Unremarkable String Band The Lost Nash Ramblers The Heavers |
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24 Jan 05 - 01:33 PM (#1387182) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: just john (I kinda like The Not-Yetis.) My variation on The Weavers was The Knitters. The Smothers Others The Roche-clips |
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24 Jan 05 - 01:47 PM (#1387198) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: burntstump Lead Balloon |
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24 Jan 05 - 01:50 PM (#1387206) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: stevep Christy More or Less Billy Boast Crosseye Spam SteveP hear something different - www.theacousticstage.net |
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24 Jan 05 - 01:51 PM (#1387207) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: just john The Unholy Atonal Squarer-Offers |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:10 PM (#1387240) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST Pintangle Jerk the lad Lindisfart |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:11 PM (#1387243) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST Dando Shafted |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:12 PM (#1387245) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST Jaded |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:12 PM (#1387247) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: just john Laminated Guthrie |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:15 PM (#1387252) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST The Watersportsboys |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:18 PM (#1387256) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST Fotheringays |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:18 PM (#1387259) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: just john Tom Paxil |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:29 PM (#1387279) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST The Spunners? The Spanners? |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:34 PM (#1387295) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: just john (The Spanners if they're English. In the US, they'd be The Wrenches.) |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:34 PM (#1387296) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Cluin Ludicrous Sorceror |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:46 PM (#1387313) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: TheBigPinkLad Cy Grunt Tom Paxo Dunnovan The Spinnerds The Poes My Carding Fairport Concoction |
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24 Jan 05 - 04:45 PM (#1387440) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: McGrath of Harlow Steeleye Spin Blowzaboiler Four Dogs and a Man |
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24 Jan 05 - 04:52 PM (#1387448) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Skipjack K8 Three brilliant names of actual ceilidh bands I wish I thought up Def Shepherd The Red Hot Ceilidh Peppers and the best of all Ceilidh Minogue |
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24 Jan 05 - 05:09 PM (#1387471) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: PoppaGator Not folk, and an actual band name read from a poster -- BUT worth passing along: The Dead Kenny-Gs |
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24 Jan 05 - 05:15 PM (#1387479) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: wysiwyg The Twa Sisters of course, opening for The Black Velvet Band. ~S~ |
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24 Jan 05 - 06:32 PM (#1387590) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Chris Green Bodhran Bodhran |
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25 Jan 05 - 05:05 AM (#1387939) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Dick The Box Doner Van and his favourite customer Kebab Fox |
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25 Jan 05 - 12:10 PM (#1388131) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST,Jawbone I always wanted to have a tribute band for The Band called "The Tribute Band" |
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25 Jan 05 - 12:35 PM (#1388162) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST,Jim Laminated Guthrie - brilliant! (Too smooth though) |
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25 Jan 05 - 12:36 PM (#1388166) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST,Jim Kate Rusty |
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25 Jan 05 - 12:38 PM (#1388169) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST,Jim The Flatliners - sums 'em up I thought |
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25 Jan 05 - 12:56 PM (#1388188) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST The Plaid Single Cell Creatures |
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25 Jan 05 - 12:59 PM (#1388194) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST Wanxty |
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25 Jan 05 - 02:40 PM (#1388293) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Michael One for a band you'll never forget "The Indelible String Band" |
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25 Jan 05 - 04:27 PM (#1388408) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: George Papavgeris Slow of Hand (for er.. the obvious ones) The Cheap Tents (for Chieftains) Bellowheard (for Bellowhead) (alt. Below Head) The Bad Pfennings (for Bad Pennies) Uifxcgwhzdr (for Uiscedwr) Kevlar Three (for Kefflers Three) Steel Ice Pan The Hash (for Hush) The Weazels The Spin Nurse beyond folk: The Beagles The Hoe The Roll in Stoves The Knicks Jeth Road Hull Durex Durex The Mummers and the Pappers Back Passage Boys (famous gay band) Chick Argo The Quince |
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26 Jan 05 - 04:30 AM (#1388831) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: fat B****rd Not folk, but "Trout Mask Duplicate" |
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26 Jan 05 - 05:07 AM (#1388846) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Crystal hmmmmm.... Def Sheep Whapferret |
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26 Jan 05 - 05:14 AM (#1388847) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: mooman How about: Drop the Dead Horse (especially for Hullites) Diddly Dannan (or perhaps Duh! Dannan) Middle Barred Singers Stockport's Winge Willy Sizzled The Credible String Band The Rasbs The Brothel Band Dunno Arcany The Low Level Wankers Muzakas The Hot Club of Sheeptown Dan Bare Ass Maliporne Alan Snivell (and perhaps for their next "in-concert" CD) Liver Flook Peace moo |
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26 Jan 05 - 07:27 AM (#1388866) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST The 3rd beer band |
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26 Jan 05 - 08:42 AM (#1388886) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST,belfast Not a tribute band but they actuall exist (even if I can't recall where I heard of them) - The Incredible Fling Band |
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26 Jan 05 - 09:41 AM (#1388920) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Reeltime Thinking of genuine celidh band names for a second, I still like the Jimi Shandrix Experience |
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26 Jan 05 - 10:02 AM (#1388942) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: The Beast of Farlington A bluegrass group, which is actually a tribute band to a well-known rock band: Hayseed Dixie |
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26 Jan 05 - 10:07 AM (#1388946) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST marc bolock.. [well his early recordings were folkie sounding] |
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26 Jan 05 - 10:18 AM (#1388958) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Flash Company 'The Spanners' as someone else said earlier, billing material 'Always a Good Turn'. Also:- Fanny Kettle The Young Swan Band (a.k.a The Ugly Ducklings) Muckrum Sleeps The Hull Trio(Nearly Kingston!) Tom Fullgallon The Fairies FC |
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26 Jan 05 - 10:19 AM (#1388960) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Liz the Squeak I got over-excited after seeing them perform for the first time, and called them 'The Inedible String Band'.... LTS |
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26 Jan 05 - 10:24 AM (#1388965) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: kelvin Joan Biased Muddy Prior Tune Tabor |
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26 Jan 05 - 11:25 AM (#1389049) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: GUEST The Martyn Windbag Reed Combo |
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26 Jan 05 - 01:48 PM (#1389243) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Micca Sorry but the Obvious must be Steeleye Spam!! |
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26 Jan 05 - 02:24 PM (#1389281) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: John-S The Govan Spoonful |
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26 Jan 05 - 04:35 PM (#1389431) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Chris Green Fotheringstraight (as opposed to Fotheringay) |
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26 Jan 05 - 04:40 PM (#1389437) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Clinton Hammond It may not be folk... but I had the idea of forming a tribute band to the early music of Ian Anderson and the boys, and calling it Retro Tull... Or we could cover all the rare and archived unreleased stuff they've put out recently and call that band Jethro Dull |
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26 Jan 05 - 04:44 PM (#1389443) Subject: RE: Names for Folk 'Tribute' Bands From: Chris Green While we're on the subject of crap outtakes that shouldn't be released, how about "King Crimson with Embarrassment"? |