Congrats to Michelle's Tribute band

[seeknpeace]

Originally Posted by ELIUD

I'd love to see a tribute band if they ever came to Dallas. Hell I'd even settle for a bad drag queen, just to see someone do some Stevie. But I admit I stil have mixed feelings about them. Like if they sound too much like Stevie or the Mac, isn't it kind of like ripping them off and living off of them? I don't mean just the Stevie Nicks bands but all of them like Springsteen's tribute bands and Petty's. I just have mixed feelings about it - eventhough it's obvious Stevie is cool with it. But that won't stop me from going to see them - if they'd only come out to Texas.

Naw, I don't think that they are ripping them off, they are showing the ultimate honor. Now, when bad pics are sold, or put on shirts, that is ripping them off, imo. It is not illegal to have a tribute band, but, it is to steal images that belong to an artist, or someone else, and put them on tacky things to make a living off of an artist. jmho. Just like selling boots is illegal and that is ripping them off, you know? Stevie would never buy those things or thank those ppl or have her picture taken with someone who was doing that. To her, that is repugnant. Look at Lori's comments about those ppl. The bad tribute bands, they are a slam, but, not illegal. Just bad. Unfortunately, they do not seem to know they are bad. They just blow their horns in their narcissistic world, impervious to the real deal. what is that?