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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 

CSNY Tribute Band

For those in the "know," it's the 40th anniversary of the original Woodstock concert this year, and my CCR tribute band is getting some inquiries for themed events. NOTE: For whatever reason, no one filmed Creedence Clearwater Revival at Woodstock, so their performance there isn't so well-known as some of the other acts, such as Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and many others.

Beyond that, I'm starting to meet other tributes involved with events which recreate the original Woodstock with tribute bands, which is starting to seem kind of cool, all of a sudden. One of the standouts to my ear & eye is a CSNY tribute from Crown Point, Indiana called "Marrekesh Express," and I think they're flat-out killer. They also have great chemistry amongst themselves, tribute band or not - I wonder how their songwriting skills are? Check 'em out: