Specialty care, practically in your backyard
2,000-seat venue. Braden Buehler, operations and engagement manager, mentioned that many of the throwback acts are doing far more than copying a vocal or visage.
In fact, an Elton John tribute show,“ Rocket Man,” that played there recently, especially impressed Buehler.“ It featured one of the most intricate stage setups that I’ ve seen in quite a while,” Buehler said.“ The overall production level and quality was right up there with almost anything else I have seen here [ at the center ]. It looked more like a stage for musical theater.”
Overall, he sees tribute shows as“ a great way to keep alive all the great music people continue to love.”
Truth be told, people love more than the music and memories. Nationally touring singer and keyboardist Joe Hite performed last year at the Brown County Music Center as Barry Manilow in a show billed as“ Daybreak: The Music and Passion of Barry Manilow.” Women often cry and hug him after concerts. It hardly hurts that Hite looks amazingly like a 1970s / 1980s Manilow even without his stage wig.
“ I’ m getting a ton of residual Barry love that he long ago earned for me,” Hite said.
As much as bands often work to imitate everything from artist coifs to costumes, fans seem to enjoy a detour along their road of recollections. Buehler recalled that when Get the Lead Out, a Led Zeppelin tribute group, played in July at the music center, the crowd especially came to life when the band surprisingly ripped into a raucous AC / DC tune.
“ I think the creative versatility of many of the tribute acts is quite underrated,” Buehler said.
McCutcheon added that groups’ overall musicianship and substantial talent often is a pleasant surprise to concertgoers perhaps new to the tribute genre.
“ Sometimes, people don’ t always immediately realize and understand the level of excellence of many of these performers,” she said.
She highlighted the work at the Playhouse in March of Chris Collins as John Denver, complete with Denver’ s well-known storytelling style in between songs at his concerts. Plus, Collins, decked in the appropriate eyewear, looks substantially like a 1970s Denver ready for a Rocky Mountain high time with fans.
“ Overall, it makes for a very intimate experience for the audience,” McCutcheon said.
So, pop goes the sentimentality, as fans turn back the clock on musical memories. •
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