tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901581188365407000.post6760485817862186764..comments2023-09-19T06:37:06.423-05:00Comments on HartyHarHar: Covers vs. OrginalsSheyFeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11444157042069391669noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901581188365407000.post-7682556989905193072012-04-20T21:50:27.796-05:002012-04-20T21:50:27.796-05:00I still have a scar on my knee from Keokuk. THAT&...I still have a scar on my knee from Keokuk. THAT'S how fun Labor Day Weekend was.Charysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901581188365407000.post-88583993572651720182012-04-13T09:09:28.014-05:002012-04-13T09:09:28.014-05:00Glad to hear you're doing some originals out i...Glad to hear you're doing some originals out in the world again. And I have great memories of Mustang Sally being played out on my parents' deck by the Hart cousin band (+ my husband) one year.Nataliehttp://nataliehart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901581188365407000.post-44881653807534687042012-04-12T18:09:36.119-05:002012-04-12T18:09:36.119-05:00I don't know if you wrote this before or after...I don't know if you wrote this before or after I talked to you today Rodney... but I was going to post on FaceBook (I still am) about supporting live, original music in Quincy, because I was taken back at how good the demo of Sidewalk Chalk was,.. and, like the previous post mentions,.. and our conversation today indicated,... there IS talent here, and original work, or major twists on existing work that is an original twist,... and it is underappreciated, and undersupported (if that is a word). I've heard from too many sources, that an expert in Quincy,.. is someone from at least 50 miles away. I've found in reality,.. that they can be found even 50 yards away. You know how I can be when given (or taking) a soapbox,.. so I'll stop here. But thanks for being a part of that talent pool,.. and especially for your blurbs and insights online and off. Second String Music is a wonderful example of a community oriented, user-friendly, and caring place,.. not just a store. It would all be perfect,... if you took Mustang Sally out of the set list.steve reesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901581188365407000.post-20032395127820897612012-04-12T17:42:10.271-05:002012-04-12T17:42:10.271-05:00it's just a shame that playing other people...it's just a shame that playing other people's songs is where the money is. the fact that there are really great bands out there doing all original music can barely make 100 bucks a show, and other bands who do only covers can make 400 or more in a night is kind of b.s. it's the reason dj's and jukeboxes are everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901581188365407000.post-7163298505033741242012-04-12T16:42:23.629-05:002012-04-12T16:42:23.629-05:00The Texas Funerals CD's are great and I can pl...The Texas Funerals CD's are great and I can play them all the way through, enjoying every song.SheyFeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444157042069391669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901581188365407000.post-68003656086502669092012-04-12T16:12:26.624-05:002012-04-12T16:12:26.624-05:00I think there's more than enough room for both...I think there's more than enough room for both cover bands and originals. The audience and the goals won't be the same, but that's okay. Variety is the spice of life!<br /><br />As a child of the era of Roulette and Dark Winter here in Quincy (DW 'grew up' across the street from Second String, in fact!), I know that playing songs everyone knows can get the crowds going. But seeing shows like The Texas Funerals now where covers are mingled with originals, there's a good response there, too.<br /><br />Bands that everyone knows - Poison, Guns N Roses, even Metallica! - play cover songs. At least two of those three have released entire albums of covers.<br /><br />So, again, I think the room in there for both Cheeseburgers and Sidewalk Chalk. Just don't confuse the two.....<br /><br /><br /><br />...that would taste awful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com