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Just one thing I'll throw in here for consideration is playing some cover songs in styles that are totally different from the originals. They can then be surprising, even while playing a cover, and you can make them your own. The audience will recognize it after 20 or 30 seconds and will hopefully applaud your originality while playing a cover.



I like that idea a LOT, Bob! It would mix things up and be fun all at the same time!

North Carolina is an interesting market musically... lots of traditional music happening here, and it's supported by music preservation societies. Genres like Bluegrass, gospel, blues etc are considered to have regionally specific adaptations.

There should be lots of potential to use the styles in BIAB to post one core set of oldies to multiple versions that can be tailored to specific audiences.

Doing what you suggest would also make an act with backing tracks look less like karaoke, which typically attempts to reproduce the original song note-for-note.

Still, part of the "time machine effect" is hearing the exact same tune that was on the radio the night you proposed to the wife...

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0