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Eddie, all this chatter from you recently regarding "covers". Have you converted over to the dark side and now joined us in finding the joy of doing cover tunes?



I don't consider them cover. A remake that changes the rhythm or style is quite different than copying the record note for note. I can't tell you how much I have heard "That's not how it is on the record. On the record they play two 16th notes and you are playing one 8th note!!" at rehearsals over the years. I am trying to imagine someone in the crowd saying "These guys are awful! Did you HEAR that? They played an 1/8th note and the record had two 1/16th notes!! I can't believe they did that!! I am NEVER going to see them again!!!" MOST copy bands are THAT anal about copying. Yet they say "We don't do stuff exactly like the record."

What I am in the "just starting" phase of doing is going to see a Motown classic done as a country waltz, another done as reggae, another done as a heavy rock song.... it's more of a fun project for me than anything. Kind of like taking apart a model airplane and putting the same parts together and coming up with a truck. 95% of everybody who would hear it will hate it. But once again, I have never colored inside the lines, and I'm not likely to start now.