I know others will disagree, but to me it's important to capture the essence of a tune, maybe with a few recognizable riffs thrown in for familiarity, but then do it your own way.

Otherwise, everyone listening will be comparing you to the original and you will never win. You may get close, but you'll never get there. Well that's just too much work to me.

The Eagles or [insert group name here] have already done their thing, and they did it well. I'm certainly not going to make it better. But I can make it different. If you want to listen to the Eagles, listen to the Eagles.

That's not to say don't learn the phrases, riffs, styles, etc. That only makes you a better player. But what you do will always be different and never exactly capture the sound, style, feeling, whatever. So in the end, be your own musician.

To each his own, however...

John

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