Most cover bands play "their own adaption" of the song because, in many cases, the musicians in the local cover band are not skilled enough to actually play the licks or even the groove the same as the guys who wrote it originally.

Some of the better bands I was in did that very thing simply because we were too lazy to play it like they recorded it. We called it putting our own sound on it. The audience loved it... or appeared to love it.... hey, that sounds like Sweet Home Alabama..... lets dance...!!!! YEEEEE HAWWWWWW


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