Yan “Johnny” Vetaris, cousin Chris, was not even a teenager when he visited from Sydney, Australia in the mid-1970s. Chris was part of a newly formed Australian hard he rock band called AC/DC, with the then-unreleased album T in North America. N. T. I brought
As Vetaris recalled, he was blown away by the recording. “I was like, ‘Wow. What is this?" I was astonished. I loved it from the first time I heard it.
This weekend, almost half a century later, the 56-year-old Montreal native will take the stage at his Nostalgia Music Festival at his LeBreton Flats. On a song by his band 21 Gun Salute, an AC/DC tribute, he was reminiscent of his AC/DC co-founder Angus Young, wearing schoolboy shorts and electric his guitar. , will leave you shaken and thunderstruck all night long. Lightning strike.
He has performed with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, Tina His Turner, George Michael, KISS, Metallica, Black Sabbath and more.
A tribute to Vetaris his band cannons and his 1970s Marshall amps, Gibson SG guitars, and strings used in the originals. even the game. Only rhythm guitarist Freddy Di Santo, who works for Godin's guitar, is out of the equation, endorsing Godin ahead of the Gretsch used by AC/DC's Malcolm Young, although Young I'm using the same pickups that you used.
"If you're a tribute band to him, I think you should try to recreate the music and put on the show as best you can," he says Vetaris. If not, I look at you as if you were a cover band. People who have heard "You Shook Me All Night Long" expect to hear that solo.
In his 12+ years that 21 Gun Salute has been performing (mostly on weekends during the summer months), they have their own fan base and his 21 I've been pioneering groupies to buy the Gun Salute T. -shirts, ball caps and live CDs.
Vetaris also performs under the name Johnny Vette and is an AC/ DC played about ten times and met Angus Young once outside the St. James Hotel in Montreal where the band was staying. And while Vetalis didn't bring up an overt relationship with his doppelganger, "I didn't get the chance. There were so many people wanting to meet him." He says that DC once featured one of 21 Gun Salute posters on its website.
On the other hand, AC/DC tributes his shows account for nearly all of his Vetaris earnings, so it's a relief that he's not bored with the band. .
“I love raw energy.
And how long can a grown man keep playing rock and roll in shorts? Angus Young says he's 67 and still doing it. "As long as you don't jump around and make a fool of yourself," he says. "We will continue as long as we can."
According to Nostalgia Festival's artistic director Steve Johnston, the tribute band has been in the process of breaking up or breaking up. , allowing fans to enjoy live performances even after curtailing their tour schedules. You've priced the show out of reach for many people. Additionally, setlists typically utilize the band's or performers' most famous material and avoid less popular songs.
"When we play 'Nostalgia', we don't want them playing the Ummagumma album (which many consider to be Pink Floyd's worst record). People. will say, "What is this?" We want you to play "The Dark Side of the Moon". Because people say, "Yeah, I know this."
"We are not one of these big festivals," he adds. "We represent this wonderful time that everyone has experienced and most of us parents are trying to educate our children with the greatest music of all time.
{98" }"To me, a tribute act is like releasing their greatest hits album."
It's definitely a niche. Marketplace and Vetaris are ashamed to be signed by a booking agent and promoted.
“There are a lot of terrible tribute bands out there playing and actually hurting the industry. First, they play it easy, and that's not good. 110}
As critical as Vetalis, his disdain for the Rolling Stones-themed band Blushing Brides, who headline opening night at Wednesday's Nostalgia Festival. lead singer Maurice Raymond's contempt.
Raymond described the tribute band as "bad vaudeville" and "like a dead fish with rotten, fetid, putrid fish lying there. , explains that it is as interesting as waiting for butter to melt. Soften.
"They got off the couch, put on their wigs, learned some Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, said it was a tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and staged a Confederate flag. To me it's horrible and the worst part about it is that the public eats it like candy.
But wait Please (I'll Listen To You) — In a 1980 interview with The Boston Globe, when asked about Brushing Brides, Mick Jagger himself may have answered: Recycling in this country The amount of junk done seems enormous."
"For years I was insulted for it," admits Raymond. But he didn't understand what we were doing. We were doing exactly what they did the first time: playing the music of their heroes and trying to interpret it. We have always been an interpretive band.
Indeed, this is a big difference between Blushing Bride and most of his tribute acts. The version where they play the Midnight Rambler one night is different from how they play. Next. They play Dead Flowers like slow syrup one night and like hops the next. They don't play note by note. Raymond never imitates Jagger's "mockney" accent and the band does not attempt any kind of imitative theatrics. Their names have nothing to do with the Stones.
Formed in Kingston in 1979, Blythe are the Stones, as well as Bruce Springsteen, J.J. He played songs by Giles, Chuck Berry, David Bowie and many others. In Ottawa, they were regulars at Barrymore, performing nearly 100 times. RCA record deals came and went, as did artistic differences and band members. Including Raymond.
The somewhat unwelcome corner Raymond now finds himself in was the band's own was what The paper described them as The Rolling Stones Band. After that, booking agents and club owners called and wanted a clone band of the Stones. "We got stuck on this one," says Raymond. Plus they were making money.
Recently he said: But honestly, I don't want to sound like a jerk or a dick. If you don't put in 10,000 hours, you don't qualify for that stage. Karaoke is basic.
He might be right, but many people like karaoke.
Cavanners has been around for his 28 years, almost three times as long as the original Fab 4. From moptop to sergeant, it represents his three eras of the Beatles. From Pepper to Abbey Road.
They were initially formed as a nightclub playing the music of the British His Invasion. A year later they were based exclusively in The Beatles. Vine makes no apologies for the theatrical nature of the band. Today, they play at numerous corporate events, conventions, weddings and private his parties, he says. The
band members have all performed with other groups, but Vine also owns his Note for Note Professional Music Productions, which was produced by Caverners. as well as being on the roster. Dueling Pianos he played Niagara ("Vegas-style dueling piano show") and The Hired Hitmen ("1955-75 jukebox hits").
"It's theater and it's music," he says of the Beatles' performances. "Maybe half and half.
"We're trying to recreate a song that's close to the original, so people tweak their ears and say, 'Wow, this is what I remember.' Exactly what I remember, and of course the visual and audio package, including the costumes, so "Wow, this is really like watching the real thing."
"Like other theaters, we do live concerts that are part of the theater show.
'We love music.' he adds. And once that bond is created, it's a wonderful two hours of magic that people take home. What's important to us is that after watching our show, we want people to go home satisfied. The
Nostalgia Music Festival will be held from August 24th to 28th at He LeBreton Flats. For tickets and more information visitnostalgiafestival. Visit ca.
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