# Rain, the Beatles tribute band - any one seen them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-the-beatles-tribute-band-any-one-seen-them/523509 "2010-01-03T15:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-the-beatles-tribute-band-any-one-seen-them/523509/21 "2010-01-04T18:02:38Z")
Hijack: For a different take on tribute bands, check out [Tributosaurus](http://www.guitaredge.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=355:working-band-tributosaurus&catid=47:workin-band&Itemid=68), a Chicago-based tribute band. Five core musicians, no special costumes, and they hire on more musicians to recreate the music as needed, to reproduce the sound on the albums as recorded, as closely as possible. For what band? Depends on when you’re watching them, as they change their tribute every month! > [@](#): > > Last October, they were The Doobie Brothers. The month before, Jimi Hendrix. Throughout 2009, they were The Cars, Jethro Tull, Michael Jackson, and even Elvis Presley. Before that, they were Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, The Clash and Queen, among many others. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-the-beatles-tribute-band-any-one-seen-them/523509/22 "2010-01-04T19:55:05Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Hijack: For a different take on tribute bands, check out [Tributosaurus](http://www.guitaredge.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=355:working-band-tributosaurus&catid=47:workin-band&Itemid=68), a Chicago-based tribute band. Five core musicians, no special costumes, and they hire on more musicians to recreate the music as needed, to reproduce the sound on the albums as recorded, as closely as possible. > > For what band? Depends on when you’re watching them, as they change their tribute every month! That’s actually close to something I was tossing around in my head a while back: an _album_ tribute band. Start with a core of musicians, then bring in others as necessary. Pick a classic album, and perform that album in its entirety. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-the-beatles-tribute-band-any-one-seen-them/523509/23 "2010-01-04T20:06:57Z")
Just remembered a band I saw in Santa Cruz, [The White Album Ensemble](http://www.whitealbumlive.com/). They don’t go for the look, rather they play the albums in their entirety. I saw the “RubberRevolver” show, and it was excellent. ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-the-beatles-tribute-band-any-one-seen-them/523509/24 "2010-01-05T02:55:55Z")
I saw them way back in the 80’s at the Palomino Club. They were really good to my untrained high school ear. Got to meet and talk to them after the show. Really nice guys as I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-the-beatles-tribute-band-any-one-seen-them/523509/25 "2010-01-05T07:55:13Z")
Name sounds familiar. Might they have played at a So. Cal. high school in the late 70s/early 80s? Then I might have. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-the-beatles-tribute-band-any-one-seen-them/523509/26 "2010-01-05T08:59:06Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > That’s actually close to something I was tossing around in my head a while back: an _album_ tribute band. Start with a core of musicians, then bring in others as necessary. Pick a classic album, and perform that album in its entirety. Todd Rundgren was involved in two Beatles tributes: [A Walk Down Abbey Road](http://www.tomspine.com/etc/abbey-road.html), with Anne Wilson of Heart, John Entwhistle of the Who, David Pack of Ambrosia and Alan Parsons. It Was 40 Years Ago Today, Todd, Lou Gramm of Foreigner, Christopher Cross, Bo Bice and Denny Laine of The Moody Blues doing Sgt. Peppers in it’s entirety. (He had also been in a couple of Ringo’s “All Starr” bands) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-the-beatles-tribute-band-any-one-seen-them/523509.md?page=1)