Hey, I just did one of the coolest things. My 40th birthday is in October and I wanted to hire a band or two for entertainment so I got on the net and searched for a queen tribute/knock off band.
I left a message on a webpage for a rock magazine the harderbeat in dallas tx. Got a phone call to make a long story short there was a band in dallas that did queen. There was also a national queen convention this weekend and the band would be playing sat nite.
IT WAS GREAT! I saw queen in 78 and then 11 more times, not that I am a queen junkie but they put on a better more dynamic show that none of the other bands dare compare (areosmith,kiss,reo,billy squire,zztop, led zep, boston,ect.....)
THese guys were great, and I am very picky, but these guys were very close to the band ( the singer even has the blk and white diamond tights ) vocals/guitars/ect were on pitch/perfect they hit every note. as emril says BAM!
The name of the band is "Queen for a Day" and they are in dallas tx. I am booking them for Oct mid month for my bd party. If anyone is close to central OK and would like to see the venue send me an email. I will have to charge $10 to 15 bucks to pay the band but what a show.
The only thing they didnt have that queen did was a 100' stage and $200k for lights everytniing else was absoluty Queen.
Here are some websites that I picked up at the convention that you can buy cd's dvd's and other band stuff ( btw I got 2 great live cd's from tokyo and berlin from 85 that sound really nice)
queenzone.com qms.com queensworld.com queenring.com
I have not viewed the sites but I got them from the guys I got the cd's from so all should be ok.
About sound quality I have an eq that helps but the best thing I did for badly recorded cd's is use a cheap cd player I switch over from my meridian 506.20 to a $49.00 pawnshop magnavox player and eq the hell out of it and go see and hear little freddie.
Kelton
