Battle of the Tribute Bands

Hotel California, an Eagles tribute band, was performing at the American Pavilion at Epcot as part of their summer concert series. We've caught tribute bands here before and they've always been good. Real crowd favorites.

Over at the Great Britain pavilion, British Invasion played. They're a, you guessed it, a Beatles tribute band. We caught two of their sets but I didn't get their picture. Another crowd-pleasing group, they've been here for 13 years. Not a bad gig.

Over at the Canada pavilion, it was Off Kilter performing. They're not a tribute band but play a fun mix of rock and Celtic music. Their rock version of Danny Boy was surprisingly good. Lots of fans. One guy, who I think was a ringer, put on quite a dance show to their music. The band claimed to not know him but enjoyed him as much as the audience.

Think what you want about tribute bands. I read a recent article about them that pointed out they have their own loyal fan base and many perform with the blessings of the original. They're out there, working hard at something they love, pleasing a lot of people. We should all be so fortunate.

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