I attended a concert by a local cover band called The Backbeat at a local bar. The Backbeat is a local (North Carolina) cover band that focuses primarily on late 1960’s rock and roll covers. True to their word, at the performance I attended almost every cover they performed was a famous song which was released in the 1960s, mostly from the Beatles’ lineup. The venue that it was hosted at, the college bar He’s Not Here, and the demographic of the listeners gave the performance most of its character. The performance itself is what I would describe as typical. The Backbeats did an excellent job covering some of the top hits of the time period, true to form of the rockers they were imitating. Their dress reminded me a lot of the Beatles, full suits and long hair. The similarity to the Beatles didn’t stop there, the band managed to pull off the Beatles’ distinctive and difficult four part harmonies when covering some of their songs. However, at least in my opinion, the band didn’t do much more than simply imitate the style of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and other bands whom they covered. The songs stayed …show more content…
There weren’t many people older than 30 in that bar, as would be expected to show up for a 1960s cover band. I honestly don’t think that many of attendees greatly appreciated the music. There were some huge fans of course, crowding up around the stage and singing along with the performance, but it seemed that a lot of the patrons that night saw the music much like I saw the Neon lights: Just part of the scenery. This stood in contrast again to many of my previous concert experiences, where I paid way too much money to stand way too far away from a band, and paid three dollars for a bottle of water. The entire concert took on a different feel, not because of the band or because of the music, but because of the environment it was housed