Coming soon from GOOD COMPANY PICTURES…

Tribute: The Next Best Thing

An insightful and humorous documentary series exploring a world that lies somewhere between fame and obscurity, the world of tribute bands.

There has been a phenomenal increase in the number of tribute bands in the last decade. We want to discover why that is, and more importantly, what are the stories of the tribute artists? We’re producing a documentary series exploring the world of original artists and their tribute bands that will be broadcast across Canada for Global Television.

We would like to hear your stories, see your performance photos and performance footage from live shows. In order to better explore the art of tribute we would like to collect the work of a wide range of artists for this anthology series.

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A few Hip fans are heading out to the taping of this event tonight in Tweed, Ontario. Make sure you say hello if you’re also attending.

Special thanks to Mark, Dave, Steve and Adrian for sending me these tracks after each show!

2007-03-09 – Rochester, NY: No cover performed
2007-03-10 – Buffalo, NY: “Can’t Explain” by The Who
2007-03-11 – Buffalo, NY: “1979” by The Smashing Pumpkins
2007-03-13 – Atlanta, GA: “End Of The World As We Know It” by REM
2007-03-15 – Houston, TX: “Substitute” by The Who
2007-03-16 – Dallas, TX: “Tush” by ZZ Top
2007-03-19 – Denver, CO: “Train Kept A’ Rollin’” by Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, and Lois Mann (although most know it as a Yardbirds/Zepplin/Aerosmith song…)
2007-03-21 – Las Vegas, NV: “Suspicious Minds” by Mark James (although most know it as an Elvis Presley / Fine Young Cannibals / Dwight Yoakam song…)
2007-03-23 – Anaheim, CA: “Mr. Soul” by Neil Young
2007-03-24 – Los Angeles, CA: “Still In Hollywood” by Concrete Blonde
2007-03-26 – San Francisco, CA: “If You Gotta Go, Go Now” by Bob Dylan
2007-03-28 – Portland, OR: “Don’t Worry Baby” by Los Lobos
2007-03-29 – Seattle, WA – “Jumping Jack Flash” by The Rolling Stones
2007-04-12 – Detroit, MI: “Black Day In July” by Gordon Lightfoot
2007-04-13 – Detroit, MI: “Cold Metal” by Iggy Pop
2007-04-14 – Cleveland, OH: “Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot
2007-04-16 – Burlington, VT: “Child Of The Moon” by The Rolling Stones
2007-04-17 – Burlington, VT: “Tax Man” by The Beatles
2007-04-18 – Clifton Park, NY: “I Want You” by Bob Dylan
2007-04-20 – Boston, MA: “Is This Love” by Bob Marley and the Wailers
2007-04-21 – Hampton Beach, NH: “Rudie Can’t Fail” by The Clash
2007-04-22 – Lancaster, PA: “The Last Time” by The Rolling Stones
2007-04-24 – New York City, NY: “Johnny Appleseed” by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
2007-04-25 – New York City, NY: “The Magnificent Seven” by The Clash
2007-04-28 – Philadephia, PA: “Dead Flowers” by The Rolling Stones
2007-04-29 – Washington, DC: “Young Americans” by David Bowie
2007-05-01 – Safehaven, Grand Cayman: No Cover Performed
2007-05-10 – Indianapolis, IN: “Helter Skelter” by The Beatles
2007-05-11 – Chicago, IL: “1979” by Smashing Pumpkins
2007-05-12 – Chicago, IL: “Surrender” by Cheap Trick
2007-05-14 – Minneapolis, MN: “Bastards Of Young” by The Replacements
2007-05-15 – Madison, WI: “Come Together” by The Beatles
2007-05-16 – Cleveland, OH: “The Shape I’m In” by The Band
2007-05-18 – Erie, PA: “Street Fighting Man” by The Rolling Stones (Thanks pmbchase!)
2007-05-19 – Towson, MD: “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” by James Brown

Isthmus/The Daily Page
Emily Denaro on Wednesday 05/16/2007 11:05:45,

When most hipsters were not even to their mothers’ waists, The Tragically Hip were rapidly becoming one of Canada’s most popular rock acts. Now, almost 20 years later, they tread — but not lightly! — on the Barrymore Theatre’s stage on Tuesday night.

The music was everything one would expect — a smattering of popular tunes (“Bobcaygeon,” “Ahead by a Century,” “New Orleans Is Sinking”), new fare (“World Container”) and even a Beatles cover (“Come Together”). Solid electric guitar work from glossy-haired Rob Baker took care of stage-left, while moments of shaky background vocals from Paul Langlois lingered on stage-right. While this is truly a band to be heard, it was Gordon Downie’s showmanship that stole all glances.

Why? Because Gordon Downie is fucking crazy. Aside from growling a good portion of his vocals, when he was not plucking the old acoustic, he was doing God-knows-what: writhing suggestively in his clingy, wet button-down; shaking his ass and twirling around; getting attacked by the microphone-snake and doing all sorts of other pantomiming that would have Jerry Fallwell rolling in his grave.

Between songs, Downie spewed rhetoric like an emotionally unstable drill sergeant. “Am I lovesick? Do I look lovesick?” he begged before “Love(sic).” Men looked at each another in confusion, while ladies searched their purses for remedies. The only thing to possibly distract the crowd from Downie’s commanding presence was Gord Sinclair’s Blue Steel.

Even with Downie’s contorted face and crazed, persistent yelps of “Work!” during “My Music At Work,” fans still chanted “Hip! Hip! Hip!” for more of that psycho swagger. While exiting the Barrymore, positive feedback made its way past swollen eardrums — the crowd was wowed. Hooray!