VERY noteworthy covers...

[MColin28]

Hey guys...just surfing YouTube and seeing what's out there in terms of covers for DMB. These guys are AMAZING! They've got some awesome talent on ALL instruments. Anyway, they have a bunch more including 41, WAYG, Spoon, 34 (very well done), Ants and so on. This is my favorite bc the lady on the violin nails it for Boyd's part; and is on tune! Great ending as well. He's got a solid voice as well. Check 'em out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91H8...eature=channel

Does anyone know them, or if they're on Ants?

[Zachman285]

not that impressed, sorry

Reinier is king

[MColin28]

Originally Posted by Zachman285

not that impressed, sorry

Reinier is king

Really? Wow, I thought they were amazing. I guess that's why everyone is made differently!

[smokew11]

doesnt work w/o drum intro

[matthewdaves187]

Sure it does, Dave and Tim do it all the time.

[SweetUpAndDown♫]

I prefer D&T Say Goodbye to Full band

[JacobLovesYou]

Originally Posted by SweetUpAndDown♫

I prefer D&T Say Goodbye to Full band

have you seen say goodbye live full band?

[dahpissah]

I got through the first 1:20 and first off... I've never heard Say Goodbye covered and second I've heard a bunch of bands try and cover Dave... some good... some not so good. Any who, I'm impressed. Recently I just stumbled upon the cover band "Trippin Billies" they were sweet but this guys' voice is a pretty good rendition of Dave. We'll have to see what the mob thinks.

[cpxc.]

i thought it was good.

[Kdistheman88]

Like if I saw these guys I'd be like wow thats amazing but at home i'd rather put on real Say Goodbye. Sorry

[King of Men]

best covers one will ever see probably. spoon are you kidding me? they play those opening fills after the first verse better than the band could usually manage to do live. that said, a covers a cover. where exactly are they from? im suprised these are supposedly from 07 but just posted now

[joyride7tbowa]

Originally Posted by dahpissah

I got through the first 1:20 and first off... I've never heard Say Goodbye covered and second I've heard a bunch of bands try and cover Dave... some good... some not so good. Any who, I'm impressed. Recently I just stumbled upon the cover band "Trippin Billies" they were sweet but this guys' voice is a pretty good rendition of Dave. We'll have to see what the mob thinks.

ive seen these guys live. they go around chicago alot...they were actually pretty incredible. the only thing is that the guy sometimes messed up the lyrics. the musicianship tho was deadon. great band

[gorgefan29]

Originally Posted by Zachman285

not that impressed, sorry

Reinier is king

Reinier Matthews really is the shit thought but he has no band.

[joyride7tbowa]

damn these guys are awesome. pfwyg is so good. so is spoon

[riles03]

If you want to hear the best Dave Matthews Cover Band of ALL TIME, copy and paste the link below. This guys name is David Koon from Athens, Georgia. They used to tour the country playing DMB covers and I saw them one time in college (2001 I think?) and the guy sounds and even looks like Dave. They stopped playing in '04.

http://www.samhillbands.com/bands/dmcb/index.shtml

[aj200414]

Good find my friend. These guys are really talented. Makes me jealous.

[dahpissah]

Originally Posted by riles03

If you want to hear the best Dave Matthews Cover Band of ALL TIME, copy and paste the link below. This guys name is David Koon from Athens, Georgia. They used to tour the country playing DMB covers and I saw them one time in college (2001 I think?) and the guy sounds and even looks like Dave. They stopped playing in '04.

http://www.samhillbands.com/bands/dmcb/index.shtml

Wow! good call man... I feel like I'm on drugs man. Thats the best STJL cover I've ever heard........ It's the only cover of that I've heard. Nice work.

[riles03]

Originally Posted by dahpissah

Wow! good call man... I feel like I'm on drugs man. Thats the best STJL cover I've ever heard........ It's the only cover of that I've heard. Nice work.

Thanks. It's a shame they don't tour anymore. There was a rumor that this was the only cover band Dave himself actually endorsed.

[dahpissah]

Originally Posted by riles03

Thanks. It's a shame they don't tour anymore. There was a rumor that this was the only cover band Dave himself actually endorsed.

Endorsed? How so? Dave doesn't seem like the type to do so. I hope I'm wrong.

[riles03]

Originally Posted by dahpissah

Endorsed? How so? Dave doesn't seem like the type to do so. I hope I'm wrong.

Not like in a $$ way, more of an approval or support for them because "supposedly" he thought they were really talented and didn't f up his songs like most dmb cover bands did/do.

[jas230314]

that guy looks a hell of a lot like a 99-2000 dave.

I forget his name, but there is one guy who is easily the best on youtube. Well, two. One guy is a dick and he has like, a fake drum setup thing behind him and he does almost every song. Hes great, but he is a real asshole in all of his comments to ppl.

The other guy ... damn i forget his name. He does a great OSW intro, and has a high voice and uses a really good mic.

Reiner is good, very unpolished, but has a lot of talent. Hes a nice guy

[riles03]

Originally Posted by jas230314

that guy looks a hell of a lot like a 99-2000 dave.

I forget his name, but there is one guy who is easily the best on youtube. Well, two. One guy is a dick and he has like, a fake drum setup thing behind him and he does almost every song. Hes great, but he is a real asshole in all of his comments to ppl.

The other guy ... damn i forget his name. He does a great OSW intro, and has a high voice and uses a really good mic.

Reiner is good, very unpolished, but has a lot of talent. Hes a nice guy

Try to remember who they are if you can? I'd like to hear what they sound like.

[King of Men]

Originally Posted by riles03

Try to remember who they are if you can? I'd like to hear what they sound like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjyYh...eature=related
the first guy hes referring to is this guy, i personally think he sucks, good voice i guess, but he cant get a guitar part right for his life--he switches them up cuz he cant play them correctly, and probably justifies it as artistic creativity. and a great example of his dickhead comments below this vid. look at warehouse or the stone to see how distractingly different he plays these songs on guitar, sounds like shit imo

this guy however is pretty damn good, though i dont think its who hes talking about. he strays is some guitat parts too, but not nearly as much-he keeps it least sounding the same

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohtb2CHNNM4

then reinier is pretty good as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4mgd...eature=related

[smokew11]

twosteppinant on youtube has some great videos

[whiteysax]

Originally Posted by MColin28

Hey guys...just surfing YouTube and seeing what's out there in terms of covers for DMB. These guys are AMAZING! They've got some awesome talent on ALL instruments. Anyway, they have a bunch more including 41, WAYG, Spoon, 34 (very well done), Ants and so on. This is my favorite bc the lady on the violin nails it for Boyd's part; and is on tune! Great ending as well. He's got a solid voice as well. Check 'em out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91H8...eature=channel

Does anyone know them, or if they're on Ants?

i haven't seen these guys before... after looking around a bit it appears they are out of Russia... their website being a .ru although all the descriptions on their youtube appear to be some latin language. I've heard foreign cover bands before and they are usually VERY musically talented but usually struggle with lyrics and dialect. The singer of this group seemed to have a pretty good handle on things. All very talented musicians... not the tightest group, though. and although she's very talented and musical, the fiddle chic doesn't nail all of boyd's parts.. nails all of the note for note studio recording covers but not all of the live licks

[whiteysax]

Originally Posted by dahpissah

I got through the first 1:20 and first off... I've never heard Say Goodbye covered and second I've heard a bunch of bands try and cover Dave... some good... some not so good. Any who, I'm impressed. Recently I just stumbled upon the cover band "Trippin Billies" they were sweet but this guys' voice is a pretty good rendition of Dave. We'll have to see what the mob thinks.

Trippin' Billies is one of the more known DMB cover/tributes... I've listened to some of their stuff... again, all talented musicians and they've been together for a while, so their tight... THey are very high energy, but I just can't get into the whole "let me hear you scream" aspect of things... doesn't really say "DMB" to me

[whiteysax]

Originally Posted by riles03

If you want to hear the best Dave Matthews Cover Band of ALL TIME, copy and paste the link below. This guys name is David Koon from Athens, Georgia. They used to tour the country playing DMB covers and I saw them one time in college (2001 I think?) and the guy sounds and even looks like Dave. They stopped playing in '04.

http://www.samhillbands.com/bands/dmcb/index.shtml

these guys were the staple DMB tribute before they stopped touring. Talented, tight, and true to the live experience

[whiteysax]

Originally Posted by riles03

Thanks. It's a shame they don't tour anymore. There was a rumor that this was the only cover band Dave himself actually endorsed.

I've never heard of Dave singling any one cover/tribute act out (aside from the rumor that he mentions the lead singer from the OLD Tripping Billies band in some book)... but Fonz's dad and step mom have told me that they feel all the guys in the band would be flattered to know that there are bands out there paying tribute to their music... heard similar sentiment from old high school buddies of Carter.

[riles03]

Originally Posted by whiteysax

I've never heard of Dave singling any one cover/tribute act out (aside from the rumor that he mentions the lead singer from the OLD Tripping Billies band in some book)... but Fonz's dad and step mom have told me that they feel all the guys in the band would be flattered to know that there are bands out there paying tribute to their music... heard similar sentiment from old high school buddies of Carter.

You're the guy that plays in the DMTB right? I'm going to see you guys play at HOB in Dallas next month. Looking forward to it.

[whiteysax]

Originally Posted by King of Men

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjyYh...eature=related
the first guy hes referring to is this guy, i personally think he sucks, good voice i guess, but he cant get a guitar part right for his life--he switches them up cuz he cant play them correctly, and probably justifies it as artistic creativity. and a great example of his dickhead comments below this vid. look at warehouse or the stone to see how distractingly different he plays these songs on guitar, sounds like shit imo

this guy however is pretty damn good, though i dont think its who hes talking about. he strays is some guitat parts too, but not nearly as much-he keeps it least sounding the same

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohtb2CHNNM4

then reinier is pretty good as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4mgd...eature=related

as for the first guy... i agree with you.. he does suck. a very nice voice, very musical sound... just the way he sings the songs rubs me the wrong way... i don't even care that he plays the guitar parts wrong or re-interprets what the guitar parts sound like, just his vocal melodic interpretation was a bit amateur

That second guy is spot on... a little over dramatic on some of the vocals, but definitely knew what he was doing... impressive

Reinier is solid as well... makes it look effortless.