The Beatles, U2 and Pink Floyd - all under one roof to support Gilda's Club!

So our latest fundraising endeavor took us to Mount Clemens on a Sunday night for an event we called Tribute Fest. It brought together three tribute bands to play for one worthy cause. Now, it's Sunday night, it's in a town way outside of our hometown of Royal Oak and these were tribute bands. I have nothing against tribute bands, I just have never been that excited to hear them. But these bands were playing for free and that made me like them right off the bat.


And then the Beatles tribute band took the stage. They were the Back Beats and they had a dude who was the spitting image of Paul McCartney. And they rocked the house. I couldn't believe how good they were and how authentic they sounded. We were all absolutely blown away and the crowd loved them.









So then the U2tribute band (Zooropa) took the stage. Now, I'm a huge U2 fan and there is only one Bono. So, again, expectations were very mild. Friends, this guy came out and hit "Bloody Sunday" like nothing I've ever heard. The band supplied the power behind the Bono lookalike and I was just wishing more of my U2 friends could have heard these guys too.













Of course, during these two bands, we were also working the Gilda's booth and raffling off an electric guitar signed by the one and only Ted Nugent. Me, not the biggest Ted Nugent fan, but the crowd - HUGE Nugent fans. They were throwing money at us to win this guitar and the winner was this great dad and his son.










Finally, the Pink Floyd band (Echoes of Pink Floyd) came up and they were just as strange and weird as the originals. Although I had only a few drinks, I felt like i was hallucinating when i saw the organ player dancing with a stuffed human on stage. Nope, not hallucinating, just listening to a great Pink Floyd tribute.

So, all in all, it was an awesome event. We'd like to have it at the Royal Oak Music Theater next year and, I guarantee, we would sell the place out.

Thanks to all three bands for playing their hearts out for free. You rocked the house and helped raise a lot of money for Gilda's.

Till next time!


much love,

Jess and Corey