How to Use cover band in a Sentence

cover band

noun
  • The Red Clay Strays emerged from the ashes of a cover band in Mobile in 2016.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Does that make the latest edition of Lynyrd Skynyrd the keepers of the flame, a cover band, or both?
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • The ’90s country cover band, the Neon Prophets, performed all night.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 26 June 2023
  • Naked Karate Girls and the ups and downs of being in Cincinnati's favorite cover band.
    The Enquirer, 7 July 2023
  • The fundraiser has grown and now includes Grossi playing drums with a cover band, 50 Year Storm.
    Joe Heim, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • From a Clapton cover band to a punk rock jam sesh, this Father's Day idea is sure to please the music fan in your life.
    Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 13 May 2023
  • Before that could happen, a Top 40 cover band played a function at her high school.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
  • What began in 2009 as a cover band to play at weddings and restaurants has greatly evolved.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2024
  • Local cover band Sudo Nano will provide live music, and the 2024 Tastemaker of the Year will be crowned.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 June 2024
  • Neil then dropped out of high school and started performing with Rock Candy, a Cheap Trick cover band.
    Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The other cool thing about Austin was everybody had a garage band or music project, but nobody was in a cover band.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Beside me, a man played video poker while a cover band cranked out country hits to a mostly empty lounge.
    Sam Lipsyte, Harper's Magazine, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The band was The Drawers, a cover band that focuses on rock tunes from the past and some original material.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Its members played pop-up miniatures in Libbey Park, the festival’s center, and even at a local bar as a Johnny Cash cover band.
    Joshua Barone, New York Times, 11 June 2024
  • That idyll ended abruptly Wednesday when a gunman fired on a crowd that had gathered to listen to a cover band on spaghetti night at the watering hole.
    Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Fans of the goateed lead prosecutor, Creighton Waters, posted videos of him rocking out in his former life as the lead guitarist of the cover band Sole Purpose.
    James Lasdun, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Her parents were—and still are—musicians in a Bay Area Bollywood cover band called Geetanjali.
    Parizaad Khan Sethi, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2023
  • There had been mobs of them at an early Beatles cover band in July, and an altercation between an older man and a younger man that drew police.
    Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • There’s no cover band medley of old hits to win over restless audience members, so the performers have to cast their own incandescent spell when jamming.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023
  • To wit: an introduction by Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds in an 11-minute video chronicling their start as a cover band to global rock act with sales of over 50 million albums.
    Karen Bliss, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Before plugging in the aux cord, linking a Bluetooth speaker or inviting a cover band on stage, business owners or event organizers must have a license.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Those performances, more than 1,800 miles apart, on the last Saturday night of March showcased two extremes: A rock star who's traveled the world playing originals and a weekend warrior plugging away with a cover band in local bars and clubs.
    IndyStar, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Bond superfan Andy Lipnick, the former guitarist in a James Bond cover band who also happens to be my brother-in-law, said he’s always been struck by the film production teams’ attention to blurring the line between fiction and fact.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But the venue’s lack of experience with dance unfortunately showed in technical bobbles and weird lighting choices, which could have worked for a Pearl Jam cover band, for example, but couldn’t match the pure magic taking place on that stage.
    Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2024
  • Prior to his performance, Urban recalled singing Milsap hits during his cover band days and then delivered a solo rendition of the song, backing himself up on guitar before Sixwire joined in.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Crazy Fingers is a local Grateful Dead cover band with a dedicated following, performing at the bar every Tuesday, according to its website.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024

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