The Battle of the B-List Bands : Rolling Stone

Caveat Emptor when you're buying tickets for that oldy, moldy band you liked back in the day.

The Battle of the B-List Bands : Rolling Stone:

"Copycat bands are a decades-old problem for Fifties and Sixties R&B vocal groups. Name rights to acts like the Platters, the Drifters and the Coasters have been in dispute for years, and versions of the acts without a single original member perform regularly. 'To watch them take [original Coaster] Carl Gardner's standing ovation is almost more gut-wrenching than the fact that they're also taking Carl Gardner's money,' says Sha Na Na's Jon 'Bowzer' Bauman, who has lobbied Congress to outlaw such 'imposter' acts."