Agree with the OP on this topic, a festival with cover bands??? wtf... When I stayed up in Moray,(early nineties) I got asked to play a set at a festival in Elgin, summertime in the Cooper Park, what could go wrong... Yes there were a few bands on the list, and myself doing a solo set and an Irish woman doing solo accoustic, Myself and the Irish woman were the only original performers on the day, A covers festival eh??? My dad made a living playing covers all his life, but he had me and my brothers to feed, so I dont grudge him taking the easy way out, choosing a non slave career to pay a mortgage. But he wasted his talent on that. I've played in covers bands myself, and hated myself for whoring, sometimes you need to buy food and eating nothing but tatties and eggs for two years forced me into a corner, Work at the shortbread in Aberlour, or play covers, or starve... Needs must. But its faking...