[toobwacky]

I just got Back In Bluegrass… The Bluegrass Tribute to AC/DC.  This album is the most foot-stompin’ fun I’ve had with music in a very long time.  I’ve never been a bluegrass fan, but these (mostly) acoustic versions of classic rock hits are a blast to listen to and some of them jam just as hard as the originals.    There’s a lot of other bands paid tribute in the “Pickin’ On” series such as Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Skynyrd and Hendrix to name just a few

While researching this series online, I discovered there’s a whole series of string quartet tributes too.  I bought the tribute to Jet, which is great!  The tribute to Black Sabbath sounds as if they’re going to saw the strings right off their instruments!!!   

Sound quality is excellent on both of the discs I bought.

Anybody else into either of these series?  If so, which discs are your favs?

[mgalusha]

I have Pickin' on Santana and have enjoyed it quite a few times.

If you like this, you might want to give a listen to Hayseed Dixie. Bluegrass versions of AC/DC and others. They can be a bit over the top but the boys can definately play. There are some live shows available on archive.org. This Page lists their shows. A very good one is can be found here. This is a sound board recording done by the band and is of excellent quality with lossless compression. Yes these are legit, they are taper friendly.

[R_burke]

More in the vein of string quartet tributes is the Group Apocolyptica, they do a tribute to Metalica and they are four celloists

http://www.amazon.com/Plays-Metallica-Four-Cellos-Apocalyptica/dp/B000001EMW/sr=1-2/qid=1160083678/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-5454005-3699934?ie=UTF8&s=music   

[gitarretyp]

It's not a tribute group (though they have a cover album called The Lost and Found), but if you cello/rock music, you might check-out the group Rasputina. Thanks for the Ether and Radical Recital are favorites of mine.

[JoshK]

I had a string quartet's tribute to Tool but didn't really care for it much.  I have a piano tribute to Radiohead that is pretty good.

[Scott F.]

The GAS guys have a couple of fun ones to listen to.

Blackmore turned me onto Run C&W. Its a bunch of Country musicians that are doing a takeoff of Run DMC. The pickin is pretty darned good.
http://www.answers.com/topic/run-c-w
heres one of their albums re-issued
Run C&W


Then I ran across another called Fade to Bluegrass. More Country guys doing a tribute to Metallica's Fade to Black (the Black album). Its a hoot too.

http://www.amazon.com/Fade-Bluegrass-Tribute-Metallica/dp/B0000CC866

There are some more floating around here but their names escape me at the moment. Maybe the GAS guys will chime in.