There were two fairly recognizable names in the music world in the late 60s/early 70s, Bachman and Cummings. Randy Bachman was the lead guitarist. Burton Cummings played keyboards and sang lead. Together, they were the nucleus for this weekend's featured artists, The Guess Who.
This Canadian band's hit list was pretty extensive, so naturally it's impossible to do them all in one sitting. They were best known for American Woman and a few others, but here are a few of their more obscure tunes that some of you may remember.
These are my favorites, the first two are from the 1969 Canned Wheat LP:
Bachman eventually left the band to form Bachman-Turner Overdrive, which quickly established itself as a premier power rock band in the mid 70s. Cummings went out on his own with limited success. BTO was hot in their day, but I still think it was Cummings' voice that made GW one of the most versatile groups of that era. In a 1983 concert, he did this GW song from 1973:
Talent is sometimes generational and passed on. Randy Bachman's son, Tal, had some success in 1999 with a little tune that made some waves on the charts. It went to #1 in Canada and #14 here:
Enjoy.
3 comments:
Yes, finally, enjoyable selections of non-acid dripping hippy crap. Good job, LA. But I must say that I am continually amazed how you are able to recall these songs of the past. Amazed, first of all, by the fact that you can remember that far back, that you have any recollection at all of those days made all the more hazy by your unsociable behaviors, and then finally, shocked that you can remember the old days, but nothing from yesterday.
I’m sure we can relate all of this to Mr. Sunset’s Late Day Confusion Syndrome, but unlike him, I refuse to make diagnoses of my friends in a public forum, and also, I’m simply not qualified to offer medical opinions.
//finally, enjoyable selections of non-acid dripping hippy crap.//Wait until next week.
Good catch on the Tal Bachman tune. I had no idea that was his kid.
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