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Post by bomberhojoe on Aug 15, 2024 21:42:15 GMT -5
I saw an ad somewhere a few days ago promoting a Burton Cummings tour. I saw Guess Who in concert in 1971 and it was as good as any concert I ever went to. Cummings was amazing live, powerful vocals and even pulled out the flute for "Undun." All business on stage with very little banter. From what I've read he lives back in his hometown of Winnipeg and periodically shows up to perform at small local clubs. Well worth seeing if he's out your way. "Undun" one of my favorites from that era! |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 15, 2024 22:10:40 GMT -5
I saw Guess Who in concert in 1971 and it was as good as any concert I ever went to. Cummings was amazing live, powerful vocals and even pulled out the flute for "Undun." All business on stage with very little banter. From what I've read he lives back in his hometown of Winnipeg and periodically shows up to perform at small local clubs. Well worth seeing if he's out your way. "Undun" one of my favorites from that era! Same here. I had the '45 "Laughing" for weeks before deciding to play the flip side, "Undun". Got a lot more play time than "Laughing". |
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 16, 2024 4:29:11 GMT -5
I saw Guess Who in concert in 1971 and it was as good as any concert I ever went to. Cummings was amazing live, powerful vocals and even pulled out the flute for "Undun." All business on stage with very little banter. From what I've read he lives back in his hometown of Winnipeg and periodically shows up to perform at small local clubs. Well worth seeing if he's out your way. "Undun" one of my favorites from that era! I love the unconventional chords in that song. Guess Who had a lot of good ones; "Laughing" and "These Eyes" and "No Time" and "No Sugar Tonight" and "American Woman" and plenty of others, even more modest hits like "Do You Miss Me Darling" and "Bus Rider." Remember "Star Baby"? |
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Post by inger on Aug 16, 2024 11:22:42 GMT -5
"Undun" one of my favorites from that era! I love the unconventional chords in that song. Guess Who had a lot of good ones; "Laughing" and "These Eyes" and "No Time" and "No Sugar Tonight" and "American Woman" and plenty of others, even more modest hits like "Do You Miss Me Darling" and "Bus Rider." Remember "Star Baby"? I’m so awful goddam glad I’m not in your shoes, I do… every one… even “Running Down The Street”… |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 16, 2024 11:36:46 GMT -5
"Undun" one of my favorites from that era! I love the unconventional chords in that song. Guess Who had a lot of good ones; "Laughing" and "These Eyes" and "No Time" and "No Sugar Tonight" and "American Woman" and plenty of others, even more modest hits like "Do You Miss Me Darling" and "Bus Rider." Remember "Star Baby"? Let's not forget one of my favorites..."Hand Me Down World" Randy Bachman tutorial on how to play "Undun" chords... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHjozb7QPY0 |
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 16, 2024 12:16:26 GMT -5
I love the unconventional chords in that song. Guess Who had a lot of good ones; "Laughing" and "These Eyes" and "No Time" and "No Sugar Tonight" and "American Woman" and plenty of others, even more modest hits like "Do You Miss Me Darling" and "Bus Rider." Remember "Star Baby"? I’m so awful goddam glad I’m not in your shoes, I do… every one… even “Running Down The Street”… If I'm not mistaken, "Running Down The Street" was on that wonderful album of early stuff they did that was unreleased until about ten years after it was recorded. Those songs were so good. One of my very favorite GW songs is on there, "Silver Bird" which got some airplay locally in my neck of the woods. The album was called "Bachman, Cummings, Kale and Peterson" obviously named after the then-current lineup. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 16, 2024 12:28:06 GMT -5
I love the unconventional chords in that song. Guess Who had a lot of good ones; "Laughing" and "These Eyes" and "No Time" and "No Sugar Tonight" and "American Woman" and plenty of others, even more modest hits like "Do You Miss Me Darling" and "Bus Rider." Remember "Star Baby"? Let's not forget one of my favorites..."Hand Me Down World" Randy Bachman tutorial on how to play "Undun" chords... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHjozb7QPY0Another good one. It's a long list, even just sticking to the singles that charted. A few more from the early to mid-70s -- "Rain Dance" and "Share The Land" and "Albert Flasher" and "Broken" and "Running Back To Saskatoon" and "Dancin' Fool" and even "Clap For The Wolfman." Even when they went a little schlocky they were still good. Bet you remember the pre-Cummings hit "Shakin' All Over" with Chad Allen singing lead. From 1965, a cover of the UK hit by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. Cool tutorial from Bachman. Excellent guitarist. There are some YouTube clips of Cummings and Bachman reuniting in the 80s or 90s and they were still knocking it out of the park. It was fun watching Cummings playing piano on BTO's "Taking Care Of Business." I'm glad we have a little Guess Who appreciation society here. They churned out hits almost mechanically but kept the quality at a high level. |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 16, 2024 12:43:14 GMT -5
Another good one. It's a long list, even just sticking to the singles that charted. A few more from the early to mid-70s -- "Rain Dance" and "Share The Land" and "Albert Flasher" and "Broken" and "Running Back To Saskatoon" and "Dancin' Fool" and even "Clap For The Wolfman." Even when they went a little schlocky they were still good. Bet you remember the pre-Cummings hit "Shakin' All Over" with Chad Allen singing lead. From 1965, a cover of the UK hit by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. Cool tutorial from Bachman. Excellent guitarist. There are some YouTube clips of Cummings and Bachman reuniting in the 80s or 90s and they were still knocking it out of the park. It was fun watching Cummings playing piano on BTO's "Taking Care Of Business." I'm glad we have a little Guess Who appreciation society here. They churned out hits almost mechanically but kept the quality at a high level. "Shakin' All Over" was one of the first songs my band learned. Pretty simple. |
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 16, 2024 12:47:51 GMT -5
Another good one. It's a long list, even just sticking to the singles that charted. A few more from the early to mid-70s -- "Rain Dance" and "Share The Land" and "Albert Flasher" and "Broken" and "Running Back To Saskatoon" and "Dancin' Fool" and even "Clap For The Wolfman." Even when they went a little schlocky they were still good. Bet you remember the pre-Cummings hit "Shakin' All Over" with Chad Allen singing lead. From 1965, a cover of the UK hit by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. Cool tutorial from Bachman. Excellent guitarist. There are some YouTube clips of Cummings and Bachman reuniting in the 80s or 90s and they were still knocking it out of the park. It was fun watching Cummings playing piano on BTO's "Taking Care Of Business." I'm glad we have a little Guess Who appreciation society here. They churned out hits almost mechanically but kept the quality at a high level. I'm guessing some younger fans discovered the Guess Who from Lenny Kravitz covering "American Woman". I was a bigger BTO fan than the Guess Who, but they're good too. My wife used "These Eyes" to my daughter when she was baby. Still reminds me of that every time I hear that song. |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 16, 2024 12:52:03 GMT -5
I was a bigger BTO fan than the Guess Who, but they're good too. "Taking Care of Business" gets most of the airplay, but "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" & "Roll On Down The Highway" (Fred Turner) my favorites |
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 16, 2024 12:57:33 GMT -5
Another good one. It's a long list, even just sticking to the singles that charted. A few more from the early to mid-70s -- "Rain Dance" and "Share The Land" and "Albert Flasher" and "Broken" and "Running Back To Saskatoon" and "Dancin' Fool" and even "Clap For The Wolfman." Even when they went a little schlocky they were still good. Bet you remember the pre-Cummings hit "Shakin' All Over" with Chad Allen singing lead. From 1965, a cover of the UK hit by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. Cool tutorial from Bachman. Excellent guitarist. There are some YouTube clips of Cummings and Bachman reuniting in the 80s or 90s and they were still knocking it out of the park. It was fun watching Cummings playing piano on BTO's "Taking Care Of Business." I'm glad we have a little Guess Who appreciation society here. They churned out hits almost mechanically but kept the quality at a high level. "Shakin' All Over" was one of the first songs my band learned. Pretty simple. Yeah, good use of a few simple chords. |
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 16, 2024 12:57:57 GMT -5
I was a bigger BTO fan than the Guess Who, but they're good too. "Taking Care of Business" gets most of the airplay, but "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" & "Roll On Down The Highway" (Fred Turner) my favorites The local classic rock station plays those three songs, along with "Hey You & Let it Ride" all the time. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 16, 2024 13:04:06 GMT -5
Another good one. It's a long list, even just sticking to the singles that charted. A few more from the early to mid-70s -- "Rain Dance" and "Share The Land" and "Albert Flasher" and "Broken" and "Running Back To Saskatoon" and "Dancin' Fool" and even "Clap For The Wolfman." Even when they went a little schlocky they were still good. Bet you remember the pre-Cummings hit "Shakin' All Over" with Chad Allen singing lead. From 1965, a cover of the UK hit by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. Cool tutorial from Bachman. Excellent guitarist. There are some YouTube clips of Cummings and Bachman reuniting in the 80s or 90s and they were still knocking it out of the park. It was fun watching Cummings playing piano on BTO's "Taking Care Of Business." I'm glad we have a little Guess Who appreciation society here. They churned out hits almost mechanically but kept the quality at a high level. I'm guessing some younger fans discovered the Guess Who from Lenny Kravitz covering "American Woman". I was a bigger BTO fan than the Guess Who, but they're good too. My wife used "These Eyes" to my daughter when she was baby. Still reminds me of that every time I hear that song. Aww, great story about "These Eyes" Chi. BTO kicked in about six or seven years after Guess Who got started, so they're closer to your wheelhouse (although still a little early, but then again you're into Zep and they were earlier still.) I've heard stories that Bachman left Guess Who because as a Mormon he had trouble reconciling to the lifestyle. But I've also heard that the band wanted him out because of creative differences. I don't know, but they didn't seem to have any problems getting back together in later years. |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 16, 2024 13:08:13 GMT -5
I've heard stories that Bachman left Guess Who because as a Mormon he had trouble reconciling to the lifestyle. But I've also heard that the band wanted him out because of creative differences. I don't know, but they didn't seem to have any problems getting back together in later years. Yep...I believe Bachman temporarily dabbled in Mormonism, but eventually left the religion. Another "religious" conversion I still don't understand...Jim McGuinn supposedly changed his name to Roger for religious purposes. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 16, 2024 13:29:32 GMT -5
I've heard stories that Bachman left Guess Who because as a Mormon he had trouble reconciling to the lifestyle. But I've also heard that the band wanted him out because of creative differences. I don't know, but they didn't seem to have any problems getting back together in later years. Yep...I believe Bachman temporarily dabbled in Mormonism, but eventually left the religion. Another "religious" conversion I still don't understand...Jim McGuinn supposedly changed his name to Roger for religious purposes. Haha, yeah I never understood the Roger business with McGuinn either. Must be a very obscure religion. |
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