57classic Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I wish these guys would come to town. Randy Bachman is very under appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfox14 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I wish these guys would come to town. Randy Bachman is very under appreciated. What happened to the "Overdrive" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I saw them in that incarnation (B&T) at Rockin' The Rivers last summer in Three Forks, MT. (Ace was on the same bill). They were on right after Ace. It was a nice balance between the two bands. Ace got my heart pumpin' with some nice loud rock and roll, and B&T were a joy to listen to. They brought me off smoothly. Ace was the cocaine, B&T was the alcohol so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Agreed. Also they are one of those bands with a catalog that goes deeper than the one or two hits for which they are known on classic rock radio. I could gladly go the rest of my life without hearing "Takin' Care of Business" again - but there are some gems hidden in their catalog of albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57classic Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 What happened to the "Overdrive" Haha, Randy's got plenty of it in the LP and Fred has it in his voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57classic Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Agreed. Also they are one of those bands with a catalog that goes deeper than the one or two hits for which they are known on classic rock radio. I could gladly go the rest of my life without hearing "Takin' Care of Business" again - but there are some gems hidden in their catalog of albums. I saw The Guess Who in their last go around. I think it was 2006. They were phenomenal. They did a few BTO hits, including this one. They did it acoustic. Randy is a versatile player. He was childhood friends with Lenny Breau, if I have that right. His playing shows jazz influence at times. Undun is a beautiful song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Randy Bachman has been a very positive influence when it comes to being able to fix my problem with "GAS" and trying to explain it to my wife :) . To explain what I mean he does a radio show in Canada on CBC.ca called Vinyl Tap. The show on September 11th 2010 was called Guitar anthology 101. My wife listened to it and had a lightbulb moment. This moment ended up with me getting my Gibson Les Paul for Christmas . So if you have not listened to this it is really really worth it ;) .Maybe podcast it and play it in the car on a drive with your significant other . Scroll down to the Sept 11 2010 http://www.cbc.ca/vinyltap/episodes/ Davej Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWs9q70wV7w I saw BTO open for Van Halen on the 5150 tour. Tore the roof off the Holywood Sportatorium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57classic Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWs9q70wV7w I saw BTO open for Van Halen on the 5150 tour. Tore the roof off the Holywood Sportatorium. Fred Turner is hard core. I think something was wrong with the lights on the stage backdrop in the first video. Instead of BTO it said BO. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Some of Randy Bachman's fat "Les Paul" sounds were coming from his Fender Starcaster that he endorsed and played during the mid 70s to early 80s.The Starcaster had an unmistakeable humbucker tone but it was more lush and bass/mid oriented in overall sound,such as in "Blue Collar".I don't know for sure what songs he played which guitar on but "Blue Collar" has a real Starcaster tone to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Very Cool Glad to see them back together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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