Wow, harmony and rock guitar on RP - must be an accident.  Now please return us to the dreamy synth pop.

Burton Cummings -  incredible rock singer!   And composer too. 

 martinc wrote: 
Were they able to pull-off these nice harmonies in concert?   Curious.

I must have seen these guys a 100 times in their heyday as they crossed Canada touring. Cummings was a great singer frontman and Randy has a great player. From Winnipeg where I think it would be hard to be inspired.

 Typesbad wrote: 

 

Yup.  American Woman still gets lots of air play up in Canada.  Must be the knee-jerk nationalism.  ;-) 

One of my first albums and I don't even recall how I got it.  As a result, the Guess Who occupied a disproportionate space in my Rock and Roll world for quite a while.  Everything on it except perhaps "American Woman" has really aged well.

Would gladly go to any show featuring Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman.  Two great rock and roll writers and musicians. 

Here's a great alternate version they did
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqeSUAlI5uI

Yes I know it's a greatest hits album - but the album is an absolute gem!!

One of my favorite songs from my childhood in the 70's, listening to my sister's 8 track tapes.

Hot damn! Long time favorite that still stands the test of time. Burton had a set of pipes.

Saw them about 6 years ago in Vancouver.  I was utterly, fully and completely blown away by how damn good they were, and how note-perfectly they did every song.  And, it was the original 4-piece band lineup!!

Can't get enough of "The Guess Who".   And not just because I grew up listening to them

poor time management?

 tkosh wrote: 
Correct! Bachman and Cummings spent their formative years in "The 'Peg" as did Neil Young.

 nmatavka wrote: 
Winnipeg, I was told.  I was living in SW Florida in 1974 with friends from Rosseau, MN.  I bought this album and was telling the guys how good it was.  "We know," they said.  "They played at our prom."  I saw them almost front row a year or two later in St. Paul.  I remember Burton Cummings being very grumpy at stage hands who were having trouble with his piano or sound gear.  But what a voice!

I was busy doing something. Suddenly I'm not.

Geez, a 9 to a 10.  It still sounds good and stands up.

and followed by the Stones, go BG ...

that tell-tale intro drum beat, and I knew exactly what song we were about to hear!

 nmatavka wrote: 
Canadian.

 George_Tirebiter wrote: 
The AM dial is all we had here back then. The FM band didn't start to get interesting until 1974 for us. Just in time, too. I was a high school junior in 74.

Where are these guys from?  Good music.  I'd guess British or Canadian.

 George_Tirebiter wrote: 

I did see them in Toronto in the early 70's, then Burton by himself playing a baby-grand piano, also in Toronto, but 30 years later and 100 pounds heavier. Still had the voice, though.

This is the first 45 r.p.m. record I ever purchased, at the ripe old age of eleven.

Good stuff!

A lot of my friends didn't like this stuff because it was in heavy rotation on the AM dial.  I always liked these guys though - would liked to have seen them all those years ago ~

 RadioDoc wrote: 
Agreed.  This one was a great road song.

 spigolli wrote: 

...and crafted songs with a break and a chorus, melody and creativity, energy and catchiness.

And musical talent instead of lip-sync choreography and faux-pornography.

Almost 40 years old and still fresh.  Great stuff.

Burton Cummings had one of the best voices ever in pop music.

 peter_james_bond wrote: 
Yes.  The show is not bad.