Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman
Randolph Charles "Randy" Bachman, OC OMis a Canadian musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member of the 1960s and 1970s rock bands The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Bachman was also a member of Brave Belt with Chad Allan, Union and Ironhorse, and has recorded numerous solo albums...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth27 September 1943
CityWinnipeg, Canada
CountryCanada
albums canadian-musician finding music paying strengths
Those albums are so important to me because, for the first time, I was making my own music, paying for it, finding strengths in it, and going through the process of finding the right music for the record.
age amount canadian-musician eight felt grateful lyric people stunned
Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they know every lyric from eight years of age to eighty. It's unbelievable.
artist changed dylan exciting john lennon musical several time truly
I think what made John Lennon so exciting as an artist is that, like Dylan and other musicians with a truly important musical legacy, he had several faces, personas that changed over time as he developed.
branches brick browns canadian-musician cave ended looking mixture threw types various walls
You don't need a uniform color: We used a mixture of brick red, browns and grays, and then threw in seashells, branches and various types of rock, so our walls ended up looking like cave paintings!
music
I think if you're a painter, you paint; if you're a golfer, you golf; if you're a fisherman, you fish; if you're a musician, you play music.
affairs anyone chosen exclusive expertise life music personal politics remain separate songs talk touring
I have chosen to keep my personal life separate from my music, as the two are exclusive from each other, and I want to remain that way. I'll talk music, production, writing songs, touring with anyone but keep religion, politics and world affairs off the table, as my expertise is in songs and music.
bus canadian-musician experience learning ultimately violin
I would go on the bus by myself; I couldn't even read with my violin under my arm, but it was a learning experience and I ultimately persevered.
bad body canadian-musician four great mediocre songs work
When you play all that as a body of work there are four great songs, four mediocre songs and four bad songs. I didn't know it at the time; I was just doing my best.
exciting john knew lennon musical people songs spoke
People have made a living deconstructing Lennon and The Beatles songs because of their compositional sophistication. But what's so exciting about John is that he never had any of that training on musical theory; something just spoke to him, and he just knew what sounded right.
albums band both canadian-musician left number time
I just wanted to do something musical. I had just left a band that was number one at the time on all of the charts, both albums and singles.
canadian-musician influences james revival rolling stones switched taylor
The first album's influences were James Taylor and Coco, and then they switched to Credence Clearwater Revival and Rolling Stones on the second.
absolutely found glad perfect work
I'm so glad I found Maren to work with. She has the most perfect voice. She has absolutely perfect intonation and control.
playing time
I started playing the violin when I was 5, but by the time I was 12 or 13, I wasn't really liking it.
change drives stop
Change is inevitable, and you can't stop that change. You say, 'Wait, stop,' and it just drives right over you.