Randy Bachman

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Randy Bachman
OC OM DMus ("hc")


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Randolph Charles Bachman
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Born = birth date and age|1943|9|27
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Instrument = Guitar
Genre = Rock
Occupation = Guitarist, Songwriter, Radio Presenter
Years_active = 1960 - present
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Associated_acts = The Guess Who, Ironhorse, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt, Chad Allan and The Expressons
URL = http://www.randybachman.com
Notable_instruments = Electric guitar

Randolph Charles Bachman (the Bachman family name is pronounced as /IPA|bækmæn/) (OC OM ) (born September 27, 1943) was lead guitarist and songwriter of the 1970s rock bands, The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Bachman was also a member of the band Brave Belt with Chad Allan and a band called Ironhorse, and has recorded numerous solo albums.

Personal life

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Randy is half Ukrainian, on his mother's side. Bachman lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, near Vancouver Island, and is married to singer/songwriter Denise McCann. They were married on March 27, 1982. Bachman is a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In an interview on CBC Radio One, he noted that his family is now "more spiritual."Fact|date=May 2008

The guitarist had an operation on his shoulder in November 2007 to repair a torn rotator cuff. The operation was successful and he is playing guitar now as always.

His son Tal Bachman is a recording artist in his own right, and scored a worldwide hit in 1999 with "She's So High".

2000s

In 2000, he made a guest appearance on The Simpsons as himself with his former Bachman-Turner Overdrive band-mate, C.F. Turner. Simpsons creator Matt Groening (whose father is originally from Winnipeg), is a well known BTO fan. Homer Simpson yells at Bachman to "get to the working overtime part" while playing "Takin' Care of Business".

In 2001 Bachman received an honorary Doctorate of Music from Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba along with the other members of the Guess Who. In 2005 Bachman was awarded the Order of Manitoba, the highest award in the Province of Manitoba. [http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/story.php?id=173167] Bachman, along with The Guess Who, was also the recipient of The Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, Canada's foremost distinction for excellence in the performing arts, in 2002. In 2008, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. [cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5447|title=Governor General Announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada]

Since the summer of 2005, Bachman created and is currently hosting the series "Vinyl Tap" on CBC Radio One, where he tells stories about music and musicians while playing appropriate recordings.

Randy helped Kalan Porter on his CD 219 Days. He suggested that Kalan do a drone on his violin on one of his songs, In Spite Of It All. He was also featured in his song, And We Drive, playing a guitar solo near the end of the song.

Bachman tours with his own band, the Randy Bachman Band and the Bachman-Cummings Band. He has also created a popular theatre show he calls "Every Song Tells A Story" featuring Bachman live and unplugged with his band, telling the stories behind the writing of his famous hits from the 1960s and 70s. Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings toured throughout Canada as Bachman & Cummings in the summer of 2006 with Toronto's The Carpet Frogs.

Randy Bachman has also released an album of original melodic jazz songs called "Jazz Thing" which is available on his official website.

Bachman's coast-to-coast CBC Radio One show "Vinyl Tap", featuring Bachman playing records and reminiscing about his personal encounters with famous artists and musicians from his 50-year career in rock, runs from 7-9 p.m. every Saturday night and can be accessed via the [http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/index.jsp?program=Randy+Bachman%27s+Vinyl+Tap CBC Radio One web site] and Sirius channel 137. There is a replay of the Saturday show on the following Friday night at 11 pm. Streaming audio of the show is available through the internet in every Canadian time zone at http://www.cbc.ca/listen/

Family

Two of Bachman's many grandchildren, are currently invovled in many musical activites. Jedidiah Bachman Randy's oldest grandchild, is an aspiring DJ, and spends his time making Techno and Trance demo's.
Ashton Bachman, Tal Bachman's second eldest son, (Tal being Randy's eldest son) is also involved in a project, writing Melodic Death Metal and Progressive Jazz Metal with his band he formed, Overlord (band)

olo Discography

*1970 "Axe"
*1976 "Survivor"
*1992 "Any Road" (referred on the cover simply as Bachman)
*1993 "Bob's Garage" (Live)
*1996 "Merge"
*1998 "Songbook"
*2001 "Every Song Tells A Story"
*2004 "Jazz Thing"
*2006 "Bachman-Cummings Songbook" - Compilation that features tracks from the Guess Who, Burton Cummings, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive
*2006 "The Thunderbird Trax" - A compilation of previously unreleased material recorded by Bachman and Cummings in Bachman's tool shed back in 1987
*2007 "Jazz Thing II"
*2007 "Jukebox" - Bachman & Cummings album which is also Cummings' first studio album in 17 years since Plus Signs. The album features covers of songs by such artists as Bob Dylan, The Shadows and The Beatles

Video Discography

*2001 "Every Song Tells A Story"
*2005 "Live 8 Barrie" - Performs Takin' Care of Business with The Carpet Frogs, Burton Cummings was scheduled to perform with Bachman, but was unable to attend.
*2006 "Jazz Thing Live in Toronto" (Featuring Curtis Stiegers, Joel Kroeker, Tal Bachman, Stephan Moccio, and Denise McCann Bachman)
*2006 "First Time Around" (with Burton Cummings and The Carpet Frogs as Bachman-Cummings Band)

ee also

*Canadian rock
*Music of Canada

References

External links

* [http://www.randybachman.com Randy Bachman's Official website]
* [http://www.randybachman.com/php/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=Randy Randy Bachman's Official Discussion Forum]
* [http://www.bachmancummings.com Official website for the Bachman-Cummings Band]
* [http://www.randysvinyltap.com Randy's Vinyl Tap website]
* [http://www.icebergradio.com/randybachman Audio Interview] recorded April 2007 in Toronto, Canada
* [http://www.cbc.ca/vinyltap Randy's CBC Radio show web site]