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Neil Young tells how Randy Bachman helped him track down his long-lost Gretsch. Now he’s playing it in concert
By Elizabeth Swann published
Young used the guitar during his early 1960s tenure with the Squires but sold it after he developed ambitions to become a folk singer

Randy Bachman on Pete Townshend's hilarious response when the Guess Who told the Who to change their name
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Bachman says the Who's hotel-trashing antics caused his band trouble with staff when “we could not convince them we were quiet Canadians”

Randy Bachman on sharing guitars and amps with Neil Young as rock and roll upstarts
By Joe Bosso published
They grew up as friends and helped each other learn guitar — but they never played together until they became famous

Randy Bachman on his jaw-dropping introduction to Stephen Stills at Neil Young’s 70th birthday party
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Bachman and Young have been friends since they were teens in Winnipeg. But he never met Stills until Young’s 70th birthday party

Randy Bachman tells us how an inside joke gave him a hit even bigger than "Takin' Care of Business"
By Gary Graff published
Not many artists can boast that their song won an award from the Stuttering Foundation of America

It took guitarist Randy Bachman seven years to write "Takin' Care of Business." It finally came together at one nearly disastrous show
By Gary Graff last updated
The guitarist reveals that the Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit was actually inspired by the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" and written for the Guess Who

“The Audience Was Going Nuts. They Could Feel the Electricity Happening”: Randy Bachman Reveals How a Broken Guitar String Led to the Guess Who’s 1970 Smash “American Woman”
By Joe Bosso published
Decades on, this accidental hit song remains a benchmark of guitar tone and continues to inspire

“On Paper, the Song Shouldn’t Have Worked at All”: How Randy Bachman Wrote His Favorite Guess Who Track, “Undun”
By Joe Bosso published
The guitarist reveals the influence of Lenny Breau, Bob Dylan and the Zombies in the 1969 hit

“The Guitar Is the Most Personal Instrument of Them All”: Randy Bachman Teams With National Music Centre for Epic Guitar Exhibition at Calgary’s Studio Bell
By Rod Brakes published
The ‘Randy Bachman: Every Guitar Tells a Story’ display features over 80 of the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive founder’s treasured axes
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