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Randy Bachman on his jaw-dropping introduction to Stephen Stills at Neil Young’s 70th birthday party
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Randy Bachman on the obscure jazz guitar genius whose influence runs through the music of the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Bachman met Lenny Breau when they were teens in Winnipeg and continues to honor the late guitarist's legacy with a deep archive of unreleased gems
Randy Bachman on the rehearsal mistake that led him to became the the guitarist for Canada's biggest American hitmakers
As Bachman and Guess Who frontman Burton Cummings prepare to return to the road next year, the guitarist recalls how it all began
Neil Young tells how Randy Bachman helped him track down his long-lost Gretsch. Now he’s playing it in concert
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
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
They grew up as friends and helped each other learn guitar — but they never played together until they became famous
Randy Bachman tells us how an inside joke gave him a hit even bigger than "Takin' Care of Business"
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
The guitarist reveals that the Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit was actually inspired by the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" and written for the Guess Who
