香蕉视频直播淐lassic香蕉视频直播� Rock, as a term, is a bit of misnomer. Rock isn香蕉视频直播檛 a language that no one speaks anymore. Rock music is ageless, organic, hardworking, vital, and speaks a language that everybody understands, and sings along to.

That said, there is something about the music of the late 香蕉视频直播�60s and early 香蕉视频直播�70s that defines guitar-based rock 香蕉视频直播� a driving energy and unprecedented songwriting that really warrants the term 香蕉视频直播渃lassic.香蕉视频直播�

You can ask Randy Bachman, who was at the forefront of the creation of the genre. He and his bands, like Bachman Turner Overdrive, helped define rock in the early 香蕉视频直播�70s. That sound, and those songs, are going rock Western Financial Place in Cranbrook when BTO comes to town Sunday, April 6. Time is going to stand still.

香蕉视频直播淚 look back now, it香蕉视频直播檚 like a whole genre,香蕉视频直播� Bachman said, on the phone from his home in Victoria,  ahead of going on tour with BTO next month. 香蕉视频直播淚t香蕉视频直播檚 like Blues, or Jazz. Classic Rock, it香蕉视频直播檚 a thing all over the world.

And I香蕉视频直播檓 so grateful for the blessing of having started 香蕉视频直播� in the mid-60s with the Guess Who, and living through the wonderful period of time from about 香蕉视频直播�61 or 62,香蕉视频直播� to the late 香蕉视频直播�70s when Disco came in 香蕉视频直播� 14 years of amazing Classic Rock.香蕉视频直播�

The early 香蕉视频直播�70s was a fertile, inventive time for music. 香蕉视频直播淭here was so much happening musically,香蕉视频直播� Bachman said. 香蕉视频直播淎nd it was almost like people were waiting for BTO to arrive on the scene.香蕉视频直播�

A song has a unique power to grow beyond it香蕉视频直播檚 original writing 香蕉视频直播� an organic quality that leads it to take on a life of its own, to become something greater than its writer, and to exist outside the time it was created. This is perhaps nowhere more true than in the case of 香蕉视频直播淭aking Care of Business.香蕉视频直播� The hit from BTO香蕉视频直播檚 second album, released in December, 1973. That song in particular has achieved an almost mythological status.

香蕉视频直播溝憬妒悠抵辈�楾aking Care Of Business香蕉视频直播� has become universal," Bachman said in an interview with The Townsman. "It is used as a sports anthem 香蕉视频直播� kids at summer camp sing it, high school bands play it, symphonies play it. Presidential candidates have used it for theme songs. The world record for most guitar players have played it 香蕉视频直播�"

"Taking Care Of Business香蕉视频直播� took seven years to write, Bachman says.

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Bachman Turner Overdrive香蕉视频直播檚 origin story is also legendary in the annals of Rock history. Bachman, of course, a founding member of The Guess Who, was already in the thick of Rock and Roll with that band, experiencing international success and hit songs, and the accompanying grind and all the turbulence that comes with that success.

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It was then Bachman developed a medical issue, and had to stay home in Winnipeg for three months.

香蕉视频直播淭hey went on without me. And suddenly I香蕉视频直播檓 out of the band. And I want to start over, but I can香蕉视频直播檛 compete with the magic voice of Burton Cummings, one of the greatest singers in the world. Still today.

香蕉视频直播淚 didn香蕉视频直播檛 want to be second-rate Guess Who. I can write Guess Who pop songs, but I didn香蕉视频直播檛 want to do that anymore.

So Bachman formed a Country Rock band 香蕉视频直播� Brave Belt.

香蕉视频直播淲e all liked Country Rock, so I started a band called Brave Belt, doing Country Rock. Buffalo Springfield had broken up, Poco had broken up, the Eagles hadn香蕉视频直播檛 quite started yet, they香蕉视频直播檙e still backing Linda Ronstadt. Neil Young got me a deal with Reprise Record in L.A. I fly down there, I do two Brave Belt albums, they kind of like it, but it just doesn香蕉视频直播檛 click. We香蕉视频直播檙e not in L.A. playing the Whiskey a Gogo, we香蕉视频直播檙e in Winnipeg, right? We香蕉视频直播檙e too far away. And then they say, 香蕉视频直播榳e gotta drop you.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淭hen I had a guy in New York tell me having a name of a band that doesn香蕉视频直播檛 do you any good. No one knows who this new band is. Use your name, it香蕉视频直播檚 under all these records 香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播楴o Time,香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播楢merican Woman,香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播楽he香蕉视频直播檚 Come Undone 香蕉视频直播� you gotta go with name recognition. Use the name Bachman.香蕉视频直播�

At this time, Bachman said, he couldn香蕉视频直播檛 get anyone to join his band.

香蕉视频直播淣obody would play with me, after leaving the Guess Who, the golden boys. So I had to go to my younger brothers [Robbie and Tal]. We start a band with Fred Turner, who I香蕉视频直播檝e known since I was 15 or 16. And we became Bachman-Turner 香蕉视频直播� three Bachmans and a Turner.

香蕉视频直播淭hat was the early 香蕉视频直播�70s. At the time there was Seals and Crofts, Brewer and Shipley ['One Toke Over The Line'] 香蕉视频直播� two guys with guitars. So we go in as Bachman-Turner, people think we香蕉视频直播檙e a folk act with two guys. We香蕉视频直播檙e trying to get people up dancing. I香蕉视频直播檓 trying to evolve out of Country Rock into something heavier, that people will dance to. And we香蕉视频直播檙e getting nowhere, but we keep trying.香蕉视频直播�

Then, in an almost apocryphal story, Bachman picked up a trucker magazine at a Husky truck stop in Windsor, called 香蕉视频直播淥verdrive. 香蕉视频直播淎 trucking term, but no one had ever used it in music,香蕉视频直播� Bachman said. He sought and got permission from the publisher to use the name Overdrive in the band.

香蕉视频直播淲e called the label, we香蕉视频直播檙e going to be called Bachman Turner Overdrive. They said, 'wow, those are three powerful words, but it香蕉视频直播檚 too long.' I said, we can call it BTO. They said, 香蕉视频直播楾hat香蕉视频直播檚 it!香蕉视频直播�

BTO香蕉视频直播檚 eponymous first album, was released in May, 1973. Shortly after its release, the band got a call from Scott Shannon, a programming director in St. Louis. Missouri.

香蕉视频直播淗e said, 香蕉视频直播橧 just got your album. I really like it. Nobody香蕉视频直播檚 is playing it, but I think there香蕉视频直播檚 something there. I香蕉视频直播檓 doing the same thing with a couple other friends of mine 香蕉视频直播� Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top, Pat Johnson from the Doobie Brothers, Charlie Daniels, the Alllman Brothers. You guys come and play my drive-in movie theatre, we香蕉视频直播檙e going to have a rock and roll weekend.'香蕉视频直播�

And so it happened. From there to New Orleans, and on tour with ZZ Top et al.

香蕉视频直播淓verybody thought we were a southern band. We香蕉视频直播檙e getting no airplay in Canada. And then the second album comes out, and we hit it lucky, with 香蕉视频直播楲et It Ride,香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播楾aking Care of Business香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播� top 40 singles. And we香蕉视频直播檙e selling millions of albums and millions of singles.

香蕉视频直播淎nd suddenly, we香蕉视频直播檙e on top, and we don香蕉视频直播檛 even know it. Because we香蕉视频直播檙e on the road, 300 days a year in a station wagon, and we don香蕉视频直播檛 know what香蕉视频直播檚 going on in the world 香蕉视频直播� there香蕉视频直播檚 no MTV, there香蕉视频直播檚 no news or internet. We香蕉视频直播檙e struggling from gig to gig. And suddenly we hit number one again, with the Not Fragile album, and 香蕉视频直播榊ou Ain't Seen Nothin香蕉视频直播� Yet.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淭hree solid years on the road. Three hundred gigs a year. That香蕉视频直播檚 what paid off. We worked and worked and worked.香蕉视频直播�

And the timing, after all, was right. The music was an idea who香蕉视频直播檚 time had come.

香蕉视频直播淧eople were looking for something a little bit heavier,香蕉视频直播� Bachman said. 香蕉视频直播淶eppelin was coming out. Things were getting away from the Beatles, and Pop music. This is like heavy, heavy guitars, which became heavy metal. It was a great genre to be in. Heavy pop, and suddenly, heavy rock.香蕉视频直播�

The original BTO line-up of Randy Bachman, Fred Turner, Tim Bachman, and Robbie Bachman released two albums in 1973. Blair Thornton joined in 1974, in place of Tim Bachman, and this line-up released four albums between 1974 and 1977, including two that reached the top 5 in the U.S. pop charts.

As the '70s moved into the '80s, through changing times and changing personnel, BTO released several more albums. The band disbanded in early 1980, reunited some year later, took a hiatus in the early 2000s. But their hit songs never went away.

And now, Randy Bachman has revived the band and is hitting the highway this year on a tour that hits B.C. in April. Joining Bachman are his son Tal Bachman on lead vocals and guitar, Koko Bachman on drums, Lance LaPointe on bass and vocals and Brent Howard on guitar and vocals.

Their aim is to electrify the crowd and see them get up and dance.

"The whole trick of our tour thing is people having fun and dancing," Bachman said. "And if you can do that when you香蕉视频直播檙e a kid 香蕉视频直播� and we were back in the 香蕉视频直播�60s and 香蕉视频直播�70s 香蕉视频直播� then you香蕉视频直播檙e lucky.

"And to get to now, 50 years later, and playing the same 18 or 20 songs, and having everybody, of all ages, from five and six to 95, reacting to these songs 香蕉视频直播� dancing, singing, playing air guitar, playing air drums, reliving moments of joy that are long forgotten, because nobody knows what the hell is happening tomorrow 香蕉视频直播� playing this music just unlocks memories for everybody."

B.C. tour dates:

April 1: Save-ON-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria

April 3: Abbotsford Centre, Abbotsford

April 4: SOuth Okanagan Events Centre, Penticton

April 6, Western Financial Place, Cranbrook

April 8, CN Centre, Prince George

More information on the tour is.