Oh man, growing up in Canada in the 70s and 80s, this song was everywhere - every road trip, every dock party, every cottage long weekend. A classic for sure - great choice, and awesome reaction as always. Peace and love from up north!
Haa, totally get that! Growing up across the river from you in Detroit in the 70's these guys were in HEAVY rotation (no pun intended haha) on CKLW!! The Greatest station in the History of RADIO..great band.
@@mr.snicker-doodles7081 Dude, that's a blast from the past - we had a cottage in Rondeau Park on Lake Erie when I was a kid, we used to get CKLW when the weather was clear. A lot of great beach days with the radio pumping.
@@dbradx Yo bro! Omg, that sounds amazing. Yep, I listened to CKLW starting in the early 70's on my little transistor radio, haa it was my lifeline. It had such an impact on me, that was where I learned about music, period. To this day still the Greatest Station IN History! And it's not just me and you! There are Docs about it on UA-cam, talking about the good ole days..have a good one MAN! ua-cam.com/video/9uJ83yM48-w/v-deo.html
"Let it Ride" from this same album is another rocker . Then the next album "Not Fragile" had 2 more hit tracks with their biggest hit "Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and "Roll On Down the Highway" . Check out their Live at Roseland concert videos . It was a reunion thing that features their best songs . It's well shot & the sound quality is excellent . I really love "Let It Ride" & "Roll On Down the Highway" from that concert vid . . Love these guys because they were a transition band for me (Grand Funk being another major one) growing out of the Pop Music world of 60's AM Radio . It was time to get into some guitar driven rock !
Randy Bachman tells an unbelievable story of how a Pizza Delivery Guy plays the piano in this. He heard them playing the song while delivering and said "would you mind if I tried piano with this" when there was never any piano intended for this song, or indeed, any other BTO song.
Great story. I love the thought of that dude being able to tell his kids and grandkids that story. He deserved at least that considering he probably got a hernia carrying all those pizzas
Not true..The guy who played piano was across the hall doing TV commercials and somebody asked him if he could put piano on the song. He went over and did it in one take. His name is Norman Durkee and he played on a lot of sessions back in the day. The pizza man story was made up because BTO liked to eat a lot of pizza and supposedly they wrote down the chords on a pizza box.
@@frankmarsh1159 - just telling you what I saw Randy state during a interview with Rick Beato or The Professor of Rock or one of them. That's the only time I had ever heard about it. So, if he did make it up, he took a lot of time as he explains it in detail.
@@robjohnson5872 From Wikipedia --- The original studio version, recorded at Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle, Washington, features prominent piano, played by Durkee in one take. While Randy Bachman has repeatedly claimed that Durkee was delivering pizzas to the studio and convinced the band that the song needed a piano part that he could play, leading to a search for Durkee when the band realizes they need to use the performance on the resulting record. Both Robbie Bachman, media sources and Durkee himself have stated that he was actually at the studio as a musician, recording ads in the next room, when summoned by sound engineer Buzz Richmond.[6] According to this version of events, Durkee had only a few minutes to spare, and, quickly conferring with Randy Bachman, he scribbled down the chords (on a pizza box), and, without listening to the song beforehand, recorded the piano part in one take.[3]
Even though this was and still is played relentlessly on classic rocks stations…it’s fire! 🔥 BLUE COLLAR is a great one as well! I look forward to your reactions always!! Thank you!! 🙏🏻
The most unexpected and jazz oriented cut from BTO is called "Blue Collar", {not to be confused with Blue collar Man,} Please check it out. It's much more sophisticated and a real different sound from BTO that I think you will enjoy. Thanks for all your great reactions/reviews!! You two are the best on YT!
Also Lookin’ Out for # 1. Jazz guitarist Lenny Breau was a friend and neighbor of Randy Bachman in Winnipeg. He was the main influence behind these 2 BTO songs and a huge jazz influence on Randy.
This was the soundtrack to my summer in 1974! The whole record is excellent! Canadian rock’n roll at its finest! Randy Bachman has helped many, many aspiring Canadian musicians over the years, including a handful of my friends. Peace
Fun fact, lead guitarist Randy Bachman and Neil Young both grew up in Winnipeg. Bachman was two years older and had a popular local band that eventually morphed into The Guess Who. Neil has said: “He was my guitar-playing hero. He had a big influence. The best player in town.”
Actually the best player in town was Lenny Breau who often played in a club that Bachman and Young frequented and was a big influence on Bachman including giving him lessons...
@@coinneachmaclellan3121 I love the Lenny Breau story Randy Bachman tells about them running into each other in the mid-70s, Lenny asking how Randy's doing, Randy telling him how You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet is the biggest song in the world, album sales are breaking records, etc.; and all Lenny says is, "Yeah, man... But are you playing any jazz?"
TCB. Also Let it Ride, You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet, Hey You, Roll on Down the Highway. Party band from Canada’s Middle province Manitoba. 2 brothers Bachman, Randy, who was in the Guess Who, another Canadian Rock Royalty. Any kid born before 1990 in Canada heard this every party, summer, road trip, cottage, at the lake, tailgate, you name it.
Great reaction gentlemen. I'll date myself and let you know I had four 8 Track Tapes of BTO. Here's some more great songs. "Let It Ride", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", "Takin' Care of Business", "Hey You" and "Roll on Down the Highway".
BTO was one the biggest hit-makers of the 70's. Guitarist-vocalist Randy Bachman led this group, after earlier spending years with another hit-making hard-rock band, The Guess Who ("American Woman", "No Time", "No Sugar Tonight"). Both bands came out of Canada. You couldn't turn on the radio in the mid 1970's without hearing BTO: "Let It Ride", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", "Looking Out For #1", "Roll On Down The Highway", "Hey You", "Four Wheel Drive", "Take It Like A Man", "Not Fragile"...all constant rotation.
Great reaction guys!! BTO are a Canadian staple - Randy Bachman from Guess Who fame! (another group you need to do a deep dive on!) Please, PLEASE check Let It Ride - for me it's their best track! Roll On Down The Highway, Ain't See Nothing Yet are two other big hits for them. As for Guess Who - check American Woman, No Sugar Tonight/Mother Nature, Undun, These Eyes...(you guys already did Shakin' All Over - which was a great start!) Cheers!
I saw BTO in concert. People were dancing in the aisles all night. Blown is a favorite of mine. Also Welcome Home. Which has a great jazz break in in the middle of some hard rock riffs. Lots of hits some great stuff less known
Another banger reaction gentleman. Can’t go wrong from anything from BTO. The Bachman brothers Randy, Robbie,Tim (RIP) and the great Fred Turner on bass. Randy and Fred are the only surviving members. Legendary song and band. Keep up the great work La and Che…
My hometown boys from Winnipeg, Canada 🇨🇦 Randy Bachman was in the Guess Who. He left the band and formed BTO. This is definitely driving to the cabin music for sure. They have a number of hits. You Ain't seen nothing yet Blue Collar Not Fragile Let it Ride Rollin Down the Highway to name a few. I would love if you got back on reacting to the Rush albums as well. I believe the next album is Fly by Night Cheers 🇨🇦
BTO was a kick ass band. I played with a band out of Birmingham Alabama called 24 Karat, and we had a gig in Harlowes in Atlanta around 1985 or so. BTO came in on a Friday night, and used our PA system. We opened up for them, and when they took the stage, it was the best our sound system ever sounded. They did the best version of Mississippi Queen I've ever heard that night. Big dudes, we called em Tons of fun, but damnit they rocked that night.
My wife and I saw Randy Bachman last month. He still has a fantastic stage presence. His current tour will probably be his last, so go see him if you can.
On this song you have Randy Bachman. Lead vocals/lead guitar Tim Bachman Guitar / vocals Rob Bachman. Drums FC. Turner. Bass / vocals ** Norman Durkee (pizza delivery guy) piano * BTO has a great catalog of music And yeah pizza delivery guy played piano on this song, Norman later became a composer in the Seattle area
Hey guys, love the reviews! BTO does have more bangers. You guys need to check these songs out next, Let it Ride, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, and Roll on Down the Highway. Keep up the good work fellas!
When Burton Cummings left The Guess Who Randy Bachman started a new group Buchman Turner Overdrive. They had several hits with You Ain't Seen Nuthin' Yet being there biggest. #1 in 22 countries. I'm sure you've heard at least a part of it. Randy's concert DVD "Every Song Tells A story" is a fun watch. He tells a little story about how each song came about. Fun stuff. Well, looks like the Oakland A's are moving to Sacramento for a while starting next year. I'm going to a couple of games this year and I'd like go a couple of time up there just for the heck of it. Have a great day!
Randy Bachman is amazing. He was also in The Guess Who. They also had a string of hits. One of my favorites is "Clap For The Wolfman" about their friend, the legendary DJ, Wolfman Jack!
BTO had a ton of great songs and hits. also Randy Bachman was originally in the brilliant band The Guess Who, who also had some massive hits like, 'american woman', 'No Sugar tonight' etc. etc. this is a massive rabbit hole.....enjoy - another in a series of great Canadian bands
Great Canadian rockers. Randy Bachman, lead singer on this tune and lead guitar. Many big hits also with The Guess Who. Fred Turner, bass player also sings lead with a strong husky voice. Suggest you try Roll Down the Highway to hear that sound.
i saw bachman n turner on a rock legends cruise a few years back they were great live.some of their other great songs are,second hand(my favorite bto song)blue collar,take it like a man,lookin out for #1,not fragile.
Bachman was an old school rocker back in the early days of The Guess Who. The band would plays covers of all the big hits at their shows. One day they saw Gordon Lightfoot perform and realized the real money was in writing and performing your own material. It worked. Bachman was ultra straight and Burton Cummings (the lead singer) was a party animal. The conflict finally led to Bachman leaving and creating his own bands. The first didn't succeed butt he second was BTO. They did alright.
They played this band so much on the radio in Canada during the mid-1970s that you could hardly switch stations without hearing BTO on at least one, and often on two stations at a time. I was never a huge fan, though these guys certainly knew how to write an infectious melody with a great hook, and the lead guitar solos were always on the money. They did have a few songs I really quite liked, such as: - Blue Collar - Let It Ride - Roll On Down the Highway - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Free Wheelin' - Lookin' Out for #1 Blue Collar is a really cool, laid back tune, and Free Wheelin' is a stunning instrumental. These are my two favourites.
This song was so huge that on top of everything else, it was the on-hold music for Office Depot for years and years, lol. BTO had a bunch of hits and all of their music is just so fun and easy to relate to. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet. You've really got to check that out. Let It Ride, the long version, is also a super classic. A smaller hit for them and one that I always really liked because I learned it in the very first band I played in in high school that wasn't related to school, Tramp. It's got this cool circular thing going on in the structure of it.
Just about every bar and jukebox played this throughout the 70s I remember it all too well even during the times I didn’t remember it Great Song I forgot it a nice tasty little guitar solo in there
As far as making the charts goes, “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” was their biggest hit making it to Number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Top 100 in the fall of 1974.
Guys,Their Not Fragile Album was a monster album. Randy Bachman’s a very cool dude. His previous group were The Guess Who. And to answer your question. Yup they had quite a few big hits. You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, Let It Ride. They were the epitome of a hard playing 70’s Band. I was wondering when you were gonna listen to them. As always Thank You. Great Job. ❤
OMG growing up in the 70s and 80s. The Guess Who and BTO are Canadian staples here ❤😂 I saw them in Toronto in front of 500,000 crazy Canadians at the 2003 SARS relief festival ❤
Yeah, BTO is pretty solid with some catchy/riffy tunes. Considering that Randy Bachman, who led the band, had just left The Guess Who, you can sort of see how good he is. He's also quite the rock music aficionado, and he hosted his own radio program called Vinyl Tap for over a decade until last spring.
BTO is one of those bands when I was younger I just didn’t appreciate them. Now they’re one of my favorites, listen to their first 4 albums all the time. Just love the dirty, crunchy power riffs!
Randy was a founding member of the Guess Who! Both bands are amazing..Roll on Down the Highway is another mega classic along with You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet & Blue Collar Randy get's into som Jazz chords.
"You ain't seen nothin' yet" is another great tune.
Yes i got the album for this song!
Not Fragile is an album without a bad song.
PLEASE PLEASE make sure yall react to Let It Ride!!!! ❤
Yes that was their best one to me
Agree
Oh man, growing up in Canada in the 70s and 80s, this song was everywhere - every road trip, every dock party, every cottage long weekend. A classic for sure - great choice, and awesome reaction as always. Peace and love from up north!
Yep. This was 100% "up at the cottage/trailer" music in the '70s. Literally, that was the first thing that I thought of when listening again to it.
Haa, totally get that! Growing up across the river from you in Detroit in the 70's these guys were in HEAVY rotation (no pun intended haha) on CKLW!! The Greatest station in the History of RADIO..great band.
@@mr.snicker-doodles7081 Dude, that's a blast from the past - we had a cottage in Rondeau Park on Lake Erie when I was a kid, we used to get CKLW when the weather was clear. A lot of great beach days with the radio pumping.
@@dbradx Yo bro! Omg, that sounds amazing. Yep, I listened to CKLW starting in the early 70's on my little transistor radio, haa it was my lifeline. It had such an impact on me, that was where I learned about music, period. To this day still the Greatest Station IN History! And it's not just me and you! There are Docs about it on UA-cam, talking about the good ole days..have a good one MAN! ua-cam.com/video/9uJ83yM48-w/v-deo.html
Wasnt just Canada. It really was everywhere!
"You ain't seen nothing yet" next banger from these guys !
Oh yeah, I remember that one. These guys have a 'no fail' formula.
Yes!
"Let it Ride" from this same album is another rocker . Then the next album "Not Fragile" had 2 more hit tracks with their biggest hit "Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and "Roll On Down the Highway" . Check out their Live at Roseland concert videos . It was a reunion thing that features their best songs . It's well shot & the sound quality is excellent . I really love "Let It Ride" & "Roll On Down the Highway" from that concert vid . . Love these guys because they were a transition band for me (Grand Funk being another major one) growing out of the Pop Music world of 60's AM Radio . It was time to get into some guitar driven rock !
Randy Bachman tells an unbelievable story of how a Pizza Delivery Guy plays the piano in this. He heard them playing the song while delivering and said "would you mind if I tried piano with this" when there was never any piano intended for this song, or indeed, any other BTO song.
Wow, how cool is that! Love it
Great story. I love the thought of that dude being able to tell his kids and grandkids that story. He deserved at least that considering he probably got a hernia carrying all those pizzas
Not true..The guy who played piano was across the hall doing TV commercials and somebody asked him if he could put piano on the song. He went over and did it in one take. His name is Norman Durkee and he played on a lot of sessions back in the day. The pizza man story was made up because BTO liked to eat a lot of pizza and supposedly they wrote down the chords on a pizza box.
@@frankmarsh1159 - just telling you what I saw Randy state during a interview with Rick Beato or The Professor of Rock or one of them. That's the only time I had ever heard about it. So, if he did make it up, he took a lot of time as he explains it in detail.
@@robjohnson5872 From Wikipedia --- The original studio version, recorded at Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle, Washington, features prominent piano, played by Durkee in one take. While Randy Bachman has repeatedly claimed that Durkee was delivering pizzas to the studio and convinced the band that the song needed a piano part that he could play, leading to a search for Durkee when the band realizes they need to use the performance on the resulting record.
Both Robbie Bachman, media sources and Durkee himself have stated that he was actually at the studio as a musician, recording ads in the next room, when summoned by sound engineer Buzz Richmond.[6] According to this version of events, Durkee had only a few minutes to spare, and, quickly conferring with Randy Bachman, he scribbled down the chords (on a pizza box), and, without listening to the song beforehand, recorded the piano part in one take.[3]
Even though this was and still is played relentlessly on classic rocks stations…it’s fire! 🔥
BLUE COLLAR is a great one as well!
I look forward to your reactions always!! Thank you!! 🙏🏻
I agree, Blue Collar was kinda under the radar
Blue Collar is their MASTERPIECE
Randy Bachman was in 13 bands but The Guess Who were PRIMO!!!
Hell yeah!
No time 💯🔥
Let it Ride (Long Version) / Great Song.
back in the 70’s our local hockey team used to play this during fights
The most unexpected and jazz oriented cut from BTO is called "Blue Collar", {not to be confused with Blue collar Man,} Please check it out. It's much more sophisticated and a real different sound from BTO that I think you will enjoy. Thanks for all your great reactions/reviews!! You two are the best on YT!
Also Lookin’ Out for # 1. Jazz guitarist Lenny Breau was a friend and neighbor of Randy Bachman in Winnipeg. He was the main influence behind these 2 BTO songs and a huge jazz influence on Randy.
Yeah, I love that song too. La and Che, you need to react to "Blue Collar"!
B-B-B-Baby, "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"❤🔥
BTO ruled the 70’s! “Roll on down the highway”
LOTS of hits!! also the Guess Who (Randy Bachmann).
I saw BTO in 1973! This was my first concert, and I was about 15! The opening act was some young guy named Bob Seger!
Hey guys we had a steady diet of these guys throughout the 70’s
Let it Ride , Hey You , You ain’t seen nothing yet are must do’s.
Down Down, Rock is My Life, Rollin Down The Highway
Back in the day, when I had a 'fro and wore pinstripe bell bottoms, I saw BTO in St. Louis. This was a BANGER. Glad you guys got a taste.
This was the soundtrack to my summer in 1974! The whole record is excellent! Canadian rock’n roll at its finest! Randy Bachman has helped many, many aspiring Canadian musicians over the years, including a handful of my friends.
Peace
Blue Collar is worth a listen, great baseline and vocals by Turner and Bachman's guitar and writing are always great, BTO and Guess Who.
Fun fact, lead guitarist Randy Bachman and Neil Young both grew up in Winnipeg. Bachman was two years older and had a popular local band that eventually morphed into The Guess Who. Neil has said: “He was my guitar-playing hero. He had a big influence. The best player in town.”
Actually the best player in town was Lenny Breau who often played in a club that Bachman and Young frequented and was a big influence on Bachman including giving him lessons...
@@coinneachmaclellan3121 I love the Lenny Breau story Randy Bachman tells about them running into each other in the mid-70s, Lenny asking how Randy's doing, Randy telling him how You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet is the biggest song in the world, album sales are breaking records, etc.; and all Lenny says is, "Yeah, man... But are you playing any jazz?"
@@scrivener68 I suppose that "Blue Collar" could qualify as jazz...
@@coinneachmaclellan3121 But better!
THIS is just everyday pop music in the mid 70s. I miss new music being worth a damn.
TCB. Also Let it Ride, You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet, Hey You, Roll on Down the Highway. Party band from Canada’s Middle province Manitoba. 2 brothers Bachman, Randy, who was in the Guess Who, another Canadian Rock Royalty. Any kid born before 1990 in Canada heard this every party, summer, road trip, cottage, at the lake, tailgate, you name it.
Saw them in concert in 1974. They were awesome!!!❤
Great reaction gentlemen. I'll date myself and let you know I had four 8 Track Tapes of BTO. Here's some more great songs. "Let It Ride", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", "Takin' Care of Business", "Hey You" and "Roll on Down the Highway".
High school times for me ... I'm 67, high school Class of '74 💪😎👍❤️❤️❤️ 😉👍
let it ride great song by them also Randy Bachman played guitar for the Guess Who
Oh, this came out when I was in high school in Australia. Such a great song, I also love You ain’t seen Nothing Yet!
Lookin' Out For Number One is another good one....
Randy Bachman was the original guitarist of the Winnipeg band The Guess Who, who's biggest hit was probably "American Woman".
The whole" Not Fragile"album rocks.✌️
SCTV had a little sideshow called The Fishin' Musician based on the line in this song. Had rock acts in funny fishing situations.
BTO was one the biggest hit-makers of the 70's. Guitarist-vocalist Randy Bachman led this group, after earlier spending years with another hit-making hard-rock band, The Guess Who ("American Woman", "No Time", "No Sugar Tonight"). Both bands came out of Canada. You couldn't turn on the radio in the mid 1970's without hearing BTO: "Let It Ride", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", "Looking Out For #1", "Roll On Down The Highway", "Hey You", "Four Wheel Drive", "Take It Like A Man", "Not Fragile"...all constant rotation.
we used to do the Alligator dance at parties to this song... so entertaining
Soundtrack of my teens, TCB was all over the place, Love BTO🇺🇸❤️🇨🇦💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
Another hit by BTO - You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet - you'll know at least the hook there too
My very first concert - 1979 Sioux City Iowa!
These guy's have some great songs. The best rock band to ever come out of Canada.
Rush, The Band, Bryan Adams etc... Canada goes deep
Randy Bachman is 80 and he doesn't miss a lick. Very glad I finally got to see him play.
Great reaction guys!! BTO are a Canadian staple - Randy Bachman from Guess Who fame! (another group you need to do a deep dive on!)
Please, PLEASE check Let It Ride - for me it's their best track! Roll On Down The Highway, Ain't See Nothing Yet are two other big hits for them.
As for Guess Who - check American Woman, No Sugar Tonight/Mother Nature, Undun, These Eyes...(you guys already did Shakin' All Over - which was a great start!) Cheers!
I saw BTO in concert. People were dancing in the aisles all night. Blown is a favorite of mine. Also Welcome Home. Which has a great jazz break in in the middle of some hard rock riffs. Lots of hits some great stuff less known
" Let it Ride" is a great song by them!😎
This is one of the great songs from the 70’s I love it always have, feel like dancing now thanks guys.
Morning, fellas. Such a huge, popular song.
BTO has a number of really good songs. They were formerly in the group The Guess Who. One of the better Canadian groups.
This song was a huge hit here in Canada. TCB Baby!!
Another banger reaction gentleman. Can’t go wrong from anything from BTO. The Bachman brothers Randy, Robbie,Tim (RIP) and the great Fred Turner on bass. Randy and Fred are the only surviving members. Legendary song and band. Keep up the great work La and Che…
BTO. It was my very first concert when I was 17. I loved it, and I was hooked.
Love this song! My favorite from BTO, had the dance floor full every time.
My hometown boys from Winnipeg, Canada 🇨🇦
Randy Bachman was in the Guess Who. He left the band and formed BTO. This is definitely driving to the cabin music for sure.
They have a number of hits.
You Ain't seen nothing yet
Blue Collar
Not Fragile
Let it Ride
Rollin Down the Highway
to name a few.
I would love if you got back on reacting to the Rush albums as well. I believe the next album is Fly by Night
Cheers 🇨🇦
One of my favorite songs by BTO is "Blue Collar".
BTO was a kick ass band. I played with a band out of Birmingham Alabama called 24 Karat, and we had a gig in Harlowes in Atlanta around 1985 or so. BTO came in on a Friday night, and used our PA system. We opened up for them, and when they took the stage, it was the best our sound system ever sounded. They did the best version of Mississippi Queen I've ever heard that night. Big dudes, we called em Tons of fun, but damnit they rocked that night.
Yes yes I sing your intro every time, great channel guys.
LOOKING OUT FOR #1.
A personal favorite of mine from BTO is "Lookin’ Out for No. 1". I hope you guys react to that song.
My wife and I saw Randy Bachman last month. He still has a fantastic stage presence. His current tour will probably be his last, so go see him if you can.
BTO was a big group back in the day. Lots of songs you should check out. Loved your reaction guys.🎶💕🦋
On this song you have
Randy Bachman. Lead vocals/lead guitar
Tim Bachman Guitar / vocals
Rob Bachman. Drums
FC. Turner. Bass / vocals
** Norman Durkee (pizza delivery guy) piano *
BTO has a great catalog of music
And yeah pizza delivery guy played piano on this song, Norman later became a composer in the Seattle area
Randy Bachman has a podcast on Sunday night, its real good, and he tell s stories from inside the music business.
It's also a perfect concert song to get the crowd into it. Just a catchy tune with lots of energy.
Also a big fav with bar bands, always getting the crowd onto the dance floor.
Hey guys, love the reviews! BTO does have more bangers. You guys need to check these songs out next, Let it Ride, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, and Roll on Down the Highway. Keep up the good work fellas!
When Burton Cummings left The Guess Who Randy Bachman started a new group Buchman Turner Overdrive. They had several hits with You Ain't Seen Nuthin' Yet being there biggest. #1 in 22 countries. I'm sure you've heard at least a part of it. Randy's concert DVD "Every Song Tells A story" is a fun watch. He tells a little story about how each song came about. Fun stuff. Well, looks like the Oakland A's are moving to Sacramento for a while starting next year. I'm going to a couple of games this year and I'd like go a couple of time up there just for the heck of it. Have a great day!
Randy Bachman is amazing. He was also in The Guess Who. They also had a string of hits. One of my favorites is "Clap For The Wolfman" about their friend, the legendary DJ, Wolfman Jack!
Back in the seventies I had "Not Fragile" and "Four Wheel Drive" on 8-track.
Me too!
They were BIG guys back then we called them Bachman Turner Overweight. But slimmed down. Loved them
They were My First concert in the"70s" 😍😍😍!!
Great reaction guys! You must try "Blue Collar" from them. Some seriously great guitar work on it.
BTO had a ton of great songs and hits. also Randy Bachman was originally in the brilliant band The Guess Who, who also had some massive hits like, 'american woman', 'No Sugar tonight' etc. etc. this is a massive rabbit hole.....enjoy - another in a series of great Canadian bands
Remember them rocking out the Colisee de Quebec
Great Canadian rockers. Randy Bachman, lead singer on this tune and lead guitar. Many big hits also with The Guess Who. Fred Turner, bass player also sings lead with a strong husky voice. Suggest you try Roll Down the Highway to hear that sound.
Yo, I really dig your new intro.
This is my high school "Wake and Bake" theme every morning!!!!
Needed that "Mota"vation. 😉☕😎✌️🎸🎵👏🇺🇸
Great reaction! Try their song "Let It Ride"
The three Bachman brothers and Fred Turner. The freaking rocked my young life..
High school memories.
i saw bachman n turner on a rock legends cruise a few years back they were great live.some of their other great songs are,second hand(my favorite bto song)blue collar,take it like a man,lookin out for #1,not fragile.
Let it ride
Bachman was an old school rocker back in the early days of The Guess Who. The band would plays covers of all the big hits at their shows. One day they saw Gordon Lightfoot perform and realized the real money was in writing and performing your own material. It worked.
Bachman was ultra straight and Burton Cummings (the lead singer) was a party animal. The conflict finally led to Bachman leaving and creating his own bands. The first didn't succeed butt he second was BTO. They did alright.
They played this band so much on the radio in Canada during the mid-1970s that you could hardly switch stations without hearing BTO on at least one, and often on two stations at a time. I was never a huge fan, though these guys certainly knew how to write an infectious melody with a great hook, and the lead guitar solos were always on the money. They did have a few songs I really quite liked, such as:
- Blue Collar
- Let It Ride
- Roll On Down the Highway
- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
- Free Wheelin'
- Lookin' Out for #1
Blue Collar is a really cool, laid back tune, and Free Wheelin' is a stunning instrumental. These are my two favourites.
Nice Canadian Rockers. Now we're all in rocking chairs ✨️🙏✨️
Their “best of…” album is fantastic. Many hits, and definitely worth a listen.
From BTO 1st album
"Hold back the Water"
"Blue Collar"
Let it ride is a must hear!!!
This song was so huge that on top of everything else, it was the on-hold music for Office Depot for years and years, lol.
BTO had a bunch of hits and all of their music is just so fun and easy to relate to. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet. You've really got to check that out. Let It Ride, the long version, is also a super classic. A smaller hit for them and one that I always really liked because I learned it in the very first band I played in in high school that wasn't related to school, Tramp. It's got this cool circular thing going on in the structure of it.
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Just about every bar and jukebox played this throughout the 70s I remember it all too well even during the times I didn’t remember it Great Song I forgot it a nice tasty little guitar solo in there
Makes me think of my singing buddy back in the day. He loved this song. I know he's rockin' it in heaven heaven now! Love this song!
Canada's original garage band.
Good old fashioned bluesy rock and roll. These guys inspired a lot of young Canadian musicians
A constant on my road list.
As far as making the charts goes, “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” was their biggest hit making it to Number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Top 100 in the fall of 1974.
If you like a jazz vibe, check out "Blue Collar" by these boys.
Let it ride and not fragile are northwestern thunder as Fred Turner said at their concert.
You should give Rock is My Life a shot. Every rock groups journey... by BTO.
That’s a beautiful thing!
Guys,Their Not Fragile Album was a monster album. Randy Bachman’s a very cool dude. His previous group were The Guess Who. And to answer your question. Yup they had quite a few big hits. You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, Let It Ride. They were the epitome of a hard playing 70’s Band. I was wondering when you were gonna listen to them. As always Thank You. Great Job. ❤
Another one of those albums in every college dorm record collection in those days!
OMG growing up in the 70s and 80s. The Guess Who and BTO are Canadian staples here ❤😂 I saw them in Toronto in front of 500,000 crazy Canadians at the 2003 SARS relief festival ❤
Yeah, BTO is pretty solid with some catchy/riffy tunes. Considering that Randy Bachman, who led the band, had just left The Guess Who, you can sort of see how good he is. He's also quite the rock music aficionado, and he hosted his own radio program called Vinyl Tap for over a decade until last spring.
BTO is one of those bands when I was younger I just didn’t appreciate them. Now they’re one of my favorites, listen to their first 4 albums all the time. Just love the dirty, crunchy power riffs!
Randy was a founding member of the Guess Who! Both bands are amazing..Roll on Down the Highway is another mega classic along with You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet & Blue Collar Randy get's into som Jazz chords.
They had a lot of great tunes.