I'm from Michigan, and this is one of the great groups of all time. Are you kidding me that they are not in the Hall of Fame. Burton Cummings has one of the greatest voices of all time.
My parents and grandparents were all from Muskegon so I still feel like I have a kinship with the Canadian people in a way...and their GREAT rock bands. Love the Guess Who, Triumph and Jeff Healey (RIP)......
Recorded in Winnipeg on their Running Back Through Canada Tour. A fantastic show! As for coming to/or living in Winnipeg - I came here from elsewhere in 1965 and never left. It is my city and my home! Ya' gotta live it to know it, and love it. If you want to be close to the roots of western Canadian history, and one of the most influential places for Canadian music - it's here man! And the winters - suck it up. It's one of the things that make us strong. Try the summers - none better!
growing up in Michigan in the late 60's and early 70's, the Guess Who became part of our cultural make-up; living and breathing the songs and spirit of our near neighbors to the north.
FANTASTIC . . . Our Canadian Boys . . . DID THE SHOW EVEN WITH LIKE A ZILLION VOLTS OF LIGHTNING all around Them!!! That Is Dedication!!! "THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!!!" . . . Also, junkie4vids . . . I AGREE!!!
In 1970 The Guess Who Came to Brockport State College near Rochester NY -- my freshman year. A great band called Ballin' Jack opened and we thought "who would want to follow that?" Well, the Guess Who -- that's who. And they were fabulous. Still one of the best concerts I've ever been to. Burton had to use an old upright piano that had seen much better days; but he made a lot of fun out of that -- and still made it all work.
Saw the show last night at Casino Rama and they oened with this...it just got better after that...what a great 2 hours! They both get better with age, aden the opening act Lighthouse was great too after all these years. Super show and all for charity!
I saw them at this concert and another one when they played at the concert hall in Winnipeg in the 70's. I sat in row 12 with Dianne Heatherington and her band The Merry Go Round. It was quite the show !!
I don't know who is Corner Gas... but the drummer is Gary Peterson, the drummer of the Guess Who since their early days...he has always been a fantastic drummer, listen to their studio-records, especially "Coors for sunday"on LP "Power in the music". Burton, Bachman and all the Guess Who boys have always been my favourites. And remember Kurt Winter, Greg Leskiw en Domenic Troiano. Keep on rockin
WOW!!! . . . way back then . . . when a band had to make it in the States . . . THEY KINDA DID A NUMBER THAT WOULDN'T CHART!!! BUT , , , at that time ..... must have gone over Very Well ..... Concerting A Lot In Canada!!! ALSO, as a Saskatchewan Kid . . . I Have Been In All Those Places!!! THEY ARE IN MY TOP CANADIAN BANDS OF ALL TIME!!!
@junkie4vids I totally agree, (I'm 54) I have always loved their music and i listened to them back in the 60's and 70's up to the time Burton left the group. Love his music by himself and with the GUESS WHO!
As Burton says,'It's nice to be home.' Good ole Winnipeg! This is from the closing concert for the 1999 Pan American Games held in the 'Peg. There was a huge rainstorm just before the band came on and thunder and lightning threatened constantly during the Guess Who show. Wpg. also held the games in 1967.
This tune is in my set list every night. If it weren't for the Guess Who, Canadian music would have taken a lot longer to hit the international music scene. I am truly thankful for their hard work. Playing their music is my way of saying "I remember, and I am thankful."
HideUrLoveAway, I totally agree. Amazing voice, STILL! His newest dvd is awesome! He sounds a bit diff, but still GREAT! I don't think I have ever heard a better voice in rock than his. There are a lot of good voices, but I think his is tops!
I remember videotaping this show off CBC...The Lightning and rain intensifying during the show. Happy they didn't have to cancel the rest of the show outright.
Also, Telus Plaza was not even built when this song was written and performed. That was in Edmonton, formally the Alberta Telephone exchange. This place was under construction when I was in Edmonton, AL, in 1971. JF
One of the best songs ever by the Guess Who. If you are Canadian (I'm not), then this song means even more. Randy Bachman's guitar solo makes this live version even better than the original.
Thanks for the update. As an American of 62 years of age, and in the year of 1971, I walked from Halifax to Vancouver along the TC. And I thought it was Tellis, as in Alberta, about 100 Ks S by SE of Lake Louise, literally, in the middle of nowhere. Never saw a town called Terrace in B.C. If i am incorrect, please pardon me. I still think TGW is the very best Rock group to come from Canada, and Burton is the very best Composer and performer from Canada. Elton John included. JF
@telsport If you refer to the lead guitar - it's Randy Bachman - later of the Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO - as in "Taking care of Business") Has a 2-hour radio show on CBC in Canada now about old rock and it is so cool. The stories, and the history of all the groups and songs is amazing. Continues to tour with Burton Cummings on occasion, and has re-united with Fred Turner (of BTO) to tour this spring and summer. He has lost a ton of weight, by the way. A mere shadow of his old self now!
@thibsteven I'm also from Michigan and I remember back in the day WCSX would always play this everytime they had an "all request" weekend and that is how I got to know and love this song.
Ray Jewhurst CKLW out of Windsor was my first rock/pop station whem I was a kid and they played tons of Guess Who. Amazing to see them here sounding magical!
Someone needs to tell Wikipedia then cause it says "In May 1997[1] in their hometown of Winnipeg, Bachman and Cummings reunited in for the first time in 10 years, During the concert it began to rain, thunder, and lightning. Through the rain Cummings kept singing at one point Cummings said that if the audience didn't leave he wouldn't either, and he didn't until the lightning started to strike. It was a temporary pause, though, and the concert continued a short time later."
In the extended version of "Running Back to Saskatoon" Burton Cummings sings this verse: I been hangin' around camera stores I been learnin' 'bout sight I been talkin' to film makers I been workin' on eyes you won't here this verse on the original hit ....
@sbsuzysb He has a lot of repeats because of his touring schedule, but I really like the history and connections he brings to the music he plays. Does a theme thing for each show. Some are so-so, but most are great! This video was made at their concert in Winnipeg on their Running Across Canada tour, by the way. Big thunderstorm just before the break, but they came back and rocked the place!
@sbsuzysb His show is repeated three times a week. I think it is same time on your local stations (Half-hour later in Newfoundland!). Saturday on CBC One from 7:00 pm to 9:00. Sundays on CBC Two, 6:00 pm to 8:00, and again on CBC One Friday night beginning at 11:00 pm. Also on Sirius Satelite 137, but not sure what time.
Well, things ain't going so bad here either, in Manitoba, home of the Guess Who. We're looking to have some of you guys come here to help out. Not enough workers for the big projects going on and coming up! So far, the US economy has not been a big deal here. Meanwhile, dig those Prairie rockers!
During their painfully short but indispensible reunion a few years ago, this was consistently the highlight of their set and for my money it's the Guess Who's definitive track. With all due respect to the late Kurt Winter, Bachman definitely made it his own, as it should have been in the first place. Someone needs to get the Guess Who name away from Jim Kale and back to Bachman and Cummings, where it righfully belongs!
@santo10forHOF..@junkie4vids. When I think of The Guess Who I always overlook the fact that are from Canada, Winnipeg too! I will think of them even higher being a fellow canadianb. I live In Toronto so it is fairly close to home. Not as close at The Tragically Hip they are in the same province, but then again the Hip aren't the Guess Who. I think Canada has had out fair share of great musicians so far. Don't worry everybody, Canada has more to give. In Canada we are born to rock!
@meinwinnipeg Hey thanks for the comment! You are right I am not a Canuck, but I have been a huge fan of the Guess Who over the years and am well aware of their different lineups. What I meant was that Randy Bachman's solo on THIS performance (Runnin Back Thru Canada Tour) was awesome and much better than Kurt Winter's version on Live at the Paramount. Of course Randy Bachman's is also much longer.
When you're done there, maybe you can come help us here south of the border...individual liberty is going the way of the dodo. John Galt was right. Great tune, brings back memories of Brador's and the "Ballet" in Windsor for this old Detroit boy.
@dougvoice Yeah - I know the one you are talking about - I love that version too. That's the one on "Live at the Paramount" and Best of the Guess Who Volume II - right? I read where Runnin Back to Saskatoon was Kurt Winter's favorite Guess Who song. He co-wrote it with Burt if I am correct.
Somebody should post a history of all their reunions, as it's pretty confusing. Do not include the ongoing bogus Jim Kale version though. Has to include Burton and Randy. Not sure when, but they did 4 tunes at the Pan Am Games closing ceremony in Winnipeg, late 90's, which led to the awesome reunion tours of 2000 and 2001. Cheers
No shit, they are great live, this isn't raw footage but if it was it would still sound flawless because Cummings and Bachman and almost everyone else whos been in the Guess Who are first class musicians and play with a passion that lost in the music of today.
funny though that McDougall really doesn't factor into much of the history of this band. He and Greg Leskiw (who was around with Kurt Winter for Share The Land and Rockin) were kinda transitory players. I read somewhere that had Jim Kale been on the level and Kurt Winter still been alive it would've been Burt, Randy, Kurt, Jim and Garry. This is still a great performance but it makes you wonder what it would've sounded like with the other guys...
@dougvoice Dude you are so wrong. Listen to the version on Best of the Guess Who Volume II. You will hear this verse. What I like about this version is Randy Bachman's great guitar solo.
@jhardng512 randy bachman did not play on this track ! I will give you leaway since you are not canuck- but bachman left in 1970 - this track was released in 1972 with kurt winter on guitar
Jan Davis Totally screwed Randy out of songwriting royalties and doesn't give a damn. Amazing Randy agreed to do this show. A gift to us all from Randy.
Anyone-- Anyone who thinks "The Guess Who", is nothing leass than the best group out of North America, is so diluded, I don't have a word for it except, imbelcilic. JF
I'm from Michigan, and this is one of the great groups of all time. Are you kidding me that they are not in the Hall of Fame. Burton Cummings has one of the greatest voices of all time.
They needed the spot for Dolly Parton!
My parents and grandparents were all from Muskegon so I still feel like I have a kinship with the Canadian people in a way...and their GREAT rock bands. Love the Guess Who, Triumph and Jeff Healey (RIP)......
Recorded in Winnipeg on their Running Back Through Canada Tour. A fantastic show! As for coming to/or living in Winnipeg - I came here from elsewhere in 1965 and never left. It is my city and my home! Ya' gotta live it to know it, and love it.
If you want to be close to the roots of western Canadian history, and one of the most influential places for Canadian music - it's here man!
And the winters - suck it up. It's one of the things that make us strong. Try the summers - none better!
growing up in Michigan in the late 60's and early 70's, the Guess Who became part of our cultural make-up; living and breathing the songs and spirit of our near neighbors to the north.
FANTASTIC . . . Our Canadian Boys . . . DID THE SHOW EVEN WITH LIKE
A ZILLION VOLTS OF LIGHTNING all around Them!!! That Is Dedication!!! "THE SHOW MUST
GO ON!!!!" . . . Also, junkie4vids . . . I AGREE!!!
What a great tune by a great great band..if you don't like this you're not Canadian..
This is a great Rock n' Roll band and deserves what the praises the all of best bands receive!
Always loved this song, but this is a treat, Bachman's power and the extended version that it is!
gary petterson is one of the most underrated drummers, this guy is great. listen to his outstanding work on "key" or undone.
best song ever written about the Canadian prairies
In 1970 The Guess Who Came to Brockport State College near Rochester NY -- my freshman year. A great band called Ballin' Jack opened and we thought "who would want to follow that?" Well, the Guess Who -- that's who. And they were fabulous. Still one of the best concerts I've ever been to. Burton had to use an old upright piano that had seen much better days; but he made a lot of fun out of that -- and still made it all work.
Saw the show last night at Casino Rama and they oened with this...it just got better after that...what a great 2 hours! They both get better with age, aden the opening act Lighthouse was great too after all these years. Super show and all for charity!
Pure, balls out rock and roll! It's been dead for over 20 years. The seventies were the best!
When I first heard this on the radio I ran downtown and bought the 45.
I saw them at this concert and another one when they played at the concert hall in Winnipeg in the 70's. I sat in row 12 with Dianne Heatherington and her band The Merry Go Round. It was quite the show !!
I don't know who is Corner Gas... but the drummer is Gary Peterson, the drummer of the Guess Who since their early days...he has always been a fantastic drummer, listen to their studio-records, especially "Coors for sunday"on LP "Power in the music". Burton, Bachman and all the Guess Who boys have always been my favourites. And remember Kurt Winter, Greg Leskiw en Domenic Troiano. Keep on rockin
WOW!!! . . . way back then . . . when a band had to make it in the States . . .
THEY KINDA DID A NUMBER THAT WOULDN'T CHART!!!
BUT , , , at that time ..... must have gone over Very Well ..... Concerting A Lot
In Canada!!! ALSO, as a Saskatchewan Kid . . . I Have Been In All Those Places!!!
THEY ARE IN MY TOP CANADIAN BANDS OF ALL TIME!!!
@junkie4vids I totally agree, (I'm 54) I have always loved their music and i listened to them back in the 60's and 70's up to the time Burton left the group. Love his music by himself and with the GUESS WHO!
whatta tune!!!! hello Saskatoon from Connecticut!!!!
As Burton says,'It's nice to be home.' Good ole Winnipeg! This is from the closing concert for the 1999 Pan American Games held in the 'Peg. There was a huge rainstorm just before the band came on and thunder and lightning threatened constantly during the Guess Who show. Wpg. also held the games in 1967.
This tune is in my set list every night. If it weren't for the Guess Who, Canadian music would have taken a lot longer to hit the international music scene. I am truly thankful for their hard work. Playing their music is my way of saying "I remember, and I am thankful."
HideUrLoveAway, I totally agree. Amazing voice, STILL! His newest dvd is awesome! He sounds a bit diff, but still GREAT! I don't think I have ever heard a better voice in rock than his. There are a lot of good voices, but I think his is tops!
No kidding eh! My kids treat me like I'm nuts when I try to explain to them about why these guys (& Lightfoot etc.) are legends.
LOVE this song ;) always have -Calgary
The Guess Who should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. These ultra-talented Canadian musicians are a major part of rock history.
RRHOF doesnt deserve The Guess Who...
saw them in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1968 ... costed me a DOLLAR!!!
I remember videotaping this show off CBC...The Lightning and rain intensifying during the show.
Happy they didn't have to cancel the rest of the show outright.
Also, Telus Plaza was not even built when this song was written and performed. That was in Edmonton, formally the Alberta Telephone exchange.
This place was under construction when I was in Edmonton, AL, in 1971.
JF
One of the best songs ever by the Guess Who. If you are Canadian (I'm not), then this song means even more. Randy Bachman's guitar solo makes this live version even better than the original.
this is such a classic makes me wanna party!!
Best voice ever.
Thanks for the update.
As an American of 62 years of age, and in the year of 1971, I walked from Halifax to Vancouver along the TC.
And I thought it was Tellis, as in Alberta, about 100 Ks S by SE of Lake Louise, literally, in the middle of nowhere.
Never saw a town called Terrace in B.C.
If i am incorrect, please pardon me.
I still think TGW is the very best Rock group to come from Canada, and Burton is the very best
Composer and performer from Canada.
Elton John included.
JF
Saw them perform this song back in '72 at the CNE in Toronto and John Kay of Steppenwolf was the opener. Great performance!
A great song and a nice tour of the Western Hockey League. I didn't think that Randy Bachman would make it through the song.
absolute talent this guy can sing always could
@telsport If you refer to the lead guitar - it's Randy Bachman - later of the Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO - as in "Taking care of Business") Has a 2-hour radio show on CBC in Canada now about old rock and it is so cool. The stories, and the history of all the groups and songs is amazing. Continues to tour with Burton Cummings on occasion, and has re-united with Fred Turner (of BTO) to tour this spring and summer.
He has lost a ton of weight, by the way. A mere shadow of his old self now!
Thank you, Guess Who....unfortunately they don't make them like you anymore.
@thibsteven I'm also from Michigan and I remember back in the day WCSX would always play this everytime they had an "all request" weekend and that is how I got to know and love this song.
Ray Jewhurst
CKLW out of Windsor was my first rock/pop station whem I was a kid and they played tons of Guess Who. Amazing to see them here sounding magical!
The REAL Guess Who. Accept no substitutes.
I would pay good money to see this line up in concert
Someone needs to tell Wikipedia then cause it says "In May 1997[1] in their hometown of Winnipeg, Bachman and Cummings reunited in for the first time in 10 years, During the concert it began to rain, thunder, and lightning. Through the rain Cummings kept singing at one point Cummings said that if the audience didn't leave he wouldn't either, and he didn't until the lightning started to strike. It was a temporary pause, though, and the concert continued a short time later."
2000 concert in Winipeg, Manitoba...Bill Wallace on bass.
In the extended version of "Running Back to Saskatoon" Burton Cummings sings this verse:
I been hangin' around camera stores
I been learnin' 'bout sight
I been talkin' to film makers
I been workin' on eyes
you won't here this verse on the original hit ....
Fabulous !!
@dougvoice Yes you will - its on the version on "Best of the Guess Who", which was originally on the "Live at the Paramount" album.
Let's hear another "Legend" band do anything close to this LIVE performance. Anyone?
JF
If it weren't for this song 90% of America would think Saskatoon was a soft drink.
It's criminal these guys aren't in the RRHoF.
@sbsuzysb He has a lot of repeats because of his touring schedule, but I really like the history and connections he brings to the music he plays. Does a theme thing for each show. Some are so-so, but most are great! This video was made at their concert in Winnipeg on their Running Across Canada tour, by the way. Big thunderstorm just before the break, but they came back and rocked the place!
really sounding good. i would like to see the whole show
Thanks for posting!!!!!!!!!!
Like the look Burton gives Randy at 3:41. It showed unabashed awe at the performance Randy just completed.
JustWinBabee
Too bad it didn't motivate Burton to return songwriting royalty sharing to him, which rightfully Randy owns. Burton is a greedy traitor.
The ultimate hoser band, meaning it feels like 5 blue-collar guys from the audience decided to walk up on stage and play music.
@sbsuzysb His show is repeated three times a week. I think it is same time on your local stations (Half-hour later in Newfoundland!). Saturday on CBC One from 7:00 pm to 9:00. Sundays on CBC Two, 6:00 pm to 8:00, and again on CBC One Friday night beginning at 11:00 pm. Also on Sirius Satelite 137, but not sure what time.
Well, things ain't going so bad here either, in Manitoba, home of the Guess Who. We're looking to have some of you guys come here to help out. Not enough workers for the big projects going on and coming up! So far, the US economy has not been a big deal here.
Meanwhile, dig those Prairie rockers!
Great guitar Randy!
Great tune by a great band, anyone got the studio version?
Is that Randy Bachman.......
During their painfully short but indispensible reunion a few years ago, this was consistently the highlight of their set and for my money it's the Guess Who's definitive track. With all due respect to the late Kurt Winter, Bachman definitely made it his own, as it should have been in the first place. Someone needs to get the Guess Who name away from Jim Kale and back to Bachman and Cummings, where it righfully belongs!
The original Guess Who members Burton & Randy are finally suing the poser band, Garry Peterson & Jim Kale..!!!! Finally!!! October2023
I seen the Jim kale version. Have to admit they sounded good.
Big lead git fiddle guy knows what he is doing.
Tom in Utica
@santo10forHOF..@junkie4vids. When I think of The Guess Who I always overlook the fact that are from Canada, Winnipeg too! I will think of them even higher being a fellow canadianb. I live In Toronto so it is fairly close to home. Not as close at The Tragically Hip they are in the same province, but then again the Hip aren't the Guess Who.
I think Canada has had out fair share of great musicians so far. Don't worry everybody, Canada has more to give. In Canada we are born to rock!
@meinwinnipeg Hey thanks for the comment! You are right I am not a Canuck, but I have been a huge fan of the Guess Who over the years and am well aware of their different lineups. What I meant was that Randy Bachman's solo on THIS performance (Runnin Back Thru Canada Tour) was awesome and much better than Kurt Winter's version on Live at the Paramount. Of course Randy Bachman's is also much longer.
When you're done there, maybe you can come help us here south of the border...individual liberty is going the way of the dodo. John Galt was right. Great tune, brings back memories of Brador's and the "Ballet" in Windsor for this old Detroit boy.
VortecCyclone
CKLW played the Guess Who all the time, which I listened constantly when I was 10 -12 years old ( lived in Ann Arbor).
They are in good company on the outside of the Hall of Fame. The Moody Blues, imagine that, arent in, either.
Tom in Utica NY
@ontariobuds Yeah you are right. They totally belong in the Rock Hall. I live in Cleveland so I should know!
YEAH!!! I'm from Medicine Hat!!
@MikeBlitzMag MAGNIFICO!
@bbeagle64 Im a canuck actually. Working hard to bring freedom back to my country
Heavy Man!
@dougvoice Yeah - I know the one you are talking about - I love that version too. That's the one on "Live at the Paramount" and Best of the Guess Who Volume II - right?
I read where Runnin Back to Saskatoon was Kurt Winter's favorite Guess Who song. He co-wrote it with Burt if I am correct.
I'm pretty sure the drummer is the guy from Corner Gas!
Agreed...
Brador indeed!
exactly
Somebody should post a history of all their reunions, as it's pretty confusing. Do not include the ongoing bogus Jim Kale version though. Has to include Burton and Randy. Not sure when, but they did 4 tunes at the Pan Am Games closing ceremony in Winnipeg, late 90's, which led to the awesome reunion tours of 2000 and 2001. Cheers
@jhardng512 ..I was thinking about the "first" version that came out on the radio to make the song a hit.....without bachman
This is not 1997, it's 2000 - from the Running Back Thru Canada DVD.
Guitar solo instant replay 2:43
(for Randy Bachman fans)
No shit, they are great live, this isn't raw footage but if it was it would still sound flawless because Cummings and Bachman and almost everyone else whos been in the Guess Who are first class musicians and play with a passion that lost in the music of today.
Saskatoon w00!!
funny though that McDougall really doesn't factor into much of the history of this band. He and Greg Leskiw (who was around with Kurt Winter for Share The Land and Rockin) were kinda transitory players. I read somewhere that had Jim Kale been on the level and Kurt Winter still been alive it would've been Burt, Randy, Kurt, Jim and Garry. This is still a great performance but it makes you wonder what it would've sounded like with the other guys...
@B52sguy
I think that's Terrace (As in B.C.) not Tellis. So maybe you have some geography to catch up on too!
@junkie4vids --I Thought they were? Do't they also have a Star on Our Walk of Fame?
@jhardng512 bachman did not play on the original -though it is a bit better -bachman left GW in 1970 and was replaced by Kurt Winter in 1972
@lgcrooks yes I was driving last summer and just caught about half of his show, do you know what time and day it is on, thanx
fast and bulbous
@dougvoice Dude you are so wrong. Listen to the version on Best of the Guess Who Volume II. You will hear this verse.
What I like about this version is Randy Bachman's great guitar solo.
@jhardng512 randy bachman did not play on this track ! I will give you leaway since you are not canuck- but bachman left in 1970 - this track was released in 1972 with kurt winter on guitar
This song Makes me wanna crack open a Pil eh
The Guess Who is okay! But I like Burton better with the grand piano.
who wouldn't?
Yes they did. And the tee hee hee is as juvenile as it can ever be.
Do you even know where Tellis is? Medicine Hat, or for that matter, Red Deer?
JF
@lgcrooks great, thank you very much, I must try and catch a show, thanx again
why is Burton arrogant, are you saying that he still is this way?
Jan Davis
Totally screwed Randy out of songwriting royalties and doesn't give a damn. Amazing Randy agreed to do this show. A gift to us all from Randy.
ESL?
Jim's not there, but thats OK.
Great video, but Burton's voice sounds buried in the mix.
What are you?, a thirteen Y/O metro boy?
fraises
Anyone-- Anyone who thinks "The Guess Who", is nothing leass than the best group out of North America, is so diluded, I don't have a word for it except, imbelcilic.
JF
I was at this concert. Too bad it rained. Ruined the show.