No one can growl like CF Turner! Honestly, neither he nor Bachman or ever going to win, male vocalist of the year, but it worked for them for a very, very long time!
CF Turner is like Lemmy, the singing is the opposite of what you'd be taught in singing lessons but it fits the music perfectly and has passion and feeling to it
And he sang just like this all the way up to his retirement! And you would think that he would have a big gruff speaking voice because of how he sounds when he sings, but his speaking voice is actually fairly soft and normal. Isn't that strange, indeed.
Grad party in the bush, off the main highway, small B.C. town in the Rockies (Cranbrook). Tour bus driving by saw the lights and they stopped in and had a beer with us. This was June 1972. It was the band "Brave Belt". Randy and his Guess Who band mates, except Burton, (they had a falling out). What a pleasant surprise for a bunch of drunk 17 year olds who were into Rock.
Same with Randy Bachman. But when you hear him live on cbc radio doing his show his voice is so mellow and quiet you can,t put the two together. Very humble nice man.
@@terrymckenzie8786 In 1997 Winnipeg, Manitoba suffered the worst floods in over a century. I was working at a television station (U.TV) in Vancouver at the time and we had the idea to get famous Winnipegers living in Vancouver to record video messages of support that could be played on our sister station, CKND. Today those stations are called "Global TV". Anyway, I was assigned the job of producing these celebrity videos. A colleague of mine in our newsroom had the phone number for Randy Bachman's agent. So I called it and got his answering maching. I shit you not, the message started with the guitar riff for Taking Care of Business and then the agent saying "Hey, I'm busy taking care of business so leave me a message at the beep". I left my name, the purpose of my call, and my contact number. It wasn't too long before Randy's agent called me back and said "Randy's happy to do what ever you want. Here's his number. Call him and set it up". So a few days later Randy met me and my cameraman at the beach in North Vancouver and we recorded a short video message. He was super nice. No airs. No ego.
WOW! The Bachman brothers and Fred Turner! I was fourteen years old when I first heard this song and have loved it ever since. Made this California kid a fan for life!🎸🎸🎸🥁
IDK why, but rock musicians seldom look like stocky, blue collar types, like the Bachmans and Fred Turner. It’s kind of refreshing, to see rock stars that actually look like a lot their fans.
@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw Being from Detroit, MI, USA (a stone's throw away from Windsor, ONT, CAN); I've always had an affinity 4 Canadian musicians (BTO & Ian Thomas in particular).
@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pwPoint well taken, Mike. However; Fogerty sorta had a raspy voice himself. W/that said; while CCR's my all-time fave band, BTO's in the same stratosphere.
@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw KOOL!!!!! Glad 2 hear, Mike. W/that said; give me some "Blue Collar" as I 'm "Looking Out For #1" as I "Roll On Down The Highway" while I'm "Takin' Care Of Business" bc *You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet". There4; I'm goin' "Down, Down".
Back to a time when you plugged your shit in, cranked it up, and just played!! ❤ As a kid in the mid-70's, my parents played Cheap Trick, Foghat, and BTO!!! I love watching those old school drummers, especially!
Randy was already well known from The Guess Who, without that connection BTO is never on this TV slot. It makes you wonder how many great bands there are/were that never see the light of day
And a fantastic album it is! It took me years but I finally found the CD in the mid 1990s, on the counter display of a small mini mart in Burien, Washington!
BTO and Grand Funk RR were my gateway to hard rock as a kid back in '74. Never looked back! Still have my old BTO vinyls and their 1st album (with this song and Blue Collar) still kicks major @$$!✌🤘👍
I came here to say much the same thing. The Beatles were my first and favorite rock band. But when they broke up, I immediately turned to BTO and Grand Funk Railroad. Both bands were so hard driving, that they appealed greatly to this teenage boy back then. And here I am, 63 years old and I'm still rocking to BTO and GFR! Cheers!
You're not kidding! Back in '73 it was fast cars and high school girls with BTO and Grand Funk in the old eight track, drinking beer and drive in movies! Those sure were the "good old days!" Miss them dearly!
The same line-up minus one from the previous band Brave Belt. The first Bachman-Turner Overdrive album was going to be called "Brave Belt III" but became of course the self-titled "Bachman-Turner Overdrive". These guys knew how to rock and entertain a crowd.
Kudos, to the Midnight Special, for putting on such amazing groups with endless talent 🎉🎉. I grew up watching the Midnight Special, and it was the best show ever on Saturday night 🎉🎉. This really takes me back to my youth when rock and roll was rock and roll 🎉🎉
I remember this episode very well since this was a late night show my Mom allowed me to watch at 12 years old. Those times are gone forever sadly. This was one of the very best shows on TV ahead of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and Saturday Night!
BTO, people really need to listen to these guys more! I got to see them live in the 70’s, this is hard rock with monstrous vocals by C.F. , this is what rock really was!
Truck stop bruisers. Im in England and was 10 when You Aint Seen Nothin' Yet came out so im not familiar with their other songs but this is great. These Midnight Specials are awesome
I worked with Randy from '84 to '93....played drums in the studio and on tour.......so cool to see this version of BTO (with Timmy & Robbie Bachman, both of who died recently), and Fred, singing like a Harley......brings back so many memories
I was 18 in 1973 when BTO started. Got into them real quick and still to this day. First heard them when I was serving on a nuclear submarine in the U.S. Navy. This performance, which I remember watching, makes me smile. I've watched a few times now and it just makes me smile. This was rock and roll to me. BTO. Rest in peace brother Bachman's.
Thin Lizzy toured with them in 1975. Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson said each member of BTO woluld eat a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken other each gig. He also said BTO were Mormons and oldest brother Randy would lock younger brother Robbie (drummer) in his hotal room so he wouldn't party with Thin Lizzy. Seems Robbie got drunk on the first night of the tour. Also, Randy was one of, if not the first to put humbucker pick-ups on a Strat body.
Haha!! Crazy story about their huge appetites & locking up poor lil’ Robbie in his hotel room, smart move, big brother. Thin Lizzy was the definition of a “party band!!” Thanks for sharing! 😂
Bachman --- Turner Overdrive ( the 1970's decade's line --- up or band mates or band members ) : the legendary Randy Bachman --- Chief lead guitarist,background vocals and lead vocals the gifted Fred Turner --- lead vocals,background vocals and bass guitar the amazing Tim Bachman --- rhythm guitar,background vocals and possibly lead guitar as well the incredible Rob or Robby Bachman --- drums and percussion
This Canadian band should be in the hall of fame.
They woulda if they coulda
USA HOF is a joke. BTO def belongs….
You got that right. Better yet; Musician & Writers HF. A Great Band!!
Absolutely 💯
Damn straight
Good old fashioned Canadian blue collar rock and roll. BTO was one of the best of Canadian rock.
THE best.
Yup. Talent. Amazing rock, just good.
Nice! All 3 Bachman brothers with Fred Turner. Love Midnight Special
Amen
Fab!
C.F. Turner was sounding good!!
Yes 🙂
Robbie and Tim takin care of business
I’m smiling from ear to ear, from the memories this brings. Gimme my 70’s back. 😊
Ya my feeling too!
Fred Turner has an outstanding rock n roll voice.
Fred and his “gravel truck” voice.
Randy called him the gravel train! He always delivered!
The best
Fred Turner is a legend! What a voice! What a band!
...Love Fred Turner's Fist Pounding Arena Rock Vocals!...Look Like pack of Vikings!!!
Fred turner and raimond voss from the german Band Torfrock have the deepest and strongest voices, i ' ve ever heard
Criminally underrated.
No shite!!! Just seeing this for the first time. Easily up there with the very best 70's rock.
@@haysfordays their 1973-77 era discography is among the best, especially in the realm of Canadian rock.
I totally agree!!!
No one can growl like CF Turner! Honestly, neither he nor Bachman or ever going to win, male vocalist of the year, but it worked for them for a very, very long time!
For different tastes, different colors....To be honest, I prefer those Turner's growls much more than that Robert Plant's affeminate voice.
CF Turner is like Lemmy, the singing is the opposite of what you'd be taught in singing lessons but it fits the music perfectly and has passion and feeling to it
And he sang just like this all the way up to his retirement! And you would think that he would have a big gruff speaking voice because of how he sounds when he sings, but his speaking voice is actually fairly soft and normal. Isn't that strange, indeed.
@@Mr.56Goldtop I see what you did there. 😊
@@josesergiosanchezgutierrez I love both Fred and Robert!
Fred Turner has that special rock voice!
Grad party in the bush, off the main highway, small B.C. town in the Rockies (Cranbrook). Tour bus driving by saw the lights and they stopped in and had a beer with us. This was June 1972. It was the band "Brave Belt". Randy and his Guess Who band mates, except Burton, (they had a falling out). What a pleasant surprise for a bunch of drunk 17 year olds who were into Rock.
That must have been amazing 👍✌️
Fucking awesome story!
So cool a story, man. Brave Belt were pretty good. When you hear some of their stuff it sounds fairly similar to what they did in BTO.
Damn that would be so cool
Just listen to those awesome solos from Randy. Simply phenomenal! The sound that made a kid from the Midwest a rock fan for life.
he's showing that strat who's boss!
My God.
Easily duplicated and not unique
@@nathandodge665 - So are your trite comments.
@@shyman99 not unique
Fred Turner always scared me when I was a teenager he didn't look like no rock star but a mountain man.
He is also
What does a rockstar look like
Super nice guy!!
Same with Randy Bachman. But when you hear him live on cbc radio doing his show his voice is so mellow and quiet you can,t put the two together. Very humble nice man.
@@terrymckenzie8786 In 1997 Winnipeg, Manitoba suffered the worst floods in over a century. I was working at a television station (U.TV) in Vancouver at the time and we had the idea to get famous Winnipegers living in Vancouver to record video messages of support that could be played on our sister station, CKND. Today those stations are called "Global TV". Anyway, I was assigned the job of producing these celebrity videos. A colleague of mine in our newsroom had the phone number for Randy Bachman's agent. So I called it and got his answering maching. I shit you not, the message started with the guitar riff for Taking Care of Business and then the agent saying "Hey, I'm busy taking care of business so leave me a message at the beep". I left my name, the purpose of my call, and my contact number. It wasn't too long before Randy's agent called me back and said "Randy's happy to do what ever you want. Here's his number. Call him and set it up".
So a few days later Randy met me and my cameraman at the beach in North Vancouver and we recorded a short video message. He was super nice. No airs. No ego.
What a fuckin deadly tune this live version kills it wow what an outstanding performance
WOW! The Bachman brothers and Fred Turner!
I was fourteen years old when I first heard this song and have loved it ever since. Made this California kid a fan for life!🎸🎸🎸🥁
The guitar Player, right on stage, was it Tim bachman ? i only remember randy and robbie.
@@cosmopolit670 Yes, Tim Bachman! Great guitar player, not sure why he left, but Blair Thornton was just as great 👍😎
@@JoseRamirez-nw7pg thank you for your quick answer. I think , Tim made a career as a music Manager or Producer later, greetings from germany
@@cosmopolit670 Thank you for your update as well! Greetings from Northern California 🎸😎!
Randy wouldn’t stand for any partying and he fired his own brother 😂 Imagine being in a rock band and you can’t even have any fun lol
IDK why, but rock musicians seldom look like stocky, blue collar types, like the Bachmans and Fred Turner. It’s kind of refreshing, to see rock stars that actually look like a lot their fans.
Well, their physiques matched their voices.
Excellent words ✌️🤪🚀from SPACE RANGER JYM
Major goose bumps the moment he began to sing - right back to 1974 !
No mistaking that band, such a sound and punch!!
This is just great. Can’t think of any other words. Bachman-turner overdrive I think is one of the more underrated rock groups ever.
Cruising in the '69 GTO listening to this song on the 8 track!
68 GTO for me 😁😁😁
Me too! But it was 72 GTO!
Listening to BTO in the GTO ✌🏼
In my '69 442
72 Roadrunner
RIP Tim and Robin Bachman 😢
A great tune, not everyone knows this one.
Yea and another great one is blue collar
I played this over and over love this song
@@jamesmack3314yes! This Cajun man's favorite BTO tune.
@@dehydratedwater9806 it’s on a higher level that some of the other tunes very cool arrangement and played with style and precision
@@jamesmack3314 and a different kind of laid back chill.
The Bachman brothers & Fred Turner ruled the mid 70s!🎶🎸👌
Damn fuckin' right, Mike; they sure did.
@@billybandyk0720
👍👌✌️🎸🎶🎵👏
@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw Being from Detroit, MI, USA (a stone's throw away from Windsor, ONT, CAN); I've always had an affinity 4 Canadian musicians (BTO & Ian Thomas in particular).
@@billybandyk0720
Yeah, BTO, Canada’s claim to fame for sure.
🎶💕
@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw U betcha along w/The Guess Who (Randy's original band).
As a fellow Canadian, I am proud of these Rockers.
As an American, I am proud of these Canadian rockers!
@@abelincoln3287 As Canadian I'm proud to have American as my brother.
@@abelincoln3287I totally agree! Well said! 😊
Understandably so! And as an American, I am proud to have the talented BTO musicians as our northern neighbors.
That voice is unbelievable, and unique!
Apart from John Fogerty of CCR perhaps?
@@paulbissitt4754 My two very favorite voices, followed by Jack Russell from Great White.
One of my favorite bands from the early 70’s. Great driving tunes.
🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽
Heck Ya !!!
The sound of these guys was very distinctive, such a good band !!
Turner sure had a John Fogerty vibe. Perfect timing as BTO took off just as CCR had come to an end.
Like CCR on steroids
Fred Turner has that whiskey & cigarette raspy voice, nothing like John Fogerty.
@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pwPoint well taken, Mike. However; Fogerty sorta had a raspy voice himself. W/that said; while CCR's my all-time fave band, BTO's in the same stratosphere.
@@billybandyk0720
Yeah, I like them both equally for different reasons.👍
@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw KOOL!!!!! Glad 2 hear, Mike. W/that said; give me some "Blue Collar" as I 'm "Looking Out For #1" as I "Roll On Down The Highway" while I'm "Takin' Care Of Business" bc *You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet". There4; I'm goin' "Down, Down".
This song should have been a Huge Hit!!!
Rap groups in the hall of fame ???? Listen to these guys!!!
Tim Bachman - only video Ive seen of him with the band before he left and Blair Thornton joined the band ! One of my favourite songs off BTO II
Great you see all the Bachman brothers on stage together.
Back to a time when you plugged your shit in, cranked it up, and just played!! ❤ As a kid in the mid-70's, my parents played Cheap Trick, Foghat, and BTO!!! I love watching those old school drummers, especially!
He was a Ringo disciple...whipping that hi hat like a whore on Friday night!
BTO is supporting their very first album here! BTO II didn't come out until a couple months later in December 1973.
Randy was already well known from The Guess Who, without that connection BTO is never on this TV slot. It makes you wonder how many great bands there are/were that never see the light of day
And a fantastic album it is! It took me years but I finally found the CD in the mid 1990s, on the counter display of a small mini mart in Burien, Washington!
Good gravy, how is this man not in ANY top male rock vocalists? That's insane brother.
CF Turner (AKA: Fred), a very underrated vocalist indeed.
I forgot about this one.... boy does it bring me back. 😊 Dang they were good. Man that 40 years ago, maybe 45!
Rocktober 23, 2024. Still an awesome tune all these years later
i met Fred Turner and he was gracioous guy... he was more than happy to sign a autograph for me
BTO and Grand Funk RR were my gateway to hard rock as a kid back in '74. Never looked back! Still have my old BTO vinyls and their 1st album (with this song and Blue Collar) still kicks major @$$!✌🤘👍
I came here to say much the same thing. The Beatles were my first and favorite rock band. But when they broke up, I immediately turned to BTO and Grand Funk Railroad. Both bands were so hard driving, that they appealed greatly to this teenage boy back then. And here I am, 63 years old and I'm still rocking to BTO and GFR! Cheers!
Blue collar is a frickin great song….maybe their best
You're not kidding! Back in '73 it was fast cars and high school girls with BTO and Grand Funk in the old eight track, drinking beer and drive in movies! Those sure were the "good old days!" Miss them dearly!
Blue Collar is all time classic.
@@waynejohanson1083 such a cool song….
Fred Turner is the best!!
One of the Best Canadian bands💞🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🎖️
The best imho, as a Brit.
Rock hall of fame they disgust me
I remember seeing these guys for the first time ,It was on The Midnight Special....I was completly blown away.I still love their music.
The same line-up minus one from the previous band Brave Belt. The first Bachman-Turner Overdrive album was going to be called "Brave Belt III" but became of course the self-titled "Bachman-Turner Overdrive". These guys knew how to rock and entertain a crowd.
Brave Belt II is one of my favorite albums. "Too Far Away" and "Waterloo Country" are in my top 10 "BB/BTO" songs.
Going to see them in a few months. Cannot wait, even in their 80's. Will be great. 🤟🎸🇨🇦🎸🤟
Love this song and Fred Turner has one of the best voices in Rock
Industrial strength R&R, pure and simple!
R.I.P. to Robbie and Tim Bachman. ❤
Kudos, to the Midnight Special, for putting on such amazing groups with endless talent 🎉🎉. I grew up watching the Midnight Special, and it was the best show ever on Saturday night 🎉🎉. This really takes me back to my youth when rock and roll was rock and roll 🎉🎉
One thing about Midnight Special... bands actually performed live, unlike shows like American Bandstand, where bands acted out to recorded music..
Randy Bachman and Fred Turner a match made in heaven!
Fred Turner has one of the greatest rock voices ever. BTO are simply awesome.
One of my favorite B. T. O songs along with Hold Back The Water.. Greg
The original line up, it's good to see Tim Bachman on the stage.
I like this song even more than Taking Care of Business.
Young people.....behold, the wonder of true rock and roll!
If you don't know BTO go and get ya some, you wont be sorry. You aint seen nothin yet!!
And these guys aren't in the rock and roll hall of fame? Shame on those folks! Rock on brothers!🎸
The rrhof is a crock of shit...
Maybe they're just waiting for Randy to die, too.
They said first Taylor Kelce Swift gets in and then after that BTO
I remember this episode very well since this was a late night show my Mom allowed me to watch at 12 years old. Those times are gone forever sadly. This was one of the very best shows on TV ahead of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and Saturday Night!
Que grandes BTO mi hermana la ponía en tornamesa cuando aun yo era pequeño. Q recuerdo.mi banda preferida.salud9s desde Lima.Perú 😎
Randy bad ass,Guitar 🎸 player..BTO,,FOREVER 😊
ONE OF THE VERY FIRST BANDS I EVER HEARD AND LOVED EM IMMEDIATELY
BTO, people really need to listen to these guys more! I got to see them live in the 70’s, this is hard rock with monstrous vocals by C.F. , this is what rock really was!
The only group that could be both the band and the bouncer
Wouldn't want to mess with Fred Turner in those days. 😄
@@VeryUsMumblingsI’d say any one of the band members here, could sure mess someone up if they felt inclined 🤛 🤜 😉
I'm sure they could Take Care of Business.
Thanks for the chuckle!
Sure wish I had a chance to see the lads.
1974 Amarillo Tx Civic Center Auditorium. The air was thick with smoke and BTO was jamming. One of the best concerts I ever saw. And I saw a lot.
Truck stop bruisers. Im in England and was 10 when You Aint Seen Nothin' Yet came out so im not familiar with their other songs but this is great. These Midnight Specials are awesome
Original Line up,, All 3 Brothers on Stage ... Was an awesome time to be a kid
I worked with Randy from '84 to '93....played drums in the studio and on tour.......so cool to see this version of BTO (with Timmy & Robbie Bachman, both of who died recently), and Fred, singing like a Harley......brings back so many memories
I was 18 in 1973 when BTO started. Got into them real quick and still to this day. First heard them when I was serving on a nuclear submarine in the U.S. Navy. This performance, which I remember watching, makes me smile. I've watched a few times now and it just makes me smile. This was rock and roll to me. BTO. Rest in peace brother Bachman's.
vyborna kapela,fred turner vyborne spieval,taktiez dobre hral na bass gitare.
The 70's wouldn't be complete without BTO.
They had a sound all their own. And I just smile watching Robbie Bang them drums rest in peace, brother.
LOVE IT. Thank You
You are so welcome!
This song rocks!!!✌️😎
Best rock band in history
Was my very first concert in 1976, been going to concerts ever since, two more years and celebrating 50yrs of concerts. Rock on
Thin Lizzy toured with them in 1975. Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson said each member of BTO woluld eat a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken other each gig. He also said BTO were Mormons and oldest brother Randy would lock younger brother Robbie (drummer) in his hotal room so he wouldn't party with Thin Lizzy. Seems Robbie got drunk on the first night of the tour. Also, Randy was one of, if not the first to put humbucker pick-ups on a Strat body.
Yeah, hard to believe those guys could resist all the debauchery back then, but I guess Randy was a real saint so to speak
Haha!! Crazy story about their huge appetites & locking up poor lil’ Robbie in his hotel room, smart move, big brother. Thin Lizzy was the definition of a “party band!!” Thanks for sharing! 😂
🎶🎵🎶.."gimme your chicken please" 🎵🎶🎵....
@@michaelkoszowski3716 🤣 😂 WTH, that’s so funny!! 🍗
He is no longer a mormon. His son Tal had lost his faith in that religion and Randy also saw the light so no longer follows it.
God the level of musicianship back then as a musician man I wish I lived back then
An absolute great band…. I love everything by these guys.. Randy Bachman is such a great guitarist,, Fred Turner on bass. with those vocals is amazing
RIP Tim & Rob.
Yeah, I was really sad to hear of Tim's passing. He was a good friend and a sweet dude.
Randy kickin ass with the small head stock Strat! I love it!
That was some high-energy performance! That should kickoff your Monday!
Happy Monday... thank you for sharing! 💖
Good Ole dayyyys
@@joehartman9045 The best!! 👌
What a great live performance, thank you for posting this classic rock musical gem!!
I saw them live in 1986 when they opened for Van Halen.
BEST version of this song!
Bachman --- Turner Overdrive ( the 1970's decade's line --- up or band mates or band members ) : the legendary Randy Bachman --- Chief lead guitarist,background vocals and lead vocals the gifted Fred Turner --- lead vocals,background vocals and bass guitar the amazing Tim Bachman --- rhythm guitar,background vocals and possibly lead guitar as well the incredible Rob or Robby Bachman --- drums and percussion
Everyone here is just as important for listening to the music.
Lots of good bands from Winnipeg.
Saw them last month 😁😁😁😁
RIP Tim & Rob Bachman!✌✌
now this is REAL rock, that way rock is supposed to sound
Saw them twice. '73 and '79.
Awesome.... One of them groups raised upon.
Who knew Randy started the pointy guitar craze. Truly ahead of his time!
At least he said please.
What do you expect, they're Canadian!
If you're going to rob somebody, there's no reason why they can't be polite about it.
@@landonlewsaw1762 Nope, the mugger was a American 🙂
This is so awesome. Real rock.
That was amazing. BTO playing 70s rock live and straight ahead--as it was intended!
That Hi-Hat is getting a Total Ass Whooping!!!😅
No lip synching there! As it should be…great live performance!👍
Wow! On my birthday! 👍🇺🇲🇨🇦
🎈🎈Happy Birthday!! 🎉🎂
@@KittyGrizGriz
You're sweet! Thank you! 😊
This brings me back to my teens. Just amazing all around band. Fred Turner has an amazing distinct Rock voice.
Great Canadian band with a lot of great hits. 😃
That band is timeless,I seen them when I was 13 y o at st Clair college for a chocolate bar wrapper!