Classic rock was a big influence on me growing up in Los Angeles, especially considering I came from a musical family. My dad played guitar and was a music fan and I got into a lot of the music he was into. My parents were always playing music on the stereo, everything from Led Zeppelin to Cream to Sabbath to BTO. I didn't know BTW were Canadian until about the 80s. I always knew Rush were Canadian. In fact, my cousins in Willowdale grew up down the street from Geddy Lee and they introduced me to some of his family members when I visited in '81. That as a great trip. Anyhow, I would eventually learn guitar in 1985 at the age of eleven after first playing piano at six and trumpet at nine. Guitar became and remains my main instrument with piano a second. Some of the first songs I learned were BTO songs like "Taking Care of Business", "Let It Ride", and "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet." I realized as I learned more BTO songs and listened to them with more intent than I did as a small child in the 70s that Randy Bachman really knew his way around the guitar. He wasn't meandering like a lot of players from the classic rock era. His solos made sense, were well constructed, and the man really knew his chords.
Thanks for this! The Guess Who and BTO are criminally underrated. The Rock & Roll HOF sucks for a lot of reasons, but the exclusion of The Guess Who is unforgivable. Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings are great composers and musicians. Thanks for highlighting Randy’s creativity and prowess.
Brave Belt played my brother in law's high school Christmas dance 3 months before changing their name to Bachman Turner Overdrive. There's even a picture of it in his yearbook.
@MarkZabel Back in the days when they would make a loaf of bread of PB&J's, and drive around after the gig to make sure they weren't followed, then all sleep in a canvas army surplus tent. Randy watched the pennies, and made all of his brothers millionaires, then they spent the next 20 years suing him.
RB was playing a church hall in Nanaimo, Vancouver Is, with The Guess Who, late sixties, with a temporary guitar, a sparkly purple Mosrite. A kid in the audience walked onto the stage while he was playing Tossin' and Turnin', with a guitar in a case, as if to swap. Randy nodded, gave him the Mosrite, and played the other guitar for the rest of the night. At the end of which he went with the guitar to the kid, to return it. The kid said 'you mean you don't want to trade?' Randy thought it was just for the night,, but it turned out the kid wanted the Mosrite, having seen him with it on TV. So Randy made a swap, plus 75 dollars (all he had), and got it signed and witnessed by the minister. That guitar (with a Garnet 'Herzog' amp), became legendary, used on B T Overdrive, and the records. It was a '59 Les Paul, with a factory all-aluminium Bigsby, with the 'sweetest neck pickup'.
Totally agree! RANDY B is an awesome guitarist. And what a great songwriter! His chords always had a nice jazzy touch that is impressive to listen to! Glad you bring these great artists up!
I remember back in 70s I was riding in a car with a college friend who was a big fan of BTO. He puts in a 8 track of BTO and for the first time I heard " Blue Collar " the song absolutely blew me away. The guitar work was so impressive and made me realize just how good BTO was.
Well, then with the 7.9 billion people of the world not living in Canada then. I think you're taking me too literally. Dangerfield was a comedian. Perhaps Rodney Dangerfield isn't well-known in Canada. Randy seems to be an excellent storyteller too. He deserves more recognition IMHO ... okay, with the 7.9 non-Canadians then.
Have to agree with you Canadian brother. Gotta love Randy. As a Canadian, I was always aware of his command of the strings. We're very proud of him up here and as you said he's such a classy gentleman. ❤❤❤
I know he is really good from great parts he played on those hit songs, but in the US you never hear his name mentioned among guitar players. That was the whole point of this video.
Was I lucky? A Summer festival in Wheeling, Illinois around 1987/88. Randy Bachman was to perform. Holy Cow!! He played on a lo-rise stage set up in the grass. My parents and I were within 10 feet of him with no one in front of us. It was unbelievable. Went back the next day to see The Turtles. Great memories. Thanks Mark for highlighting the brilliance of Randy Bachman. Listened to The Guess Who's Greatest Hits on the way to work today.
@@krisstieghorst7415Hopefully, I was close with the timeframe. It seemed too good to be true. Still seems surreal to be that casual of a stage. Stay warm. I know you are in the Illinois freeze.
@MarkZabel BTO, Rainbow, Black Oak Arkansas, AC/DC,Everything you give a lesson on these were my ex husband's Jams! He has the records....Huge Beatles fan!! Doesn't like Yoko....lol. 🤣😆👋🖤🦋🖤SHE BROKE UP THE BEATLES IN HIS OPINION He was born in 1957. Lucky old dog....
I had heard years ago that "Randy Bachman" & "Richie Blackmore" both studied violin scales when they first started playing. I don't know if that's true, or not, but both of them have a very unique approach to their playing style. It's really cool watching your video's and hearing what you have to say. I wish I lived close enough to you to just hang out and talk music. You're always a pleasure to listen to. I also love your playing. Peace.. Joe
Thanks! I heard Randy say in an interview that he studied classical violin through age 14. He didn't say he stopped, but kind of implied it. Hearing Elvis with Scotty Moore was a landmark for him as well as meeting/hearing Lenny Breau. The Guess Who, especially during Randy's tenure, could rock, but they also had some progressions you'd hear in other music. Musicals or jazz. Something like "Laughing", has a very nice progression with the ascending 5th in it. Kind of like Lennon's "Isolation", but much punchier. Classic stuff!
@@MarkZabel Interesting stuff. I never heard of Lenny Breau before. I have been a huge fan of "The Guess Who" & "BTO" since I'd been a kid. My parents were huge "Elvis" fans and my favorite Elvis tunes were "That's All Right Mama" & "Mystery Train" Scotty More was ground breaking. My sister got to meet "Carl Perkins" years ago. She told me that she got to sit on his bus, and he showed her a belt buckle that "Elvis" gave him. She said he was a really nice guy. I'll have to look up some stuff by "Lenny Breau" Thanks for the insight. I also hope your son is staying with it. Peace.. Joe
I'm so glad I happened upon your lesson and channel. It's one thing to be able to play really well, but teaching or sharing the information takes a special type of musician. Thank you for presenting this! 🎸🎸🎸
Great video! I’m a big fan of the channel. Don’t forget for Undun and Lookin out for #1 Randy uses his thumb to play the bass notes(low E string) which makes it more fun but also more challenging
I absolutely love his work in B. T. O. For example Takin care of business and especially you ain't seen nothin yet! Just great cool chords and strumming. Nice work mark.
Great video. Randy is my all time fav guitar hero. He should be in the RnR Hall of fame. One of his greatest solos is on BTO's "Roll on down the Highway".
It's great your acknowledging Randy! He did have a Jazz background hence " Undun, Blue Collar, Looking out for for#1 " and finally Burton Cummings did a cool Jazz/ Night Club version of " Ain't seen nothing yet" Thanks again.
Brilliant-I learnt a lot about one of my favorite guitar players with either Blair Thornton or the super cool solo jazz stuff such a fluid, musical player.
Love listening to Randy talk about The Beatles. Hugely knowledgeable guy about them and as you point out he nicked some great stuff from them which he freely admits. Steal smart everybody!
he's not gonna get the same attention as guys like jimmy page or eddie van halen etc, but randy bachman is damn good, the solo on roll on down the highway is epic, but he's well known and i never thought of him and some lesser guitar player, he's super good.
GREAT stuff Mark! Excellent job. Your playing is quite impressive. Always loved Randy's playing and song writing, especially the jazzy Undun one of my all time favorites. Also don't forget "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" - great chord changes in that similar to ,Let It Ride. Also love his chops on "Blue Collar" octaves, the whole works.
i got to meet randy a loooong time ago while hanging out with mike mckenna at the Q107 christmas party. he seemed like a pretty cool person, even though i was only around him for about 10 or 15 minutes. if you ever wanted to do this sort of video about a somewhat forgotten but really interesting player, mike mckenna from mkenna mendolsen mainline would be a great subject. i got to know him pretty well for a few years, he's a great guy and a really unique guitar player. slide, finger picks, b-bender stuff, he does it all. i haven't seen him since i left toronto 5 years ago. he was a big influence and inspiration for me.
I know he uses chords that are not the norm !!! He was totaly in a class by himself ! Fantastic player ! And singer !!! Great powerful voice !!! 😎✌️🎸💕💕💕
Great video. Randy Bachman is one of the iconic rock guitarists and performers of his era. He's also an extremely talented songwriter and highly successful music businessman who has made millions in royalties from his songs. He's still doing it to this day. He's the opposite of his teacher and guitar genius inspiration, Lenny Breau. Tommy Emmanuel has a recent interview on RUclips talking about Lenny. Tommy says that Lenny was a fantastic guitar player, but that was all he could do. He just couldn't handle the ordinary responsibilities in life, like paying bills and managing money and a successful career. His life ended in extreme tragedy. Bachman went the opposite route, obviously. There's a lesson in this, I think.
Thanks! Yes, Randy seems to have his life together and has for a long time from what I know. He's an excellent storyteller and appears to be a real gentleman - in addition to creating a great body of musical work for us to enjoy. For me, hearing that 1st side of the album (and then Wheatfield Soul and Canned Wheat) was a wonderful growth experience as a budding musician.
Did you add a compressor pedal with the tremolo pedal to get that Bachman American woman tone? I'm not sure how you got that sound but it was very close to the original
Thanks. On the rhythm I used the amp tremolo effect. On the lead I used an OD pedal and a compressor, but the key is to turn the guitar tone way down. Kind of like Clapton's "woman tone" on steroids.
That 7th chord voicing is used to great effect by Jimmy Page in the song Celebration Day. Page also used it lot in his blues fills playing live. Very cool
@@MarkZabel BTW, that’s a very underrated Zep tune. The live version from MSG 73 would be a great teaching moment about riffing and rhythm playing. Also, a very cool and melodic solo (lots of Page-isms).
Nice to see Randy gettin' some lovin' Stateside. One of my first albums was American Woman, but I remember the songs from their two albums released in 1969. (Two albums in one year?!! Who does that today?) Now, is Randy a rocker who plays jazz or a jazz player who rocks ?
I remembered i did see them 2 times my first-time cocert but also at the meadow lands theaters opening up for vanhagar none of the kids knew whothey were i started a stampede the kids in front of us loudly said who the hell is bto told him you already know takin care then i sang you aint seen nothin and as i passed the and stared running i said oh yea american women stay away from me thwhole crowd realized it was not to be missed a great memory vanhagar rockrd it as well it was the right now tour what a combo
grew up in winnipeg not far from Randy and Burton's homes and me and my friends been fans since 1967 , first amp was a garnet puchased from the same guy who made The Guess Who's amps
I remember seeing the Guess Who at Cobo Hall in Detroit in the late 60's. Fantastic live band and as much as I respect Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings really carried the show.
I'm not trying to blowup your comment section Mark, but YT no longer lets us send personal messages to each other any more. I was wanting to ask if you could maybe do a video on how to utilize the unison bends. Like how do you know where to play them to be in key with whatever you're playing? And maybe a video on scale practicing technics? Those two things would do wonders for me. Thanks.. Joe
Love this no nonsense channel, but what about You Aint Seen Nothing Yet.? That has some really tasty lead playing in it. I bet Mark knows it. Love to see him do a video on it.
Thanks! We'll do something about that. I love the playfulness of that song. BTO sounded like they were having fun with it. (And a bunch of other songs too!)
So you talk about that signature lick in Taking Care of Business using that D7 shape...what was tough for me when I learned it was going from the initial D7 shape to the lick he does right after it, and then goes back to the D7 shape but in a different position because of the chord change...it volleys back and forth to different positions...it's only really 2 licks...the D7 thing (badadadada) then the lick in a different position (ba da da da da da) ...for some reason, the back and forth thing did NOT come natural to me...I can do it now, of course, after knowing it, but initially, for some reason...I'd loose track, hahaha!...
Yep, the way he uses that shape is foreign to most players. But, as you note, it's shape play (i.e., move the same shape to different places), so it's a great way to learn that idea.
Randy didn’t play in the Guess Who after 1970. He didn’t play in the album version of Clap for the Wolfman. His last Album was the American Woman album. It was Kurt Winter on guitar for Clap for the Wolfman in 74. At this point BTO had already released 2 albums and probably working on Not Fragile. And in 71&72 he was in Brave Belt which turned into BTO
Randy tells a great story about how he got the idea for TCB and how he wrote the song. It’s based on a true story of a blind guy who rode the train to the studio each day where they were recording.
In a music store near Philadelphia, RB spotted a '59 black Les Paul with gold Bigsby, and thought 'wow, just like the one I have, rare'. When he asked to buy it, he was told it was not for sale, since Keith Richards' roadie had brought it in for a fret job. Which had been fixed, and the Rolling Stones' office in New York repeatedly called, with no reply. So Randy said, could they let him know if they didn't call? The guitar shop guy said, slim chance, but that a 'mechanic's lien' (where an unclaimed item can be sold to recover repair costs) might be possible in the event of no reply. Six months later Randy received a call from the shop saying that the office couldn't be bothered to collect it, and would he like to buy it? Which he did, for USD750.
Another Canadian guitar player that needs a spotlight is Domenic Troiano. Mandala, Bush, Guess Who? (Replaced Randy), James Gang (Replaced Joe Walsh) and solo. Try 'War Zone'.
Caned Heat no one remembers that song i smoked may the dubeeee to that song excelent taking care of busines i new it word for word Dam Mark flash back.. unfortunetly i no longer smoke weed but OMG Time less music we had the best earor of music hands down
Just remember the rhythm part of Taking care of business and you ain't seen nothing yet was written by a 14 year old , and shown to randy In the parking lot of the norwood hotel in winnipeg about 51 1/2 years ago.
Great Riff and Song Writer. Totally underrated!! Just check out the lead guitar playing in Chapter TWO (Gimme Your Money Please) of this performance from before the big BTO hits. It's just FIERCE! ruclips.net/video/5F1keWFJpIA/видео.html
I think that's a big part of it, yes. Plus, he didn't really have "the look". Also, he wasn't super-self-indulgent. I don't hear the 10-chorus long solos from Randy on his records.
Yes Randy is so underrated. Such a great guitarist, song writer and story teller. He deserves three thumbs up. 👍👍👍
He's so often overlooked as a player and songwriter, as you say. You never see him on a top 10 list, except maybe in Canada.
He is the reason I started guitar. It was the solo to American Woman, WOW, I was hooked.
Great catch on the licks from Jimi and John
Love the canned heat and hybrid picking .❤
Classic rock was a big influence on me growing up in Los Angeles, especially considering I came from a musical family. My dad played guitar and was a music fan and I got into a lot of the music he was into. My parents were always playing music on the stereo, everything from Led Zeppelin to Cream to Sabbath to BTO. I didn't know BTW were Canadian until about the 80s. I always knew Rush were Canadian. In fact, my cousins in Willowdale grew up down the street from Geddy Lee and they introduced me to some of his family members when I visited in '81. That as a great trip. Anyhow, I would eventually learn guitar in 1985 at the age of eleven after first playing piano at six and trumpet at nine. Guitar became and remains my main instrument with piano a second. Some of the first songs I learned were BTO songs like "Taking Care of Business", "Let It Ride", and "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet." I realized as I learned more BTO songs and listened to them with more intent than I did as a small child in the 70s that Randy Bachman really knew his way around the guitar. He wasn't meandering like a lot of players from the classic rock era. His solos made sense, were well constructed, and the man really knew his chords.
the solo on the song "roll on down the highway" is epic and should always be in the best guitar solo ever conversation . . .
Looking out for #1 is one of my all time favorites could listen to it every day and never get tired of it, just a masterpiece!!!
Thanks for this! The Guess Who and BTO are criminally underrated. The Rock & Roll HOF sucks for a lot of reasons, but the exclusion of The Guess Who is unforgivable. Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings are great composers and musicians. Thanks for highlighting Randy’s creativity and prowess.
My pleasure. They deserve it, I agree.
Brave Belt played my brother in law's high school Christmas dance 3 months before changing their name to Bachman Turner Overdrive. There's even a picture of it in his yearbook.
Cool.
@MarkZabel
Back in the days when they would make a loaf of bread of PB&J's, and drive around after the gig to make sure they weren't followed, then all sleep in a canvas army surplus tent. Randy watched the pennies, and made all of his brothers millionaires, then they spent the next 20 years suing him.
RB was playing a church hall in Nanaimo, Vancouver Is, with The Guess Who, late sixties, with a temporary guitar, a sparkly purple Mosrite. A kid in the audience walked onto the stage while he was playing Tossin' and Turnin', with a guitar in a case, as if to swap. Randy nodded, gave him the Mosrite, and played the other guitar for the rest of the night. At the end of which he went with the guitar to the kid, to return it. The kid said 'you mean you don't want to trade?' Randy thought it was just for the night,, but it turned out the kid wanted the Mosrite, having seen him with it on TV.
So Randy made a swap, plus 75 dollars (all he had), and got it signed and witnessed by the minister.
That guitar (with a Garnet 'Herzog' amp), became legendary, used on B T Overdrive, and the records.
It was a '59 Les Paul, with a factory all-aluminium Bigsby, with the 'sweetest neck pickup'.
Very cool!
Randy Bachman is one of my favorites. I love The Guess Who and BTO. "Not Fragile" will always be one of my favorite albums
Totally agree! RANDY B is an awesome guitarist. And what a great songwriter! His chords always had a nice jazzy touch that is impressive to listen to! Glad you bring these great artists up!
Thanks!
One of my favorite records!! Fantastic lesson Mark! 👋🖤🦋🖤
Awesome! Thank you!
I remember back in 70s I was riding in a car with a college friend who was a big fan of BTO. He puts in a 8 track of BTO and for the first time I heard " Blue Collar " the song absolutely blew me away. The guitar work was so impressive and made me realize just how good BTO was.
Blue Collar - great tune!
Disagree bro. Randy gets incredible respect up here in Canada. But best thing is he is an absolute stellar gentleman. Randy is a Canadian music god
Well, then with the 7.9 billion people of the world not living in Canada then. I think you're taking me too literally. Dangerfield was a comedian. Perhaps Rodney Dangerfield isn't well-known in Canada.
Randy seems to be an excellent storyteller too. He deserves more recognition IMHO ... okay, with the 7.9 non-Canadians then.
Have to agree with you Canadian brother. Gotta love Randy. As a Canadian, I was always aware of his command of the strings. We're very proud of him up here and as you said he's such a classy gentleman. ❤❤❤
He gets tons of respect from Americans who know his work, too. I heard the Guess Who about age 4 and followed him all my life.
I only know Randy from BTO. Thanks for the back story about him. Rock on!
I know he is really good from great parts he played on those hit songs, but in the US you never hear his name mentioned among guitar players. That was the whole point of this video.
I love your song choices and playing!
Thanks!!! :)
Randy is awesome
Was I lucky? A Summer festival in Wheeling, Illinois around 1987/88. Randy Bachman was to perform. Holy Cow!! He played on a lo-rise stage set up in the grass. My parents and I were within 10 feet of him with no one in front of us. It was unbelievable. Went back the next day to see The Turtles. Great memories. Thanks Mark for highlighting the brilliance of Randy Bachman. Listened to The Guess Who's Greatest Hits on the way to work today.
Oh yes we were lucky myself & ex-husband were at this show too! What a great time!!! Cheers
@@krisstieghorst7415Hopefully, I was close with the timeframe. It seemed too good to be true. Still seems surreal to be that casual of a stage. Stay warm. I know you are in the Illinois freeze.
Wow! Super-cool. Wish I could've been there.
@MarkZabel BTO, Rainbow, Black Oak Arkansas, AC/DC,Everything you give a lesson on these were my ex husband's Jams! He has the records....Huge Beatles fan!! Doesn't like Yoko....lol. 🤣😆👋🖤🦋🖤SHE BROKE UP THE BEATLES IN HIS OPINION He was born in 1957. Lucky old dog....
@MarkZabel Uses hippie pig Latin...Farmhouse/ Far out...Groovey/ Gravy ...lol🤣😆 use to drive me nuts,lol!!
I had heard years ago that "Randy Bachman" & "Richie Blackmore" both studied violin scales when they first started playing. I don't know if that's true, or not, but both of them have a very unique approach to their playing style. It's really cool watching your video's and hearing what you have to say. I wish I lived close enough to you to just hang out and talk music. You're always a pleasure to listen to. I also love your playing. Peace.. Joe
Thanks! I heard Randy say in an interview that he studied classical violin through age 14. He didn't say he stopped, but kind of implied it. Hearing Elvis with Scotty Moore was a landmark for him as well as meeting/hearing Lenny Breau.
The Guess Who, especially during Randy's tenure, could rock, but they also had some progressions you'd hear in other music. Musicals or jazz. Something like "Laughing", has a very nice progression with the ascending 5th in it. Kind of like Lennon's "Isolation", but much punchier. Classic stuff!
@@MarkZabel Interesting stuff. I never heard of Lenny Breau before. I have been a huge fan of "The Guess Who" & "BTO" since I'd been a kid. My parents were huge "Elvis" fans and my favorite Elvis tunes were "That's All Right Mama" & "Mystery Train" Scotty More was ground breaking.
My sister got to meet "Carl Perkins" years ago. She told me that she got to sit on his bus, and he showed her a belt buckle that "Elvis" gave him. She said he was a really nice guy.
I'll have to look up some stuff by "Lenny Breau" Thanks for the insight. I also hope your son is staying with it. Peace.. Joe
Pretty sure he also played accordion when he was really young.
Randy Bachman was/is a guitar/rock god forever here in the states as well! Let it roll!
Rock on!
Thanks for your post about Randy. You obviously have an and appreciate talent. 👍
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
He doesn't get the credit he deserves, he is very good. Just try playing Undun or the solos in Taking Care of Business and you will see.
Greatplayer blue collar and looking out for number one are my favorite
Great job teaching pal
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for tackling Randy's styles! "Lookin' out for #1" from "Head On" is my long term RB tune. . He and Blair traded licks so beautifully there.
Rock on!
I've been a Randy Bachman fan forever. He's a superb classic rock guitar player.
Agree. Excellent player.
I'm so glad I happened upon your lesson and channel. It's one thing to be able to play really well, but teaching or sharing the information takes a special type of musician. Thank you for presenting this! 🎸🎸🎸
Thank you, and it's my pleasure.
Wow, Mark. Great video. Thanks very much. You've given me so much inspiration.
Awesome! Glad I could help.
I've been watching you on and off for years. Great content! Your really good!
Awesome! Thank you!
Great video! I’m a big fan of the channel. Don’t forget for Undun and Lookin out for #1 Randy uses his thumb to play the bass notes(low E string) which makes it more fun but also more challenging
Thanks Jordan!
My sister took me to my first ‘real’ concert which was BTO opening for Aerosmith at the Erie Field House, first one or two albums for each of them.
Very cool!
I’ve always loved his playing!
Me too!
For me the solos in "Not Fragile" and Flat Broke Love" are just awesome! Simple and very effective! Love the build up!
Rock on!
I absolutely love his work in B. T. O. For example Takin care of business and especially you ain't seen nothin yet! Just great cool chords and strumming. Nice work mark.
No doubt!
Randy was never unknown or underrated in the neighborhood I grew up in. The man was takin’ care of business.
Yeah!
Great video.
Randy is my all time fav guitar hero. He should be in the RnR Hall of fame.
One of his greatest solos is on BTO's "Roll on down the Highway".
Excellent tutorial and explanation..thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's great your acknowledging Randy! He did have a Jazz background hence " Undun, Blue Collar, Looking out for for#1 " and finally Burton Cummings did a cool Jazz/ Night Club version of " Ain't seen nothing yet" Thanks again.
Thanks!
Great stuff as always- thanks Mark!⚡️
My pleasure! Thanks for watching.
Brilliant-I learnt a lot about one of my favorite guitar players with either Blair Thornton or the super cool solo jazz stuff such a fluid, musical player.
Excellent video. Great playing.
Many thanks!
Love listening to Randy talk about The Beatles. Hugely knowledgeable guy about them and as you point out he nicked some great stuff from them which he freely admits. Steal smart everybody!
Yeah!
Great lesson on one of my very favourite players. I looove the outro solo on Blue Collar.
Thanks ... and yes, that's a cool bit of guitar work from Randy!
he's not gonna get the same attention as guys like jimmy page or eddie van halen etc, but randy bachman is damn good, the solo on roll on down the highway is epic, but he's well known and i never thought of him and some lesser guitar player, he's super good.
Blue collar was my greatest pick.
Respect that for Randy and you play and teach it well. I
Thank you!
GREAT stuff Mark! Excellent job. Your playing is quite impressive. Always loved Randy's playing and song writing, especially the jazzy Undun one of my all time favorites. Also don't forget "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" - great chord changes in that similar to ,Let It Ride. Also love his chops on "Blue Collar" octaves, the whole works.
Thanks! Yeah, Randy was so versatile and covered lots of ground. So many great riffs.
love this lesson
Thanks!
great video would love to see a deep dive lesson on Undun - The Guess Who still not in HoF crime against humanity
Thanks. There's a link for the detailed lesson on "Undun" in this video's description.
thanks gr8 lesson from some guitar heros..
My pleasure!
i got to meet randy a loooong time ago while hanging out with mike mckenna at the Q107 christmas party. he seemed like a pretty cool person, even though i was only around him for about 10 or 15 minutes. if you ever wanted to do this sort of video about a somewhat forgotten but really interesting player, mike mckenna from mkenna mendolsen mainline would be a great subject. i got to know him pretty well for a few years, he's a great guy and a really unique guitar player. slide, finger picks, b-bender stuff, he does it all. i haven't seen him since i left toronto 5 years ago. he was a big influence and inspiration for me.
Very cool, and thanks for the suggestion.
I know he uses chords that are not the norm !!! He was totaly in a class by himself ! Fantastic player ! And singer !!! Great powerful voice !!! 😎✌️🎸💕💕💕
Great Stuff Mark!
Glad you enjoyed it
Just good rock riffs they’ll be around for a good long time.
He is great guitar. player
Hi Mark, good lesson idea here. I'm your age and BTO was one of my favs growing up.
Thanks!
Stick with it kid. You got some chops. 🫡🫡🫡
Still looking for a lesson on the solos in Blue Collar. It would be great if you could do one! Excellent hybrid picking tip.
Very cool tune. I'll put it on the to-do list!
Great video. Randy Bachman is one of the iconic rock guitarists and performers of his era. He's also an extremely talented songwriter and highly successful music businessman who has made millions in royalties from his songs. He's still doing it to this day. He's the opposite of his teacher and guitar genius inspiration, Lenny Breau. Tommy Emmanuel has a recent interview on RUclips talking about Lenny. Tommy says that Lenny was a fantastic guitar player, but that was all he could do. He just couldn't handle the ordinary responsibilities in life, like paying bills and managing money and a successful career. His life ended in extreme tragedy. Bachman went the opposite route, obviously. There's a lesson in this, I think.
Thanks! Yes, Randy seems to have his life together and has for a long time from what I know. He's an excellent storyteller and appears to be a real gentleman - in addition to creating a great body of musical work for us to enjoy.
For me, hearing that 1st side of the album (and then Wheatfield Soul and Canned Wheat) was a wonderful growth experience as a budding musician.
Great video man !
Glad you liked it!
Did you add a compressor pedal with the tremolo pedal to get that Bachman American woman tone? I'm not sure how you got that sound but it was very close to the original
Thanks. On the rhythm I used the amp tremolo effect. On the lead I used an OD pedal and a compressor, but the key is to turn the guitar tone way down. Kind of like Clapton's "woman tone" on steroids.
"Not Fragile" was the first song I ever learned to play all the way thru. Big moment for a 6th grader.
Very cool!
Let it ride . Nothing more to be said. Period 🤘 especially when the second guitar comes in . Awesome
You got that right!
That 7th chord voicing is used to great effect by Jimmy Page in the song Celebration Day. Page also used it lot in his blues fills playing live. Very cool
Yes, it was all the rage in the late 60s and early 70s. It's a great voicing.
@@MarkZabel BTW, that’s a very underrated Zep tune. The live version from MSG 73 would be a great teaching moment about riffing and rhythm playing. Also, a very cool and melodic solo (lots of Page-isms).
The leads on Blue Collar will always be one of my favorites.
Looking out for #1 and Blue Collar are great guitar songs
Nice to see Randy gettin' some lovin' Stateside.
One of my first albums was American Woman, but I remember the songs from their two albums released in 1969. (Two albums in one year?!! Who does that today?)
Now, is Randy a rocker who plays jazz or a jazz player who rocks ?
He definitely deserves more guitar love in the States. I'm a fan for sure!
Saw BTO at SAN Diego sports arena .
Thankyou
You’re welcome!
I love the harter stuff from BTO later. They are really Rock n Heavy😊
I remembered i did see them 2 times my first-time cocert but also at the meadow lands theaters opening up for vanhagar none of the kids knew whothey were i started a stampede the kids in front of us loudly said who the hell is bto told him you already know takin care then i sang you aint seen nothin and as i passed the and stared running i said oh yea american women stay away from me thwhole crowd realized it was not to be missed a great memory vanhagar rockrd it as well it was the right now tour what a combo
Cool!
grew up in winnipeg not far from Randy and Burton's homes and me and my friends been fans since 1967 , first amp was a garnet puchased from the same guy who made The Guess Who's amps
Cool.
I remember seeing the Guess Who at Cobo Hall in Detroit in the late 60's. Fantastic live band and as much as I respect Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings really carried the show.
Great talent for sure. Saw my first big shows at Cobo too, though a bit later. My ears are still ringing from the first Van Halen concert I saw there!
I'm not trying to blowup your comment section Mark, but YT no longer lets us send personal messages to each other any more. I was wanting to ask if you could maybe do a video on how to utilize the unison bends. Like how do you know where to play them to be in key with whatever you're playing? And maybe a video on scale practicing technics? Those two things would do wonders for me. Thanks.. Joe
Thanks Joe. Good suggestions and food for thought!
Geeat video!
Thanks!
Neil Young called Randy his guitar playing hero when they were in their teenage bands in Winnipeg.
Didn't know that - cool!
Love this no nonsense channel, but what about You Aint Seen Nothing Yet.? That has some really tasty lead playing in it. I bet Mark knows it. Love to see him do a video on it.
Thanks! We'll do something about that. I love the playfulness of that song. BTO sounded like they were having fun with it. (And a bunch of other songs too!)
So you talk about that signature lick in Taking Care of Business using that D7 shape...what was tough for me when I learned it was going from the initial D7 shape to the lick he does right after it, and then goes back to the D7 shape but in a different position because of the chord change...it volleys back and forth to different positions...it's only really 2 licks...the D7 thing (badadadada) then the lick in a different position (ba da da da da da) ...for some reason, the back and forth thing did NOT come natural to me...I can do it now, of course, after knowing it, but initially, for some reason...I'd loose track, hahaha!...
Yep, the way he uses that shape is foreign to most players. But, as you note, it's shape play (i.e., move the same shape to different places), so it's a great way to learn that idea.
Interesting…. Love Kurt Winter years!
BTO shows were kinda crazy. Turner often danced around doing a lot of karate like kicks. Turner also wore a union suit underwear in many of the shows.
good video
Thanks
Randy didn’t play in the Guess Who after 1970. He didn’t play in the album version of Clap for the Wolfman. His last Album was the American Woman album. It was Kurt Winter on guitar for Clap for the Wolfman in 74. At this point BTO had already released 2 albums and probably working on Not Fragile. And in 71&72 he was in Brave Belt which turned into BTO
Yep. I hope I didn't say Randy played in "Clap for the Wolfman". He was long gone by that time.
Randy tells a great story about how he got the idea for TCB and how he wrote the song. It’s based on a true story of a blind guy who rode the train to the studio each day where they were recording.
Cool, thanks for the info.
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In a music store near Philadelphia, RB spotted a '59 black Les Paul with gold Bigsby, and thought 'wow, just like the one I have, rare'. When he asked to buy it, he was told it was not for sale, since Keith Richards' roadie had brought it in for a fret job. Which had been fixed, and the Rolling Stones' office in New York repeatedly called, with no reply.
So Randy said, could they let him know if they didn't call? The guitar shop guy said, slim chance, but that a 'mechanic's lien' (where an unclaimed item can be sold to recover repair costs) might be possible in the event of no reply.
Six months later Randy received a call from the shop saying that the office couldn't be bothered to collect it, and would he like to buy it? Which he did, for USD750.
I was Highly influenced too.
Randy is Rock Royalty in Canada; he has achieved Guitar God status *twice* --which is more that anyone can say about Alex Lifeson or Rik Emmett.
Interesting
Oh yeah, love BTO but I never made the connection either. Sledgehammer. Did he write that?
Yes
Peter Gabriel, sledgehammer no???
Yep, as others have said - he wrote that song. Great tune. The guitar and song have sort of a "Queen tone". Really anthemic.
BTO NOT FRAGILE is one of the hardest rocking lp's ever. Blue Collar is their best though.
Another Canadian guitar player that needs a spotlight is Domenic Troiano. Mandala, Bush, Guess Who? (Replaced Randy), James Gang (Replaced Joe Walsh) and solo.
Try 'War Zone'.
You've got a good vibrato .
Thanks!
My favorite BTO song is SLEDGEHAMMER
A7......Randy, Beatles, Hendrix....... and Celebration Day, Zepplin.
Caned Heat no one remembers that song i smoked may the dubeeee to that song excelent taking care of busines i new it word for word Dam Mark flash back.. unfortunetly i no longer smoke weed but OMG Time less music we had the best earor of music hands down
3:55 4:13 get back
Just remember the rhythm part of Taking care of business and you ain't seen nothing yet was written by a 14 year old , and shown to randy In the parking lot of the norwood hotel in winnipeg about 51 1/2 years ago.
Great Riff and Song Writer. Totally underrated!! Just check out the lead guitar playing in Chapter TWO (Gimme Your Money Please) of this performance from before the big BTO hits. It's just FIERCE! ruclips.net/video/5F1keWFJpIA/видео.html
People think he wasnt cool cuz he wasnt a drug user, canadian and married , he was a bore.
The guy wrote some really prolific guitar riffs , fact!
I think that's a big part of it, yes. Plus, he didn't really have "the look". Also, he wasn't super-self-indulgent. I don't hear the 10-chorus long solos from Randy on his records.