Once again, I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time and got to experience the lift off of the first Canadian artist to hit #1 in the USA.
Before they became world famous, they were another prairie band trying to get the bosses in Toronto to notice them.
I was at CJME and CKCK in Regina, and over one early 60’s summer, they spent the hot months playing at beach parties and small halls.
One after the other.
Then the hits started to roll, and I ended up going to London, UK, with them, to cover the story.
Except the story was a bust.
Poorly planned on the London end, they played a couple of tv shows and came home.
Then came These Eyes, American Woman and fame.
After the Guess Who split up, another set of musicians decided to take the name and run with it, for 13 years.
Legalities carried on for many years but eventually Randy and Burrton Cummings..the two original guys, got the name back and that’s why the upcoming Guess Who Tour is called the ” taking it back tour.”
The complete interview with Randy can be heard on the Mulligan Stew Podcast and seen on the TDM YouTube Channel.
Tour dates in the West…
There’s new music from
Taj Mahal (it’s his birthday)
William Prince
Sarah McLachlan
I’m with her
Also, play some bands that influenced the Guess Who
Faces
Beach Boys
And two Beatles songs. Both from the white album
Several Taj Mahal songs.
Amy Winehouse
Derek Trucks
John Hiatt
Taking it back tour dates
June 8 – Saddledome Calgary
June 10 – Rogers Place, Edmonton
Aug 23 PNE Freedom Mobile Arch
August 25 Memorial Arena Victoria
Next Week – an interview with Leeroy Stagger about his new album Pilgrimage
PLAYLIST:
| Mulligan Stew | Guest in Hour 2 Randy Bachman | The Guess Who and BTO |
| I’m to young to be this old | Taj Mahal | Time |
| Sweet Lorene | Taj Mahal & Phantom Blues | Time |
| Teach me tonight (live) | Amy Winehouse | Frank |
| Sailing on | Derek Trucks Band | Songlines |
| Long Time Coming | John Hiatt | Terms of my surrender |
| The Stew – Year 30 | Terry David Mulligan | Next – Levon – Sarah McLachlan |
| Repo Man | Ray Lamontagne | God Willin’ and the creek don’t rise |
| Rag Mama Rag (live) | Levon Helm | Ramble at The Ryman |
| All this disaster | Sarah McLachlan | All this disaster |
| Deane House and River Cafe | Both on The Bow | Coming up – The Faces & Randy Bachman interview |
| Had me a real good time | Faces | Long Player |
| Slow Down (live) | The Fabulous Thunderbirds | Live in Houston 2006 |
| Lets get drunk again | Blue Moon Marquee | New Orleans Sessions |
| Randy Bachman coming up | Mulligan Stew | CKUA Radio |
| For the first time | William Prince | Further from the Country |
| NEXT – Randy Bachman | Talking The Guess Who and BTO | Tour starts soon |
| Randy Bachman Interview | Guess Who and BTO Tours | Mulligan Stew |
| No Time | The Guess Who | Greatest Hits |
| Randy Bachman Interview – Taking it back tour | complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and tdm YouTube channel | CKUA Radio |
| Takin care of business | BTO | Best of BTO |
| Randy Bachman – Taking it back tour The Guess Who | complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and TDM YouTube Channel | It’s like a visit to ‘storyland’ |
| While my guitar gently weeps | The Beatles | The Beatles White LP |
| Revolution 9 | The Beatles | The Beatles White LP |
| God only knows | The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds. |
| Tale a look at me riding | the sheepdogs | keep out of the storm |
| The 30 year old Stew | Terry Mulligan | thanks for donating |
| let it all work out | Jesse Roper | way down in the valley |
| There’s a new 5050 | go to ckua website | good luck |
| The Obvious Child (live) | I’m with Her | Sing me Alive |
| got my mojo working | Clarence Gatemouth Brown | Standing my ground |
| standing on shaky ground (live) | Delbert McClinton | Live from Austin |
| The Stew – next week | Leeroy Stagger and new album | Pilgrimage |
| Going up the country. Paint my mailbox blue | Taj Mahal | The Essential Taj |
