Lew Bundles Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Went to see Randy Bachman last night at B.B. Kings in N.Y.C...Interesting night...Musically, I felt like I was listening/watching a Holiday Inn cover band as there was a "lounge" sound to the instrumentation...The drummer was playing like he had hadcuffs on and the guitarist(not Bachman) had one of those Brian Setzer sounding guitars that I dont like...BUT, the stories that Bachman told as to the creation of each song was GREAT...The history of these songs was fascinating as all hell and he has a real down home(read Canadian)attitude...Very casual, soft spoken and articulate...Relatively short show, but played all the classics...No Sugar Tonite/New Mother NatureUndunLaughin'These EyesNo TimeAmerican WomanBus RiderAlbert FlasherRollin' Down The HighwayLet It RideYou A'int Seen Nothing YetTakin' Care of BusinessHey You and another Bachman/Turner number that I was not familiar with...Short Set...But interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 What are we going to do if "Albert Flasher" is ever posted in the Song Thread? I was going through my files and wondering about that one.And, American Woman is actually a song protesting against America during the Viet Nam War days.Thank you for more suggestions to fill up my 40 gig hard drive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angloberry Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Anyone know what his son Tal is up to these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Tal has released a new cd here in Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Some of those Bachman/Cummings unplugged videos on youtube are really great to watch ....My favorite song of RB was on an album called "Survivor," and the song was "Just a Kid"(fairly Beach Boys-ish). Just recently bought the CD, after not hearing the album for many years. The song is autobiographical. Worth finding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor4Life Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Randy issued a DVD a few years back called "Every Song Tell a Story" It was exactly the same as the show you described Lew. Just in case you're interested in it...Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadfingerBarb Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Odd that Randy would perform post Bachman Guess Who songs. Did Randy actually sing "Albert Flasher" and "Bus Rider"? I saw him last month with Burton Cummings and they were great. The set list was similar but they did more Guess Who songs like "Share The Land" and "Hand Me Down World". Curiously, they didn't play any solo Cummings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Nivan Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Lew:Cool. Glad you enjoyed.But no Bluuuuuuue Collah?Bummer."K" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor4Life Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Barb, no he doesnt sing any of the Burton sung songs. He has another band member sing those unfortunetly...Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 The guy sounded like Cummings a bit...I, also, thought it was weird that he chose to do "Albert Flasher", but the story he told about the origination and recording of the song made it sound like he was there for the session... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Nathan Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Seeing Burton/Randy on Friday behind the Orange Curtain (Irvine, CA.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadfingerBarb Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 The guy sounded like Cummings a bit...I, also, thought it was weird that he chose to do "Albert Flasher", but the story he told about the origination and recording of the song made it sound like he was there for the session... Alert Flasher!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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