We went to see Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings’ band play tonight in concert. They were formerly part of “The Guess Who.” It was a fabulous concert. We had pretty good seats at the NAC Opera. The sound was great and they played all their big hits and more from The Guess Who and lots from BTO as well! Cummings also played a big solo hit he had, “Break It To Them Gently.” They played for 2 hours and there was an opening act, “Booker T.” He’s been around for a long time, since the 1960s. His band is very soulful/jazzy/bluesy.

All in all, a very memorable evening of wonderful music!

It was obvious throughout the show that Randy was really enjoying himself and his guitar licks and solos were superb. There were a total of 7 musicians; 2 percussionists, 1 bass player, 2 other guitarists, plus Randy and Burton on keyboard. They played a 10 minute rendition of “American Woman,” starting with a bluesy opening, before the telltale American Woman guitar chords started the anthem, “dah-dah-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, dah-dah da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da…” :))

Other notable songs were, “Takin’ Care Of Business” (encore number),” “These Eyes,” “No Sugar Tonight,” “New Mother Nature,” “Clap For the Wolfman,” “Albert Flasher,” “Laughing,” “Let It Ride.” “Rockin’ Down the Highway,” “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet,” and “Hand Me Down World.”