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ogibowt

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Best song of the band, imo, was AMERICAN WOMAN, sung by lead singer Canadian BURTON CUMMINGS who had one great strong voice.
Eddie..i believe you are referring to Guess Who
I enjoyed alot of their tunes..but my fav was the under the radar Life In The Blood Stream....kinda Blue Eyed Soul marrying Doo Wop
 

eddie kerr

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Eddie..i believe you are referring to Guess Who
I enjoyed alot of their tunes..but my fav was the under the radar Life In The Blood Stream....kinda Blue Eyed Soul marrying Doo Wop
Yes it was, I was not referring to The Ban with Levon Helm, my bad. I did see them at the old Concord Tavern on Bloor St.
 

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Never heard this before I enjoyed. Still it doesn't touch this Guess Who masterpiece. In my opinion one of the greatest rock songs of all time

"Undun"

Burton's vocals are simply divine. The drumming, the jazzy guitar are not far behind. Its an absolute criminality that they have not been inducted into the RRHOF.
 

Insidious Von

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Best song of the band, imo, was AMERICAN WOMAN, sung by lead singer Canadian BURTON CUMMINGS who had one great strong voice.
It's difficult to pick between Burton Cummings and David Clayton Thomas.

A harmonically perfect song and yet The Youngbloods are a one hit wonder. Never heard this song before Forrest Gump.

 

Insidious Von

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RIP John Rutsey.

He had Type 1 diabetes, his tour dates were limited. Neil Peart wasn't initially part of Toronto's music scene. He was born in Hamilton and grew up in Port Delhouse. I've always wondered where Lakeside Park was, it's the Port Delhousie penninsula before St Catherines.

 
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Never heard this before I enjoyed. Still it doesn't touch this Guess Who masterpiece. In my opinion one of the greatest rock songs of all time

"Undun"

Burton's vocals are simply divine. The drumming, the jazzy guitar are not far behind. Its an absolute criminality that they have not been inducted into the RRHOF.
Randy Bachman, lead guitarist for the Guess Who, was taught guitar by his friend and jazz great Lenny Breau when Lenny lived in Winnipeg.

Randy studied the famous Mickey Baker Jazz Guitar Books 1 & 2 which had chord variations that were way too complex for me...

Hence the chords in "Undun", though for most of their songs he used regular rock chords.
 
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Three guitars (left to right: Fender Mustang, Jazzmaster, Stratocaster), no bass?
 
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Robert Mugabe

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Crazy world of Arthur Brown
Was the most influential album of 1968 for me. Genius album. Not one weak track. Even had a song about Apple. Very poignant for me. My last summer in England. Was depressed tonight and listened to it.
Prelude / Nightmare - YouTube
 

Robert Mugabe

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It's difficult to pick between Burton Cummings and David Clayton Thomas.

A harmonically perfect song and yet The Youngbloods are a one hit wonder. Never heard this song before Forrest Gump.

you obviously weren't alive in 1969. It was THE song of 1969
 

Insidious Von

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Rock is dead. I regret that I never saw Bob Seger live, wasted too much time on Bruce Springsteen.


He did the honourable move and retired.

 
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