Randy Bachman

Randy Bachman is a Canadian rock guitarist and singer. He was born in Winnipeg and was a member of Chad Allen & the Expressions, which evolved into The Guess Who, the most successful Canadian rock band of the 1960s. He left The Guess Who in July 1970, made a solo album, Axe, and then formed Brave Belt, which evolved by 1972 into Bachman-turner Overdrive (Bto). He left Bto in April 1977, made a second solo album, Survivor (1978), and then launched a new band, Ironhorse, in 1979, but was back touring with The Guess Who in 1983 and then with Bto by 1984. 1993 saw the release of another solo album, Any Road, on Guitar Recordings. The live Every Song Tells A Story appeared in 2002 from True North, followed by Jazzthing in 2004 from Maximum Jazz. The Bachman-cummings Songbook saw the light in 2006. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide