Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaa-ah--wrong blog.
Hi there, if anybody's reading this. The ol' boy's back again after a year long hiatus. I just remembered I had this blog, and it's been just sitting here. Time to get back at it again. Don't worry, I still love The Guess Who just as much as I did a year ago. I removed a post about remastering TGW's music catalogue because I realized it would be rather difficult to do without having the individual vocal and respective instrument tracks. Also, in said post, I said that I would release some Guess Who live shows. After an unfortunate computer hard-drive incident, I lost most of my stuff. I did manage to get some stuff though. I will be putting up some remastered Guess Who shows in the VERY near future, so stay tuned for that. Well, that's all for now folks. Keep Rockin'
Ah ha ha I'm a roadie...
-Andy
Monday, 8 October 2018
Friday, 11 August 2017
Album Review - Wheatfield Soul (1969)
Ah yes, Wheatfield Soul. One of my favourite albums from the boys. The album cover is obviously inspired by the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album art. What can I say about this album, other than it is sometimes their most overlooked record. They strung their first major hit single off this one. You got some great tunes on here, for example: These Eyes, Pink Wine Sparkles In The Glass, I Found Her In A Star (shoulda been a hit!) Friends of Mine, When You Touch Me, Wednesday In Your Garden. Too many great songs! The boys were boomin' with this release, and who better to produce this record than Jack Richardson (RIP) who actually took out a second mortgage on his house, to help with the fees for making this album. This really being the only record of theirs featuring psychedelic sounds, I wish that we could've heard a little more of that. I'd love to know what was going through Burton's mind (or what he was on) when he wrote the lyrics for Pink Wine. "The colour of skin still beats education" has to be one of my favourite lyrics of his. I can't really place anything wrong with this album, it was really well put together.
Andy
Thursday, 10 August 2017
Welcome!
Hi there, welcome to the (unofficial) Guess who fan blog!
This blog is dedicated to the Canadian rock'n'roll group The Guess Who!
If this is your first time hearing about TGW, let me give you a little history lesson.
The Guess Who is (or was) a rock'n'roll group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Originally led by Chad Allan, they found initial success in 1965 with "Shakin' All Over".
In the beginning, they were called Chad Allan & The Expressions (after a few name changes)
and consisted of the following members: Chad Allan, Randy Bachman, Jim Kale, Bob Ashley and Garry Peterson. In December 1965, original keyboardist Bob Ashley left the group, and was replaced
by new guy Burton Cummings. In 1966, Chad Allan made one last album with the group, singing on the record with Burton. Allan proceeded to leave the group to pursue academical studies. Burton took over as lead permanently. They released their first album with Burton as leadman in 1969, the album was titled "Wheatfield Soul". They got their first major hit with "These Eyes" and a few other songs that year. They hit huge success with their song "American Woman" in 1970. Viewed as an Anti-war song at the time. In May 1970, Randy Bachman left the group, and later started another band called Brave Belt (who later became Bachman-Turner Overdrive). Bachman was replaced by two guitarists; Kurt Winter (RIP) & Greg Leskiw. Leskiw left the group in 1971. Jim Kale left group in 1972, the last album he appeared on was their live album "Live At The Paramount". Both Leskiw and Kale were replaced by guitarist Donnie McDougall and Bassist Bill Wallace. Kurt Winter and Don McDougall left the group in '74 both last appearing on "Road Food". A few months later, TGW released a new record titled "Flavours" with newly acquired guitarist Domenic Troiano. The sound changed drastically when Troiano joined the group, bringing a jazz "flavour". It remained that way until they released their final album in July 1975. Their final two albums did not chart well, not even reaching Billboard 100. In October 1975, they announced the band was separating. Since then, there has been multiple reunions. Jim Kale got The Guess Who back together, but not with any original members, other than Garry Peterson.
Hope you enjoy the blog!
-Andy
This blog is dedicated to the Canadian rock'n'roll group The Guess Who!
If this is your first time hearing about TGW, let me give you a little history lesson.
The Guess Who is (or was) a rock'n'roll group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Originally led by Chad Allan, they found initial success in 1965 with "Shakin' All Over".
In the beginning, they were called Chad Allan & The Expressions (after a few name changes)
and consisted of the following members: Chad Allan, Randy Bachman, Jim Kale, Bob Ashley and Garry Peterson. In December 1965, original keyboardist Bob Ashley left the group, and was replaced
by new guy Burton Cummings. In 1966, Chad Allan made one last album with the group, singing on the record with Burton. Allan proceeded to leave the group to pursue academical studies. Burton took over as lead permanently. They released their first album with Burton as leadman in 1969, the album was titled "Wheatfield Soul". They got their first major hit with "These Eyes" and a few other songs that year. They hit huge success with their song "American Woman" in 1970. Viewed as an Anti-war song at the time. In May 1970, Randy Bachman left the group, and later started another band called Brave Belt (who later became Bachman-Turner Overdrive). Bachman was replaced by two guitarists; Kurt Winter (RIP) & Greg Leskiw. Leskiw left the group in 1971. Jim Kale left group in 1972, the last album he appeared on was their live album "Live At The Paramount". Both Leskiw and Kale were replaced by guitarist Donnie McDougall and Bassist Bill Wallace. Kurt Winter and Don McDougall left the group in '74 both last appearing on "Road Food". A few months later, TGW released a new record titled "Flavours" with newly acquired guitarist Domenic Troiano. The sound changed drastically when Troiano joined the group, bringing a jazz "flavour". It remained that way until they released their final album in July 1975. Their final two albums did not chart well, not even reaching Billboard 100. In October 1975, they announced the band was separating. Since then, there has been multiple reunions. Jim Kale got The Guess Who back together, but not with any original members, other than Garry Peterson.
Hope you enjoy the blog!
-Andy
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