The Guess Who are a
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band from
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,
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. Produced by
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,
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, they were the first Canadian
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to have a No.1 hit in the United States (see
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).
The band was inducted into The
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in 1987.
Early years
The Guess Who started out as a local Winnipeg band formed by singer/guitarist
Chad AllanChad Allan is a Canadian musician and founding member of The Guess Who. He was the group's original lead singer and front man, as well as rhythm guitarist, songwriter and occasionally drummer and pianist....
in 1960 and initially called Al and the Silvertones. This was changed to
Chad Allan & the Reflections in 1962, by which point the band consisted of Chad Allan (vocals/guitar), Bob Ashley (keyboards),
Randy BachmanRandolph Charles Bachman, OC, OM was lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s-70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive...
(guitars),
Jim KaleJim Kale is the bassist for the popular band, The Guess Who. Kale left the band in 1973, after the Live at the Paramount album. He was replaced by Bill Wallace, formerly of Winnipeg band, Brother...
(bass), and
Garry PetersonGarry Peterson is a Canadian drummer who has been a long-term member of the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Along with Randy Bachman, he has also recorded and toured with another Canadian rock band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive.-Biography:...
(drums). All the band members were born in Winnipeg.
The band's debut single ("Tribute To Buddy Holly") was released on Canadian-American Records in 1962. Chad Allan and the Reflections then signed with Quality Records and released several flop singles in 1963/64, including one mis-credited to Bob Ashley & The Reflections. By 1965, the group was forced to change its name to
Chad Allan & the Expressions after a U.S. group called
The ReflectionsThe Reflections was the name of a number of musical groups.Perhaps the best known were a blue-eyed soul/doo-wop group from Detroit, Michigan. They had one hit single in 1964 called " Romeo and Juliet", written by Bob Hamilton and Fred Gorman. The song was produced by Rob Reeco on Golden World...
had scored a hit with "Just Like Romeo & Juliet".
It was at this point that the band scored their first hit, a 1965 rendition of Johnny Kidd & the Pirates' "
Shakin' All Over"Shakin' All Over" is a rock and roll song originally performed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. It was written by frontman Johnny Kidd and reached #1 in the United Kingdom in August 1960. Musicians were: Johnny Kidd , Alan Caddy , Brian Gregg , Clem Cattini , Joe Moretti .The original recording...
". This track reached #1 in Canada, #22 in the U.S (where Quality had licensed the track to the American
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label for release in the U.S.) , and #27 in Australia. However, in an attempt to build a mystique around the record, Quality Records credited the single only to "Guess Who?" It was hoped that some listeners might assume the "Guess Who?" identity was deliberately masking several famous performers working under a
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-- given the "beat group" nature of the record, perhaps even members of
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and/or other popular
British InvasionThe British Invasion is used to describe rock and roll, beat and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States from 1964 to 1966. The Second British Invasion refers to MTV and New Wave acts of the 1980s...
bands. In concealing the identity of the band in this fashion, Quality Records may have been influenced by a similar ploy made the previous year by "The You Know Who Group", an American outfit whose Merseybeat-ish 1964 single "Roses Are Red My Love" had peaked at #43 in the US, and at #21 in Canada.
It is debatable as to whether anyone was really fooled by the "Guess Who?" ruse, or if the record would have been a hit regardless of the artist credit. But the upshot was that, even after Quality Records revealed the band was "really" Chad Allan & The Expressions, disc jockeys still announced the group as Guess Who?, effectively forcing the band to rename themselves. So although singles were issued as being by "Guess Who?", on their first two albums, the band was credited as
both "Guess Who?"
and "Chad Allan & The Expressions".
Success
The immediate follow-ups to "Shakin' All Over" met with major success in Canada, but very little success elsewhere. After Bob Ashley left the group in late 1965,
Burton CummingsBurton Cummings, OM is a Canadian musician and songwriter.A gifted showman, he was the lead singer for the Canadian rock band The Guess Who...
joined the band as keyboardist and co-lead vocalist (with Chad Allan) in early January 1966. This line-up only lasted for a few months before Chad Allan left, making Cummings the new full-time lead singer. By this point, the band's name had become "The Guess Who?" (the question mark would finally be dropped in 1968), and with Chad Allan gone, the "Chad Allan & The Expressions" subtitle was dropped once and for all.
As the group's lineup changed, so did their sound. Cummings and guitarist
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were now the band's main composers, and they moved away from Merseybeat-inspired rock to a sound that mixed rock, blues, and jazz. The 1969 ballad "
These Eyes"These Eyes" is a 1968 song by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. The song was co-written by the group's lead guitarist Randy Bachman and lead singer Burton Cummings and originally included on the band's 1968 album Wheatfield Soul. Bachman had the original piano chords with an original title of...
" was the group's first Top 10 US hit for their new label
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. By the beginning of the 1970s, they had moved toward an edgier hard-rock sound with the album
American WomanAmerican Woman is the seventh album released in 1970 by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts...
, the title track for which, "
American Woman"American Woman" is the title track of Canadian band The Guess Who's 1970 album, American Woman.-Song information:The song's origins took the form of a live jam in Kitchener, Ontario. The group was rushing into the second set and began improvising a rhythm to liven up the crowd...
" (coupled with its B-side "No Sugar Tonight") was the group's only No. 1 hit in the U.S. "American Woman" also earned The Guess Who the honor of being the first Canadian band to have a No. 1 hit on the American charts. The Top Five US hit "No Time" preceded "American Woman" by about three months.
In the spring of 1970 Bachman was sidelined by a gall bladder attack. The group continued touring with an American guitarist, Bobby Sabellico. But differences between Bachman and the others led Bachman to leave the group after playing one final show with them at the
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in NYC on May 16, 1970. An unfinished 1970 album
The Way They Were, was abandoned (not released until 1976, after the band had broken up). Randy returned to Winnipeg, and later formed
Brave BeltBrave Belt was a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba originally consisting of Randy Bachman , his former The Guess Who bandmate, Chad Allan , and Randy's brother Robbie . Randy also provided bass tracks for the recording of the band's first album, Brave Belt I . But C.F...
, which eventually evolved into the
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Bachman-Turner OverdriveBachman–Turner Overdrive was a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that enjoyed a string of hit albums and singles in the 1970s, selling over 7 million albums in that decade alone. The band has sold an estimated 20 million albums worldwide, and has fans affectionately known as "gearheads"...
. Bachman was replaced by two guitarists, fellow Winnipeggers
Kurt WinterKurt Winter was a Canadian guitarist.Starting his career with the Winnipeg bands the Fifth, Gettysbyrg Address, and Brother, Winter joined The Guess Who in May, 1970, along with co-guitarist Greg Leskiw to fill the gigantic shoes of the recently-departed Randy Bachman...
from the band Brother, and Greg Leskiw. Winter became the main songwriting collaborator with Cummings, and The Guess Who continued with more hit singles such as "Hand Me Down World", "Share The Land", "Hang On to Your Life" and "Albert Flasher".
In 1972, they recorded their highly acclaimed album "Live at the Paramount" which was recorded at the
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in Seattle. This preceded an overseas tour in November-December 1972 to Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
Leskiw left the band before the Paramount show in 1972 to be replaced by Don McDougall, and bassist
Jim KaleJim Kale is the bassist for the popular band, The Guess Who. Kale left the band in 1973, after the Live at the Paramount album. He was replaced by Bill Wallace, formerly of Winnipeg band, Brother...
left after his lifestyle could no longer support touring. Winter's former bandmate Bill Wallace came in to take over bass duties. Cummings, Wallace and Winter wrote the Guess Who's last big hit, "Clap For The Wolfman", which reached No. 6 in the U.S., and which was an homage to disc jockey
Wolfman JackRobert Weston Smith was a gravelly-voiced, American disc jockey who became world famous in the 1960s and 1970s under the stage name of Wolfman Jack.-Early career:...
, who lent his voice to the recording before McDougal and Winter left in June 1974.
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became the new lead guitarist for the band and Cummings' chief songwriting collaborator.
The Guess Who broke up in October 1975. Cummings then went on to forge a successful solo career.
Reformations
In November 1977
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approached the band about doing a reunion. Cummings & Bachman were not interested since they were busy with their solo careers. Kale, Peterson, Winter & McDougal did respond, however. Kale was on tour in Kenora,
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, and contacted Cummings & Bachman about using the Guess Who name. They both gave him their blessing. Soon after, Kale found out that the name "The Guess Who" had never been registered. He promptly drove back to Winnipeg to register it, and maintains control of the band name to this day.
Kale decided to continue on with The Guess Who from that point, initially joined by Winter, McDougal and Vance Masters (Masters had been drummer in the Winnipeg group Brother with Winter & Wallace). An album called
Guess Who's Back was released in Canada to minimal attention. Another studio album,
All This For a Song, followed in 1979.
Kale even left the band for a short spell and was involved with other projects as the others continued on without him. But by 1981 he was back and has led an ever changing roster of players to this day. In 1981 Kale's new lineup put out
Now & Not Then on the El Macombo label.
(
See below for complete list of TGW lineups)
In 1983, Bachman, Cummings,
Jim KaleJim Kale is the bassist for the popular band, The Guess Who. Kale left the band in 1973, after the Live at the Paramount album. He was replaced by Bill Wallace, formerly of Winnipeg band, Brother...
and
Garry PetersonGarry Peterson is a Canadian drummer who has been a long-term member of the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Along with Randy Bachman, he has also recorded and toured with another Canadian rock band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive.-Biography:...
(the "American Woman" line-up) reunited as The Guess Who to play a series of Canadian gigs and record the
Together Again live album and video.
After this reunion, Bachman and Cummings resumed their solo work, and Kale once again resumed touring with various musicians under The Guess Who banner. A new Guess Who studio album, Lonely One with vocalist
Terry HattyTerry Hatty is a Canadian rock singer. Terry was born on January 2. In 2005, he, along with Matt Minglewood, Mike Ross and a number of Canadian musicians, starred in a production called "Canada Rocks." The show played through the summers of 2005 & 2006 at the Confederation Centre in Charlottetown,...
was released in 1995, but virtually no attention was paid to it in the mainstream press, and the few reviews of the album were almost all overwhelmingly negative.
In May 1997 with their hometown of Winnipeg facing a potentially disastrous flood that had already taken cities south of the border, Bachman and Cummings reunited in Winnipeg for the first time in 10 years in an emotional fund raiser for disaster relief organized by Tom Jackson.
The Guess Who in the 21st Century
On August 8, 1999, Cummings, Bachman, Peterson and Kale reunited once again, after responding to a personal request from the Premier of Manitoba, to appear at the closing ceremonies of the
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at Winnipeg Stadium. This led to a cross-Canada and US tour for the band beginning in 2000, although health issues of Kale's precluded his involvement. Nevertheless, he received a share of the band's earnings, and replacement Bill Wallace was paid out of other members' shares. A live album and DVD release followed the tour. Both the tour and the subsequent live releases were warmly received by fans and critics.
During the 2000 concert in Winnipeg it began to rain, then thunder, then lightning. Through the rain Cummings kept singing (while the band crew tried to cover things in plastic), at one point Cummings acknowledging that if the audience didn't leave he wouldn't either, and he didn't until the lightning started to strike. It was a temporary pause, though, and the concert continued a short time later.
In 2001, the band received honorary doctorates at
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in
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. For lead vocalist Cummings, it was a privilege to receive the doctorate, since he did not graduate from high school. That same year the group was inducted into
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.
In 2003, the band (including Bachman and Cummings) performed a well-received set before an estimated audience of 450,000 at the
Molson Canadian Rocks for TorontoMolson Canadian Rocks for Toronto was a benefit rock concert that was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 30, 2003. It was also known as "Toronto Rocks," "SARSStock,","SARSfest," "SARS-a-palooza," the "SARS concert," or, more descriptively, "The Rolling Stones SARS Benefit Concert." Estimated...
SARS
benefit concertA benefit concert or charity concert is a concert, show or gala featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis. Such events raise both funds and public awareness to address the cause at...
. The show was the largest outdoor ticketed event in Canadian history.
While still also performing individually and with their own bands, Bachman and Cummings, backed by Toronto's
Carpet FrogsThe Carpet Frogs are a Toronto based rock band. They are best known for their work with Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings.- Band Members :Nick Sinopoli - Percussion and vocals
David Love - Guitar and vocals
...
, have been touring together since 2005. Having failed to win the rights to use the Guess Who name, they have adopted the moniker Bachman-Cummings. Bachman stated in a CBC interview on February 7, 2005 that it was unlikely he and Cummings would ever again tour as The Guess Who. Bachman-Cummings have released two Canadian albums under the Bachman-Cummings name titled "Jukebox", and the "Bachman Cummings Songbook"; they are currently touring with
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.
Bon Jovi has called Bachman and Cummings Canadian rock 'n' roll royalty and said that together they have more combined hits than the final season of the Sopranos. He has been playing the song Taking Care of Business as a tribute to Randy's band BTO.
As of 2004, Kale and Peterson, who now jointly own the franchise, tour as "The Guess Who". The band currently tours extensively, mostly in the USA.
The Silvertones
- 1960 Chad Allan
Chad Allan is a Canadian musician and founding member of The Guess Who. He was the group's original lead singer and front man, as well as rhythm guitarist, songwriter and occasionally drummer and pianist....
(Allan Kobel), Bob Ashley, Brian Donald, Johnny Glowa, Jim KaleJim Kale is the bassist for the popular band, The Guess Who. Kale left the band in 1973, after the Live at the Paramount album. He was replaced by Bill Wallace, formerly of Winnipeg band, Brother...
, Larry Wah, Gordon Murison (band named after his Silvertone guitar)
Al & The Silvertones
- 1962 Chad Allan, Bob Ashley, Randy Bachman
Randolph Charles Bachman, OC, OM was lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s-70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive...
, Jim Kale, Garry PetersonGarry Peterson is a Canadian drummer who has been a long-term member of the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Along with Randy Bachman, he has also recorded and toured with another Canadian rock band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive.-Biography:...
, Carol West.
Chad Allan & The Reflections
- 1962 Chad Allan, Bob Ashley, Randy Bachman, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson
Chad Allan & The Expressions
- 1964 Chad Allan, Randy Bachman, Jim Kale, Bob Ashley, Garry Peterson
The Guess Who
- 1965 Chad Allan, Randy Bachman, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Bob Ashley
- 1966 Chad Allen, Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings
Burton Cummings, OM is a Canadian musician and songwriter.A gifted showman, he was the lead singer for the Canadian rock band The Guess Who...
, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson
- 1966 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Bruce Decker, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson
- 1966 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson
- 1970 Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Bobby Sabellico
- 1970 Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Greg Leskiw, Garry Peterson, Kurt Winter
Kurt Winter was a Canadian guitarist.Starting his career with the Winnipeg bands the Fifth, Gettysbyrg Address, and Brother, Winter joined The Guess Who in May, 1970, along with co-guitarist Greg Leskiw to fill the gigantic shoes of the recently-departed Randy Bachman...
- 1972 Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Donnie McDougall
Donnie "Don" McDougall is a guitarist who joined The Guess Who in 1972, replacing Greg Leskiw who moved on to a solo career. His first album performance was on the record Live At The Paramount, recorded in Seattle, Washington. McDougall sang "Glace Bay Blues" on that album...
, Garry Peterson, Kurt Winter
- 1972 Burton Cummings, Donnie McDougall, Garry Peterson, Bill Wallace
Bill Wallace is a bassist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He got his start in the 1960s with Winnipeg rock band called The Gettysburg Address. He later joined his friends Kurt Winter and Vance Masters in Brother. Wallace was the lead singer and bassist...
, Kurt Winter
- 1974 Burton Cummings, Garry Peterson, Domenic Troiano
Domenic Troiano was a Canadian rock guitarist, most notable for his contributions to Mandala, The James Gang, The Guess Who and as a solo artist.- History :...
, Bill Wallace(to end 10/75)
Jim Kale's "The Guess Who"
- 1977 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Kurt Winter, Donnie McDougall
- 1977 Jim Kale, Vance Masters, Kurt Winter, Donnie McDougall
- 1978 Jim Kale, Vance Masters, Kurt Winter, Donnie McDougall, (Guess Who's Back LP)
- 1978 Jim Kale, Vance Masters, Donnie McDougall, David Inglis, Ralph Watts
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- 1979 David Inglis, Jim Kale, Vance Masters, Donnie McDougall (All This For a Song LP)
- 1979 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Garry Peterson, Bill Wallace(one time only appearance for Burton's CBC TV special Portage & Main in March 1979)
- 1979 Vance Masters, Donnie McDougall, Bobby Bilan, Brian Sellar, Jimmy Grabowski
- 1981 Jim Kale, Brent DeJarlais, Dale Russell, Mike McKenna
Mike McKenna is a professional Canadian rock / blues guitarist noted for his electric slide playing. He is currently headlines the Mike McKenna Band.- History :...
, Sonnie Bernardi (Now & Not Then LP)
- 1981 Jim Kale, Brent DesJarlais, David Inglis, Brian Tataryn, Ken Curry
- 1981 Jim Kale, Brent DesJarlais, Brian Tataryn, Ken Curry
- 1983 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson
- 1983 Jim Kale, Dale Russell, Sonnie Bernardi, Mike Hanford, Trevor Balicky
- 1985 Jim Kale, Dale Russell, Sonnie Bernardi, Mike Hanford, Bob Fuhr
- 1986 Jim Kale, Dale Russell, Sonnie Bernardi, Terry Reid
Terry Reid is an English rock vocalist and guitarist. His unique powerful vocal style has afforded him a mastery of the rock and roll of his time, performing with high profile musicians, as a supporting act, a busy session musician, and sideman.- History :After leaving school at the age of 15,...
, Kenny CarterKenneth 'Kenny' Malcolm Carter Kenneth 'Kenny' Malcolm Carter Kenneth 'Kenny' Malcolm Carter (born 28 March 1961 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, died 21 May 1986 in Bradshaw, West Yorkshire, was a world class speedway rider. He rode for Newcastle Diamonds (1978), Halifax Dukes (1979-85) and Bradford...
- 1987 Jim Kale, Dale Russell, Sonnie Bernardi, Mike Hanford, Kenny Carter
- 1987 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Mike Hanford, Kenny Carter
- 1989 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Tom Whitnery, Kenny Carter
- 1990 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Kenny Carter, Leonard Shaw
Leonard Shaw is a Canadian musician who has toured and recorded with a variety of groups since the 1960s. He is best known as a member of the band The Guess Who since 1991. Prior to joining The Guess Who, he was a member of Ian Thomas' band....
- 1991 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Terry Hatty
Terry Hatty is a Canadian rock singer. Terry was born on January 2. In 2005, he, along with Matt Minglewood, Mike Ross and a number of Canadian musicians, starred in a production called "Canada Rocks." The show played through the summers of 2005 & 2006 at the Confederation Centre in Charlottetown,...
, Leonard Shaw
- 1998 Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Carl Dixon
Carl Dixon is a Canadian rock singer, keyboardist and guitarist. He has been a member of the bands Coney Hatch, April Wine and The Guess Who.-Biography:Carl Dixon was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario...
, Leonard Shaw
- 1998 Garry Peterson, Dale Russell, Carl Dixon, Leonard Shaw, Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve
Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve is a Canadian musician, best known for playing bass with Tom Cochrane and Cochrane's earlier band Red Rider.He was a founding member of the band Streetheart prior to playing with Cochrane, making amongst others a live cover of Under my Thumb.Other credits include recording...
- 1999 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson (one show)
- 2000 Dale Russell, Leonard Shaw, Carl Dixon, Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve, Charley Cooley
- 2000 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Donnie McDougall, Garry Peterson (one show)
- 2000 Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Don McDougall, Garry Peterson, Bill Wallace (to end 07/31/03)
- 2004 Bobby Bilan, Carl Dixon, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Leonard Shaw
- 2006 Carl Dixon, Jim Kale, Laurie MacKenzie, Garry Peterson, Leonard Shaw.
- 2008 Derek Sharp
Derek Sharp is a Canadian rock singer, and guitarist. He has been a member of several bands, but he is best known in the US as the current lead singer of The Guess Who, a position he has held since April 2008.-Biography:...
, Jim KaleJim Kale is the bassist for the popular band, The Guess Who. Kale left the band in 1973, after the Live at the Paramount album. He was replaced by Bill Wallace, formerly of Winnipeg band, Brother...
, Laurie MacKenzieLaurie MacKenzie, was born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada, but relocated to Winnipeg at age 19. He is a guitarist for the popular band, The Guess Who. Prior to joining The Guess Who, MacKenzie toured and recorded with Laurie MacKenzie and the Bandits and the Laurie MacKenzie Band.-External links:*...
, Garry PetersonGarry Peterson is a Canadian drummer who has been a long-term member of the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Along with Randy Bachman, he has also recorded and toured with another Canadian rock band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive.-Biography:...
, Leonard ShawLeonard Shaw is a Canadian musician who has toured and recorded with a variety of groups since the 1960s. He is best known as a member of the band The Guess Who since 1991. Prior to joining The Guess Who, he was a member of Ian Thomas' band....
Filmography
- 1983 Together Again live concert with interviews.
- 2002 Running Back Thru Canada (Live with bonus tracks)
- 2003 Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto
Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto was a benefit rock concert that was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 30, 2003. It was also known as "Toronto Rocks," "SARSStock,","SARSfest," "SARS-a-palooza," the "SARS concert," or, more descriptively, "The Rolling Stones SARS Benefit Concert." Estimated...
- Two tracks only - with the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush and others.
- 2006 First Time Around (Bachman, Cummings), live concert from a CBC broadcast.
- 2007 Shakin' In Las Vegas (The Guess Who: Peterson, Kale), DVD of 4 new songs plus Shakin' All Over, from a live concert in Las Vegas.
Books
- 1995 American Woman - The Story of The Guess Who by John Einarson - Quarry Press, Ontario, Canada
The Guess Who on the big and small screens
Songs by the Guess Who have been used in a number of films and television shows.
- "Undun" is heard briefly in the movie Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown is a 1997 crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is an adaptation of the novel Rum Punch by American novelist Elmore Leonard, but reworks it to create an homage to 1970s blaxploitation films. The film stars Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson,...
, although it doesn't appear on the film's soundtrackJackie Brown: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture is the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's motion picture Jackie Brown. It was originally released on December 9, 1997. The soundtrack uses a variety of music genres, including soul...
.
- "No Time" is heard in the scene where Steve Wozniak
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that HPHewlett-Packard Company , commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. HP has its United States offices at the former old Compaq Campus in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, Latin America offices in Miami-Dade County, Florida,...
doesn't want the computer they created in Pirates of Silicon ValleyPirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 film based on the book Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine...
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- "Glamour Boy" is heard in Don McKellar
Don McKellar is a Tony- and Genie Award-winning Canadian actor, writer, and filmmaker.-Early life:McKellar was born in Toronto, Ontario to a lawyer father and teacher mother. He attended Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute and later studied English at the University of Toronto's Victoria College...
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- "Share the Land" is briefly heard playing inside the car of Paul Kellerman
Paul Kellerman, played by Paul Adelstein, is a fictional character from the American television series, Prison Break. The character was introduced to the series as a Secret Service special agent in the series pilot but the actor was not listed as a regular cast member until the third episode...
(Paul AdelsteinPaul Adelstein is an American television and film actor, best known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the television series, Prison Break, and his current role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the series Private Practice, the spin-off of the award-winning television show, Grey's...
) on the show Prison BreakPrison Break is a drama television series created by Paul Scheuring, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an elaborate plan to help his...
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- "These Eyes
"These Eyes" is a 1968 song by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. The song was co-written by the group's lead guitarist Randy Bachman and lead singer Burton Cummings and originally included on the band's 1968 album Wheatfield Soul. Bachman had the original piano chords with an original title of...
" is sung briefly by Evan (Michael CeraMichael Austin Cera is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in Arrested Development, Superbad, Juno, and Year One. Cera received two Canadian Comedy Award Best Actor nominations in 2008 for his work in Juno and Superbad, winning for Superbad.-Early life and education:Cera was born in...
) in the film Superbad, and moments later the original Guess Who version is heard playing on a police car radio.
- "These Eyes
"These Eyes" is a 1968 song by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. The song was co-written by the group's lead guitarist Randy Bachman and lead singer Burton Cummings and originally included on the band's 1968 album Wheatfield Soul. Bachman had the original piano chords with an original title of...
" is used several times throughout the film StayStay is an mystery film directed by Marc Forster and written by David Benioff. It stars Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Bob Hoskins and Naomi Watts, with production by Regency and distribution by 20th Century Fox...
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- "Shakin' All Over
"Shakin' All Over" is a rock and roll song originally performed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. It was written by frontman Johnny Kidd and reached #1 in the United Kingdom in August 1960. Musicians were: Johnny Kidd , Alan Caddy , Brian Gregg , Clem Cattini , Joe Moretti .The original recording...
" is heard in the film My First MisterMy First Mister is actress Christine Lahti's feature directorial debut, which is the story of an alienated goth teen who forms an unlikely friendship with a lonely men's clothing store owner...
in a scene between John GoodmanJohn Stephen Goodman is an American actor. He is best known for his role on the television series Roseanne, as well as his film work with the Coen brothers.-Early life:...
and Leelee SobieskiLeelee Sobieski is an American actress. Sobieski rose to fame in her mid-teens with her appearance in the movie Deep Impact...
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- "American Woman
"American Woman" is the title track of Canadian band The Guess Who's 1970 album, American Woman.-Song information:The song's origins took the form of a live jam in Kitchener, Ontario. The group was rushing into the second set and began improvising a rhythm to liven up the crowd...
" is used in the film American BeautyAmerican Beauty is a 1999 American dark comedy film, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey plays Lester Burnham, a middle-aged office worker who has a midlife crisis after becoming infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend. The film co-stars Annette Bening and Thora...
, although it doesn't appear on the film's soundtrackAmerican Beauty is a 1999 soundtrack album to the film of the same name starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening. The soundtrack features two excerpts from the film's score, composed by Thomas Newman, which won several awards...
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- A karaoke
is a form of entertainment in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol or changing color and/or...
version of "American Woman"American Woman" is the title track of Canadian band The Guess Who's 1970 album, American Woman.-Song information:The song's origins took the form of a live jam in Kitchener, Ontario. The group was rushing into the second set and began improvising a rhythm to liven up the crowd...
" is sung in The Cable GuyThe Cable Guy is a 1996 black comedy film featuring, and directed by Ben Stiller and starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. The film also features Leslie Mann, Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Kyle Gass...
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- "American Woman
"American Woman" is the title track of Canadian band The Guess Who's 1970 album, American Woman.-Song information:The song's origins took the form of a live jam in Kitchener, Ontario. The group was rushing into the second set and began improvising a rhythm to liven up the crowd...
" was used in an episode of Due SouthDue South is a Canadian television police comedy-drama from the 1990s. It was created by Paul Haggis and produced by Alliance Communications. The show first aired in 1994, and ran until 1999. It followed the adventures of fictional Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Constable Benton Fraser and...
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- In Almost Famous
Almost Famous is a 2000 comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and telling the fictional story of a teenage journalist writing for Rolling Stone magazine while covering a rock band Stillwater, and his efforts to get his first cover story published...
, Lester BangsLeslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist, author and musician. Most famous for his work at Creem and Rolling Stone magazines, Bangs was and still is regarded as an extremely influential voice in rock criticism.-History:Bangs was born in Escondido, California, USA...
, played by Philip Seymour HoffmanPhilip Seymour Hoffman is an American stage and film actor and director.Hoffman began acting in television in 1991, and the following year began appearing in films. His work in a diverse range of supporting films roles brought him recognition over the following decade. This recognition helped...
, mentions the Guess Who, while wearing a Guess Who T-shirt. In director Cameron CroweCameron Bruce Crowe is an American screenwriter and film director. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes....
's extended "Bootleg" version of the film, Bangs talks longer about the band and mentions a live version of "American Woman"American Woman" is the title track of Canadian band The Guess Who's 1970 album, American Woman.-Song information:The song's origins took the form of a live jam in Kitchener, Ontario. The group was rushing into the second set and began improvising a rhythm to liven up the crowd...
." Also, a verse from "Albert Flasher" is sung by some of the girls in the scene where they are staying at a hotel.
- Both the Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and arranger whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads....
and the Guess Who's versions of "American Woman"American Woman" is the title track of Canadian band The Guess Who's 1970 album, American Woman.-Song information:The song's origins took the form of a live jam in Kitchener, Ontario. The group was rushing into the second set and began improvising a rhythm to liven up the crowd...
" are in the movie Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged MeAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, released in 1999, is the second film in the Austin Powers series. The series began with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember. The film was directed by Jay Roach, co-written by Mike Myers and screenwriter...
. The Kravitz version appears on the film's original soundtrack, while the Guess Who version was released on a second soundtrack, More Music from and Inspired by Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Kravitz joined the band in a live performance of that song during the 1999 MuchMusic Video AwardsThe MuchMusic Video Awards are annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honour the year's best music videos....
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- "American Woman
"American Woman" is the title track of Canadian band The Guess Who's 1970 album, American Woman.-Song information:The song's origins took the form of a live jam in Kitchener, Ontario. The group was rushing into the second set and began improvising a rhythm to liven up the crowd...
" is featured in the video games Rock Band 2Rock Band 2 is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, as the sequel to Rock Band. It is the second title in the Rock Band series. The game software was released in North America for the Xbox 360 on September 14, 2008, along with individual instrument peripherals...
and Guitar Hero World TourGuitar Hero World Tour is a music video game developed by Neversoft and published by RedOctane and Activision. It is the fourth main entry in the Guitar Hero series. The game was launched in North America in October 2008 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 consoles, and a month...
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