not sure where this originally appeared - TV, theaters - but here it is anyways. An interesting watch. Love Bachman's 'Nucks jersey halfway thru. Is that Don Lever on the ice with Thornton? Anyone? ;-)
I spent 9 years working wth Randy.....I toured with BTO from '84 until '87......so great to see this video, and see people like (road manager) Johnny Austin (RIP) again, back in the day......what a ride.....
I've been a fan for 46 years! Over the years, people pissed me off with the " Oh theyre Bachman Turner Overweight", and " Their drummer wears glasses", and " They sound all alike-their songs".....And to them I say F.U.! BTO ROCKS FOREVER!
To intelligent and knowledgeable musicians the rrhof is irrelevant anyways and illustrates it's a business influenced by reasons beyond artistic merit. I mean I believe foreigner, Kansas, boston amongst others are not in there as well
I'm from England 🇬🇧. Finding this is like gold to me. BTO were never very big over here and to this day I can't understand why. I've albums on vinyl and CD but never see n them live. Seeing things like this show me what I've missed. Absolutely awesome 👌
buddy they were bigger over here ,Canada , than Fridays , to those of us who were here when they broke .i saw them in 76 and Bob Seeger opened . hot detroit ,soul rock . it was kicken .
@peter betts you are so luck. Just recently retrieved my vinyl from my loft after many years. My new record player is playing BTO constantly. CDS are OK but an album in your hand is pure nostalgia! Keep rocking my friend!!!
BTO was played constantly on am/FM radio - The industry knew we teenagers were hungry to buy albums, tapes and to see concerts. Marketing marketing marketing
Randy Bachman is one of the best, most humorous, and eloquent speakers ever. I have to see this new documentary of his. I was born in 1966 and what young boy in 1970s Seattle didn't lay in bed morning and night and day and hear "Let It Ride" on their transistor radios.
were you able to pick up CFMI or CKLG / CFOX down there back then? I used to live in Victoria and was able to pick up KISW and KNDD really well but when I moved to Vancouver they barely came in.
Rocked and listened to BTO in our HS parking lot in the 70’s. Best underrated band. Thanks for keeping our youth days very much alive. Your music reached all the way down to the southern end of Texas. Music has no borders.
IRENE I Am in CANADA . BTO WAS AS MUCH APART OF OUR LIFE as snow .beaches n beer . but are u saying that you were in south Texas when you were rockin to them back in the day ?
@@irenesarmiento8301 Wow ,thats a good buzz for me that their reach was that far. ThEY certainly were Big in the 70 s in all of Canada . ya they have a cool foot stomping Canadian sound to them that i could see crossing over boarders .Fred Turners n Bachmans s voice just blended so well with Bachmans and other guitar n that big beefy bass . i saw Bachman play with Burton CUMMINGS ,Who he used to play in the Guess Who with , do a show and he played Magnificently . he was letting the Jimi feedback sounds out here n there ! So while i have a southTexan on the WWW , Tell me have u ever heard of or seen FLACO JIMENEZ .HE IS a accordian player who is really Cool . he played in the Texas Tornados in the 90 s . just wondering if u had any storys , ithink he is Great . So . . . keep rockin to that good Canadian B T O , rock and ill keep on with Willie ,Waylon , Johnny Winter n George Jones n Flaco . Peace .
Same here and I was in northern Nova Scotia CANADA. It's really cool to hear they were being played in TX. What about April Wine? Did they get played there as well. Another incredible Canadian rock band...
Saw BTO maybe about ‘78 as headliners in outside concert, in Grand Forks, ND. Head East was an opening act. Again saw the Bachman-Turner tour in 2012. Fred sounded top shelf! Have always been a favorite band of my youth.
They played my Brother in law's high school Christmas dance in Ashcroft B.C., in 1972, when they were still playing as Brave Belt. Paying their dues, trying to get noticed.
Dude! I was there. Memorial hall, K C. It was BTO without Randy. Jim Clench from April Wine was playing bass, Fred Turner was rhythm guitar, and Blair Thornton played lead. Wow. I remember being blown away by Priest and Foghat was at their peak. Great show. Great memories.
Thank you for posting this. Growing up with this awesome band brings back such good memories. Having their own style made them that much better. One of my top 10 bands!!!
I remember watching this game being a big fan of his. I said after the third inning to my brother I think he’s unhittable today. The movement on his slider was unreal.
Was at that Vancouver show. Was at most shows back then. Even remember Brave Belt playing in Cloverdale. In the back of the motor vehicle branch, Cloverdale fairgrounds. Wrestling was in there too. Good old days. I'm 65 this year, where did it all go?
I saw KISS open for Sabbath (W / Ozzy), Alice Cooper (Nightmare), James Gang, Sammy Hagar, Boston, Edgar Winter, Rush, Skynyrd (W/ Ronnie), Madam-X and many others, but NONE of them could hold a candle BTO! If I could go back in time to relive just one concert it would be BTO at the Montreal forum all the way! What a band!
Saw this as a mere 12 year old when it originally aired in the UK when I was already a fan, based on the single "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" and it's superb instrumental b-side "Free Wheelin'".A great look at the band on the road and nice to hear their thoughts on it all, as they rocketed to fame. Some of the quotes are hilarious, especially from Rob Bachman and his "I see my car window as a movie screen and life somehow sees more exciting that way!" and do echo the "Spinal Tap" reference that Randy playfully but controversially applied to the later (Randy-less) incarnation of BTO that toured well after the glory years. I would love to have a CD of the full length audio of the songs.. Their live playing was fabulous - especially on "Away From Home". Always had a soft spot for BTO - great no-nonsense rock and roll.
Fred Turner was such a great lead vocalist . a big part of the bands sound . they were a great band . first time i saw them was1976 . Canadian Rock LEGENDS .
I saw the original television broadcast of this on the CBC.Grew up in the Seattle/Tacoma area.Cable television carried the Vancouver affiliate for the CBC.
Thank you so much for posting this! Got introduced to BTO in 6th grade through my friend's older sister, in maybe '73, she was away and my friend showed me her room and it was BTO-themed, with black light posters and such, and I thought it was so cool, and then I heard their music and it was even cooler!
Rock n roll is an energy not a set of instruments. I would put money on most of your (honest) fav rock artists realising that too. Some dance music is the new rock n roll same with rap
@@lcuk99 Rock is energy, not instruments? I'm not sure that Keith Emerson, Hendrix, McCartney, Bonham, Kath, and some of the other greats would have agreed with you there. To those guys, their instrumental abilities were what rock was all about. Maybe in rap thats true as rappers have no musical or instrumental abilities.
Imagine if Bachman never left The Guess Who. Put all those BTO hits alongside all the Guess Who hits and you would have one hell of a legendary Canadian band that would be "too good" to be in the so called Rock n Roll Hall of Shame
At this time KISS were starting to sell out everywhere they played & spreading like wildfire by the time 76 rolled around they were headlining sold out stadiums & on their way to touring the globe & selling probably 4 times as much as these guy , But you cant help but respect & Like BTO, they were an awesome band.
Ever notice how back in those days the camera men (and I guess the director) didn't care about musicianship ? A screamin' solo is going on and they don't even show the guy that's playing it . Ahhh !
music sucks , everyones a geek wimp , there killin the planet ,politics is scum ridden , guns for the kids /unstable , life ruining / killing drugs are cheap . too bad ? ? ? ?
