CANADA WK Day 3: The Guess Who: American Woman (EPIC 🎸 SOLO) 

I've always considered myself a Guess Who (and Bachman-Turner Overdrive) fan, but I'd never seen that performance, and that was insane! Bachman's solo was, of course, next level, but the whole band was great! I've always loved Burton Cummings' voice. And they were having so much fun! I loved it.

Bachman gives a lot of credit to Lenny Breau for teaching him guitar licks, and Gary Peterson is a very underrated drummer

HOLY CRAP! Always loved these guys, but have never seen this performance. Bachman is beyond the mortal plane!

The Guess Who is a phenomenal band, just love them..Burton Cummings, one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time... Lead guitarists Randy Bachman (BTO) is brilliant.... Canada ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow wow wow !! When you think you know a song and then this just happened. Holy moly thanks again to Chris.

The concert had been interrupted by a thunderstorm. The crowd was still there after the storm passed so the concert continued. Randy Bachman (in Winnipeg pronounced Backman) used to go hang out at the music store with Neil Young, staring at the guitars they couldn't afford. Not bad for a bunch of old guys who cut their teeth playing at community club sock hops.

Canada week? Not nearly enough time to discover or pay tribute to the massive amount of talent from there. Always proud to grow up having Burton as a cousin.

I live in Winnipeg and this concert was held in our baseball stadium on June 30th. July 1st is Canada Day - that is why you see so many Canadian flags in the audience. When Burton Cummings said at the beginning of the concert, only Winnipeggers would stay - it is because there was a torrential rainstorm prior to the Guess Who taking the stage. You should really watch the interview with Burton Cummings saying how they wrote American Woman on the stage ad lib. They are amazing!

Holy hell!!! That was amazing. Simply amazing. Thank you gents for bringing this to the unwashed masses.

This must have been the reunion tour in 1999. If you were alive in Canada in the 60's/70's you who knew who they were. One of Canada's most important bands. They are a cornerstone of Canadian rock.

Ticks all the boxes - rock solid rhythm, great vocals, a guitarist who knows a solo doesn’t need all the notes if you just play the right ones with feeling, and there’s cowbell! Randy’s slide guitar was impeccable.

Love that band and what an epic performance!!! More please!!

THE perfect rendition! Wow! Not heard it before and I am so glad that you shared it with us. Thanks Chris! Kudos on this one.

Thoroughly enjoyed that! I miss those times of excellent music and freer times. Yeah I know, they're older now, but they were in the thick of the best.

This was a reunion concert in their hometown of Winnipeg. Both the band and audience clearly having a great time!

5:42 - The comment about ''the crowd staying'' refers to an hour-long delay caused mid-show by a severe electrical storm. I've been to hundreds of concerts but too young in the early 70s I had to wait for this tour to pass by Montreal to see the Guess Who. Schooled in Rock I knew the repertoire, the history and ''American woman'' is an anthem. But they blew everybody's mind with that extended version and to this day I'll swear it went longer than 14 minutes (the intro itself passing from 90 seconds to 6 minutes.) I beleive the Winnipeg concert was part of the Canada Day celebrations, thus a more reserved crowd. The one I attended looked like the Rio crowd reacting to Rush's YYZ.

Thank you A&G and Chris. Loved this live version. I remember when American Woman was released in Australia and I sought out more of their music which were at the time only available in an import records shop. Then of course had the BTO albums later on with Bachman's brilliant guitar riffs. Hard to top that.

This is amazing as I have seen them both a few times.. BTO was one of my favs growing up..And seen the Guess Who a couple times..

Epic!....needs more cow bell! Canadia and Straylia had heaps of top bands that were massive in our home countries. Bert knows how to play a audience, love your work, rock on!

Randy got sick after this album was released and left to heal, causing hard feelings so this lineup of the band changed. Could be the drummer was so happy to play with Rany again.

being from prince edward island canada that is one of the funniest and accurate desciptions of Canadian US ever, laughed my head off of course the guess who fantastic

Amazing. I had not seen this before. I've always had great respect for Randy Bachman but this just elevated him into the rarefied rock stratosphere for me. Love to see old rockers still rockin' out and still be great at it. Bachman is such a great guitarist and an interesting guy. You should check out his Vinyl Tap podcasts. Burton Cummings is such an underrated lead singer; he had a very good solo career as well. Randy and Burton had some friction over the years but always seem to have totally respected each other. Other Guess Who hits to react to include Undun, No Time, These Eyes, Runnin' Back To Saskatoon, Hand Me Down World, Hang On To Your Life, Share The Land, Albert Flasher, Rain Dance, Bus Rider, Star Baby etc.

GUESS WHO, "AMERICAN WOMAN ". A great Live version of this classic song. The Band was fantastic, The Singer Burton Cummings voice was a treasure. Two less mentioned tunes, that became my favorite. "HANG ON TOO YOUR LIFE", and "ALBERT FLASHER".

This song used to be the ringtone for my American fiancée... When she found out she -bitched about- objected to the lyrics, saying, _"What do you mean, 'Stay away from me?!'..."_ . So I changed it to "Layla" by Derek and the Dominos. Now when she calls, my phone reminds me that she _"got me on my knees"_ 🙄

Well that was awesome. Nice to see John Goodman was available that night to play drums.

Burton one of the most underrated or over looked vocalist of the late sixties and seventies.

The Guess Who playing Winnipeg is like the Beatles playing Liverpool. What a concert.

Guess who was an awesome band, they should be in the rock and roll hall of fame. They aren’t because they are Canadian.

The best part of this song is how it was written. In Randy Bachmans own words They were waiting for Randy to get back on stage and the crown grew restless and wanted more so he adlibbed the words.. They went and found a guy making a bootleg copy of that nights concert with his gettoblaster and got a copy of this song and the rest is history.

The arrangement for this performance of the song is similar to the one on their Live at the Paramount album from 1972 with a slightly different lineup (Kurt Winter in place of Bachman on guitar and Jim Kale on bass). It segues into another track called Truckin Off Across the Sky.

Haven't seen anyone mention its a protest song. As a patriotic American who loves the Statue of Liberty and memorized the poem as a kid, I'd have to say it's one of my favorite protest songs😊.

Amazing rendition, Bachman is a monster on guitar and Cummings' vocal ability has lost nothing through the years

Randy and and Alex L from Rush are close friends,Also Randy Bachman never Drank or got into drugs total straight life

Dang Randy looks scruffy and old compared to the last time I saw them play back in 2003 SARS Festival. Love the song and all but wasn't expecting much....boy was I wrong. OMG, that was 🔥🔥🔥wish I was there to see that live. I think I'll be watching that video at least 100 times, since I play guitar and the video had some close up on his hands. I'll be checking the other videos of Canada Week. From a top Canadian bands pov, Rush and The Guess.are awesome Another band on the same level, is Triumph. Hopefully they make your list for this week. Saga, April Wine are those under appreciated bands with some awesome hits as well. There are a ton more that I can name but when it comes to absolute rock classics (in the same vein as American Women) I hope you boys get around to doing a reaction to: The Kings - This beat goes on/Switchin' to Glide Prism - Armageddon April Wine - Roller

The Song "American Woman" was based on a jam the band adlibed on stage and an audience member recorded, a song pandering to the Canadian girls in the audience at the time. The recording of the show allowed them to recreate the feel and add to it in the studio. Professor of Rock interviewed singer Burton Cummings recently here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z753qs2ke1s.html

That was great. I’d had some sort of internal block when it came to The Guess Who. It seemed somehow like The Rutles, although not as obviously a spoof, more like they were trying to gain fame in reference to The Who or something. I didn’t even know American Woman was theirs. I got the feeling that Lenny Kravitz’s song was not his, but I didn’t know its origins. That’s the great thing about this channel. Lots of learning and great music. Thanks Chris!

Burton Cummings is the best rock vocalist the world has ever seen (yet). For more Burton I'd suggest watching the appearance of Burton and his piano on the Howard Stern Show. He plays bits of many of the Guess Who hits and talks about them.

I was lucky enough to see (hear) them do this full version live in concert last summer as an encore. It wasn’t Winnipeg but the crowd still stayed.

I'm so glad that you got to see/hear that! I have the concert on dvd but it's also on RU-vid (The Guess Who: Running Back Across Canada, or close to that). Take a couple of hours out of a weekend, fill up on the psychoactives of your choice (or beer if you live in the slow lane) and have a great time! This Canadian has spoken: so let it be written, so let it be done!

That was an absolute epic version! Insane! Thank you for that! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🙏🙏🙏

A stunning performance. A deep rabbit hole.

Great to stumble on this channel guys. I wanted to mention that there is one song I think every Canadian can get behind as #1. As much as we love Gord D, this next song is dedicated to all our Canadian hero’s including GD. the song is called Highway of Heroes by The Trews. Thumbs up Canucks for this song.

I love the faux pas "Gordon Heavyfoot" instead of "Gordon Lightfoot". Your hearts were in the right places so I won't protest. Cheers from Canada

Alex Liefson and Randy Bachman must befriends being Canadians , and both playing their guitars way up the fret board 😉

i was at that concert! right before a big thunder storm rolled through for about 30 min i think. and this was at our baseball park so nobody really had any shelter... we all stayed

Those old farts can sure rock. Burton Cummings Theatre is just a few blocks from where I live. He's performing this month here as well (Winnipeg). You do your home town proud boys!

have you checked out their songs > no time / undun / these eyes / laughing < the last 2 are ballads & burton cummings voice is beautiful ~

Brutal... una canción que tiene 55 años y suena brutal, que época tan fantástica tenia 10 años cuando la escuche por primera ves, tengo 65 y me sigue fascinando... se hacia música, así de simple.

I had heard of The Guess Who, but never really heard them. This is something I am going to rectify as this performance was rock solid. I did have a chuckle when Bachman broke the string with the drumstick. I just thought: "that's why we were born with fingers ... for tapping arpeggios". If I was going to be greedy, the only thing in that solo I would have liked is if he used the whammy bar more during the latter sections to make it more sludgy and dirty. Also, what about that bass line holding the solo up? It was perfect. Another great track from Chris the Master.

Bachman turner overdrive taking care of business a great song . Between both bands it's a deep rabbit hole of classic songs

So that concert was in the summer of 2000!!! I was there!!! 90 minute thunderstorm. Everyone was wet head to toe!! The greatest Canadian band and they are from my hometown!!! Thanks for the video!!👍👍

It was a big homecoming and a reunification after band members were on seperate paths so hence they went a little more than usual

Burton Cummings is doing two shows on Dec. 30th and 31st at the Burton Cummings Theatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada (his home town)

Proof that everything goes better with more COWBELL!!! That Chris is a keeper as we say.

The first 6 minutes is an extension of the original intro. Listen to the original album track.

The best throw away line I have heard in along while ." Living in a flat above a crack den." Classic.

Blues....my favourite.These guys are fabulous....

Nice to see you showed up on time tonight! 😂

Winnipeg….. that’s why such great bands came from there, because there is nothing else to do in Winterpeg…….

I'm speechless so here have 👍👍 for your appreciation of epic music!

The story of how this song came to be is a lot of fun too.

Enjoyed watching this again, what a performance! They aged well.

The comment about the crowd staying referred to the fact that it was pouring rain.

I recall watching an interview with Neil Young, and he was talking about when he played with Niel and the Squires in Winnipeg, and that he and the band (his band not Robbie's) would watch Randy, and try figure out his style and copy it.

Couldn't agree more, this was brilliant. Randy Bachman is often overlooked as being a great guitarist, at least by audiences (not Canadian! we know how great he is), until a performance like this pops up. Great blues and rock guitarist...how about jazz? Check out the GW's Undun, their masterpiece imo. I prefer the studio version for the arrangement. He studied with guitar legend Lenny Breau when they were both teens in Winnipeg and learned some great jazz licks.

Check out blue collar just a great jazzy blues jam!

Wow. I'll say it backwards, Wow! 🇨🇦🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🥇🌟👋👍💖😁

Years earlier they recorded Live at the Paramount with a 16 minute version that has a similar intro. The whole album is one of my favorite live albums. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RU5pwY7eI4k.html

great clip great rendition og the song! A couple more you may be interested, No sugar tonight/new mother nature. No time Clap for the wolfman Share the land, Albert Flasher Hang on to your life, Sour suite. Intersted where Chris will take this voyage. Appreciate the choices so far. They only let down was the Gordon Lightfoot clip. Loved the song but wish you would have played a younger version of Lightfoot with a bite more power in his voice. over all well done looking forward to the next few days

This is straight up Epic !!!

after the first slow part. I was about to say that the album track was better, then they did THAT. Great version.

Lenny Kravitz covered it and then when Burton and Randy got back together they did a jazz/blues version that was excellent

Lots of people don’t know how good a guitarist Randy Bachman is and that’s a great shame.

You have to do Shaken All Over. With the kind of Halloween theme to it video. By the Guess Who.

If you haven't already, you really should check out Burton Cummings solo work. The lyricism is almost as incredible as the vocals. And Randy Bachman was no slouch either. His post Guess Who stuff deserves some deep dives as well. There's *B.T.O* of course, and his little known, but equally amazing, run with *Ironhorse* (Not to be mistaken for the bluegrass band *Iron Horse* from Alabama...though they aren't bad either). Randy was also in the bands *Brave Belt* and *Union.*

Rain in Winnipeg ? That’s a top shelf day!

A Canadian legend, Leonard Cohen, listen to “Tower of Song” tribute, after he died, please.

Check out Teenage Head canada's punk rock entry

Poor joke: You know what? I always felt that "American Woman" needed more cowbell! My apologies; Randy Bachman went on to form Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO); there are probably three or four BTO songs that still get regular play on classic-rock radio stations.

there is a large number chapters

That foghorn must be very useful with all that coastal mist in SF. There’s a job going by the bridge if the channel does not work out

You boys could do a Canada week EP next week. Just keeping in the music theme and all 🤔😉

Ya gotta hear Guns Guns Guns

Randy Bachman and Neil Young Prairie Town,

Well done guys, an excellent band to choose. Who's next ? Triumph, Rush or Unleash The Archers ? Dear God not Drake !!

Burton is a God

nioce....grunty as f**k.

Yeah Burton could carry a tune 👍

Check no sugar tonight mother nature and undone.

and they are not in the rock and roll hall of fame....

Hope there’s some Tom Cochrane in this series…

Almost 5 minutes of non-stop talking before we hear the 1st note. Sheesh!

You know what really makes me mad .... A band that features only the Drummer is touring under the name of Guess Who. . They even recorded a few new tracks. This I think tarnishes the name of the original band . Over 3O years between the classic recordings and the new stuff. I don't care if they play Guess Who music just change your name you are not the guess who in my opinion.

You are a lot silly. :) Unless it comes to the music, in which case you guys usually get it right. So he's using a drumstick during a guitar solo, then breaks a string and picks up right where he left off on a new guitar. Ridiculous.

It's not a crack den but a meth lab 😂🇨🇦

I am a Canadian in his mid-fifties with a mother who loved music so I grew up on this stuff. I have always considered Randy Bachman the Godfather of Canadian Rock and he blazed a trail for so many Canadian artists who walked in his footsteps in the snow.

Sorry, not sorry...us Canadians know we have fabulous musicians😊

The lead singer, Burton Cummings is an amazing vocalist. His solo work is really great. Check out Stand Tall, I'm Scared, Timeless Love, Break It To Them Gently, Your Backyard, and I Will Play a Rhapsody. Guess Who songs are Undone, These Eyes, No Sugar Tonight - New Mother Nature. Cummings cover of When a Man Loves a Woman is outstanding.

Hi Guys Loving Canada wk you have just scratched the surface Canada Wk 2 aussie here

Cheers lads great reaction of an iconic Canadian band! If you choose to hit BTO consider Let it Ride with Fred Turner on vocals. He and Randy Bachmann had great tunes and Fred has one of my all time greatest R&R singers!!!