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Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive performs on stage at The Magnolia on November 05, 2023 in El Cajon, California.

Randy Bachman tells us how an inside joke gave him a hit even bigger than "Takin' Care of Business"

By Gary Graff published

Not many artists can boast that their song won an award from the Stuttering Foundation of America

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Randy Bachman and C F Turner of Bachman Turner Overdrive performing on stage, Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1975.

It took guitarist Randy Bachman seven years to write "Takin' Care of Business." It finally came together at one nearly disastrous show

By Gary Graff last updated

The guitarist reveals that the Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit was actually inspired by the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" and written for the Guess Who

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Randy Bachman with a selection of guitars from the ‘Randy Bachman: Every Guitar Tells a Story’ exhibition

“The Guitar Is the Most Personal Instrument of Them All”: Randy Bachman Teams With National Music Centre for Epic Guitar Exhibition at Calgary’s Studio Bell

By Rod Brakes published

The ‘Randy Bachman: Every Guitar Tells a Story’ display features over 80 of the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive founder’s treasured axes

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Randy Bachman

The Incredible Tale of Randy Bachman’s Long-Lost Gretsch

By Tim Hornyak last updated

After a 46-year search, the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive founder was reunited with the guitar that made him a star

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Lindsay Ell performing at the Troubadour on December 07, 2019 in West Hollywood, California

No One Works Harder to Keep Guitar in the Nashville Sound than Lindsay Ell.

By Jim Beaugez published

The Canadian country star talks Strats and touring with A-listers.

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