21 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 21 Aug 2023 \ on: Stacker News - Meta Music Monday! meta
The Guess Who is a great Canadian band of course.
Randy Bachman, who was the lead guitarist, songwriter and backing vocalist for the Guess Who eventually went solo and formed Bachman-Turner Overdrive whose biggest hit was Taking Care of Business.
Just a little Canadian music factoid for you all on Meta Music Monday.
Yes! Love a factoid! Didn't realise it was that bachman for bachman-turner overdrive.
I have found my people.
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I know quite a few interesting factoids about Canadian music. I was highly immersed in the Toronto music scene in the mid 2000s. I played in a band and I used to have a music promotions company and we promoted show for indie bands.
At some point I am planning to upload my band's music to wavlake but my ex wife has the orginal recordings. She was a sound engineer at the time and owned the music promotions company with me. Maybe I will just rip it from a CD, convert it to mp3 and hope for the best sound wise.
Anyways, if you want a great Canadian band you have never heard of, look up the band Vacuity on Spotify and listen to their album 'At the Command of the Blanket Sky'. Those guys were my buddies when I was promoting shows. They did ok, a couple tours across Canada and had a opening spot on Pilate's tour (formerly Pilot Speed).
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Homework! I'll give that a go in the car on the way back from work. Thanks for the suggestion 👍
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Canada has produced great musicians:
Robbie Robertson
Neil Young
Jonie Mitchell,
to name a few. I'm sure there are many more.
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Yes, Robbie passed away a couple weeks ago.
Speaking of covers, I didn't know were covers. When I was a kid (teen), I didn't realize Broken Arrow by Rod Steward was actually a Robbie Roberston song until I heard my dad playing the Robbie version one day. Nothing against Rod but Robbie's version was better.
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Light Years Better.
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