MU121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: The Guess Who, Randy Bachman, Music Of Canada
Document Summary
Mid 1960s canadian bands sought authenticity by adopting british sounds and national identifiers. Also tried to adopt british accents and styles. Did this because there was no canadian music industry. Canadians would not sing about canada because canadians wanted to hear. British invasion was all over radio so canadian bands mimicked. Recorded in a local studio and sent out in brown paper bag that said guess. Started rumour they were a supergroup comprising of rolling stones and the. Pretended to be british so radio stations played them not realizing they were. We were like the ultimate british copy band . Randy bachman talking about chad allen era of guess who. Many manitobians thought they wrote i wanna hold your hand . The guess who wrote american woman at glenbriar hardware store on weber. Used to be curling rink where they were playing a show. First time it was improvised and performed was at same time.
