The Guess Who Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The Guess Who is a Canadian rock music band from Winnipeg, Manitoba that was one of the first to establish a major successful following in their own country as well as abroad in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were the first Canadian rock group to have a No.1 hit on the American Music Charts.

The members included over the years:

• Randy Bachman - Guitarist (1960s - 1970, 1983, 1999+)
• Chad Allen - Vocals (1965 and earlier)
• Burton Cummings - Keyboardist/Vocals (1965 - 1975, 1983, 1999+)
• Jim Kale - Bassist (1960s - 1972, 1979 - 1999)
• Bob Ashley - Pianist
• Garry Peterson - Drummer (1960s - 1975, 1983, 1994+)
• Kurt Winter - Guitarist (1970 - 1974, 1978)
• Greg Leskiw - Guitarist/Vocals (1970 - 1972)
• Donnie McDougall - Guitarist/Vocals (1972 - 1974, 1978 - 1981, 1999+)
• Bill Wallace - Bassist/Vocals (1972 - 1975, 2000+)
• Domenic Troiano - Guitarist (1974-1975)
• Vance Masters - Drummer (1978 - 1981)

Their major songs include

• "These Eyes"
• "American Woman" - The first Canadian rock song to hit #1 in the American Music Charts
• "Clap For the Wolfman"
• "No Sugar Tonight"
• "Hand Me Down World"
• "Share The Land"
• "Undun", which is sometimes called, "She's Come Undone"

The band was originally known as *Chad Allan & The Expressions before their record label tried a stunt of hiding the name of the band with the words "Guess Who?" to suggest The Who, a more famous British band, was actually featured. The reception proved so positive that the name stuck. As the group lineup changed, so did their sound. 1969's "These Eyes" was the group's first Top Ten hit under new group leader Burton Cummings. By the beginning of the 1970s, the group moved towards a more edgier hard-rock sound with the album "American Woman", which featured among its tracks the title song (the only Number One hit the group had in the U.S.), and "When Friends Fall Out" (a short ditty that was sort of a cross between Strawberry Alarm Clock, Jefferson Airplane and the Lennon Sisters).

The usual group differences led to Randy Bachman leaving the group to form Bachman Turner Overdrive, but The Guess Who continued with more hit singles such as "Share The Land" and "Clap For The Wolfman" (an homage to disc jockey Wolfman Jack, who incidentally, lent his own voice to the recording).

The Guess Who broke up in 1975, but a new incarnation has since been formed and continues to tour in the tradition of the group and sound Cummings made famous.

In 2001, a year after the Guess Who went on a cross-Canada national tour, the band received honourary doctorates at Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba. For Burton, it was a privilege to receive the doctorate, since he did not graduate from high school.

Discography:

• 1965 Shakin' All Over
• 1965 Hey Ho (What You Do To Me)
• 1966 It's Time
• 1968 The Guess Who
• 1968 A Wild Pair (half Guess Who/half Staccatos (Five Man Electrical Band))
• 1968 Canned Wheat
• 1968 Wheatfield Soul
• 1969 Born In Canada
• 1970 Share the Land
• 1970 American Woman
• 1971 Guess Who Play The Guess Who
• 1971 The Best Of The Guess Who
• 1971 So Long, Bannatyne
• 1972 Shakin' All Over (re-issue)
• 1972 The Guess Who Live At The Paramount
• 1972 The History Of The Guess Who
• 1972 Rockin'
• 1972 Wild One
• 1973 The Best Of The Guess Who (re-issue)
• 1973 The Best Of The Guess Who Volume 2
• 1973 Artificial Paradise
• 1973 #10
• 1974 Road Food
• 1974 Flavours
• 1975 Power In The Music
• 1976 The Way They Were
• 1977 The Greatest Hits Of The Guess Who
• 1978 Guess Who's Back?
• 1979 All This For a Song
• 1984 Together Again
• 1986 The Best Of The Guess Who Live
• 1988 Track Record: The Guess Who Collection
• 1995 Liberty
• 1995 Lonely One
• 1997 The Guess Who: The Ultimate Collection
• 1997 Razor's Edge
• 1998 The Spirit Lives On (Live)
• 1999 Down The Road (Live)
• 1999 The Guess Who: Greatest Hits
• 2000 American Woman (Remastered)
• 2000 Live At The Paramount (Remastered)
• 2000 Share the Land (Remastered)
• 2000 Running Back Thru Canada (Live)
• 2001 This Time Long Ago
• 2003 Platinum & Gold Collection: The Guess Who
• 2003 The Guess Who: Anthology
• 2004 Wheatfield Soul/Artificial Paradise (Remastered, The Guess Who x2)
• 2004 So Long Bannatyne/#10 (Remastered, The Guess Who x2)
• 2004 Rockin'/Flavours (Remastered, The Guess Who x2)
• 2004 Road Food/Power in the Music (Remastered, The Guess Who x2)
• 2004 The Best of Running Back Thru Canada

Links:

• Randy Bachman's official website
• Bill Wallace's website
• Donnie McDougall's website
• Greg Leskiw's website
• Vance Masters' website
• Mark Chadbourne's All Hashed Out Guess Who web site
• Steiss's Guess Who Site (includes lyrics of most Guess Who songs)
• Excellent Guesswholigan web site
• The Guess Who's iTunes Music Store album list (requires iTunes to be installed)

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