The saga of Randy Bachman’s favorite guitar.

[The Spin Meister]

Randy Bachman was the lead guy for the Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive and had a lot of hits. Seems that he had his favorite guitar stolen way back in 1977 in a hotel in Toronto. It was the guitar he used to write American Women. Said he cried for three days. Talked about it often.
Well, a fan heard the story, used modified facial recognition software to search for it and found it in Japan. And the story of how Randy got it back is just as interesting....

Randy Bachman Reunited With Cherished Guitar 45 Years After It Was Stolen

The rocker, who used the Gretsch guitar to write such hits as “American Woman,” recalled crying for three days when it disappeared in 1977.

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[Little J]

Cool read

 

[Waltwam]

Randy Bachman was the lead guy for the Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive and had a lot of hits. Seems that he had his favorite guitar stolen way back in 1977 in a hotel in Toronto. It was the guitar he used to write American Women. Said he cried for three days. Talked about it often.
Well, a fan heard the story, used modified facial recognition software to search for it and found it in Japan. And the story of how Randy got it back is just as interesting....

Randy Bachman Reunited With Cherished Guitar 45 Years After It Was Stolen

The rocker, who used the Gretsch guitar to write such hits as “American Woman,” recalled crying for three days when it disappeared in 1977.

www.billboard.com

Amazing story!

 

[The Spin Meister]

Amazing story!

Yep, amazing that someone alter facial recognition software and a soured the web o locate it. Then they had to find a similar one to exchange for it and ended up finding one made the very same week.......five decades earlier!

 

[Obliviax]

Randy Bachman was the lead guy for the Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive and had a lot of hits. Seems that he had his favorite guitar stolen way back in 1977 in a hotel in Toronto. It was the guitar he used to write American Women. Said he cried for three days. Talked about it often.
Well, a fan heard the story, used modified facial recognition software to search for it and found it in Japan. And the story of how Randy got it back is just as interesting....

Randy Bachman Reunited With Cherished Guitar 45 Years After It Was Stolen

The rocker, who used the Gretsch guitar to write such hits as “American Woman,” recalled crying for three days when it disappeared in 1977.

www.billboard.com

Great story...reminds me of Pink Floyd selling their guitars for charity. they had hundreds used in concerts and in development sessions. A few they decided they missed a few of these guitars and wanted them back. So they reached out to buy them back.

 

[IANit]

Randy Bachman was the lead guy for the Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive and had a lot of hits. Seems that he had his favorite guitar stolen way back in 1977 in a hotel in Toronto. It was the guitar he used to write American Women. Said he cried for three days. Talked about it often.
Well, a fan heard the story, used modified facial recognition software to search for it and found it in Japan. And the story of how Randy got it back is just as interesting....

Randy Bachman Reunited With Cherished Guitar 45 Years After It Was Stolen

The rocker, who used the Gretsch guitar to write such hits as “American Woman,” recalled crying for three days when it disappeared in 1977.

www.billboard.com

Cool story. Coincidentally I had the song No Sugar Tonight going through my head the other day so I was streaming it and looked up the Guess Who. Other than the music I didn't know anything about them, really, or that Randy Bachman had been a part of the group before forming BTO. Some interesting stuff there, like how the Guess Who name grew out of a publicity stunt and how Randy left the group just as it was peaking after his conversion to LDS.

 

[Obliviax]

Cool story. Coincidentally I had the song No Sugar Tonight going through my head the other day so I was streaming it and looked up the Guess Who. Other than the music I didn't know anything about them, really, or that Randy Bachman had been a part of the group before forming BTO. Some interesting stuff there, like how the Guess Who name grew out of a publicity stunt and how Randy left the group just as it was peaking after his conversion to LDS.

IIRC, the famous guitar work that starts "American Woman" was discovered when they took the stage one night. RB broke a string so things paused while he prepared it. Once done, RB just started playing this riff. RB started the rift and just kept going. Others joined in. the singer said the first line "American woman, stay away from MEee". You can see why an artist might feel like a certain instrument had a certain magic and soul.

The entire story and meaning of the song is here

How The Guess Who Wrote 'American Woman' By Accident (Lyrics, Meaning)

American Woman by The Guess Who might seem like an anthem praising the ladies of the 50 states... maybe an heir to the Beach Boys' California Girls. But take a look at the lyrics and the band's explanation of the meaning, and you'll find it's anything but complimentary. For these Canadian...

groovyhistory.com

 

[The Spin Meister]

IIRC, the famous guitar work that starts "American Woman" was discovered when they took the stage one night. RB broke a string so things paused while he prepared it. Once done, RB just started playing this riff. RB started the rift and just kept going. Others joined in. the singer said the first line "American woman, stay away from MEee". You can see why an artist might feel like a certain instrument had a certain magic and soul.

The entire story and meaning of the song is here

How The Guess Who Wrote 'American Woman' By Accident (Lyrics, Meaning)

American Woman by The Guess Who might seem like an anthem praising the ladies of the 50 states... maybe an heir to the Beach Boys' California Girls. But take a look at the lyrics and the band's explanation of the meaning, and you'll find it's anything but complimentary. For these Canadian...

groovyhistory.com

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Wow, don’t know how anybody could have though this a song that praised the women of America.