Randy Bachman Biography
Randy Bachman (born Randolph Charles Bachman) is a Canadian musician, lead guitarist, songwriter, a founding member of two formidable rock bands; classic rock band The Guess Who and hard rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive, member of Brave Belt, Union, and Ironhorse and a radio host for CBC Radio, hosting the weekly music show, Vinyl Tap.
Randy Bachman Age
Bachman is 77 years old as of 2020, he was born on 27 September 1943, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He celebrates his birthday on 27 September every year and his birth sign is Libra.
Randy Bachman Height and Weight
Bachman stands at an average height. He appears to be quite tall in stature if his photos, relative to his surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.
Randy Bachman Education
Bachman is a proud graduate of Edmund Partridge Junior High School, where he passed Grade 9, but repeated both the 10th and 11th grades, initially at West Kildonan Collegiate.
In his second year of Grade 11, he was placed in a class of students who mostly either “flunked or dropped out and came back”, and was asked to be class president by the teacher, who thought he had “discipline and determination” because he had been playing violin in the Royal Toronto Conservatory system since he was five.
However, he was expelled from West Kildonan in the middle of that year because of his “lack of studiousness”, and finished his schooling at Garden City Collegiate. He went on to study business administration at Red River College but did not graduate.
Randy Bachman Parents
Bachman is the son of Karl (Charlie) Bachman and Anne (Nancy) Dobrinsky. When he was three, he won a singing contest on CKY’s King of the Saddle program, and at age 5 he had started studying the violin until he was twelve when he grew dissatisfied with the structured lessons. He found that while he couldn’t read music, he could play anything if he heard it once; he referred to it as his photographic memory.
At age 15, Bachman saw Elvis Presley play on Tommy Dorsey’s television show and the sight of the guitar around Presley’s neck inspired him. From there, he made an effort to learn three chords from his cousin, then started practicing on a modified Hawaiian dobro.
At age 16, Bachman and Lenny Breau met, and following the next two years, Breau taught Bachman fingerpicking introduced Bachman to Chet Atkins’ music.
In 1959 Bachman bought a ticket to see Les Paul in concert at a Winnipeg supper club but could not get in as he was too young. He instead helped Paul set up before the show and also helped him reload everything into the car after the show. Still a budding guitarist at this point, Bachman asked Paul if he could teach him a guitar lick; Paul ended up teaching his version of “How High the Moon”.
Randy Bachman Wife
Over the course of his life, Bachman has been in 2 marital relationships; with Lorayne Stevenson for eleven years, since 1966, when the duo got married until their separation in 2011 when they separated. Bachman and Stevensons had six children.
His son, Tal Bachman, is a recording artist best known for his 1999 top-20 hit song “She’s So High”. His daughter Lorelei Bachman is also a writer/musician.
Bachman then married Denise McCann in 1982 and had only one child. The family resided on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. However, the couple separated in 2011.
Randy Bachman Children
Randy Bachman has seven children from two marriages, 26 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.
Randy Bachman Drugs, Health, and Illness
Bachman had gastric bypass surgery to reduce his weight and also had a successful operation on his shoulder in November 2007 to repair a torn rotator cuff, which he has blamed on his decades-long use of heavy, vintage guitars.
He was also suffering health problems related to his gall bladder and needed to be under a doctor’s care, something that was difficult to do while on the road.
Randy Bachman Salary
Details about Bachman’s salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much he makes will be updated as soon as it is available.
Randy Bachman Net Worth
Bachman has an estimated net worth of $15 million as of 2020. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a Television Personality. Through his various sources of income, Bachman has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Randy Bachman Measurements and Facts
Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Randy Bachman.
Randy Bachman Wiki
- Full Names: Randolph Charles Bachman
- Popular As: Randy Bachman
- Gender: Male
- Occupation / Profession: Musician, Guitarist, Songwriter, and Radio host
- Nationality: Canadian
- Race / Ethnicity: White
- Religion: Mormon
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
Randy Bachman Birthday
- Age / How Old?: 77 (2020)
- Zodiac Sign: Libra
- Date of Birth: September 27, 1943
- Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Birthday: 27 September
Randy Bachman Body Measurements
- Body Measurements: Not Available
- Height / How Tall?: Not Known
- Weight: Not Known
- Eye Color: Grey
- Hair Color: White
- Shoe Size: Not Available
- Biceps Size: Not Available
- Chest Size: Not Available
- Waist Size: Not Available
Randy Bachman Family and Relationship
- Father (Dad): Karl (Charlie) Bachman
- Mother: Anne (Nancy) Dobrinsky
- Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
- Marital Status: Divorced
- Wife/Spouse: Married to Lorayne Stevenson (1966 to 1977), Denise McCann(from 1982 to 2011)
- Children: 7
Randy Bachman Net Worth and Salary
- Net Worth: $15 million
- Salary: Under Review
- Source of Income: Musician, Guitarist, Songwriter, and Radio host
Randy Bachman House and Cars
- Place of living: Canada
- Cars: Car Brand to be Updated
Randy Bachman Rock Bands
Randy Bachman The Guess Who
Bachman and Chad Allan co-founded Al and The Silvertones in Winnipeg. By 1962, the band changed their name to Chad Allan and the Expressions and later to The Guess Who, which had a #1 hit in Canada with their cover of Johnny Kidd’s “Shakin’ All Over”, which also charted in the US at #22.
However, Chad Allan decided to leave the band in 1966 and Burton Cummings became the primary vocalist.
In early 1969, the group finally broke through internationally with the hit song “These Eyes”, co-written by Bachman and Cummings. The Guess Who released three successful albums over the next two years: Wheatfield Soul (1969), Canned Wheat (1969), and American Woman (1970), which brought them mainstream attention. Bachman wrote or cowrote (primarily with Cummings) most of the group’s songs during this period.
It was during those years, 1969 and 1970 when The Guess Who released a few singles, including “American Woman”, which hit #1 on the US Hot 100 charts, amongst many others that managed to crack the Top 40 in Canada, and sold more records than the entire Canadian music industry combined with the Bachman-Cummings songwriting team becoming the most celebrated partnership in Canadian music to that point.
However, Bachman left the band in July 1970, at the height of its popularity, shortly after the release of American Woman, which critiques the “ghetto scenes” and “war machines” of the US, reflecting the Guess Who’s experiences of extensive touring in large American cities.
His departure has been quoted as due to the other band members’ lifestyle choices conflicting with his beliefs upon converting to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—his Mormon religious beliefs conflicted with the sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle of the other band members, in addition to wanting to spend more time with his family members.
Randy Bachman Brave Belt and Bachman–Turner Overdrive
Before he left The Guess Who, Bachman had recorded an instrumental solo album for RCA Records, Axe, over three days in March 1970. In 1971, he once again formed another rock band, which they named Brave Belt, with members; Robbie Bachman (who was barely 18 years old) as the drummer, Fred Turner, who subsequently joined the band to serve on bass and vocals, resulting in the band evolving into a heavier sound—this led to Chad Allan leaving, and Tim Bachman who joined as a second guitarist before Brave Belt disbanded for its members to form another band.
With this lineup, the members formed a new band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive (often referred to as “B.T.O.”), signed a record deal with Mercury Records, and they released their debut self-titled album, Bachman–Turner Overdrive in May 1973.
In December that year, the band released their second album, Bachman–Turner Overdrive II, which brought the band a greater commercial success than their first, with hits such as “Takin’ Care of Business” and “Let It Ride”, which charted at #12 and #23 in the US, respectively.
By 1974, BTO was the biggest-selling recording act in popular music, with their third album titled, Not Fragile, which had the hits, “Roll On Down the Highway”, which charted at #14, and “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”, which charted at #1.
In late-1976, during the recording of their sixth studio album Freeways, some disagreements surfaced within the band. Bachman wrote all but one song and sang on every song but two, while some of the other band members felt that they didn’t have enough good material to record and wanted to delay the release. Upon its release, the album charted at #70 in the US but had no hit singles.
In April 1977, Bachman quit BTO and the rest of the band would continue to record and tour until the end of the decade after Randy agreed to sell the rights to the “BTO” name to the remaining band members.
From there, in 1978 Bachman recorded his second solo album, Survivor, was released and launched a new band, Ironhorse, in 1979 with bassist/singer Tom Sparks. Ironhorse released their debut self-titled album, which contained the single “Sweet Lui-Louise”, which charted at #36 in the US and #26 in Canada, and performed well in other parts of Europe including Italy. After the tour for this album, Tom Sparks left the band and was replaced by Frank Ludwig.
Ironhorse then released a second album in 1980 titled, Everything Is Grey and contained pop-rock influences with greater use of keyboards than the first album. Another solo album, Any Road, was released on Guitar Recordings in 1993. The life Every Song Tells a Story appeared in 2002 from True North, followed by JazzThing in 2004 from Maximum Jazz.
In 2006, The Bachman Cummings Songbook saw the light and he issued a collection of unreleased Bachman Cummings project songs (originally recorded in 1987) dubbed The Thunderbird Trax.
In 2007, another jazz-flavored release (JazzThing II) was issued, along with the Bachman Cummings cover album Jukebox. A DVD document of Bachman‘s July 7, 2007, live performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival was issued in July of 2008.
For the 2008 holidays, Bachman released an album of Christmas favorites (Takin’ Care of Christmas) — with the titular track being a reworked version of the BTO classic “Takin’ Care of Business.”
In 2010 Bachman and Fred Turner issued an eponymous studio album (Bachman & Turner), and in 2015 Bachman released the star-studded solo outing Heavy Blues, which featured appearances from Neil Young, Jeff Healey, Joe Bonamassa, and Peter Frampton.
In 2017, Randy embarked on his most ambitious project in many years, taking the music of one of his personal heroes, Beatles guitarist George Harrison, and re-imagining many of Harrison’s best-known songs in a contemporary musical context with all new arrangements. By George By Bachman became an international sensation on release the following year.
The release of the acclaimed full-length documentary film Bachman, written and directed by award-winning director John Barnard, brings the oft-described architect of Canadian rock ‘n’ roll’s story full circle with an insightful retrospective of his many remarkable career milestones while continuing to look forward to what is still ahead.
Bachman appeared in a CBC television broadcast benefit called “Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble” on April 26, 2020, featuring various Canadian musicians and entertainers.
Bachman made a brief one-minute appearance to thank the front-line Canadian workers and proceeded to play a short parody of “Taking Care of Business”.
Randy Bachman Songs
1970 Axe
1978 Survivor
1992 Any Road– referred to on the cover simply as Bachman
1993 Bob’s Garage– live 5-track mini-album recorded for a radio show in Seattle
1996 Merge
1998 Songbook
2001 Every Song Tells A Story
2004 Jazz Thing
2006 Bachman-Cummings Songbook– a compilation that features tracks from The Guess Who, Burton Cummings, and Bachman–Turner Overdrive.
2006 The Thunderbird Trax– a compilation of previously unreleased material recorded by Bachman and Cummings in Bachman’s tool shed in 1987.
2007 Jazz Thing II
2007 Jukebox
2008 Takin’ Care of Christmas– a compilation of Bachman performing classic Christmas songs, with the title track being a reworked version of BTO’s “Takin’ Care of Business”.
2010 Bachman & Turner, with former BTO vocalist/bassist Fred Turner.
2014 Vinyl Tap Every Song Tells A Story
2015 Heavy Blues
2018 By George By Bachman– a tribute album to George Harrison
As a member of a group
Chad Allan & The Expressions
Original albums:
- 1965: Shakin ‘All Over’
- 1965: Hey Ho (What You Do To Me)
- 1966: Chad Allan & The Expressions
Compilation:
- 2008: Early Roots – Compilation.
The Guess Who?
1966: It’s Time – This is the only album with Chad Allan and Burton Cummings sharing the vocals.
1968: A Wild Pair – Side A is dedicated to The Staccatos, while side B features The Guess Who?
The Guess Who
Studio albums:
1969: Wheatfield Soul
1969: Canned Wheat
1970: American Woman
1970: Born in Canada
1976: The Way They Were
Live albums:
1984: Together Again
1984: Reunion
2000: Running Back Thru Canada
Brave Belt
1971: Brave Belt
1972: Brave Belt II
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Studio albums:
1973: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
1973: Bachman-Turner Overdrive II
1974: Not Fragile
1975: Head On
1975: Four Wheel Drive
1977: Freeways
1984: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Live albums:
1977: T.O. Live in Japan
1986: LIve Live Live
1990: All Time Greatest Hits Live – Reissue of Live Live Live .
1994: Best Of Bachman-Turner Overdrive Live
1998: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents
2003: From the Front Row Live
Compilations:
1976: Best of BTO (So Far)
1983: You Ain’t Seen Nothin ‘Yet’
1986: BTO’s Greatest .
1993: Anthology
1998: Takin ‘Care of Business
2000: The Millenium Collection
2001: Classic
2005: Gold
2008: The Definitive Collection
2010: Icon
2015: Bachman – Turner Overdrive Classic Album Set – 8 CD box set.
2020: Essentials
Ironhorse
- 1979: Ironhorse
- 1980: Everything is Gray
- 2018: Ironhorse / Everything is Gray – Compilation.
Union
- 1981: On Strike
Bachman Cummings
2006: The Thunderbird Trax – Recorded in 1987.
2006: Bachman Cummings Songbook – Compilation
2007: Jukebox
Bachman & Turner
2010: Bachman & Turner
2010: Forged In Rock
2010: Rolling Along – Compilation.
2011: Live At Roseland Ballroom, NYC
Collaborations
1997: Ringo Starr And His Third All-Starr Band Volume 1 by Ringo Starr – Randy on “No Sugar Tonight” and “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”
2000: Calgary Rock Awards – Various Artists – Randy on 6 songs.
2000: The Anthology … So Far by Ringo Starr – Randy on “Takin ‘Care Of Business” and “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”
2001: The Best Of Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band So Far … by Ringo Starr – Compilation, Randy on “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”
2001: The Anthology … Sampler by Ringo Starr – Randy on “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”
2004: 219 Days by Kalan Porter – Randy vocals on “And we drive”
Video discography
2001 Every Song Tells A Story
2005 Live 8 Barrie– performs Takin’ Care of Business with The Carpet Frogs. Burton Cummings was scheduled to perform with Bachman, but was unable to attend.
2006 Jazz Thing Live in Toronto(featuring Curtis Stigers, Joel Kroeker, Tal Bachman, Stephan Moccio and Denise McCann Bachman)
2006 First Time Around(with Burton Cummings and The Carpet Frogs as Bachman-Cummings Band)
2011 Bachman And Turner(With Fred Turner Live At The Roseland Ballroom
2014 Vinyl Tap Every Song Tells A Story
Randy Bachman Awards and Achievements
Randy has accrued over 120 platinum, gold, and silver album/singles awards from around the world. Though his music industry awards include dozens of coveted acknowledgments and celebrated achievements, when asked which award is most prized, Randy responds, “The one I haven’t got yet.”
Frequently Asked Questions About Randy Bachman
Who is Randy Bachman?
Randy Bachman (born Randolph Charles Bachman) is a Canadian musician, lead guitarist, songwriter, a founding member of two formidable rock bands; classic rock band The Guess Who and hard rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive, member of Brave Belt, Union, and Ironhorse and a radio host for CBC Radio, hosting the weekly music show, Vinyl Tap.
How old is Randy Bachman?
Bachman is an American national born on 27th September 1943, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
How tall is Randy Bachman?
Bachman stands at an average height, he has not shared his height with the public. His height will be listed once we have it from a credible source.
Is Randy Bachman married?
Over the course of his life, Bachman has been in 2 marital relationships; with Lorayne Stevenson for eleven years, since 1966, when the duo got married until their separation in 2011 when they separated.
Bachman and Stevensons had six children. His son, Tal Bachman, is a recording artist best known for his 1999 top-20 hit song “She’s So High”. His daughter Lorelei Bachman is also a writer/musician.
Bachman then married Denise McCann in 1982 and had only one child. The family resided on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. However, the couple separated in 2011.
How much is Randy Bachman worth?
Bachman has an approximate net worth of $15 million. This amount has been accrued from his leading roles in the entertainment industry.
How much does Randy Bachman make?
Details about Bachman’s salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much he makes will be updated as soon as it is available.
Where does Bachman live?
Bachman is a resident of Memphis, TN, USA, we shall upload pictures of his house as soon as we have them.
Is Bachman dead or alive?
Bachman is alive and in good health. However, Bachman had gastric bypass surgery to reduce his weight and also had a successful operation on his shoulder in November 2007 to repair a torn rotator cuff, which he has blamed on his decades-long use of heavy, vintage guitars.
He was also suffering health problems related to his gall bladder and needed to be under a doctor’s care, something that was difficult to do while on the road.
Where is Bachman Now?
Bachman is pursuing his career in music and journalism. He is working as a Musician, Guitarist, Songwriter, and Radio host since 1960.
Randy Bachman Social Media Contacts
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