Bachman-Turner Overdrive: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

3/27/2009

  • Writer: Randy Bachman
  • Producer: Randy Bachman
  • Recorded: 1974 at Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle
  • Released: September 21st, 1974
  • Players:
    Randy Bachman -- vocals, guitar
    C.F. Turner -- vocals, bass
    Blair Thornton -- guitar, vocals
    Robbie Bachman -- drums
  • Album: Not Fragile (Mercury, 1974)
  • Also On:
    The Best Of BTO (So Far)
    (Mercury, 1976)
    and many other compilations and live albums
  • Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1974, after Randand Robbie Bachman and C.F. "Fred" Turner played together in the group Brave Belt.
  • "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" was BTO's biggest single and their only Number One.
  • Not Fragile was the group's biggest album, and their only one to hit Number One as well.
  • The song's stuttering chorus was inspired by Randy Bachman's brother Gary, who had a speech impediment. Many took it as a copy of, or homage to, the Who's "My Generation."
  • Bachman said he was "actually embarrassed" by the stutter, but when he tried to record it with a straight vocal, "It sounded like Frank Sinatra singing 'Strangers In The Night.'"
  • At BTO concerts, playing "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" inspired female fans to lift their shirts and flash the band.
  • The Not Fragile album marked the debut of guitarist Blair Thornton, who replaced third Bachman brother Tim.

FAST FORWARD:

  • BTO continued to score hits until 1976, when Randy Bachman left the group.
  • Bachman continues his solo career, and his last couple of albums have featured guest appearances by old friend Neil Young.
  • Bachman has also regrouped the Guess Who and occasionally works as a duo act with Guess Who partner Burton Cummings.

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