
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 Randy and 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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