The Guess Who

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings are hitting the road again as The Guess Who and stopping in at Canada Life Centre on June 5th. This tour called, Takin’ It Back Tour with Don Felder is going to be great!

As Bachman-Cummings reunite as The Guess Who, Cummings won’t guess what his reaction on stage will be. “It’s hard to say what it’s gonna feel like,” he says. “I know what I hope, which is that people will be as excited as we are.”

One thing for sure is that the impact of the band’s catalog has never waned, from Lenny Kravitz’s colossal 1999 cover of “American Woman” to an endless series of placements in films, TV shows, commercials, and even videogames.

As The Guess Who enters their next chapter, Cummings refuses to look back on the group’s legacy, concentrating instead on what’s in front of them. “I’ve lived 100 lifetimes compared to most people already, so whatever is coming is coming,” he says. “I’m just thrilled when people tell me, ‘Hey, Burton, you still sound like the guy on the records.’ That’s something that every singer wants to hear.”

“I’m very grateful that Burton and I are still in good health, and that we can get out there and do this,” says Bachman. “ It’s just amazing—every night, I’m on stage doing a song that I wrote when I was in my 20’s, and everybody’s screaming and singing along.”

Burton Cummings recently posted a photograph on social media of him and Randy Bachman at the top of the Empire State Building when they came to New York City in 1968 to make their first full Guess Who album together, Wheatfield Soul. “We were young and full of dreams,” he says, “and a lot of those dreams came true. And when Randy and I get together now, that feeling is still there for us.”

Can’t wait for this show!