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Post by franko on Nov 6, 2010 13:21:26 GMT -5
bassist of my favourite band from years past Clench, a Montreal bass player and vocalist who played with April Wine and Bachman Turner Overdrive, has died. He was 61.
Clench died Tuesday in a Montreal hospital after a battle with lung cancer, according to April Wine's Brian Greenway.
Clench was with April Wine, the Montreal band known for hits such as You Could Have Been a Lady and The Whole World's Goin' Crazy from 1970 to 1975, then rejoined as the band underwent a resurgence from 1992 to 2007.
He was with BTO from 1977 until the band's breakup in 1979. more, cbc.ca |
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 7, 2010 18:21:19 GMT -5
April Wine. Solid band with great AM hooks. Clench became the bassist of BTO in 1977, ironically, when Randy Bachman left--not bassist Turner. Turner switched to rhythm guitar....and shared lead vocals with Clench. They could tour only as BTO....as Randy wanted to keep the rights to use his surname. That version of BTO didn't fare well commercially at all. Bachman left The Guess Who when they were riding high, too. What is it with that guy?  |
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Post by franko on Nov 7, 2010 23:46:50 GMT -5
don't know why Bachman left BTO, but he left the Guess Who because of Burton Cummings [who has been called a royal pr*ck -- and that was one of the nice names he was called. that was back in the 70s, and it appears he hasn't changed too much.
at the time of the break-up, he was too much of a partier for BAchman.
an aside: after the demise of the bad, Jim Kale discovered that the name "Guess Who" had not been registered, so he took it. he still tours with that name, though he does gerat disservice to the name [OK, my opinion only].
oh, and when Bachman left the Guess Who he formed a band called Brave Belt -- airplay due to CanCon
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 8, 2010 7:24:22 GMT -5
And "Brave Belt" featured Chad Allan.....who had fronted the forerunner of the Guess Who--"Chad Allan and the Expressions” ....basically a one-hit wonder with “Shakin’ All Over”. Featuring future Guess Who members: Bachman, Kale, and Peterson. Allan left not long after Cummings joined. Wikipedia “states” that trouble arose between Cummings and Bachman likely due to Randy’s conversion to Mormonism. (which might explain why he didn’t go for the partying). Cummings' ego is legendary, though. Some people keep fame/talent in check. Some don’t. |
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Post by franko on Nov 8, 2010 9:00:45 GMT -5
Loved "Shakin' All Over" -- bought the album and then had the [man am I old] 8-track. iirc, the last Guess Who album [with Dominic Troiano (who I hadn't realized was dead), liked what he did in the Guess Who though Cummings and his ego didn't], had tribute song "When the Band Was Playing Shaking All Over" [Coors for Sunday still plays in my mind].
Bachman tells his story in his book "Takin' Care of Business". In it the tells of how "American Woman" came to be -- the Guess Who were in the States [Fargo? can't remember], after they came back from a disastrous trip to England, did a set [at a bar perhaps, again, the memory thing], and went outside for a break. They all slowly made their way back inside; when Cummings -- the last in -- got on stage, Bachman and the rest of the boys were playing that now-famous riff; Cummings made up some "American Woman gonna mess you mind" type lyrics; the crowd loved it, they wrote the official song afterwards.
Knew some guys who jammed with Cummings in Winnipeg in the 70s. They loved the notoriety [I jammed with Burton Cummings!], hated the guy.
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