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Post by 1finemrg on Jan 13, 2023 13:48:40 GMT -5
Bachman-Turner Overdrive drummer Robbie Bachman died January 12 at the age of 69. Besides being the backbeat for BTO, he co-wrote the #14 hit "Roll On Down The Highway" with C. F. (Fred) Turner. He is also credited with creating the gear logo used by the band. Upon his passing Robbie's brother Randy tweeted: “Another sad departure. The pounding beat behind BTO, my little brother Robbie has joined Mum, Dad and brother Gary on the other side. Maybe Jeff Beck needs a drummer! He was an integral cog in our rock 'n' roll machine and we rocked the world together.” Obituary |
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Post by mrjukebox on Jan 13, 2023 14:43:27 GMT -5
BTO is a great band-Sorry to hear of Robbie's passing.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jan 13, 2023 16:38:07 GMT -5
I remember one of the members of BTO having scheduled to perform in St. John's, Newfoundland a couple of years ago. They had to reschedule due to COVID-19, but some months later, they completely cancelled their tour. I am not sure if Robbie Bachman's health was in decline by that point, and had a play in the decision to cancel their tour.
Another sad loss in the world of classic rock. I find that a lot of famous people tend to die in December and January.
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Post by dth1971 on Jan 14, 2023 7:06:20 GMT -5
Robbie's son or brother Tal Bachman had a brief solo career in 1999 with "She's So High" which made the top 40 on R&R used for the second Casey AT40 era.
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Post by Michael1973 on Jan 14, 2023 11:29:06 GMT -5
Robbie's son or brother Tal Bachman had a brief solo career in 1999 with "She's So High" which made the top 40 on R&R used for the second Casey AT40 era. Tal was his nephew. |
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Post by trekkielo on Jan 30, 2023 3:24:03 GMT -5
May Robbie Bachman rest in peace!  My all-time favorite songs by Bachman-Turner Overdrive are... Let It Ride (1974) Takin' Care of Business (1974) You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (1974) Roll on Down the Highway (1974) Hey You (1975) Take It Like a Man (1976) "Now on American Top 40 I have the song by the Canadian group that was detained by US Customs for trying to smuggle bubblegum across the border, it happened to Bachman-Turner Overdrive whose homebase is Vancouver, British Columbia, but the studio they like to record in is in Seattle, so whenever they have a session they have to drive down across the border, well last year on a trip, as they were getting checked through US Customs one official thought he stumbled onto something big when he fished into Robbie Bachman's suitcase and pulled out a suspicious looking plastic bag, aha he says, a suspicious looking plastic bag, well now it happens that Robbie is a bubblegum freak, and he's never without a big supply of the stuff, the customs man has the boys detained while he proceeds with his inspection, he dumps the plastic bag, and out rolls 200 pieces of individually wrapped bubble type chewing gum, well that didn't delight the inspector who now had to unwrap, check, and then rewrap each piece, well he examined about 6 of them, all the while muttering to himself and, then he gave up, back went the gum in the plastic bag, and back went the bag into Robbie's suitcase, and he waved the boys on through, their latest hit debuts at #37 this week, Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Roll on Down the Highway" - Casey Kasem's American Top 40 from February 1st, 1975  |
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