Overdrive Man: Randy Bachman
Steven Rosen, Guitar Player, July 1975
HAD RANDY BACHMAN (pronounced back-man) never even picked up a guitar, his talents as a songwriter and producer would have been enough to implant his name firmly in the Canadian music hall of fame. .
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