Rock My World Canada, chapter 69: Randy Bachman
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Randolph Charles “Randy” Bachman, ( born September 27, 1943) from Winnipeg is a musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member of the 1960s and 1970s rock bands The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Bachman was also a member of Brave Belt with Chad Allan, Union, and Ironhorse, and has recorded numerous solo albums.
In 2001, Bachman received an honorary Doctorate of Music from Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba, along with the other members of The Guess Who. In 2005 Bachman was awarded the Order of Manitoba, the highest award in the Province of Manitoba.] Bachman, along with The Guess Who, was also the recipient of The Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, Canada’s foremost distinction for excellence in the performing arts, in 2002.
In 2008, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Bachman has been inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame twice. First as a member of the Guess Who in 2001, then as a solo artist in 2012. He received SOCAN’s Lifetime Achievement Award on June 22, 2015.
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