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Winnipeg, Canada
The Guess Who is a Canadian rock music band from Winnipeg, Manitoba that was one of the first to establish a major successful following in their own country as well as abroad in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were the first Canadian rock group to have a No.1 hit in the United States (“American Woman,” 1970). The band evolved out of Chad Allan and the Impressions (also shortened to The Impressions), a British Invasion styled band fronted by Chad Allan and featuring guitarist Randy Bachman. After their cover of “Shakin’ All Over” sold well as a single, their record label released their album with “Guess Who?” written on the cover, hoping to mislead unsuspecting buyers into thinking it was a British band. The name stuck, however, and from then on they were The Guess Who.
Singer/keyboardist Burton Cummings joined upon Allan’s departure in 1966, and the band’s classic partnership was born. They mixed some jazzy sounds like flute and electric piano into their sound, and scored hits in Canada with “These Eyes”, “Undun”, and “Laughing”, but it was when they turned to psychedelic rock with American Woman (the third album with the Bachman/Cummings lineup) that they broke through in the US with the anti-war title cut. The band’s success after that was hit and miss, however.
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The Best Of The Guess Who
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TheDarkSide73
What a Great 70s Rock Band
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crnchbob
I just heard New Mother Nature again and I just have to say that is the most POWERFULsong I ever heard. And getting that line 'go back to a place you may have been to , you don't know what you are gonna find' is a really difficult but he hits it bang on! This song is hauntingly current 'And she's getting us ALL!...
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ElectricSoul921
Burton Cummings has one of the best voices
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SomayaBiddanda
One divided in two directions Situation needs reflection yeah close your eyes
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robingesmith
the guess who suck the jets were lousy anyway
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genegir
А These Eyes все-таки круче всех!!!
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genegir
До 69го года великолепны. Ну и песня American Woman, конечно. А потом ниочень
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crownanchor
Still kickin' a mighty ass;);)!!!
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chefsam57
:)
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iconan
A warm sound of the soul which we have heard too many times, but it's still a pleasure that is renewed at every listening. Psych. -.-.-.-. om hari om .....
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henriquefmaia
let me live only to do let me do only to live
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prairiegirl66
awesome band from my old hometown
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tacianalima
no time *-*
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ElectricSoul921
One of my favorites.
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mihait39
nice stuff. romanian guess who sucks ass.
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MXB2001
Heh! Same here.
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prominence_la
Re-discovering these guys again through a compilation...had no idea that some of my most beloved oldies were the works of Guess Who. Good stuff.
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msupi
so underrated band.
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