September 7, 2024 Playlist – Randy & Tal Bachman

This edition of the program featured excerpts from an interview I conducted with Randy & Tal Bachman, the Father and Son tandem currently at the helm of the legendary Bachman-Turner Overdrive. They provided insights into their music as well as observations about rock ‘n’ roll that make this episode essential listening. Click here to check it out!

  • JACK BLACK & THE SCHOOL OF ROCK Zach’s Song
  • FREDDY DeBOE Remember the Good Times
  • THE ROLLING STONES Like A Rolling Stone
  • NEW RADICALS You Get What You Give
  • URIAH HEEP That’s The Way That It Is
  • YES Owner of a Lonely Heart
  • RANDY BACHMAN INTERVIEW The Origins of “American Woman”
  • THE GUESS WHO American Woman
  • TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS American Girl
  • OASIS Wonderwall
  • GIFTSHOP Stylish Junkie
  • EDEN JAMES Stranger
  • JET She’s a Genius
  • TAL BACHMAN INTERVIEW The Inspiration for “She’s So High”
  • TAL BACHMAN She’s So High
  • SHERYL CROW If It Makes You Happy
  • CANCION FRANKLIN My My My
  • BROTHER DYNAMITE The Girl’s In Love
  • RANDY & TAL BACHMAN INTERVIEW What do the Bachmans listen to?
  • BUDDY HOLLY Rave On
  • TOMMY EDWARDS It’s All In the Game
  • THE DEL-VIKINGS Come Go with Me
  • LEE FIELDS Save Your Tears for Someone New
  • THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH Smiling Faces
  • RANDY & TAL BACHMAN INTERVIEW Why bands should play their hits
  • ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA Sweet Talkin’ Woman
  • DEEP PURPLE Woman from Tokyo
  • ELTON JOHN Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding
  • MIDDLE AGES Silver Lining
  • FONTAINES D.C. Here’s the Thing
  • KING LIKE MOM Die Cry Hate
  • RANDY BACHMAN INTERVIEW What is the signature B.T.O. song – and why
  • BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE Takin’ Care of Business
  • OUR OWN YOKOS Carry On

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