Red River of the North
Rivière Rouge
River
The Red River in Fargo–Moorhead, as viewed from the Fargo side of the river
Countries	United States, Canada
Regions	Minnesota, North Dakota, Manitoba
Part of	Nelson River basin
Tributaries
- left	Bois de Sioux River, Wild Rice River (North Dakota), Sheyenne River, Elm River, Turtle River, Pembina River, Assiniboine River
- right	Otter Tail River, Buffalo River, Wild Rice River (Minnesota), Red Lake River, Roseau River
Cities	Fargo, North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Source	Confluence of Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail Rivers
- location	Wahpeton, North Dakota
- elevation	948 ft (289 m)
- coordinates	46°15′52″N 96°35′55″W / 46.26444°N 96.59861°W / 46.26444; -96.59861
Mouth	Lake Winnipeg
- elevation	712 ft (217 m)
- coordinates	50°23′47″N 96°48′39″W / 50.39639°N 96.81083°W / 50.39639; -96.81083
Length	550 mi (885 km)
Basin	111,004 sq mi (287,499 km2) [1]
Discharge	for Lockport, Manitoba, 20 miles (32 km) above the mouth
- average	8,617 cu ft/s (244 m3/s)
- max	152,900 cu ft/s (4,330 m3/s)
- min	491 cu ft/s (14 m3/s)
The Red River drainage basin, with the Red River highlighted

The Red River (French: Rivière rouge, German: Roter Fluss, American English: Red River of the North) is a North American river. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota, it flows northward through the Red River Valley, forming the border of Minnesota and North Dakota and continuing into Manitoba, Canada. It empties into Lake Winnipeg, whose waters join the Nelson River and ultimately flow into the Hudson Bay, which is considered part of the Arctic Ocean.

The Red River flows through several urban areas along its path, including those of Fargo-Moorhead and Grand Forks in the United States and Winnipeg in Canada. The Red is about 885 kilometres (550 mi) long,^[2] of which about 635 kilometres (395 mi) are in the United States and about 255 kilometres (158 mi) are in Canada.^[3] The river falls 70 metres (230 ft) on its trip to Lake Winnipeg where it spreads into the vast deltaic wetland known as Netley Marsh.

In the United States, the Red River is sometimes called the Red River of the North, to distinguish it from the Red River that is a tributary of the Mississippi River, and that forms part of the border between Texas and Oklahoma.

Long a highway for trade, the Red has been designated as a Canadian Heritage River.

History[link]

The watershed of the Red River was part of Rupert's Land, the Hudson's Bay Company concession in north central North America. The Red was a key trade route for the company, and contributed to the settlement of British North America. The stream was used by fur traders, including the Métis people, and by the settlers of the Red River Colony, the primary settlement of which eventually became Winnipeg, Manitoba. The river gave its name to the Red River Trails, nineteenth-century oxcart trails which supported this trade and these settlements, and which led to further development of the region on both sides of the international border.

Geography[link]

Red River in Winnipeg, Manitoba

The Red River in Greater Grand Forks, as viewed from the Grand Forks side of the river

The Red River forms at Wahpeton, North Dakota and Breckenridge, Minnesota, passes through Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota and Grand Forks, North Dakota/East Grand Forks, Minnesota, and then continues on to the province of Manitoba in Canada. Manitoba's capital — Winnipeg — is at the Red's confluence with the Assiniboine River, at a point commonly referred to as The Forks. The Red then flows further north before draining into Lake Winnipeg which is part of the Hudson Bay watershed through the Nelson River. The mouth of the Red River forms a freshwater river delta called the Netley-Libau Marsh.^[4] The Netley Marsh is west of the Red and the Libau Marsh is east to form a 26,000 hectare wetland.

Southern Manitoba has a comparatively long frost-free season, between 120 and 140 days in the Red River Valley.^[5]

Geology[link]

The Red River flows across the flat lakebed of the ancient glacial Lake Agassiz, an enormous glacial lake created at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation from meltwaters of the Laurentide ice sheet. As this continental glacier decayed, its meltwaters formed the lake, and over thousands of years sediments precipitated to the bottom of the lakebed. These lacustrine soils are the parent soils of today's Red River Valley. The river itself is very young; it began only after Lake Agassiz drained, about 9,500 years ago.^[6]

The word "valley" is a misnomer. While the Red River drains the region, it did not create a valley wider than a few hundred feet, and the much-wider floodplain is the lakebed of the glacial lake.^[6] It is remarkably flat; from its origin near Breckenridge, Minnesota to the international border near Emerson, Manitoba, its gradient is only about 1:5000 (1 metre per 5 kilometres), or approximately 1 foot per mile. The river, slow and small in most seasons, does not have the energy to cut a gorge. Instead it meanders across the silty bottomlands in its progress north.^[6][7] In consequence, high water has nowhere to go, except to spread across the old lakebed in "overland flooding". Heavy snows or rains, on saturated or frozen soil, have caused a number of catastophic floods, which often are made worse by the fact that snowmelt starts in the warmer south, and waters flowing northward are often dammed or slowed by ice.^[6][8] These periodic floods have the effect of refilling, in part, the ancient lake.^[7]

Floods[link]

Major floods in historic times include those of 1826, 1897, 1950, 1997, and 2009, and many years in between have seen significant flooding.^[9] There have been many other floods in prehistoric times, of equal or greater size. These "paleofloods" are known from their effects on local landforms, and have been the subject of scholarly studies.^[10] Flooding has been such a concern for Winnipeg that it warranted the construction of the Red River Floodway. Grand Forks, North Dakota took a similar precaution after the flood of 1997, constructing a removable flood wall.

1950 flood[link]

On May 8, 1950 the Red River reached its highest level at Winnipeg since 1861.^[11] Eight dikes protecting Winnipeg gave way and flooded much of the city, turning 600 square miles (1,554 km²) of farmland into an enormous lake. The city turned to the Canadian Army and the Red Cross for help, and nearly 70,000 people were evacuated from their homes and businesses. Four of eleven bridges in the city were destroyed, and damage was estimated at between $900 million and $1 billion.

As a result of the floods, a flood control project was started to ensure the same would never happen again. The Red River Floodway around Winnipeg was cause for some derision at the time, as it seemed massively overbuilt and was the then-largest earth-moving project in the world.^{[citation needed]} The project was completed under-budget, and has been used for at least some flood control twenty times in the thirty-seven years from its completion to 2006. The Floodway has saved an estimated $10 billion (CAD) in flood damages.^{[citation needed]}

1997 flood[link]

In the spring of 1997 a major flood of the Red River caused $3.5 billion in damage and required temporary evacuation of towns and cities on both sides of the border. The flood crested at 24.5 feet (7.5 m) above datum at the James Avenue pumping station in Winnipeg making it the third highest flood at Winnipeg in recorded history only being surpassed by the floods of 1852, and 1826.^[12]

2009 flood[link]

Wikinews has related news: Fargo, North Dakota, prepares for record flooding

In 2009 the Red River flooded in early spring. By Friday, March 27, the river at Fargo had reached the highest level in recorded history,^[13][14] and its discharge at that location was far in excess of normal flows.^[15] The water ended up cresting at the James Avenue pumping station in Winnipeg at 22.5 feet (6.9 m) above datum making it the fourth highest flood in recorded history.^[12]

2011 flood[link]

Due to a wet summer in 2010 as well as an above average amount of snowfall in the Red River Valley, The Red River spilled its banks and Red River crested in Winnipeg at the James Avenue pumping station at 19.59 feet (5.97 m) above datum as the sixth highest flood levels in recorded history if flood protection such as the Portage Diversion and the Red River Floodway were not in place.^[16] As the Red River was not a major concern in 2011, all of the attention turned to the surprise major flood on the Assiniboine River. In May 2011, a Manitoba-wide state of emergency was declared in the wake of a 1 in 300 year flood on the Assiniboine River at Brandon. (CTV) (The Canadian Press) (CJOB 68)

See also[link]

• List of longest rivers of Canada
• List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem)
• List of rivers of the United States
• Red River, other rivers with the same name

Notes[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Red River of the North

• Canadian Council for Geographic Education page with a series of articles on the history of the Red River.
• Geological Survey of Canada page describing the nature and history of Red River floods.
• Minnesota DNR Red River website
• U.S. Geological Survey Reports and Abstracts Related to the Red River of the North
• Water Quality in the Red River of the North
• Fish of the Red River–Red River Angler's Guide
• North Dakota State University's Fargo Flood website

v t e Canadian Heritage Rivers System Rivers Alsek • Arctic Red • Athabasca • Bay du Nord • Bloodvein • Bonnet Plume • Boundary Waters • Clearwater • Cowichan • Detroit • Fraser • French • Grand • Hayes • Hillsborough • Humber • Kazan • Kicking Horse • Main • Margaree • Mattawa • Missinaibi • North Saskatchewan • Red • Rideau • Seal • Shelburne • Soper • South Nahanni • St. Croix • St. Marys • Tatshenshini • Thames • Thelon • The Three Rivers • Upper Restigouche • Yukon Nominated Churchill • Coppermine • Ottawa • St. John See also: American Heritage Rivers • Category:American Heritage Rivers • Category:Canadian Heritage Rivers • Category:Rivers of Canada

50°23′47″N 96°48′39″W / 50.39639°N 96.81083°W / 50.39639; -96.81083

Red River may refer to:

Australia[link]

• Red River (Victoria)

Canada[link]

• Red River, Nova Scotia a community
• Red River of the North, a river flowing north through Minnesota, North Dakota, and Manitoba into Lake Winnipeg
  • Red River Cereal, a flax-based hot breakfast cereal
• Arctic Red River, a tributary of the Mackenzie River
• Red River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Kechika River

China[link]

• Red River (Asia), Hóng Hé (China) or Sông Hồng (Vietnam), flowing from China through Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin

New Zealand[link]

• Red River, New Zealand, a minor river on the North Island

Pakistan[link]

• Sutlej River, Punjab is sometimes known as the Red River.

United Kingdom[link]

• Red River, Cornwall, a minor river in west Cornwall discharging into the sea on the north coast
• Red River, Marazion, a minor river discharging into the sea on the south coast of west Cornwall

United States[link]

• Red River of the North, see above (under Canada)
• Red River (Kentucky), tributary of the Kentucky River
• Red River (Maine), tributary of the Fish River
• Red River (Mississippi River), tributary of the Mississippi River flowing between Texas and Oklahoma
  • Red River Parish, Louisiana
  • Red River County, Texas
• Red River (New Mexico), tributary of the Rio Grande
  • Red River, New Mexico, home of the Red River Ski Area
• Red River, New York, tributary of the Moose River
• Red River (Tennessee-Kentucky), tributary of the Cumberland River
• Red River (Wisconsin), tributary of the Wolf River
  • Red River, Wisconsin, a town
  • Red River, Shawano County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Vietnam[link]

• Red River (Asia), Hóng Hé (China) or Sông Hồng (Vietnam), flowing from China through Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin
  • Red River Delta, an administrative region of Vietnam comprising provinces in the Red River's delta

Other uses[link]

• The Halys River (Western cultures and languages from the Greek) in Anatolia (Asia Minor), Turkish Kızılırmak ("Red River").
  • Red River (manga), a Japanese graphic novel series centered in Anatolia.
• Red River (1948 film), a 1948 American film.
• Red River (2009 film) or Hong He, a Chinese film.
• Red River, a fictional river in City of Heroes
• Operation Flashpoint: Red River, a video game for the Xbox 360, PC and PS3..
• Curse of the Red River, an album by the band Barren Earth

See also[link]

• Red River Hog, a species of wild pig from Africa
• Red River Campaign, a series of battles fought in the American Civil War in 1864
• Red River Rivalry, an annual football game between the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas teams
• 2009 Red River flood
• Red River Colony, in the valley of the same in Manitoba
• Red River Floodway
• Red River cart
• Red River Trails
• Red River Rebellion, the Métis rebellion led by Louis Riel in present-day Manitoba
• Red River Valley, a remnant of glacial Lake Agassiz
• Little Red River (disambiguation)
• Red River Expedition (disambiguation), various expeditions of that name
• Rouge River (disambiguation)
• Colorado River or Río Colorado, which means "Red River"
• Rivière-Rouge, Quebec

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Randy Bachman
Bachman in concert in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Randolph Charles Bachman
Born	(1943-09-27) September 27, 1943 (age 68) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, radio personality
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, violin
Years active	1960–present
Associated acts	The Guess Who, Ironhorse, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt, Chad Allan and the Expressions, Bachman & Cummings, Bachman & Turner
Website	randybachman.com

Randolph Charles "Randy" Bachman, OC, OM ( /ˈbækmən/; born September 27, 1943, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s–70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Bachman was also a member of the band Brave Belt with Chad Allan, Union and a band called Ironhorse, and has recorded numerous solo albums.

He is also a national radio personality on CBC Radio One, hosting a weekly music show called Vinyl Tap.

Early years[link]

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Karl (Charlie) Bachman and Anne (Nancy) Dobrinsky, Bachman is half-German, half-Ukrainian in ancestry.^[1] At age three he won a singing contest on CKY's King of the Saddle program and age 5 he had started studying the violin in the Royal Toronto Conservatory system.^[2] He studied violin until the age of 12 when he grew dissatisfied with the structured lessons.^[3] He found that while he couldn't read music, he could play anything if he heard it once; he referred to it as his phonographic memory.^[2]

At age 15, Bachman saw Elvis Presley play on Tommy Dorsey's television show and the sight of the guitar around Presley's neck inspired him. He learned three chords from his cousin, then started practising on a modified Hawaiian dobro.^[3] At age 16, Bachman met up with Lenny Breau; over the next two years Breau taught Bachman finger picking and also introduced him to the music of Chet Atkins.^[2]

In 1959 Bachman bought a ticket to see Les Paul in concert at a Winnipeg supper club but was unable to get in as he was too young. He instead helped Paul set up before the show and also helped him reload everything into the car after the show. Still a budding guitarist at this point, Bachman asked Paul if he could teach him a guitar lick; Paul ended up teaching his version of "How High the Moon".^[4][5]

The Guess Who[link]

In 1960, Bachman and Chad Allan co-founded Al and The Silvertones in Winnipeg. By 1962, the band changed their name to Chad Allan and the Expressions and later to The Guess Who. In 1965, the Guess Who had a #1 hit in Canada with their cover of Johnny Kidd's "Shakin' All Over", which also charted in the U.S. at #22. In 1966, Chad Allan left the band and Burton Cummings became the primary vocalist. Starting in 1968, the group released three successful albums: Wheatfield Soul (1968), Canned Wheat (1969), and American Woman (1970), which brought them mainstream attention. Bachman wrote or cowrote (primarily with Cummings) most of the group's songs during this period.

In early 1970, the single "American Woman" hit #1 on the U.S. charts, a first for a band from Canada. A group composition, the song critiques the "ghetto scenes" and "war machines" of the U.S., reflecting the Guess Who's experiences of extensive touring in large American cities. With the Vietnam War at its peak, many American males went to Canada to escape US Military service. Surprisingly, Bachman left the band at the height of its popularity, shortly after the release of American Woman. He has been quoted for leaving due to the other band members' lifestyle choices conflicting with his (at that time) Mormon beliefs and because he wanted to spend more time with his brothers and other family members.^[6] He also was suffering health problems from the constant touring and needed to be under a doctor's care, something that was impossible to do on the road.

Brave Belt and Bachman–Turner Overdrive[link]

Before his departure from The Guess Who in May 1970, Bachman recorded a solo album for RCA Records, Axe, over three days in March 1970. The following year, he formed the group Brave Belt with Chad Allan. Brave Belt released its first LP, Brave Belt I, in 1971. It had much more of a country-rock sound than a rock 'n' roll sound, a departure from both Axe and the albums by The Guess Who. Robbie Bachman, one of Bachman's brothers, was the drummer for Brave Belt, despite being barely 18 years old. Fred Turner subsequently joined Brave Belt on bass and vocals, resulting in a much heavier sound, which led to the departure of Chad Allan, though Allan still contributed two songs to Brave Belt II in 1972. Left with a three member lineup, Tim Bachman was added to Brave Belt as the second guitarist.

The group then signed with Mercury Records in 1973 and changed their name to Bachman–Turner Overdrive, often referred to as "BTO". They released their first self-titled album, Bachman–Turner Overdrive in May 1973.

In December 1973 BTO released their second LP, Bachman–Turner Overdrive II. This album brought the band much more success than their debut, largely due to the hits "Takin' Care of Business", which charted at #12 in the U.S., and "Let It Ride", which rose to #23. In 1974, they released the LP Not Fragile, which hit #1 on the album charts. It also contained the #1 single "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" (written by Bachman) and the hit "Roll On Down The Highway", which charted at number 14.

BTO stayed on the charts through the mid-1970s with their next two albums, Four Wheel Drive and Head On and charted more hits with "Hey You", "Take It Like a Man", and the jazz-oriented "Lookin' Out For #1". In late 1976, with the recording of the Freeways album, some disagreements surfaced within the band. Bachman wrote all but one song and sang on every song but two. Some of the other band members felt that they didn't have enough good material to record and wanted to delay the record. The album did manage to chart at #70 in the U.S., but had no hit singles. Bachman left the band in mid-March 1977.

Post Bachman–Turner Overdrive[link]

After his departure from BTO, Bachman recorded a solo album called Survivor. It did not chart in the U.S. He formed a band with bassist/singer Tom Sparks, called Ironhorse, which released its debut album in 1979. It contained the single "Sweet Lui-Louise", which charted at #36 in the U.S. and #26 in Canada, and did well in Europe, particularly Italy. After the tour for this album, Tom Sparks left the band and was replaced by Frank Ludwig. With Ludwig, Ironhorse released a second album, Everything Is Grey, in 1980. In comparison to the rock sound of the first album, the follow-up album had a more pop sound. In 1981, Fred Turner rejoined Bachman and the band released an album under the name Union. (The Turner-led BTO had broken up in early 1980.) Union released one album, titled On Strike.

1980s and 1990s reunions[link]

Bachman joined The Guess Who reunion in 1983 with Burton Cummings and other members of the American Woman era. They did a tour of Canada and released a live video performance of it. After The Guess Who reunion ended, Bachman rejoined a new BTO reunion, consisting also of Fred Turner, Tim Bachman, and Garry Peterson of The Guess Who on drums. Robbie Bachman and classic lineup guitarist Blair Thornton chose not to join the reunion. Bachman stayed with this version of the band until 1987, and they put out an album in 1984. The classic Not Fragile lineup reformed in 1988 and toured together until 1991, when Randy again left the group. It was the last time he played with BTO. The Guess Who reunited, including Bachman, on August 8, 1999.

2000s[link]

Bachman played on several tours with The Guess Who until July 31, 2003. Both he and Burton Cummings left the band and formed Bachman Cummings. In 2000, he made a guest appearance on The Simpsons as himself with his former Bachman–Turner Overdrive bandmates, C.F. Turner and Robin Bachman. Simpsons creator Matt Groening (whose father is originally from Winnipeg) is a well-known BTO fan. Homer Simpson yells at Bachman to "get to the working overtime part" while playing "Takin' Care of Business".

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.[1] 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.^[7]

Bachman travels the world with his wife Denise McCann to write with many European songwriters, including Douglas Carr (producer of the Swedish band Ace of Base) and Michael Saxell in Sweden. Bachman has also performed with Swedish rockers The Soundtrack of Our Lives and appears on a vinyl picturedisc with them from a live performance at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2004.

In the summer of 2005, Bachman started hosting the coast-to-coast show Vinyl Tap on CBC Radio One, where he plays audio recordings and reminisces about personal encounters with famous artists and musicians from his 50-year career in rock. This show runs from 7–9 pm every Saturday night, and can be accessed via the CBC Radio One web site and Sirius channel 159. There is a replay of the Saturday show on the following Friday night at 11 pm. It also repeats on CBC Radio 2 on Sundays at 6 pm.

On July 2, 2005, Bachman performed at the Canadian leg of the global Live 8 megaconcert organized by Bob Geldof.

Bachman helped Kalan Porter on his CD 219 Days. He suggested that Kalan do a drone on his violin on one of his songs, "In Spite Of It All". He was also featured in his song "And We Drive", playing a guitar solo near the end of the song.

Bachman tours with his own band, the Randy Bachman Band and the Bachman-Cummings Band. He has also created a popular theatre show called "Every Song Tells A Story", featuring Bachman live and unplugged with his band, telling the stories behind the writing of his famous hits from the 1960s and '70s. Bachman and Burton Cummings toured throughout Canada as Bachman & Cummings in the summer of 2006 with Toronto, Ontario's The Carpet Frogs.

Bachman has also released an album of original melodic jazz songs called "Jazz Thing", which is available on his official website.

Bachman and Fred Turner completed a new Bachman & Turner CD that was released in September, 2010. A radio pre-release single, "Rollin' Along," was posted in June, 2010 for sale on iTunes. The pair launched a two-year world tour (2010–11) under the name Bachman & Turner, which started at the Sweden Rock Festival in June, 2010. Other confirmed dates included the High Voltage Festival in London, UK in July, 2010 and the Manitoba Homecoming Event in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A new website, http://www.bachmanandturner.com, was launched on April 19, 2010.^[8] A sample single, "Rock n' Roll Is the Only Way Out," is posted on the site.^[5][9]

Guitar style[link]

Bachman has stated that his guitar sound was influenced by his early violin studies, saying "when I wanted to play a rock solo, I played like it was violin... Violin is mostly slow, melodic stuff. So my guitar solos tend to be smooth, slow lines."^[10]

Guitar influences he has mentioned in interviews include Lenny Breau, Leslie West, Wes Montgomery^[11] and Hank Marvin.^[12]

Personal life[link]

Bachman's first marriage was to Lorayne Stevenson, a Mormon, in 1968. He converted to Mormonism at the time because Stevenson said that she could not marry anyone who was not Mormon. With Stevenson, Bachman had several children, including Tal Bachman, a recording artist best known for his 1999 top-20 hit song "She's So High".

During his early Guess Who years, his religious beliefs conflicted with the sex, drugs & rock n roll lifestyle of the other band members and caused some bitterness between Bachman and bandmate Burton Cummings.^[6] Bachman later renounced his Mormon beliefs, saying, "We found some things that couldn’t be reconciled," and declaring, "Religion is a bunch of rules, a fear factor."^[13]

Bachman now lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, near Vancouver Island, and is married to singer/songwriter Denise McCann. They were married on March 27, 1982.

Bachman has had gastric bypass surgery to reduce his weight.

Bachman had a successful operation on his shoulder in November 2007 to repair a torn rotator cuff.

Solo discography[link]

• 1970 Axe
• 1978 Survivor
• 1992 Any Road - referred to on the cover simply as Bachman
• 1993 Bob's Garage - live 5-track mini-album recorded for a radio show in Seattle
• 1996 Merge
• 1998 Songbook
• 2001 Every Song Tells A Story
• 2004 Jazz Thing
• 2006 Bachman-Cummings Songbook - a compilation that features tracks from The Guess Who, Burton Cummings, and Bachman–Turner Overdrive.
• 2006 The Thunderbird Trax - a compilation of previously unreleased material recorded by Bachman and Cummings in Bachman's tool shed in 1987.
• 2007 Jazz Thing II
• 2007 Jukebox - Bachman & Cummings album and Cummings' first studio album in 17 years since Plus Signs. The album features covers of songs by such artists as Bob Dylan, The Shadows and The Beatles.
• 2008 Takin' Care Of Christmas - a compilation of Bachman performing classic Christmas songs, with the title track being a reworked version of BTO's "Takin' Care Of Business".
• 2010 Bachman & Turner, with former BTO vocalist/bassist Fred Turner.

Video discography[link]

• 2001 Every Song Tells A Story
• 2005 Live 8 Barrie - performs Takin' Care of Business with The Carpet Frogs. Burton Cummings was scheduled to perform with Bachman, but was unable to attend.
• 2006 Jazz Thing Live in Toronto (featuring Curtis Stigers, Joel Kroeker, Tal Bachman, Stephan Moccio and Denise McCann Bachman)
• 2006 First Time Around (with Burton Cummings and The Carpet Frogs as Bachman-Cummings Band)

See also[link]

• Canadian rock
• Music of Canada

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Randy Bachman

• Randy Bachman's official website
• Randy Bachman's official discussion forum
• Official website for the Bachman-Cummings Band
• Randy's Vinyl Tap website
• Randy Bachman at the Internet Movie Database
• Audio Interview recorded April 2007 in Toronto, Canada
• Randy's CBC Radio show web site