Behind The Vinyl: "Takin' Care Of Business" with Randy Bachman from Bachman-Turner Overdrive
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- Lead Guitarist and Founder of Bachman-Tuner Overdrive, Randy Bachman, came by the boom 97.3 studios to play "Taking Care Of Business" on vinyl! Randy talks about the recording of the song and how a chance encounter with a Pizza Delivery guy added a piano track for the song that helped make it a hit! Watch as Randy goes Behind The Vinyl!
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Now THAT...is a great story!
William H I think he was at one point. Maybe he had moved on by the time this guy came along.
Not true
What's really cool about this story is that randy had an open mind and let a complete stranger, a pizza guy at that, jump on the keyboard and lay down a track for that song. Most musicians wouldn't have even let that thought cross their mind. Not only was the piano perfect for that song. A diamond in the rough was discovered. Amazing.
Not even true
Wow! Pizza guy is a piano player! That's awesome!!
LOVE the piano player story!! That's fantastic...and just goes to show that you should NEVER be afraid to ask to take your shot.
Good on Randy for giving him his shot.
Fortune favours the brave.
"Who's playing the piano ? "
"A pizza delivery guy."
Hahahaha ! If this isn't the coolest rock and roll story ever, I didn't know what is !
TC Fenstermaker exactly 🍻
Great one, but most likely not true. From the Wiki: "The original studio version, recorded at Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle, Washington, features prominent piano, played by Norman Durkee. Durkee was recording commercials in the next studio when sound engineer Buzz Richmond asked him to play on 'Takin' Care of Business.' With paid-by-the-hour musicians waiting, Durkee had only a few minutes to spare. Quickly conferring with Randy Bachman, he scribbled down the chords, and, without listening to the song beforehand, recorded the piano part in one take. The fact that Durkee wrote the chords down on a pizza box may have been the source of the long-standing myth - mischievously propagated by band members - that the part had been played by a pizza deliveryman who had heard the track being played back, and then cajoled the band into giving him a chance to add piano to it."
@@eyevocal In a longer interview, Randy explains in more detail. He thought it was a pizza delivery guy. It was actually, he learned later when investigating for the album credits, someone at the studio who had intercepted the pizza so the dlivery guy would not disturb the artists.
The 'Little Richardesque piano lifted this track to Number 1 - truly a key ingredient! Long live Rock n Roll!
Which is also kind of funny since the Album "HEAD ON" features some keyboard work by none other than Little Richard!
@@That_AMC_Guy Turner and Bachman were big, LR fans. They must've been thrilled to have the original king of rock n roll on their recordings!
Put these men in the rock and roll hall of fame
At least Mr. Bachman got the piano player's name right. It was indeed Norman Durkee. But he wasn't a pizza delivery man, he was a professional pianist and studio musician who worked at Kaye-Smoith Studios in Seattle. So while the pizza delivery guy story sounds cool, I would say it isn't completely true. From Discogs.com:
"Norman Durkee
Profile:
Pianist, composer, advertising jingle writer and musical director for cabaret theater Teatro ZinZanni in Seattle. Worked at the Kaye-Smith Studios, where one night he was spontaneously recruited to play on Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s megahit, “Takin’ Care of Business.” (Mr. Durkee was not delivering pizza, as urban legend has it.)
He was also responsible for the punk band Helen Keller (2)
Died January 2014."
Unfortunately, Mr. Durkee is no longer with us.
robertm2000 thanks!!
We should definitely believe discogs over the guy who was in the room when it happened.
@@edward8597 Go to the financial records of Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle. See if Norm Durkee was hired to play piano on that record. I know the Musicians' Union in Seattle, and they would never allow a studio like Kaye-Smith to let an unregistered non-union piano player to play on a session that big.
Your right, the part about him knocking on the door with the pizza I believe is true, but the rest is farce
Love it. Thanks Randy. You're looking good
Best story ever 😀
He's a great story teller. I feel like I'm sitting next to him at a bar.
THIS NEEDS TO BE A MOVIE!!!!!!
What a cool story.
What an Awesome Story! It's the Pizza Guy! LoL!
What a great story about the pizza delivery piano player!!!
All of BTO's songs were played to death by the local rock station, so it takes great interviews like this to help me appreciate them again. I LOVE THIS SERIES, Thanks!
I love the pizza guy story. Trooper brought me here btw.
I REMEMBER RANDY TELLING THAT STORY ON ? I BELIEVE IT WAS WITH STEVE SLATON ON KZOK IN SEATTLE! HE GOT INTO EVEN MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE SONG!IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR IT AGAIN!🤘🥁
So down to earth. Typical Canadian
That song was my first guitar riff I learned and I was hooked for ever that was over 40 years ago, Thank you Randy you're a genious....
Can't help but giggle through this.
Goes to show you that you've got nothing to lose by offering.
I agree too.
Great story.
That's what rock n' roll about.!
Yeah!
Now That is Awesome.
Randy Bachman is so humble and awesome on all of these.
And that is one hell of a story!
Of course. He's Canadian. Good old Winnipeg boy.
that is the coolest story on here, aside from the one about Run DMC. Piano, courtesy of the pizza guy.
GREAT story!
Randy tells such great stories; the one behind "No Sugar Tonight" is a classic. His show on CBC Radio in Canada, "Vinyl Tap" is a must listen.
what a wild story
The good ol days. Great story
Great story!!
Rock n roll royalty right here.🎶🎸🇨🇦
Truly amazing story I never knew for an iconic song I've listened to for decades.
Same here.
super story!!!
I have ALWAYS Loved this song. But knowing that the piano was put in on one take BY A PIZZA GUY just made this all the more special. AND it raised my love for these guys for giving the pizza guy, an unknown on sooooo many levels, a chance. THAT'S what music is about.
Great story!
Wow, whatta story! I've heard this song thousands of times - I'll always listen out for the piano now...
Incredible story!!
All the comments here,same here,that is the coolest RnR story I have ever heard,and I have been rocking for the last 49 years.
WOW! Randy is such a talented guitarist and a true legend! Always wondered about that piano!
What a great story ! TY and Cheers !
Amazing
From👑Kings to🍕pizza deliverers, they all have to take care of business.👏🏻"Takin Care Of Business" took care of itself.
I love being a🎸musician as much as I love🎣fishing.
👏🏻 I remember dancing to this song with 4 Sisters in the rec room (when we were wee🐥lassies) and Dad yelling down the stairs🗣"Turn that racket down or I'm going to go deaf!"😂
I love👆🏻this song even💪🏻more now and I💭thought that was💯impossible.
🌹BTO were considered a staple in our home, thanks for🤲🏻sharing.
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What a great story!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing Randy!
What a story!
That's the greatest story I've heard in my life
Good stuff
Luv those RAW spontaneous Moments !
That's ROCK 'n ROLL BaBy 😎👍🏻👍🏻
Moral of the story? Don't be afraid to ask, if the opportunity arises....you've got nothing to lose and everything to gain. I wish I had heard this story when I was younger...lol
Love the story!!
okay as a kid, before it was sold to every god damn ad out there. Now when i hear it i think it's a commercial and turn the channel
I hear you but the song is still just a straight ahead mega rocker to me.
It's only when I hear a song or an instrumental that is part of a (famous) song in the context of a commercial, and it's the first time I'm hearing it ever, and then I hear it on the radio secondarily that it is kind of spoiled for me by the literally 'commercial' interests.
Love this 😀
As always, Randy has great stories...
Cool background story!
Yes, WOW, love hearing stories like this, thank you!
Now that's a story worth telling. From pizza delivery to music director for Bette Midler to playing with/for the L.A. Philharmonic orchestra. All due to one opportunity!? Too cool!
Absolutely amazing story!
Now that is an amazing story.
I hung out in Jr.high and High school with the bass player son...
Matthew Turner.... he had a lot of amazing stories about his dad's band and the songs of BTO. I'm sure there is a lot more I've never heard and would love to.
I have to admit that the family of the Turner's were so kind and so sweet and never got angry. In fact if things went wrong the father had a way to make us laugh so hard about the situation. Take good care !!!
im pretty sure fred was the lead singer too
All 3 of this guys big songs were extremely fortuitous events & it seems it rubbed off on a pssing piano guys too. How great to have someone ready to run with opportunity & bring us such great music.
I love this story about "Taking Care of Business" of the pizza delivery guy. It's better than the Elvis used it as a motif. Thanks for sharing that story, Randy
Awesome story about the pizza guy. Treat everyone with respect! You never know...
Wow. Very cool back story. BTO should have kept the guy
Cool!
WOW. I NEVER even KNEW that story before. Amazing.
That's very cool, right place, right time...magic karma moment!
Homer Simpsons fave BTO song. A great story and told really well
That’s a great story. But NO radio station EVER played that song, because of the piano! I didn’t even know it was in there.
Beyond awesome..... What a story ... !
Wow that's insane lol love it ,
I'm glad Randy made sure to include the piano player on the track and credit him. Ray Jackson was forgotten by Rod Stewart, the tail end of Maggie May was his mandolin part. Got paid pittance.
Who played the piano, a pizza delivery guy, love it.
Love it, you got a new subscriber here
💐My condolences Mr. Bachman.💔May Robbie be🥁 playing in🕊peace.
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13.01.2023
interview that guy !
That’s UFB!!
Great story, kinda reminds me of how Billy Powell became the piano player for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Pizza guy playing the Piano, and then the band trying to find the guy sounds like something out of Scott Pilgrim lmao.
Amazing, an amazing story! And no thumbs down.....as it should be :-)
Hold the black olives ... but extra black keys, please!--- What a great rock & roll story.
Loved this story for about 14 hours until I Snopesed it and discovered that Randy seems to have misremembered a little! The "pizza guy" was actually already a working musician, taking a quick break from working in an adjacent studio where he was doing recording for commercials. He did, however, write down the chords on a pizza box and record that amazing part in one take though!
See for yourself if you want more details: www.snopes.com/fact-check/pizano-man/
Still an awesome song with some amazing piano!!
In Norman’s obituary it says he wasn’t a pizza man but was recruited at the last minute to play on the song
Great Story ! Lol
I'm ordering a pizza...😄👍
this is "white collar worker" too
Gonna have to say Mr. B is either embellishing the story or his memory is a little fuzzy. BTO II was recorded in Seattle at Kaye-Smith Studios through most of December, 1973.
WAR recorded most of the "Why Can't We be Friends" album at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, CA in 1974. Steve Miller didn't even BEGIN the myriad of sessions for "Fly Like an Eagle" until the Spring of 1975 and the basic tracks were laid down at one of the CBS Studios in either San Francisco or L.A. and further overdubbing was done at Steve's personal studio at his home in Tacoma.
It couldn't have been Steve Miller recording The Joker album, as that was done at Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
Neither could it have been WAR working on "Deliver the Word" as that began it's sessions in August of 1973 at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco and later at the Caribou Ranch in Colorado.
😂😂 great story .
good saga from Winipeg.
Sounds like it was LA or NYC or somewhere like that .....
@@nozecone yes it is, BTO is from Winnipeg. thanks.
@@guttormurthorfinnsson8758 Yes, I know where they're from - but the story (purportedly) took place in some recording studio on a far grander scale than anything available in Winnipeg in the 1970s, as far as I know.
I could hear him talk rocknroll all day....hes been there.
He should slow down tho he drops so many names it kinda loses weight when he goes so quick ...i bet he could go on n on...very cool
There’s a CZcams channel called Rock History Music. If you find it, the host interviewed Randy Bachman and there are about ten, or so, different clips. You have to click on videos and scroll back four to six months to find them all. Randy is a real rock and roll raconteur! Each clip is worth watching and he delves more into depth over there. The best one may be the nine and a half minute clip on how he found his lost classic guitar. Enjoy!
Very creepy side note about, Norman the Pizza and Piano player, he sat next to Ted Bundy in Math class in High School.
You just never know...
Jesus Christ! This guy's got some stories
Sounds like the roadie for Lynyrd Skynyrd
It's their "Free Bird."
i was thinking yeah you need a Piano that's what Burton did lol
If you ever get annoyed, look at me I'm self employed I love to work at nothing all day!! 🎸🎸🎸🎹🎹🎹
wikipedia says that story is apocryphal.
Snopes says the story isn't true, but I don't know if I'm buying Norman Durkee's version. Robbie Bachman's version at least sounds plausible.
www.snopes.com/music/songs/tcob.asp
he was a studio helper,but randy thought he was pizzadeliveryman
The piano playing pizza guy story is bogus. Can't believe Randy is still telling this story when you can research this in a minute or two online. Great classic song. Funny how our memories can play tricks on us. They had a good run.
You don’t hear stories like this today because most if not all top 40 mucus is computerized
I love stories behind the music.
Ah show business … it's a great story, but that's probably exactly what it is, this is show business after all …