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  • December 14, 1973
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  • @leesagrrl
    @leesagrrl Před 3 měsíci +70

    Burton has one of the best voices in Rock.

    • @rhlennon5869
      @rhlennon5869 Před 3 měsíci +2

      agreed! He's very underrated. I don't really know anything about him though.

    • @blairrichardson9286
      @blairrichardson9286 Před měsícem +1

      You ain’t kidding 🎉 1:21

    • @blairrichardson9286
      @blairrichardson9286 Před měsícem +1

      I was a work-shop-owner in a gulch for the people 1:21

    • @mdarrenu
      @mdarrenu Před měsícem +1

      very distinct voice. could write some great songs

  • @markhernden9472
    @markhernden9472 Před 3 měsíci +56

    When 3 of 5 band members are wearing hockey jerseys, you know they're Canadian.

    • @johngore7744
      @johngore7744 Před 3 měsíci +4

      Yeah one is Drydens 29. Go Habs Go.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Před 3 měsíci +2

      Yep ! I love hockey !

    • @cbotten106
      @cbotten106 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Those Canucks really love that game.

  • @dancurran8977
    @dancurran8977 Před 3 měsíci +51

    What a voice!

  • @lib556
    @lib556 Před 3 měsíci +26

    The pride of Winnipeg. What a great voice on Burton.

  • @Branner
    @Branner Před 3 měsíci +34

    Undun. What a song. It never ages. Like Whiter Shade of Pale and Reflections. Every time you hear them, they're "new."

  • @Brew311
    @Brew311 Před 3 měsíci +26

    How this band isn’t in the RROF is beyond me?

  • @janeensizemore578
    @janeensizemore578 Před 3 měsíci +32

    I love The Guess Who❤❤❤❤❤

  • @dwaynewladyka577
    @dwaynewladyka577 Před 3 měsíci +77

    An incredible performance, right here. Burton Cummings is one of our top Canadian vocalists and musicians. I saw Burton Cummings 4 times live, and met him.The Guess Who are an awesome band. May Kurt Winter rest in peace. Cheers! 👍🏻👍🏻✌️🇨🇦

    • @davidaston5773
      @davidaston5773 Před 3 měsíci +2

      You know what? I was thinking, when watching this and other Guess Who performances by Burton? He looks like he's GRUNGE before grunge?
      Grunge was returning to the simpleness of a great band and songwriting.
      No over reliance on electtrics. Almost MTV Unplugged a good 20 years before it existed?
      "The Guess Who" is one of those bands that demonstrate how SUPERB music, writing and performance can be when it's focused and experienced.
      David

    • @MrSphinxster
      @MrSphinxster Před 3 měsíci +4

      Not just Canada, Burton is one of the best rock vocalists of all time...anywhere. Absolutely inimitable.

    • @troyhuffine2465
      @troyhuffine2465 Před 3 měsíci +5

      One of the top vocalists of all times

    • @Flash46201
      @Flash46201 Před 2 měsíci

      I met Burton as well, back in 2000 in Toronto at the Family Farm Benefit. He was a bit of a douche. Was more concerned with finding a place to have a smoke in a non smoking facility. I had a wonderful chat with Donnie McDougall. He was magnificent.

    • @kenmartin6776
      @kenmartin6776 Před měsícem

      He is one of the vocalists anywhere. ❤

  • @macstark9853
    @macstark9853 Před 3 měsíci +17

    I saw him and Randy a few years back and this guy has never lost a step. A true icon

  • @erictripton
    @erictripton Před 3 měsíci +24

    Burton voice a staple of 70's music for me. I could listen to 'No time' everyday.

    • @ZackyDog
      @ZackyDog Před 3 měsíci +1

      How about the late 60s too?

  • @artgreig7069
    @artgreig7069 Před 3 měsíci +21

    One of the things I like about these broadcasts, no lip synch, least not with this video.

  • @gregoryduncan3067
    @gregoryduncan3067 Před 3 měsíci +29

    TMS is spoiling me today. 2 Guess Who songs at the same time. Too much awesome at one time 😎.

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne Před 3 měsíci +17

    Awesome! Always worth the watch! The Guess Who have been in my life since childhood. Love them, and Burton is amazing!🤩💜

  • @joannedecola4558
    @joannedecola4558 Před 3 měsíci +10

    What a CZcams treat! Burton Cummings voice still blows me away. It doesn’t get better than this. Thank you Midnight Special!

  • @xz-187
    @xz-187 Před 3 měsíci +15

    Burton Cummings had rocked the grunge outfits 18 years prior to Nirvana's emergence.

    • @marcfrankenfield4588
      @marcfrankenfield4588 Před 3 měsíci +2

      This comment right here! Neil Young too... that Canadian grunge!

  • @dlsmpsn
    @dlsmpsn Před 3 měsíci +8

    He not only has a beautiful voice, he knows how to use it.

  • @that70sgirl90
    @that70sgirl90 Před 3 měsíci +15

    That's some sweet piano playing 🎹
    Happy Friday 🥳 Thank you for sharing! 💖

  • @gaylasmith5279
    @gaylasmith5279 Před 3 měsíci +6

    "Albert Flasher", "Undun" AND "Star Baby"? Thank you, Midnight Special!

  • @charlottevictoria.hubbard7472
    @charlottevictoria.hubbard7472 Před 3 měsíci +10

    This is 💯 times better than I was expecting. Fantastic singer.

  • @steveker5084
    @steveker5084 Před měsícem +3

    Lot of great music in the 60's and 70's. These guys played some of the best.

  • @hegasin
    @hegasin Před 3 měsíci +15

    El vocalista de esta banda era multifacético.

  • @Joeibovoni
    @Joeibovoni Před 3 měsíci +9

    Delivered pizza in Encino in 1978 and there were gold records near the entrance.
    It was Burton's pizza!
    Told him that I really liked his Canadian band!

  • @ronaldoruna2463
    @ronaldoruna2463 Před 3 měsíci +12

    What a Band!!!

  • @davidkost418
    @davidkost418 Před 3 měsíci +9

    Never realized how good Burton Cummings is! Talented band here.

  • @martinbrenner6664
    @martinbrenner6664 Před 3 měsíci +10

    Me too, they’re so great and underrated.

    • @chasbodaniels1744
      @chasbodaniels1744 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Exactly how are they underrated? The GW sold multi-millions of records, got endless airplay around the world, and played sold-out concerts for years.
      (Lazy and meaningless cliche comment, dude.)

    • @martinbrenner6664
      @martinbrenner6664 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@chasbodaniels1744 Not really, you just took it out of context. They just aren’t talked about enough. Despite their success, they are underrated. They don’t get enough credit or airplay, in my opinion. I think that very few people will put them on their top ten list. But I think I could get them on mine. How about you? Where would you rank them? I’d say in the top three, if you were just ranking Canadian bands.

    • @johngore7744
      @johngore7744 Před 3 měsíci +2

      It’s true as a 63 year old Montrealer I used too think they’re so so I was into the Stones Humble Pie and Mott the Hoople and Bowie. But now I know a lot more about music and they were incredible not only Burton but Randy’s guitar rock and jazzy. Too good really. Cheers from Montreal

  • @ChrisLahay
    @ChrisLahay Před 3 měsíci +8

    Wow. What a performance. And how did I not know that Burton Cummings played the flute?

  • @ericmorgan8044
    @ericmorgan8044 Před 2 měsíci +4

    One of the most Underrated Bands of their time.

  • @hodgeelmwood8677
    @hodgeelmwood8677 Před 3 měsíci +18

    Back in the day, it was about good vocals, actual musical talent and top songwriting, instead of how hard you can shake your ass. Miss the good music days!

    • @mdarrenu
      @mdarrenu Před 29 dny

      Well now with technology musicians don't need to hassle with band members since they have a machine that can play the other parts. no one forms bands anymore. People like Jimmy Page, Brian May, Freddie Mercury would just do solo careers now days.

  • @moondogaudiojones1146
    @moondogaudiojones1146 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Excellent!!!

  • @asimplehorseman4648
    @asimplehorseman4648 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Back when musicians were known for putting on a GREAT show!! Burt was one of the best.

  • @matthewgiffin9305
    @matthewgiffin9305 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Wow, amazing tight performance by this great band. Underrated for sure.

  • @garysheppard366
    @garysheppard366 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Heard "Albert Flasher" on the radio for the first time in about 50 years the other day, and thought what a great song ... Just being a kid I didn't know it was by the Guess Who, and just now watching this, that the vocalist was Burton Cummings ... who also played the piano driving the song ... and that he played the flute! 😮 Wtf! What a gun! This is what I love so much about music: the discoveries ✌️
    P.S. Star Baby's great, and I can't get "Tell Mama" by Savoy Brown out of my head - thx TMS 😅

    • @mdarrenu
      @mdarrenu Před měsícem

      took me 50 years until now to understand the lyrics and the title of the song, and yeah didnt know it was Guess Who.

  • @salvadorcastro6061
    @salvadorcastro6061 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Y como toca el piano Burton, es un fenómeno este tipo, saludos desde Guatemala

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz Před 3 měsíci +4

    What a GREAT band!! Burtons VOICE!!
    Always loved these 🇨🇦 Canadian guys 🍁.
    There’s a fantastic vid on YT with Burton Cummings singing with Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band; along with Joe Walsh, Todd Rundgren & Timothy B. Schmit among others.

  • @ijustgottasay1281
    @ijustgottasay1281 Před měsícem +3

    Truly a great band, and so under-rated nowadays (maybe not up there in Canada, but certainly down here in the good ol' USA). And lest we forget another of Burton C's many many talents -- excellent flute player; won't make me forget Ian Anderson, but good enough in his own right.

  • @timhalloran8337
    @timhalloran8337 Před 3 měsíci +4

    As always thank you for this and there is far too little quality footage of the Guess Who live in the 70's so keep it going!!!

  • @ernestoclaudodip9671
    @ernestoclaudodip9671 Před 3 měsíci +17

    The great Kurt Winter on guitar.

    • @plantfeeder6677
      @plantfeeder6677 Před 3 měsíci

      Saw them a year later in 1974 and they had no lead guitar...yet there was lead guitar being played?! It was kind of strange but they were still good. The band that opened for them got 3 encores though! Called themselves The Marshall Tucker Band😊

    • @ernestoclaudodip9671
      @ernestoclaudodip9671 Před 3 měsíci

      @@plantfeeder6677 Good story , thank you.

    • @toastertwo1602
      @toastertwo1602 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@plantfeeder6677They had two guitar players before June of 1974: Kurt Winter and Donnie Mcdougall. After they both left, Domenic Troiano from James Gang replaced them.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Před 3 měsíci

      ❤ Great lil’ lead solo @1:47 ❤

    • @fullthrottlejeffry
      @fullthrottlejeffry Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@toastertwo1602Whose playing bass here?

  • @BIGLON-cf1ul
    @BIGLON-cf1ul Před 3 měsíci +6

    This is cooking!

  • @heathwirt8919
    @heathwirt8919 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Sounds as amazing today as it did then, just incredible.

  • @scottkane3776
    @scottkane3776 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Think this use to be on AM radio 📻 best music from the 60/70s

  • @coryrybuck4608
    @coryrybuck4608 Před 3 měsíci +4

    And he’s still got it! Saw him perform NYE 2022 for his birthday at The Burt :)

  • @007MrMISHI
    @007MrMISHI Před 3 měsíci +3

    Balls to the wall incredible !!!

  • @DrummingMan1
    @DrummingMan1 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Multi instrumentalist, great frontman Burton Cummings! 70s drumming, cracks me up! Got enough mutes on the drum kit boys? Lol! Bring on the beanbags!

  • @kruizen
    @kruizen Před 3 měsíci +2

    Awesome flute work in Undun.

  • @sejrec56
    @sejrec56 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Great singer oh and great piano player

  • @Flash46201
    @Flash46201 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Awesome to find this video. I just love anything with Kurt in it. He was the forgotten member, who did so much great work after Randy. I dedicated my 90's Guess Who website to him, and still think he is the greatest.

  • @user-uh8cw1vx3i
    @user-uh8cw1vx3i Před 3 měsíci +4

    They sound great.

  • @bettyparker3317
    @bettyparker3317 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Albert Flasher is one of my top fav songs of this decade, maybe longer. But this performance of Undun is primo👏👏👏💯💯💯

  • @craigiecubsfan71
    @craigiecubsfan71 Před 3 měsíci +12

    The best Guess Who lineup. Burton should be in the HOF just for his skills as a flautist.

  • @mundicojr
    @mundicojr Před 3 měsíci +1

    How I love this band! Thanks for sharing ans cheers from Brazil.

  • @giseles4224
    @giseles4224 Před dnem

    Smooooth!

  • @Ibrian8888
    @Ibrian8888 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Thank you Burt!
    🤗🙏🍺cheers

  • @petedazer3381
    @petedazer3381 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I always wondered what the lyrics to Albert Flasher meant. Fantastic band.

  • @roryhake5735
    @roryhake5735 Před 13 dny +1

    In memory of Kurt Winter 1946-1997

  • @flicewatter
    @flicewatter Před 3 měsíci +1

    Awesome ❤️

  • @carlubambi5541
    @carlubambi5541 Před 3 měsíci

    Just incredible

  • @tallboy2234
    @tallboy2234 Před 3 měsíci

    Undun! I love it! 😀👌

  • @redbarchetta8782
    @redbarchetta8782 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Burt just belts it better than anyone else in the day.

  • @justiceforus5358
    @justiceforus5358 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Phenomenal. Excellence. Timeless.

  • @mdarrenu
    @mdarrenu Před měsícem

    The dude could write songs!

  • @bellerive7018
    @bellerive7018 Před měsícem

    unbelievably talented

  • @nickbalkissoon6311
    @nickbalkissoon6311 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Winnipeg represent

  • @davidlisowski5245
    @davidlisowski5245 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Apparently sometime after Albert Flasher was released the band learned that there was an actual person with that name and they met him and his family.

  • @user-lr8qr1or8d
    @user-lr8qr1or8d Před 3 měsíci

    THE GUESS WHO ROCKS FOR SURE!!! M.O'B

  • @Karenmb
    @Karenmb Před měsícem +1

    Burton was really handsome ☺️

  • @SuperStrik9
    @SuperStrik9 Před měsícem

    The Guess Who - Live At The Paramount is a great live album.

  • @martinmiller7623
    @martinmiller7623 Před 5 dny

    Great Derek lol.

  • @phoarey
    @phoarey Před měsícem

    Two songs here that far exceed the best work of the lauded Taylor Shit!

  • @johnwhelan5332
    @johnwhelan5332 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Burton Cummings with a proper haircut! Gee, imagine that! ;-)

  • @terrydon6263
    @terrydon6263 Před 3 měsíci +1

    As good as any band in 1973…💥

  • @DHudelson
    @DHudelson Před 3 měsíci

    On this show, they also did "Straighten Out," from the not-yet released Road Food LP, but I've yet to see that performance surface. At the time, that song actually caught my attention moreso than "Star Baby."

  • @LLS710
    @LLS710 Před 3 měsíci

    My musical memory kicks in just after this band faded out, unfortunately. I have no firsthand memory of The Guess Who.

  • @chrisdaugherty8265
    @chrisdaugherty8265 Před 18 dny

    Burton looks very modern here, from the haircut, beard, jeans, and shirt.

  • @TheGlobalfrog12
    @TheGlobalfrog12 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Cummings is so underrated as vocalist ... people lumped him in as a Plant wannabe but that simply misses the talent ... Amazing!!!

    • @cbotten106
      @cbotten106 Před měsícem

      Plant apparently thought Cummings was a great singer, so there is that. I don't think Cummings is underrated, but some people simply don't have ears to hear.

  • @coinneachmaclellan3121
    @coinneachmaclellan3121 Před 3 měsíci +3

    "Albert Flasher" and "Life in the Bloodstream" are two of my favourite Guess Who songs that reflect Burton's love of '50s rock 'n' roll and really let him showcase his great vocal style...

  • @iamcanadian7559
    @iamcanadian7559 Před 3 měsíci +2

    🤟😎👍

  • @michelleexley1
    @michelleexley1 Před 2 měsíci

    My God he was HOT!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @stuartmarsh5119
    @stuartmarsh5119 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Gotta love their outfit choices, too! Couldn't get much more Canadian!

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz Před 3 měsíci +2

    Anybody know who “Albert Flasher” is?

  • @Oklahoma-Dreaming
    @Oklahoma-Dreaming Před 3 měsíci +1

    “What do you do?”
    “I’m a singer for ‘The Guess Who.’”
    “Um, I don’t know. The Rolling Stones?”
    “No, the Guess Who.”
    “I already guessed! I don’t know! The Scorpions?!”
    “No! The Guess Who! What’s wrong with you?!”

  • @kc0lif
    @kc0lif Před 2 měsíci

    burt Cummings looks different with short hair. undun my favourite song.

  • @johngore7744
    @johngore7744 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Ken Dryden jersey. Go Habs Go.

  • @Oklahoma-Dreaming
    @Oklahoma-Dreaming Před 3 měsíci

    I’m not exactly familiar with The Guess Who. But the piano player reminds me a bit of Jerry Lee Lewis, is I believe the guy. Sadly though, I think this gentleman didn’t get along nearly as well with his cousins. Something about a rift in the family I believe.

  • @frankcamacho7222
    @frankcamacho7222 Před 2 měsíci

    Ken Dryden on drums

  • @fullthrottlejeffry
    @fullthrottlejeffry Před 3 měsíci

    Kurt Winter...✔️

  • @johnking6252
    @johnking6252 Před 3 měsíci

    A Canadian Bob Seger ? kinda , maybe 🇨🇦

  • @derhandtrommler
    @derhandtrommler Před měsícem +1

    Not long after this, Kurt Winter and Donnie McDougall were relieved of their duties for being drunks. I saw them that fall pared down to a quartet again with the late Domenic Troiano on guitar. Troiano so impressed me that I named my new son Domenic in his honor. But Burton grew frustrated with this version of the band and pulled the plug on the GW in 1976. It's disgraceful that Garry Peterson trots out a fake GW to this day to make money off of Cummings and Bachman's songs.

  • @patrickjamesmurphy
    @patrickjamesmurphy Před 2 měsíci +1

    you should parse out Undun from this. people want to hear the second one not the first one.

  • @joelark2007
    @joelark2007 Před 3 měsíci

    Cklw....the big 8

  • @phoarey
    @phoarey Před měsícem

    Two songs here that far exceed the best work of the chick favourite over lauded Taylor Sh it.

  • @sandyhanson6082
    @sandyhanson6082 Před 3 měsíci +2

    No Randy Bachman, no Guess Who. Just not the same.

    • @fullthrottlejeffry
      @fullthrottlejeffry Před 3 měsíci

      Kurt Winter wrote, along with Burton, several Guess Who hit songs. Rain Dance, Albert Flasher, Clap for the Wolfman, Sour Suite, Running Back to Saskatoon, Star Baby...

  • @rocketburnz2297
    @rocketburnz2297 Před 3 měsíci +1

    where is randy bachman??

    • @kc0lif
      @kc0lif Před 2 měsíci +2

      with bto by then.

    • @fullthrottlejeffry
      @fullthrottlejeffry Před 2 měsíci +1

      Kurt Winter, the guitarist on stage here, actually co-wrote a number of Guess Who hits with Burton Cummings.

  • @ElChupacabra77B
    @ElChupacabra77B Před 3 měsíci +2

    The Guess Who isn’t the Guess Who without Randy Bachman, and while it’s distinctively Burton Cummings taking on the vocals and the keys and flute as usual, he looks kinda weird in this 70s setting with the beard and cropped haircut there.

    • @spooley
      @spooley Před 3 měsíci +2

      Google the band name, a former lesser member who weaseled the copyright to the name has a different group of musicians out there billed as the Guess Who. Just this week Burton said he eschewed his royalties to the music to make them stop the misrepresentation. Hopefully it works out for the best.

    • @fullthrottlejeffry
      @fullthrottlejeffry Před 3 měsíci

      Kurt Winter, on stage here, co-wrote many, many songs after Randy left. Sour Suite, Rain Dance, Running Back to Saskatoon, Clap for the Wolfman, Albert Flasher, Heartbroken Bopper,

  • @007MrMISHI
    @007MrMISHI Před 3 měsíci +3

    Underrated ?
    Nope - not in MY book !

  • @SputnickSpooner-jg5gi
    @SputnickSpooner-jg5gi Před 2 měsíci

    Saw them in the Summer before this. His hair was past his shoulders and drenched in sweat. When he flung his head around playing the piano, we got hit with the sweat. The chicks loved it. It was gross to me.

  • @user-gn5xl2jc5g
    @user-gn5xl2jc5g Před 28 dny

    Straighten out
    Give me a break
    If you can
    If you can
    If you can
    One street way road
    to hell.
    All Hashed Out

  • @Bluzian74
    @Bluzian74 Před 3 měsíci

    To this day, Im still convinced Burton is saying "Work Shy Boner" .

    • @ClintonWatrin-sv8lm
      @ClintonWatrin-sv8lm Před 3 měsíci +3

      It's workshop owner

    • @Bluzian74
      @Bluzian74 Před 3 měsíci

      @@ClintonWatrin-sv8lm LOL maybe... but I'll be damned if it isn't "work shy boner". (just look at his lips... Work.Shy.BO-Nur."

    • @cbotten106
      @cbotten106 Před 2 měsíci

      I find that a hard on to believe.

    • @Bluzian74
      @Bluzian74 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@cbotten106 LOL Freudian Slip?

  • @antonioeustaquioamaral3421
    @antonioeustaquioamaral3421 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Burt Cummings, que Voz raríssima, absurda... Freddie Mercury.???

    • @cbotten106
      @cbotten106 Před měsícem

      Definitely a special voice and talent, for sure.

  • @RwalterMI
    @RwalterMI Před 6 dny

    Were quite lame after Bachman left the band.

  • @DidYouReadEULA
    @DidYouReadEULA Před 3 měsíci

    Garry on those drums is an artist at work!! My bad, master artist!