Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Taking Care Of Business (documentary, 1975)

not sure where this originally appeared - TV, theaters - but here it is anyways. An interesting watch. Love Bachman's 'Nucks jersey halfway thru. Is that Don Lever on the ice with Thornton? Anyone? ;-)

[@jefftaylor844]

This was the Golden Age of modern rock 'n roll. I'm starting to agree with those that claim rock is dead in the 21st century :(

[@peterbetts858]

its not dead , its just sick .

[@markrussell.]

BTO was such a badass band, their music speaks for itself still sounding great in 2023.

[@vonsmink3468]

No Lie man Over the top SICK !!!!

[@nelsonporter8387]

I've been a fan for 46 years! Over the years, people pissed me off with the " Oh theyre Bachman Turner Overweight", and " Their drummer wears glasses", and " They sound all alike-their songs".....And to them I say F.U.! BTO ROCKS FOREVER!

[@audreyann1975]

You tell 'em, Nelson!

[@incensejunkie7516]

Blue Collar and Looking Out for #1 are great songs, and don't sound BTOish at all!

[@thedoobiesisterssackblabba1043]

Drummer wears glasses ain't the music matters individual. Bto did great stuff. Buddy Holly wore glasses too Peggy Sue.

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

Yeah ..who gives a f----k if they are over weight , I don't want to f----k them , just hear their music . 🎵🎶🎵..👍

[@peterbetts858]

Nelson are u Canadian .u sound as proud as us , of them .

[@willswitchcraft]

I spent 9 years working wth Randy.....I toured with BTO from '84 until '87......so great to see this video, and see people like (road manager) Johnny Austin (RIP) again, back in the day......what a ride.....

[@MrMowww1]

Good for you to be a part of that experience! Going to see him later this year at the Saddledome as they open for Heart. Always a huge Randy fan!

[@arealmench]

In 2025 this documentary will be 50 years ago. That's insane. Life goes by quick.

[@alanlloyd9986]

If you don't have a passion in life, it doesn't go by quick enough

[@juana1483]

@@alanlloyd9986 awful but true.

[@juana1483]

In 2030 it will be 55????? Duh duh duh

[@gregrose6915]

Still #1 in my option. Why they are not in the RnR Hall of fame is beyond belief.

[@jckhammer]

To intelligent and knowledgeable musicians the rrhof is irrelevant anyways and illustrates it's a business influenced by reasons beyond artistic merit. I mean I believe foreigner, Kansas, boston amongst others are not in there as well

[@dougperry2678]

Garage Band

[@justinherbert9146]

They put them ignorant arrogant uppity ass rapper thugs from the projects in the HOF but not BTO - nuts!

[@pauldzim]

Canadian?

[@jackriley5974]

Robbie was a kick ass drummer! Can't believe he wasn't appreciated more.

[@SuperNolaguy]

Who’s watching during the craziness that is 2020? BTO still rules!

[@deepsouthNZ]

In late 2021 in the deep South of NZ

[@juana1483]

No one is

[@shiftedperception9368]

Just think, "Down Down", fits very well for today.

[@melvinknight4638]

Watching this on February 10, 2023! Yes, BTO still rules!

[@tabbyjoe4984]

Kids today can say they have a lot of things but they didn't have this!

[@peterbetts858]

you cant buy buy the musical standards or talent that this band has , look around . . Nickelbck . ? .

[@spiritustarvisium316]

I love this documentary and I am thankful that it exists. BTO at their peak!

[@leedipple58]

can you believe it when I saw BTO in Detroit Bob Seger was the beginning group!

[@sarobinson56]

I first saw BTO at Kennedy High School in 1973. My future wife was there to we've been married for 30 plus years. Amazing!

[@deejaye2647]

What a great band! RIP Robbie Bachman

[@irenesarmiento8301]

Rocked and listened to BTO in our HS parking lot in the 70’s. Best underrated band. Thanks for keeping our youth days very much alive. Your music reached all the way down to the southern end of Texas. Music has no borders.

[@juana1483]

What you underrated BTO???? No one else did.

[@peterbetts858]

IRENE I Am in CANADA . BTO WAS AS MUCH APART OF OUR LIFE as snow .beaches n beer . but are u saying that you were in south Texas when you were rockin to them back in the day ?

[@irenesarmiento8301]

Yes, in all of South Texas radio stations BTO was kings. Underrated in the sense that they belong in the R n R Hall of Fame.

[@peterbetts858]

@@irenesarmiento8301 Wow ,thats a good buzz for me that their reach was that far. ThEY certainly were Big in the 70 s in all of Canada . ya they have a cool foot stomping Canadian sound to them that i could see crossing over boarders .Fred Turners n Bachmans s voice just blended so well with Bachmans and other guitar n that big beefy bass . i saw Bachman play with Burton CUMMINGS ,Who he used to play in the Guess Who with , do a show and he played Magnificently . he was letting the Jimi feedback sounds out here n there ! So while i have a southTexan on the WWW , Tell me have u ever heard of or seen FLACO JIMENEZ .HE IS a accordian player who is really Cool . he played in the Texas Tornados in the 90 s . just wondering if u had any storys , ithink he is Great . So . . . keep rockin to that good Canadian B T O , rock and ill keep on with Willie ,Waylon , Johnny Winter n George Jones n Flaco . Peace .

[@SandraCooke-wn1ow]

Same here and I was in northern Nova Scotia CANADA. It's really cool to hear they were being played in TX. What about April Wine? Did they get played there as well. Another incredible Canadian rock band...

[@lr4428]

Not Fragile is now a classic, with head on and four wheel drive not far behind ,in my book👍

[@bloppysloppy2283]

Fred Turner great singer songwriter and underrated bass player.

[@clivebennett7985]

I'm from England 🇬🇧. Finding this is like gold to me. BTO were never very big over here and to this day I can't understand why. I've albums on vinyl and CD but never see n them live. Seeing things like this show me what I've missed. Absolutely awesome 👌

[@peterbetts858]

buddy they were bigger over here ,Canada , than Fridays , to those of us who were here when they broke .i saw them in 76 and Bob Seeger opened . hot detroit ,soul rock . it was kicken .

[@clivebennett7985]

@peter betts you are so luck. Just recently retrieved my vinyl from my loft after many years. My new record player is playing BTO constantly. CDS are OK but an album in your hand is pure nostalgia! Keep rocking my friend!!!

[@paulrubery1042]

What a great ROCK N ROLL BAND.👍👍🎸🎸🇬🇧

[@greatgooglymoogly]

The BTO I remember. Those shows back then were so much fun.Saw them yearly until they split.

[@nutnfancy]

Pure gold, thank you for posting this! BTO FOREVER!

[@metaltrekman]

Have always been a favorite since I heard them in 1974.

[@deejaye2647]

BTO was played constantly on am/FM radio - The industry knew we teenagers were hungry to buy albums, tapes and to see concerts. Marketing marketing marketing

[@peterbetts858]

but the music still had some legitemacy in it . not cheap ,quick n easy like the last 40 years .

[@RocknRollAddicts]

Man, this band was so cool and still is. Will always love their music!

[@kisotkevkisovev5357]

Randy Bachman is one of the best, most humorous, and eloquent speakers ever. I have to see this new documentary of his. I was born in 1966 and what young boy in 1970s Seattle didn't lay in bed morning and night and day and hear "Let It Ride" on their transistor radios.

[@coldistheshoulder]

were you able to pick up CFMI or CKLG / CFOX down there back then? I used to live in Victoria and was able to pick up KISW and KNDD really well but when I moved to Vancouver they barely came in.

[@michaelcambrea2440]

This was a great band. Very underrated in my opinion. Use to play their 8 tracks till they wore out. Great cruisin music

[@jimwebb9869]

Yep

[@juana1483]

You under rate them. No one else does!!!!

[@michaelcambrea2440]

@@juana1483 i didn't under rate them. Understand your English before you make a comment

[@greggcooke3189]

How in the world can u say BTO is underrated, with call the success and awards they won. I think a lot of people miss use that word ! 🙄

[@greggcooke3189]

Do u know how many Juno's they've won !

[@TheCandyButcher]

They played my Brother in law's high school Christmas dance in Ashcroft B.C., in 1972, when they were still playing as Brave Belt. Paying their dues, trying to get noticed.

[@loudseywillingham5522]

Summers of 74 and 75 had BTO as my most listend to albums.Not Fragile and Four Wheel Drive.Really dug this video!!

[@alcollins134]

I have been BTO fan since 1974

[@imannonymous7707]

Distorted guitars ,tractor trailers hockey highlights , trans ams and polyester ....yup must be 1975 anywhere in canada. Takn care of bizness

[@kerrydrake5014]

They were my second concert I saw in my life. Played in a race track in Yakima, WA. These guys always kick ass!

[@deejaye2647]

What year was that?

[@kerrydrake5014]

@@deejaye2647 1976

[@friguy4444]

Wow what a gem of a time capsule! Just awesome.

[@everydaylife1885]

Awesome, f'ing awesome. I grew up on BTO, there was always BTO

[@thruthfog]

Life's paused while listening to this tune👍🤟♥️

[@michaelallison8746]

Way down in Alabama, Let it Roll,Go BTO!!!

[@peterbetts858]

hey we listen to Skynyrd in Canada . imports /exports .

[@larrylundry5384]

as a trucker it would be cool as hell to have hauled them around back then.

[@georgechilidis8446]

Who else is listing in 2019 👍🏻 2021 March 🎸🥁

[@CesarRamirez-sv5mx]

Count me in also....

[@adrianlee3497]

2020 here! :)

[@MrDoneboy]

I'm listening in 2050, if I can last that long!

[@jeffofarrell8500]

April 2021

[@dukejupiter9469]

Nov. 2021. Pioneers of canadian Rock I salute U. Pure Gold👌. BTO windbreaker desperately needed😭.

[@coreyandnathanielchartier3749]

Saw them in 1977 in KC with Foghat and Judas Priest. What a show!

[@shaneyoung3407]

I hung out at Fred Turners house a few weeks ago and he talked about lots of bands he played with, never mentioned Priest

[@chrismessenger2392]

Dude! I was there. Memorial hall, K C. It was BTO without Randy. Jim Clench from April Wine was playing bass, Fred Turner was rhythm guitar, and Blair Thornton played lead. Wow. I remember being blown away by Priest and Foghat was at their peak. Great show. Great memories.

[@peterbetts858]

@@shaneyoung3407 probably didnt like them ! !

[@markwilliams5811]

BTO Real Rock! Nothing better!

[@brianhenderson9470]

Enjoy them back when I was a kid and now.

[@scottliddle851]

Thank you for posting this. Growing up with this awesome band brings back such good memories. Having their own style made them that much better. One of my top 10 bands!!!

[@adrianlee3497]

I saw this on American tv in 1975 awesome to find it here. :) "BTO was such a good band man!" ~ Zap Rowsdower ;D

[@DRiver-vl3um]

I remember watching this on TV when it first aired. I believe it was broadcast on CBC Television here in Canada.

[@dbelex]

Ahhhh, when music soothed the sole.

[@philippeberaldin5457]

And thank cod for that!!!

[@mrradio2187]

Blasting from our shipping room speakers in 1974 was BTO! What a band! Great memories!

[@adamholtz733]

Pure Perfection in Classic Rock !!! BTO Rules !!!

[@lr4428]

Fred in fine voice as per , thanks for the vid , BTO were brilliant

[@alcollins134]

My first BTO album not fragile

[@billyt9987]

4 wheel drive was my first BTO album. A Columbia House freeď

[@billyt9987]

Free-be

[@SuperStrik9]

BTO make me proud to be Canadian.

[@Broken63Arrow]

I remember seeing this on commercial tv back around '76. Thanks for posting

[@vansongs]

Was at that Vancouver show. Was at most shows back then. Even remember Brave Belt playing in Cloverdale. In the back of the motor vehicle branch, Cloverdale fairgrounds. Wrestling was in there too. Good old days. I'm 65 this year, where did it all go?

[@jefftaylor844]

Wow! VERY cool that you saw Bravebelt.

[@kenta295]

A very popular band when i was young I'm still listning to them

[@jdaniels1313]

Thank you so much for posting this! Got introduced to BTO in 6th grade through my friend's older sister, in maybe '73, she was away and my friend showed me her room and it was BTO-themed, with black light posters and such, and I thought it was so cool, and then I heard their music and it was even cooler!

[@husqv5147]

I saw KISS open for Sabbath (W / Ozzy), Alice Cooper (Nightmare), James Gang, Sammy Hagar, Boston, Edgar Winter, Rush, Skynyrd (W/ Ronnie), Madam-X and many others, but NONE of them could hold a candle BTO! If I could go back in time to relive just one concert it would be BTO at the Montreal forum all the way! What a band!

[@7554EdwardG]

Saw this as a mere 12 year old when it originally aired in the UK when I was already a fan, based on the single "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" and it's superb instrumental b-side "Free Wheelin'".A great look at the band on the road and nice to hear their thoughts on it all, as they rocketed to fame. Some of the quotes are hilarious, especially from Rob Bachman and his "I see my car window as a movie screen and life somehow sees more exciting that way!" and do echo the "Spinal Tap" reference that Randy playfully but controversially applied to the later (Randy-less) incarnation of BTO that toured well after the glory years. I would love to have a CD of the full length audio of the songs.. Their live playing was fabulous - especially on "Away From Home". Always had a soft spot for BTO - great no-nonsense rock and roll.

[@daryl060761]

Great comment, Edward. :)

[@wallyklw5]

Saw BTO maybe about ‘78 as headliners in outside concert, in Grand Forks, ND. Head East was an opening act. Again saw the Bachman-Turner tour in 2012. Fred sounded top shelf! Have always been a favorite band of my youth.

[@peterbetts858]

Fred Turner was such a great lead vocalist . a big part of the bands sound . they were a great band . first time i saw them was1976 . Canadian Rock LEGENDS .

[@craigbusick9676]

I saw the original television broadcast of this on the CBC.Grew up in the Seattle/Tacoma area.Cable television carried the Vancouver affiliate for the CBC.

[@brusselssprouts560]

I saw on ITV in UK about 1977 late at night and it was very snowy as it was a London broadcast, so this has filled my boots!

[@RonPax-zc7qi]

One of the GREATEST rock bands EVER.

[@mikes647]

I remember watching this game being a big fan of his. I said after the third inning to my brother I think he’s unhittable today. The movement on his slider was unreal.

[@kenknapp2319]

I love BTO...it was really cool to see a behind the scenes

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

B.T.O IS BACK !!! ....

[@lvlinda6]

Thanks so much for posting this. So many memories came flooding back. ✌🏼💖🎸

[@davidmunoz2577]

Amazing isn't it? They actually played their own instruments, no fake techno noises.

[@lcuk99]

Rock n roll is an energy not a set of instruments. I would put money on most of your (honest) fav rock artists realising that too. Some dance music is the new rock n roll same with rap

[@rman52]

@@lcuk99 Rock is energy, not instruments? I'm not sure that Keith Emerson, Hendrix, McCartney, Bonham, Kath, and some of the other greats would have agreed with you there. To those guys, their instrumental abilities were what rock was all about. Maybe in rap thats true as rappers have no musical or instrumental abilities.

[@juana1483]

@@rman52 rappers have no musical abilities-----Perfect... I think the other guy was talking about rock star energy drink on accident???

[@rman52]

@@juana1483 I have no idea what you are trying to say. I understood what what was said and addressed it.

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

@@juana1483 😂😂😂😂....yes !

[@97warlock]

At this time KISS were starting to sell out everywhere they played & spreading like wildfire by the time 76 rolled around they were headlining sold out stadiums & on their way to touring the globe & selling probably 4 times as much as these guy , But you cant help but respect & Like BTO, they were an awesome band.

[@padfolio]

From '74-'76 the only band bigger in the states than BTO was Zeppelin. Kiss weren't headlining stadiums in '76, BTO were.

[@peterbetts858]

hey bto are Canadian , we left the guys wearing make up to New York !

[@kdragon7]

Great post! Love BTO!

[@coravisser727]

This is real awesome super music.thank you so much for uploading.

[@neilouellette3004]

Saw BTO 1986 open for Van Halens 5150 Tour and BTO Tour 2023 at The BIG E Springfield, Mass.

[@Drumguitarman]

Drove me to playing the drums . It sure as hell helped!

[@charlesbronson4282]

Imagine if Bachman never left The Guess Who. Put all those BTO hits alongside all the Guess Who hits and you would have one hell of a legendary Canadian band that would be "too good" to be in the so called Rock n Roll Hall of Shame

[@drbenway4]

Well, unfortunately, the Guess Who liked drugs, alcohol and premarital sex and Randy Bachman didn't...

[@ionlyplayps5530]

Man, these were the days man.

[@carolrousseau3629]

So Happy I saw this tour

[@varechianhordes8961]

raunchy hard classic rawk ' n roll !!!

[@davidparr3773]

These guys were rock and roll heavyweights and more ways than one

[@eric7922]

Buffet Table Overload

[@peterbetts858]

4 Wheel Drive . but could Roll on Down the Highway . .

[@6000cs]

At 6:17 appears to be the American Woman 59 Les Paul (w/Bigsby) that Randy acquired in a memorable trade at a church hall dance.

[@333ohmy]

Great, thanks for sharing this!

[@doogboy]

Amazing!

[@97warlock]

I saw this on Tv back in like 1977 I think, my dad was watching it & I remember thinking....this is kinda cool.

[@pinehawk9600]

Not Fragile ..my first 8 track

[@rys366]

Me to lol

UP!

[@awrogers3013]

Robbie bachman..the luckiest guy that ever lived

[@cfcodina9524]

Love The Warehouse Jersey and sticker!

[@Misfitnz8]

Not fragile rules

[@chrismessenger2392]

OMG!! Where can I get one of those awesome BTO wind breakers like Rob Bachman was wearing???!!!

[@JanTjerrild]

T-h-a-n-k y-o-u! Probably from 1975 - visiting Copenhagen too. I was only 10 and already a great fan.

[@andybenstead7240]

thankfully Pete Townshend is still with us and still rocking with The Who

[@kc0lif]

nice documentary.

[@jrb_sland]

This video is clearly uploaded from a consumer-grade videocassette. The audio recording is over-modulated on the videotape - there are many audible instances of blatant clipping - listen again to the announcer's voice at 04:11. However, it is all that is available on KZbin. I might have an audio-only safety copy on 1/4 " tape, but not likely. My pocket diary for 1976 records that we did a first audio mix of this show on Monday Jan 26 1976, likely to a quick 16mm single track recording, with a final mix of a recut version [this video] over two days - Saturday April 10 starting at 10 am for reel [part] one, and Sunday April 11 for reel two [times not diarized]. My diary shows I took Monday off in exchange for working the weekend! The editors brought this 16mm show to me in two ~ 25 minute parts which was the longest continuous run-time we could handle to record a mono three-track [D M F = dialog, music, sound-effects] mix on two 2400 foot spools of 35mm magnetic film [running at 90 feet per minute], our standard & preferred final mono format for episodes of "The Beachcombers", which was a hugely popular TV show in those days produced by CBC Television in Vancouver. From these 35mm 3-track recordings I would later make 16mm soundtrack optical negatives, 16mm magnetic single-track mixdowns for subsequent double-system transfers to videotape, and often safety backup full-track 1/4" tapes with Nagra's Neopilot sync. I worked in the Sound Department of Alpha Cine's Vancouver film lab at 916 Davie Street as a re-recording sound mixer. We operated in those days as a subsidiary of Alpha Cine Seattle's operation, DBA Northwest Sound Services. In 1975 I had been working there for four years, ever since being hired as the uncredited second mixer, working under head mixer Barry P. Jones, on Robert Altman's film "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" in May/June 1971, which was a box-office flop but is now considered a masterpiece. Long story about the strange quality of it's mono sound... Barry Jones & I mixed the pilot episode of "The Beachcombers" in the late summer of 1972 when I had just turned 24. That show changed my world. Barry left our studio sometime in 1974[?], which left me as the go-to guy in Vancouver to mix professional multi-track film-originated TV shows, commercials, countless industrial documentaries on 16mm, 16mm Canadian feature films made in BC & Alberta, and a VERY few 35mm feature-length movies. I was quite good at the job, winning a couple of CBC-sourced awards for the mixes I did for CBC on two of their documentaries "Tankerbomb" & "Jon Vickers", but I found the office politics of the business quite stressful. I left in early 1982 when I was offered a job more to my taste back at UBC in the Geophysics Dept. as a glorified lab tech, working with a friend & fellow UBC Physics undergrad who had gone on to do a Ph.D. in Glaciology and needed a grunt he could trust. That is another story...

[@jrb_sland]

just found this - a very clean upload of the intro/outro of a 1975 episode of Beach entitled "The Hexman" kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5uXgJaFfZZsotU

[@twoweary]

Ever notice how back in those days the camera men (and I guess the director) didn't care about musicianship ? A screamin' solo is going on and they don't even show the guy that's playing it . Ahhh !

[@xavierfernandez2729]

Grandes dentro de los mejores genios musicales forever México 2023

[@kevystead]

As A drummer... I was born a decade too late! lol

[@peterbetts858]

i had a friend in school who followed this drummer in style , drumming .

[@StONed-mb1iv]

pretty sure they chopped down trees at the after party!!

[@jm-rf7kl]

22:10 Bachman Cougar Overdrive!

[@spookedhorse]

They are the greatest rock and roll band ever.

[@peterbetts858]

wot about Zep , Zappa ,n ZZ . N JOHNNY Winter . . Ken .

[@ZPX945]

AWESOME DUDE!

[@imannonymous7707]

Would ya let it ride!

[@edmundasjakstas6666]

Superinė grupė, jaunystėje ji man buvo geriausia.

[@markbass354]

COOL !!!!!

[@infamoussinphony4853]

fuck yeah FUCK YEAH!!!!!

[@1963RRT]

This was shown on CBC

[@eric7922]

yep, cbc…can’t believe dude captured this. well done…narrator’s got the heavy K-telese going...

[@andrewclayterman6230]

And on ABC back around 79/80 .. abc late night was great... movies or specials like this, rush, ted nugent ..great times

[@401xyz]

Merci!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eric7922]

…yep, Don Lever. Best hockey name ever: Orland Kurtenbach

[@rodjohnson3045]

It's from Canadian tv, where BTO is from. Obviously wasn't released in theaters, the "BTO will be back" announcements should tell you that, and there is a longer version on here with the commercials, some of which which would only be on Canadian tv. Back in the 80's a d.j. on WDIZ in Orlando referred to them as Bachman Turner Overweight.

[@peterbetts858]

Americans eh .