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Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Randy Bachman

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.54.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Randy Bachman is the Canadian guitarist and songwriter behind a slew of hits with the bands The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive. Although he was based far from the '60s powerhouse music scenes of Laurel Canyon and Swinging London, Bachman first made a name for himself performing across the Great White North.

On today’s episode Bruce Headlam talks to Randy who dissects his hits including “American Woman” and “These Eyes.” He also explains how he became one of the great guitarists of his generation.

You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite Randy Bachman songs HERE.

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0:00.0

Pushkin

0:09.0

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. Since it was

0:15.1

established in 1861 there have been 3,317 people awarded with the medal.

0:21.5

I'm Malcolm Gladwell and our new podcast from

0:24.2

Pushkin Industries and I Heart Media is about those heroes. What they did, what it

0:29.8

meant, and what their stories tell us about the nature of courage and sacrifice.

0:35.5

Listen to Medal of Honor, stories of courage, on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

0:41.5

or wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:44.0

I'm Maria Konekova.

0:47.0

And I'm Nate Silver.

0:48.0

And our new podcast, Risky Business, is a show about making better decisions.

0:52.0

We're both journalists whom we light as

0:54.0

poker players and that's the lens we're going to use to approach this entire show.

0:58.1

We're going to be discussing everything from high-stakes poker to personal questions.

1:03.0

Like whether I should call a plumber or fix my shower myself.

1:06.5

And of course we'll be talking about the election too.

1:09.0

Listen to risky business wherever you get your podcasts. Laurel Canyon, Hayd Ashbury, and Swinging London are a few of the locations that come to mind when we think about the

1:23.3

powerhouse music scenes of the 60s but Canada anywhere in Canada rarely comes up

1:30.4

but after listening to Randy Bachman talk about his musical baptism across the Great Plains of the Great White North, all that might change for you.

1:38.0

Bachman is a master guitarist and songwriter with 12 hits to his name between the

1:43.0

guess who and Bachman Turner Overdrive.

1:46.0

On today's episode, Bruce Hedlam talks to Bachman as he dissects some of the

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