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2 unusual facts about The Guess Who


Pompatus

Wolfman Jack frequently referenced the phrase and there is a sound clip of him using the line within the song "Clap for the Wolfman" by The Guess Who.

The Guess Who

He contacted the band about participating in an advertising project for Coca-Cola; this turned out to be the recording of a split LP with Ottawa band The Staccatos (soon to rename themselves The Five Man Electrical Band).


Eastlink Centre

The Eastlink Centre has hosted numerous concerts over the years, including The Tragically Hip, Bryan Adams, The Guess Who, Willie Nelson, The White Stripes, George Jones, & Girlicious on their first tour.

Keepin' the Summer Alive

Of the new songs, "Keepin' the Summer Alive" and "Livin' With a Heartache" were written by Carl Wilson and Randy Bachman (of The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive).

Mudmen

Mudmen have opened for many well-known bands, including ZZ Top, Tool, Dropkick Murphys and Bowling for Soup, as well as fellow Canadians Nickelback, Sum 41 and The Guess Who.

Roy Kenner

Following his time with The James Gang, Kenner worked with a Toronto-based television musical variety show, Music Machine, for approximately two years, after which he worked with Garry Peterson (drummer for The Guess Who) in an unrecorded R&B band, Delphia.

The Pompatus of Love

Wolfman Jack can also be heard using the term in his spoken lines in The Guess Who's "Clap for the Wolfman."


see also

Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive Live

The set includes versions of both The Guess Who's first hit, a cover of "Shakin' All Over", and their greatest hit, the original song "American Woman".

First Time Around

First Time Around is the first video released with Bachman & Cummings since The Guess Who played at Sars Fest in 2003.

Share the Land

"Hand Me Down World", "Bus Rider", "Share The Land", "Do You Miss Me Darlin'?" and an edited single version of "Hang Onto Your Life" (without the Psalm 22 excerpt that closes the album version) make up an entire side of their 1971 greatest hits compilation, The Best Of The Guess Who, Vol 1.