Bachman-Turner Overdrive – “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”, “Takin’ Care Of Business” and “Roll On Down The Highway”

Canadian band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, or BTO, entered my consciousness in 1974 or 1975 with “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”, which had been released in 1974, first on the “Not Fragile” album and then as a single, which went to Number One in America.

I remember it being relatively easy to play – at least the chorus! – on the guitar, I think it was A, E, D.

Randy Bachman was of course a former member of The Guess Who, and had penned their hit “American Woman” shortly before leaving that band.

“You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” is particularly known for the pronounced stutter in the chorus, apparently originally written as a joke for Bachman’s brother (some joke, I would have thought…). Here it is live:

From a year earlier, also a hit but not as big, “Takin’ Care Of Business”:

And finally, the first single from “Not Fragile”, which I’ve just realised I know too, “Roll On Down The Highway”:

Let it roll…

Paul

Tags: American Woman, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, BTO, Music of the Seventies, Not Fragile, Randy Bachman, Roll On Down The Highway, Seventies Rock Bands, Takin' Care Of Business, The Guess Who, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

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