Burton Cummings – “Stand Tall”, “I’m Scared”, “Break It To Them Gently” and “Timeless Love”

It was 1976 when former Guess Who lead singer and composer Burton Cummings released “Stand Tall”.

This is another one of those Seventies songs that I knew, and always instantly recognise, but I didn’t really connect the name of Burton Cummings with The Guess Who.

In fact I must confess that, while I knew the music, I probably wouldn’t have known the face at the time.

This is the original recording of “Stand Tall” from 1976, the year after he left The Guess Who:

And here’s a slightly more dynamic video of “Stand Tall” played by Burton Cummings on the piano in 1977:

Slightly spastic expression at the end… 😉

“I’m Scared” came out in 1977:

Here’s a Burton Cummings song from 1978 he performed in 2006, “Break It To Them Gently”:

I did actually find a (live) video of this track from 1978, but as he tells the story of the song and how he wrote it in this one I figured I’d share it with you.

Finally, here’s another recent rendering of a Seventies song by Burton Cummings, “Timeless Love” from 1977, played with his touring band The Carpet Frogs (and Guess Who colleague Randy Bachman) at a concert in the summer of 2009:

Timeless music.

Paul

Tags: Break It To Them Gently, Burton Cummings, I'm Scared, Music of the Seventies, Randy Bachman, Stand Tall, The Carpet Frogs, The Guess Who, Timeless Love

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