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My stolen ‘magic’ guitar, found after 45 years

My stolen ‘magic’ guitar, found after 45 years

FromLives Less Ordinary


My stolen ‘magic’ guitar, found after 45 years

FromLives Less Ordinary

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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Feb 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Randy Bachman is behind some of the biggest rock hits of the 60s and 70s. He was lead guitarist for The Guess Who, frontman of the Bachman-Turner Overdrive and, all the while had his beloved Gretsch guitar beside him. He first laid eyes on the guitar as a teenager and after years mowing lawns and washing cars he saved enough money to buy it. But in 1976, Randy's guitar was stolen and disappeared without a trace. He spent years desperately trying to track it down. Almost half a century later, an amateur sleuth - bored during the coronavirus lockdown - decided to take on the hunt and crack the mystery.

Randy's next show will be streamed online via Moment House on March 13th.

Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Maryam Maruf
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com

(Photo: Randy Bachman with his son Tal and his Gretsch guitar in 1971. Credit: Courtesy of Randy Bachman)
Released:
Feb 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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