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Fifty years of rock 'n' roll

BTO’s Randy Bachman and Fred Turner reteam to take care of business after two decades, playing classic hits and songs from their new

self-titled

collaboration, just

released on Sept. 7.

Note: Previously announced opening act Blue Oyster Cult

has had to drop out of Bachman and Turner’s East Coast dates.

WHEN: Tuesday

WHERE: Halifax Metro Centre

TICKETS: $59 to $99 at the Ticket Atlantic box office (ticketatlantic.com or 451-1221) and Atlantic Superstores

INFO: bachmanandturner.com

We have a copy of Randy Bachman’s Vinyl Tap Stories to give away.

•For a chance to win, email your name, address and daytime phone number to contest@herald.ca . Please type Bachman inthe subject line.

• Entries can also be dropped off at The Chronicle Herald building, 2717 Joseph Howe Dr., Halifax, or mailed to Bachman c/o The Chronicle Herald, P.O. Box 938, Halifax B3J 3S5.

• Contest deadline is 9 a.m. Sept. 19. Winners will be announced on the Arts & Life pages on Sept. 20.

Winnipeg rocker Randy Bachman offers a lifetime of rock ’n’ roll memories in his new book, which is full of such minute details as Little Richard’s habit of toting a travelling makeup case, Johnny and the Hurricanes’ fondness for Bachman’s mother’s homemade perogies, and the Pointer Sisters volunteering to clean up Bachman’s then-three-year-old daughter after a bout of car sickness.

But how does Bachman — who will be 68 later this month — remember his past with such stunning clarity?

"I’ve never done any drugs, I’ve never drank, I’ve never smoked — so I think I remember the ’60s like nobody else remembers them. And the ’70s and the ’80s," the affable rocker said during a recent promotional stop in Toronto.

"When I left the Guess Who, it was the summer of 1970 — that was the height of ‘drugedelia’: hash, grass, pills, Quaaludes, acid, LSD, things like that. I was allergic to smoke so I never smoked anything, and then I saw my friends having radical personality changes, even when they would drink heavily.

Hidden Track » Cover Wars: For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)

Though often thought of a war protest song, For What It’s Worth was written by Stephen Stills in reference to the riots over curfew laws in Los Angeles. It was released on the 1967 self-titled Buffalo Springfield album. There were no shortage of covers this week and the best ones tended to lean towards the soul side of the equation – have a listen below.

The Contestants:

Artist : Cher The Skinny: Celebrating their 25th anniversary, Widespread Panic opened their first show of 2011 with this cover which was last played on November 17, 1988, or 2,308 shows prior. At the completion of the song John Bell said, “That of course is a Buffalo Springfield tune. That is the first tune we ever played together as a band…on stage…that we got all the way through.

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