Randy Bachman - Luminato 2009, Day 1, Toronto

The Pièce de résistance of the night at Dundas Square, is a show by Randy Bachman, key member of the band The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Prior to that night, I knew nothing about this artist but after seeing the excitement within the crowd and hearing American Woman, I immediately deducted he was someone big. For the younger generation, you might have heard of American Woman from Guitar Hero World Tour or covered by Lenny Kravitz about a decade ago. Here are some of the songs that he has played tonight in no specific order:

1. American Woman
2. Let It Ride
3. These Eyes
4. Takin' Care of Business
5. No Sugar Tonight
6. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
7. Laughing

On top of the above, he introduced a special guest who might be someone famous but I forgot his name. They played two fantastic rock blues song with lots of blues riff, improvisation and solos, they were the highlights of my night. The blues song had the same feel as Chuck Berry's work as mentioned by one of the artist.

Of all the free concerts that I have attended, it is the first time that I see the audience connect with the artist. The synergy between the Toronto crowd and Randy Bachman have been marvelous throughout the night. He knows how to engage the public with his funny anecdotes. After more than one hour of rock, the show came to an end but the audience was adamant for an encore as shown by the loud clapping and cheering. I am glad that the band and Randy Bachman has come out to play one more song. Dundas Square and Toronto have been rocked by a Canadian legend of Rock.