# Robbie Bachman, drummer for BTO, dies at 69

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
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**Created:** [January 13, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-bachman-drummer-for-bto-dies-at-69/978174 "2023-01-13T15:32:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-bachman-drummer-for-bto-dies-at-69/978174/1 "2023-01-13T15:32:44Z")

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I’m more familiar with his brother Randy, the lead guitarist, but BTO was a staple of my youth. I never saw them in concert but listened to them for the past few decades. I’ve always liked their sound.

> **[Bachman-Turner Overdrive Drummer Robbie Bachman Dead at 69](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bachman-turner-overdrive-drummer-robbie-bachman-dies-obituary-1234660488/)**
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> “The pounding beat behind BTO,” Bachman played on the hits “Takin’ Care of Business” and “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-bachman-drummer-for-bto-dies-at-69/978174/2 "2023-01-13T22:49:17Z")

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My condolences to Randy.

Randy used to have a show on CBC called Vinyl Tap, it’s now a podcast usually with his son Tal. It’s like sitting on Randy’s couch and just listen to him talk about the music business in the 60s-80s.