‘Randy Bachman: Every Guitar Tells a Story’ exhibit opens in May at National Music Centre

Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman poses with his reunited Gretsch guitar, which was stolen in 1977, during the Lost and Found Guitar Exchange Ceremony Friday, July 1, 2022, at Canadian Embassy in Tokyo. Bachman’s long-held dream came true Friday when he was reunited in Tokyo with a beloved guitar nearly a half-century after it was stolen from a Toronto hotel. Bachman, 78, a former member of The Guess Who, received the guitar from a Japanese musician who had bought it at a Tokyo store in 2014 without knowing its history. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

By Todd Kaufman

Posted Apr 19, 2023 7:28 pm.

Last Updated Aug 15, 2024 2:26 pm.

Starting May 5th, The National Music Centre will be the site of a temporary exhibition called ‘Randy Bachman: Every Guitar Tells a Story,’ which will feature over 80 guitars and the stories behind them from the Canadian music icon’s collection.

Thanks to Bachman’s time with The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, he’s quite literally a living legend in Canadian music.

Bachman recently took some time to sit down with City’s Todd Kaufman to talk about the exhibit and much more…

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‘Randy Bachman: Every Guitar Tells a Story’ runs until October 1st.

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