Robbie Bachman, drummer of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, dead at 69

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Entertainment

CNN — Robbie Bachman – the drummer of Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive – has died at age 69, his brother and bandmate Randy Bachman announced via Twitter on Thursday.

“Another sad departure. The pounding beat behind BTO, my little brother Robbie has joined Mum, Dad & brother Gary on the other side. Maybe Jeff Beck needs a drummer! He was an integral cog in our rock ‘n’ roll machine and we rocked the world together,” Bachman said alongside a black and white photo of the band.

Born in Winnipeg, Canada, Robin “Robbie” Bachman founded the band Brave Belt in 1971, alongside Randy and Chad Allan, both of whom had left the band The Guess Who a year earlier. They were later joined by bassist Fred Turner and recorded two albums.

After Allan left Brave Belt in 1972 and another Bachman brother, Tim, joined, the band renamed itself Bachman-Turner Overdrive and it was in this incarnation that they found widespread success.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/entertainment/robbie-bachman-drummer-death-intl-scli/index.html

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Damn. No words. R.I.P.

[FakeNoose]

1. RIP Robbie Bachman

We're losing too many - way too soon!

Condolences to his family and friends

[SheltieLover]

2. Rest in music!

[RussBLib]

3. People my age are dying in droves

It's natural but still a little unsettling.

[Duppers]

8. Indeed, here too.

Some comfort in knowing most of my ancestors on my mother's side lived into their 90's. My self-employed uncle is still working at 91!!

My father's, not so much - he had a bad heart blockage, which his dumbassed doctors didn't diagnosis until postmortem! He died at age 45. His younger sister, now 95yo, never smoked, never weighted over 105 at 5'5', as opposed to her brother, my father, who was 50lbs overweight and chain-smoked cigarettes & disgusting cigars. (I've always hated cigar smoke.)

Remember:
Health habits matters, in most cases.

[Warpy]

4. Old rockers are dropping like flies

Getting old really sucks, you start to lose so many people who got you through your youth via their performance arts.

[calimary]

5. "Maybe Jeff Beck needs a drummer."

And Lisa Marie Presley is available for vocals.



Aw MAN…

And January’s not even half over yet.

Damn.

[highplainsdem]

6. More very sad news. RIP, Robbie.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Sorry to hear that

[Efilroft Sul]

9. 2023 needs to be told we already had 2016 to steal all our musicians away.

[Stargleamer]

10. Now there's a man. . .

who really took care of business. He even worked overtime!

[AllyCat]

11. Another entertainer?! What a bad week.

RIP.

[Aristus]

12. Damn. Rock And Roll Heaven needs to put up a velvet rope at the door.

And station a 500lb guy named Tiny there to keep down the traffic.

We're losing a lot of legends...

[hlthe2b]

13. We sure are losing a lot of talented people lately. Painful...

[patphil]

14. BTO Taking Care of Business

[Evolve Dammit]

15. Great Band. Will be remembered always. RIP

[area51]

16. Damn.

RIP

[Raine]

17. More sad news... 🕯️

R-I-P Robbie Bachman

[JohnnyRingo]

18. Sounds like they're starting a new band in heaven

Jeff Beck on lead guitar
Tom petty on rhythm guitar
Christine McVie on the keys
Lisa Marie on vocals
Robbie Bachman on the drum kit.

I'd be very careful if I was a bass player.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. He Was Younger Than I Would Have Guessed

His brother is nearly 80.
Robbie had to be 19 or 20 when BTO formed!
Shame he died this young.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Same thing happened with EWF "baby" brother and drummer Fred White

who was 67 when he died at the beginning of this month. His older brother Maurice would have been 81 last month and surviving brother Verdine is 71.

[elocs]

21. For those of us who are Boomers, the music heroes of our youth are naturally dying now.

I have one who is now 80, ten years older than myself, and it will be a sad day for me when he dies. But his music and legacy will live on. I remember telling my daughter who is 31 that one day she would experience the news of one of her music favorites dying and then the next week Aaron Carter died and I had taken her to one of his concerts when she was a kid.