[Skooz]

I was a huge BTO fan as a teenager. I remember that Randy forbade any drinking by band members on the road.

[JCEccles]

You would never guess his attitude about alcohol from listening to "Taking Care of Business" or "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet." They are masterpieces of the party-hearty song genre.

In 1980, Randy Bachman came to some meetings at the church I was attending in Spokane Washington. I was a USAF officer stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base and Bachman was visiting his brother-in-law, a KC-135 pilot at Fairchild. I didn't get to talk with Bachman. All I remember is this big bearded man sitting reverently in a forward pew, wearing what appeared to be incredibly expensive boots.

As I said, the private persona was so unlike the public persona.

[Uncle Meat]

I saw something on VH1 about Randy Bachman and his son.Said he got drunk one time at a party when he was young and made such a fool of himself that he never touched another drop of alcohol since.You'd never know it listening to Not Fragile and Four wheel Drive.Good tunes to get drunk too,especially Roll on Down the Highway.