I remember my older brother playing guess who albums on our console every morning before I went to elementary school. 6 years old and singing the songs on my way to school.
I was front and center - a senior - we were seated by our Homeroom assignment. My last name starts with "C" so I was in the the 2nd or 3rd class to go in, I had the best seat in the house! Our alumni committee has a film copy of the entire show, they show it at the reunions for the Class of '73. Lots of kids skipped out that day after lunch thinking it was going to be something lame - the joke was on them. We could peak into the gym throughout the morning and see the stage and equipment being assembled, it was obvious there was going to be a concert of some type, but we NEVER thought it would be an A-list, national act like that. Even the teachers were kept in the dark about what the act was going to be. When the Emcee announced "Please welcome... The Guess Who!" the place went nuts. Burton Cummings took the stage and it was ON. (It's been rumored that some kids went out to their cars or snuck across the street behind the Jehovah's Witness building and smoked marijuana before the event, but that has never been proven, and I'll deny it to my grave) The Guess Who were at the top of the heap at the time of this concert. They played for 2 hours and just blew the room away. 50 years ago, and when I see the faces of my classmates now it takes me right back. What an awesome thing to have been a part of, and such a great memory. Thank you for posting.
I love your comment, and how fantastic and exciting this must have been! Would be so awesome if you could get the Committee to upload the full show onto TH-cam!
I was there. It was my junior year at Council Rock. This was the first and only rock concert I ever went to as a kid. I seem to remember the student council begging the school administration for a rock concert, which they never agreed to, until one day we heard we were going to have a secret school assembly. We had no idea what it was going to be. I, with a couple friends of mine, managed to take a peek ahead of time into the our big gymnasium where the assembly was going to be. All I remember were the huge speakers and wondering, "What in the world is going on?!" I was about half way up on the left side of the stands looking from the stage. I was so naive. The announcer walked out onto the stage and announced, "The Guess Who!" I thought, "The guess who? I have no idea. What are you talking about?" Seriously, that is what went through my mind. The one song I remember and recognized from the radio was "American Woman." I also remember the cameras zipping around us controlled on long zip lines, or whatever. That was why I wondered whether there might just be a video of the concert on TH-cam. Well, what do you know! Wow! It brings back memories! I had never seen anything like it. There must have been a lot of kids there in the same boat I was in. How many times do people find themselves in a rock concert that they had no idea they were in for? Well that was me 50 years ago. Its hard to believe.
Was there. In bleachers IN THE GYMNASIUM as a sophomore (Hi, Susan!). I think it was in May of 1973. Looked in Chancellor Yearbook for 1973 and there is nothing there, but I think the yearbook had already been printed, or was at the printers. And the announcer was correct, we all thought the assembly was for something stupid, or we were there to be scolded about one of the many pranks we used to pull (IE. cherry bomb in john, entire school walkout in a protest for something I don't even remember). That was a day I will never forget. Thank you for posting this.
Very cool! I saw this lineup of the Guess Who performing in Windsor, ON at St. Clair College outside, in 71 I think, with Kurt Winter etc. They ruled Canada with their band for years. Couldn't beat their distinctive great sound. Pure Canadian!
Cool “after story”. I was a senior at CR at the time and a friend of mine had moved to Vermont. This film was shown around the country including her new high school. You can imagine how surprised (and bummed) she was to see this!
Even though I would've only been 10 years old when this surprise concert happened, I wish I'd a been there! The students there looked so cool, and of course The Guess Who rocked the gym! 1973...it truly was a great time to be alive!
Thanks for posting this Tracy! I was there, somewhere in those bleachers, 15 years old, a sophomore at Council Rock. There had been buzz about what was going to happen that entire day, but no one knew until the band was introduced. No cell phones, no one tweeting or texting or recording it, just everyone very much there in the moment. What a wonderful memory!
What an experience that must have been. A truly underrated band despite all of their success on the radio. Burton Cummings in his prime was a phenomenal vocalist.
For those only familiar with the band in passing, the line-up here is Burton Cummings (vocals, keys), Garry Peterson (drums), Kurt Winter (lead guitar), Bill Wallace (bass), and Donnie McDougall (guitar). I'm surprised there are no "Where's Randy?" comments. 🙂 What a rush, to be one of the kids who were recruited to play horns behind The Guess Who on "Just Let Me Sing." Wow.
Cool video! Thanks for sharing! Burton's voice is like no other! The best voice ever, from 60s-80s! So grateful that I'm able to watch so many of The GUESS WHO videos and of Burton's life's stages for the last 50 yrs.🇨🇦🎹🎶🎵🎸🕶💃❤Burton Cummings is a gem. He was so tall dark and handsome! 😚👍
The announcer at approx 1:40 on. I wonder was that comment supposed to have quoted Burton / the band? I know Burton said the song was partly about the "british 'david' with orange hair"...
Music fans out there in the world we need all to get the word out there on line to sign the petition the Guess 4 the Hall, to get them in the rock and roll hall of fame in Cleveland in the States, that they hugely deserve!
@edjohnson9487 So very happy you got to see your Dad in this AMAZING VIDEO!!! What an exciting time...such an awesome "gift" from The Guess Who!!! Fantastic treasure!! ✌🦋✌
Dolores, I mean no disrespect, but it was definitely in the gym. Admittedly, my memory isn't what it was, but I do remember walking into the gym. And the voice-over's first words are "An empty gymnasium . . . " Hope you enjoyed the video.
Tracy Hawkins I know what the first words were but I remember the seniors which I was were told to sit on the floor in front of the stage. But I love the video and listen to it often. It brings back memories.
@@fullthrottlejeffry They want to wait until everyone that can appreciate it is dead. They did the same thing with my dad's music. Alot of great stuff he would have enjoyed came out after he died. Don Kirschner is a real bandit. Wikipedia what he did to the Monkeys.
The Guess Who played Killarney Secondary school in Vancouver around the same time. Their 73 tour was a long world wide tour. They decided to play at some schools during this tour so that kids who could not afford to go to their concerts, could see them. Bryan Adams and Heart played at Killarney while I was there.
@@LarryNiven226 they had been playing schools since the 60's when they started especially in Winnipeg , great way to get to the people that bought lots of records!
I remember my older brother playing guess who albums on our console every morning before I went to elementary school. 6 years old and singing the songs on my way to school.
I was front and center - a senior - we were seated by our Homeroom assignment. My last name starts with "C" so I was in the the 2nd or 3rd class to go in, I had the best seat in the house! Our alumni committee has a film copy of the entire show, they show it at the reunions for the Class of '73.
Lots of kids skipped out that day after lunch thinking it was going to be something lame - the joke was on them. We could peak into the gym throughout the morning and see the stage and equipment being assembled, it was obvious there was going to be a concert of some type, but we NEVER thought it would be an A-list, national act like that. Even the teachers were kept in the dark about what the act was going to be. When the Emcee announced "Please welcome... The Guess Who!" the place went nuts. Burton Cummings took the stage and it was ON. (It's been rumored that some kids went out to their cars or snuck across the street behind the Jehovah's Witness building and smoked marijuana before the event, but that has never been proven, and I'll deny it to my grave)
The Guess Who were at the top of the heap at the time of this concert. They played for 2 hours and just blew the room away.
50 years ago, and when I see the faces of my classmates now it takes me right back. What an awesome thing to have been a part of, and such a great memory. Thank you for posting.
I love your comment, and how fantastic and exciting this must have been! Would be so awesome if you could get the Committee to upload the full show onto TH-cam!
If the committee is interested in having the film digitized, please have them get in contact with me.
Yeah… you rock.
this should be made into a documentery and shown to the R&R hall of fame-they should be in the hall right now!
I was there. It was my junior year at Council Rock. This was the first and only rock concert I ever went to as a kid. I seem to remember the student council begging the school administration for a rock concert, which they never agreed to, until one day we heard we were going to have a secret school assembly. We had no idea what it was going to be. I, with a couple friends of mine, managed to take a peek ahead of time into the our big gymnasium where the assembly was going to be. All I remember were the huge speakers and wondering, "What in the world is going on?!"
I was about half way up on the left side of the stands looking from the stage. I was so naive. The announcer walked out onto the stage and announced, "The Guess Who!" I thought, "The guess who? I have no idea. What are you talking about?" Seriously, that is what went through my mind. The one song I remember and recognized from the radio was "American Woman." I also remember the cameras zipping around us controlled on long zip lines, or whatever. That was why I wondered whether there might just be a video of the concert on TH-cam. Well, what do you know! Wow! It brings back memories! I had never seen anything like it. There must have been a lot of kids there in the same boat I was in. How many times do people find themselves in a rock concert that they had no idea they were in for? Well that was me 50 years ago. Its hard to believe.
How cool! I was just starting kindergarten. I remembered them on the radio all the time when I was a kid. What a cool band to get to see!
Burtons' voice was always impeccable!
My husband, Dick Cain, was the tenor sax player....he has been looking for this recording for years. What a great experience for him !!!
Cmon,for real,awesomeness
The Best..should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Was there. In bleachers IN THE GYMNASIUM as a sophomore (Hi, Susan!). I think it was in May of 1973. Looked in Chancellor Yearbook for 1973 and there is nothing there, but I think the yearbook had already been printed, or was at the printers. And the announcer was correct, we all thought the assembly was for something stupid, or we were there to be scolded about one of the many pranks we used to pull (IE. cherry bomb in john, entire school walkout in a protest for something I don't even remember). That was a day I will never forget. Thank you for posting this.
Very cool! I saw this lineup of the Guess Who performing in Windsor, ON at St. Clair College outside, in 71 I think, with Kurt Winter etc. They ruled Canada with their band for years. Couldn't beat their distinctive great sound. Pure Canadian!
Kurt was a huge draw for the live shows wearing his Garnet Amplifiers sweatshirts . As Burton says Kurt was truly one of a kind .
Cool “after story”. I was a senior at CR at the time and a friend of mine had moved to Vermont. This film was shown around the country including her new high school. You can imagine how surprised (and bummed) she was to see this!
Those kids will never forget that.
I was one of those kids ... and no, I've never forgotten that amazing experience!
@@OCandy13 Very cool for you!
send this to everyone you know!
My God...
Where is the entire film?
Where is the rest of this concert?
Speechless I am....
Even though I would've only been 10 years old when this surprise concert happened, I wish I'd a been there! The students there looked so cool, and of course The Guess Who rocked the gym! 1973...it truly was a great time to be alive!
Thanks for posting this Tracy! I was there, somewhere in those bleachers, 15 years old, a sophomore at Council Rock. There had been buzz about what was going to happen that entire day, but no one knew until the band was introduced. No cell phones, no one tweeting or texting or recording it, just everyone very much there in the moment. What a wonderful memory!
What an experience that must have been. A truly underrated band despite all of their success on the radio. Burton Cummings in his prime was a phenomenal vocalist.
my hometown band !
i don't recall them playing any wpg highschools dagnabit.
Love the beginning "An empty gymnasium in Philadelphia"
Newtown, PA was considered "the sticks" back in 1973
I want to see the whole concert.
This clip is utterly amazing.
i agree -just come across this-
For those only familiar with the band in passing, the line-up here is Burton Cummings (vocals, keys), Garry Peterson (drums), Kurt Winter (lead guitar), Bill Wallace (bass), and Donnie McDougall (guitar). I'm surprised there are no "Where's Randy?" comments. 🙂
What a rush, to be one of the kids who were recruited to play horns behind The Guess Who on "Just Let Me Sing." Wow.
long gone at that point....Kurt Winter was a tremendous talent as well
the bachman left immediately after american woman was recorded.
the kurt winter was (also) superb.
Randy is there
No he's not. He was gone for a couple years at that point.
So PROUD of our hometown boys!!!
Amazing
This was my high school in 1965. But the moved to Illinois just as the freshman year got started... just missed it. 😜
Cool video! Thanks for sharing! Burton's voice is like no other! The best voice ever, from 60s-80s! So grateful that I'm able to watch so many of The GUESS WHO videos and of Burton's life's stages for the last 50 yrs.🇨🇦🎹🎶🎵🎸🕶💃❤Burton Cummings is a gem. He was so tall dark and handsome! 😚👍
A decade earlier people used to go to eachother's houses and listen to records. By this time they would listen to 8 track tapes.
The announcer at approx 1:40 on. I wonder was that comment supposed to have quoted Burton / the band? I know Burton said the song was partly about the "british 'david' with orange hair"...
wish i could get the whole concert on film!
maybe- im going to try-fingers crossed
@@glorialittle6650 Did you get the entire film?
Music fans out there in the world we need all to get the word out there on line to sign the petition the Guess 4 the Hall, to get them in the rock and roll hall of fame in Cleveland in the States, that they hugely deserve!
Chicks were cool 😎 in 1973
Wow! What a clip! And Burton and TGW have never been nominated to the Rock and Roll HOF! What a mistake!!!!!!!!!!
Brilliant thank you! Hi from Tasmania.
This is great. Holy crap.
making us Winnipeggers proud. They always were great at remembering their roots
And the good rooted humor to keep ground in similar to Rush and some Detroiters ;)
at 2:34, thats my father. miss you dad
How wild is that, to find your DAD on TH-cam like this!
Pretty freaky also to see a high school in the USA rocking to a Canadian band like that!
Ed Johnson I injoy the ride for many years thank you God bless
Wow. Isn't that nice. :)
@edjohnson9487 So very happy you got to see your Dad in this AMAZING VIDEO!!! What an exciting time...such an awesome "gift" from The Guess Who!!! Fantastic treasure!! ✌🦋✌
Awesome bit of Guess Who and rock history. Thanks for posting it.
Thanks for posting.Saw them about 15 times .Always a great show and always a full house in Toronto.
Wow, amazing.
thank you im 57 man I injoy that I come from Jamestown PA just down the street from you
keep rocking
Very great clip! Be lovely to be there! To see Burt :)
Class 74
Great concert at CR in 1973 but it was held in the auditorium, not in the gym.
Dolores, I mean no disrespect, but it was definitely in the gym. Admittedly, my memory isn't what it was, but I do remember walking into the gym. And the voice-over's first words are "An empty gymnasium . . . " Hope you enjoyed the video.
Tracy Hawkins I know what the first words were but I remember the seniors which I was were told to sit on the floor in front of the stage. But I love the video and listen to it often. It brings back memories.
I was there 1973, it was definitely in the gym I was directed to sit in the bleachers 11th grader only,seniors had the best seats.
Nope! It was in the gym!
I was a senior!
Fantastic! Thanks for posting. Where's the footage of the whole concert?
Joey Peckerwood would you let us know where we can get the entire show at the school? My e-mail is dory0428@icloud.com?
Sorry, I don't think it's available, unless someone is publishing Don Kirshner's catalog. I stumbled on this.
@@tracyhawkins8175 Some of Kirchners stuff is available, I read. But the majority of it remains locked away. Why? I wish I knew...
@@fullthrottlejeffry They want to wait until everyone that can appreciate it is dead. They did the same thing with my dad's music. Alot of great stuff he would have enjoyed came out after he died. Don Kirschner is a real bandit. Wikipedia what he did to the Monkeys.
You can see him at 3:06 and 4:31....
What an Expetience!
Does anyone have the actual background story on why they played there?
Sorry, no, only that it was part of Don Kirschner's "Rock Concert" series.
The Guess Who played Killarney Secondary school in Vancouver around the same time. Their 73 tour was a long world wide tour. They decided to play at some schools during this tour so that kids who could not afford to go to their concerts, could see them. Bryan Adams and Heart played at Killarney while I was there.
@@LarryNiven226 they had been playing schools since the 60's when they started especially in Winnipeg , great way to get to the people that bought lots of records!
I’ve loved The Guess Who since grade school in the late 60’s but I never remember anyone using the term fag rock. Must have been a city boy thing.
must be a homophobe thing. Who needs the hate ?
Where’s the Roast Beef?
Back at the Paramount in Seattle
The Roast Beef ( Greg Leskiw ) was out before the Paramount recording dates . @@mben-david2064
Whole concert is not available - at least not at this time.
How did you find it? Do you know who is narrating, sounds like Larry Kane?
Tracy Hawkins when
I'm 57 i hope before im in the ground peace
@@BillSmith-ku1tp Sorry, but I have no idea. Just stumbled on this myself.
@@amycain9010 I don't think so. It was a national thing, rather than local.
they start off with the most horrible song about a pervert flasher that worked at an auto repair shop.. gasp. 😂
Ahh, 2:22, the braless 70's.
Man love this band…memories…