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File No. 085021 · Adjudicated
Randy Bachman
Musician, songwriter, radio personality — "Takin' Care of Business", and "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"
Born
1943
Birthplace
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Manitoba
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
He once tracked down his stolen 1957 Gretsch guitar 45 years after it was stolen, finding it in a Tokyo pawn shop through a years-long detective quest.
The verdict
The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive weren't just bands — they were the soundtrack to Canadian radio for decades. Born and raised in Winnipeg, this guitar legend helped put Canadian rock on the map, and he's never stopped repping the prairies, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org