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Video of The Guess who rehearsing What a Shameb for the Sars Concert in Canada.
Filmed by: Lil Sarafian

Burton Cummings 1978

Burton Cummings Break It To Them Gently 1978

I SPENT SOME REAL QUALITY TIME WITH iHAWK ONE NIGHT AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY...WITHOUT TRYNA SOUND LIGHT IN THE LOAFERS, I IMMEDIATELY BONDED WITH THE GUY AND WE SPOKE AND DRANK SOMEWHAT LIKE THE LEGENDARY WELSH MEN AND IRISH-ERS AND SUCH AND LAUGHED AND SWORE LIKE MINERS AND DRANK SOME MORE AND...WHAT CAN I SAY...THE HAWK STIRRED UP SOME SLOWLY BURNING EMBERS IN ME ABOUT WORDS ON PAPER...HE HIT ME RIGHT IN THE NUTS THAT NIGHT WITH HIS TALK OF WRITING...I'VE BEEN WRITING POEMS AND STORIES AND SONGS LYRICS AND DIARIES AND GENERAL BULLSHIT FOR YEARS, AND HAD BEEN BEFORE THAT NIGHT...BUT HONEST TO "WHAT I PERCEIVE TO BE GOD" THAT NIGHT HAS NEVER LEFT ME...I'M ALWAYS FLATTERED WHEN SOMEONE SO SHARP HAS REALLY LISTENED TO MY LYRICS...COME ON FOLKS...WHO WOULDN'T BE... SO NOW ON WITH IT...I'M WRITNG THIS NO MATTER WHAT...IT'S A SMALL EXCERPT FROM "THE ADVENTURES…

ALMOST CRIED...WELL, MAYBE DID A LITTLE BIT...SHAME ON ME...I THINK OF ALL 19 RIGHT NOW IN EARPHONE LAND, THE ONE THAT IMPRESSED ME MOST WAS "DREAM"...YOU KNOW SOMETHIN' CLUBBERS, HAWK CALLED THIS YEARS AGO...DAMN...HATE TO GIVE HIM ALL THAT CREDIT...HE'LL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE WITH...CLUBBERS, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE "DREAM"...
ATG IS ON THE WAY...WOW...RIGHT NOW I'M TYPIN' AND HEARIN' CANYON IN MY GOOD SONYS...WOW...I REALLY MEAN "FUCK" BUT THEY TELL YOU TO KEEP YOUR STUFF DOWN A BIT ON THESE CHILD ACCESSIBLE FORUMS...
LOOKIT ME...DRINKIN' PABST BLUE RIBBON, COMMITTIN' THE SIN OF DRINKIN' AND BLOGGIN' AND STILL ARROGANT ENOUGH TO USE THE WORD "FORUMS"
SURE STILL GLAD I TOOK TYPING IN HIGH SCHOOL...IN GRAD TEN I ONCE DID 450 WORDS IN 5 MINUTES WITH NO MISTAKES...I EVEN SAVED THE PAPER I WAS SO PROUD...NOW "A TOUCH OF MORNING IS PLAYING IN MY SONYS"....SEE THIS IS JUST LIKE WE'RE ALL PARTYIN' TOGETHER (AT LEAST…

Burton jams away on stage underneath the green lights.

Burton Cummings singing & playing Luxton School

Early May 2000 - Runnin' Back Through Canada Rehearsals
Filmed by: Lil Sarafian

Very, very early take of "Richard".
Filmed by: Lil Sarafian

Rehearsal Footage for "First Time Around" featuring Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman.
Filmed by: Lil Sarafian