The Guess Who is a classic '70s rock band, pairing gritty vocals with music that mixed rock, blues, and even a little jazz. It rocks hard in its rock/blues genre, and still holds up today. The Guess Who is one of my favorite bands for their great lyrics, slammin' guitars (yeah, I said "slammin'"), great all-around classic ROCK sound.
To share with you, I've chosen their #1 U.S. single American Woman (yes, it was their song!) AND its B-side, No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature.
You almost get 4 songs in one. The full version of American Woman starts out as a mix between a swanky blues song and an old-western cowboy tune with a great intro that is usually cut out in radio play. A perfect introduction for an American woman; blues & country-western are THE American genres. After this great intro, we are welcomed with a completely different take on the same song we're already hearing, the now-familiar "opening" guitar chords of American Woman, one of the most bad-ass (and covered) songs of all time. The song is both political and sexual in all the ways it can be in 1970. And it's just a rockin' song.
Now, flip it to the B-side, and we experience a two-fer. Of course they have another amazing songs, notably "No Time" and "Hand Me Down World." If you like rock, blues, 70s music in general, or just music with some real passion in, you owe it to yourself to give The Guess Who a chance.
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