How To Play Taking Care Of Business By Bachman Turner Overdrive - Guitar Lesson

In this video I demonstrate how to play the classic rock song Taking Care Of Business by Bachman Turner Overdrive. This is a fantastic song with a cool groove and some tasty licks and guitar solos. I show how to play the parts and provide pointers on soloing in major and minor pentonic keys over the song, as well as give some tips and suggestions on how to make this song sound genuine and how to also make it your own with improvisation. I hope you enjoy lesson. Please subscribe! "Takin' Care of Business" is a song written by Randy Bachman and first recorded by Canadian rock group Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO) for their 1973 album Bachman–Turner Overdrive II. The lead vocal is sung by the song's composer. Randy Bachman had developed what would later become "Takin' Care of Business" while still a member of the Guess Who. His original idea was to write about a recording technician who worked on the Guess Who's recordings. This particular technician would take the 8:15 train to get to work, inspiring the lyrics "take the 8:15 into the city". In the early arrangement for the song, which had the working title "White Collar Worker", the chorus riff and vocal melody were similar to that of the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" (which in turn was inspired by Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode"). When Bachman first played this version for Burton Cummings, Cummings declared that he was ashamed of him and that The Guess Who would never record the song because the Beatles would sue them. Bachman still felt like the main riff and verses were good, it was only when the song got to the chorus that everyone hated it. While BTO was still playing smaller venues in support of its first album, Bachman was driving into Vancouver for a gig and listening to the radio when he heard local DJ Daryl B's catch phrase "We're takin' care of business". Lead vocalist Fred Turner's voice gave out before the band's last set that night. Bachman sang some cover songs to get through the last set, and on a whim, he told the band to play the C, B-flat and F chords (a I-VII-IV progression) over and over, and he sang "White Collar Worker" with the new words "Takin' Care of Business" inserted into the chorus. Recalled Randy: "When we finished the song that night, people kept clapping, stomping, and shouting 'takin' care of business' over and over. So we picked up the tempo again and reprised the song for another ten minutes. Afterwards, we all knew we had something." Personnel: Randy Bachman – lead vocals, lead guitar Tim Bachman – guitar, backing vocals Fred Turner – bass, backing vocals Robbie Bachman – drums, percussion Norman Durkee – piano My Instagram: https://instagram.com/martys_guitars?... I am a Guitar Center Affiliate. Check the link below for the daily pick deal of the day: Guitar Center Daily Pick: https://www.guitarcenter.com/Daily-Pi... My Bands: Snow Black Sunday    • Misled   Dead Hollywood Stuntment    • Break Me Down