I Finally Saw Burton Cummings In Concert!!

This has been a long time coming.

I had a ticket to see the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Burton Cummings (The Guess Who and solo artist) a few years ago, but unfortunately, the pandemic happened and so the show was canceled.

Also, Burton and fellow The Guess Who member Randy Bachman (also of Bachman-Turner Overdrive) had been in a lawsuit with other members of The Guess Who, in regards to the band going out on the road with no original members and playing their songs, but yet advertising their music as being sung by Burton and played with Randy.

In 2024, Burton and Randy were able to get the rights to The Guess Who name and hopefully will tour it together in the future.

But until then, Randy has been on tour with BTO (sadly I had to miss them in August) and Burton is on tour with his own band celebrating 60 years of The Guess Who, playing those classic songs, as well as some solo hits too.

So long story short, I was FINALLY able to see Burton at one of these shows.

As I just said, Burton and his great band (includes Joe Agelo on guitar/backing vocals, Nick Sinopoli on percussion/backing vocals, Sean Fitzsimmons on drums/backing vocals, Jeff Jones on bass/backing vocals, and Tim Bovaconti on lead guitar/backing vocals) are playing many songs by The Guess Who, as well as some of Burton’s solo songs and some covers.

Burton even released a new studio album on the day I’m typing this, September 27 of 2024, on digital (physical formats being released on November 15).  It is called A Few Good Moments (review here) and I think it is a very good album.  Burton even played one of the songs at this show.

Burton has been one of my favorite singers since I was a little kid hearing his songs on the radio.

His voice is still strong and he has a great band.  He has a lot of stories to tell and has a great sense of humor.  And judging by what I saw at this show, at the Rose Music Center At The Heights in Huber Heights, OH, Burton is very happy doing what he does and his having fun.

The show was a lot of fun, and the opener, singer/guitarist King Solomon Hicks (w/bassist Kirk Allen I believe) was very good also.

Go see Burton in concert if you get a chance (he’s touring in 2025 too).  You will have fun believe me.

Thank you sir for all your great music (and I truly do really like your new album) and please keep on rocking.