Bachman Cummings didn't roll the old ladies (photos)

OK.

So they can't call themselves the Guess Who, but they sure can call themselves the Bachman Cummings Band.

And after 40 years of writing and performing together, Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings sure can still rock it out as demonstrated Monday night at the Steelback Centre.

The show was the first of three Bell Aliant sponsored events supporting the Sault Area Hospital Foundation.

The Canadian rock legends drew from the Guess Who, BTO and solo libraries to round out their set with hit after hit, including the 1969 ballad that Cummings said changed everything for them, These Eyes.

Also from 1969, Laughing received a huge response from the audience of 3,000.

"We never found out who it was, but just as that one was falling down the charts, someone somewhere turned it over and we ended up with a double-sided hit," said Cummings as the band prepared to follow it with Undone. "Of course, that can't happen any more."

"Randy wrote this one when he wasn't very happy with me," was Cummings' introduction to the 1975 BTO hit, Hey You.

Another crowd-pleaser.

Others included American Woman, Star Baby, Clap for the Wolfman, No Time, Share the Land, Taking Care of Business and No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature, two songs they combined because they were both in "that funny little key of F-sharp."

When Cummings sat at the keys and began Break It To Them Gently from his 1978 solo release Dream of a Child, he proved that his distinctive voice remains a force to be reckoned with.

As far as I know, the Bachman Cummings Band didn't roll any old ladies that night.

They did bowl everyone over, however, by their obvious love of music and undeniable talent.