Thursday September 3, 2020 “She’s So High” Tal Bachman
Let's start with the fact that Tal Bachman is a bigger star in Canada and include the promise that all that follows is pretty wacky but worth reading.
Remember the Canadian supergroup The Guess Who (“American Woman”, “These Eyes”) founded and guided by Burton Cunmmings (the voice) and Randy Bachman (guitars) both primary songwriters? OK you’re already ahead of me on this, recognizing that Randy and Tal both have the same last name and come from Canada...brothers? Nope.
Randy is Tal’s dad.
OK now we move on to the rock group Bachman-Turner Overdrive (“Takin Care of Business” etc.) which is formed when Randy split from the Guess Who because the band’s rock & roll lifestyle conflicted with his religious beliefs as a member of the Latter Day Saints. So Tal is raised as a Mormon, keep that in mind it will be important later.
Like father like son, Tal embarks on a music career and hits it pretty big with his debut album/CD that includes international top ten “She’s So High”. No she’s not on drugs, remember he's a Mormon. The song relates to an incident when Tal tried to set up his step brother with the most beautiful girl in high school...who sets up their stepbrother?...and with the most beautiful girl in school?
All you need to do is check out the lyrics to see that she was way out of Tal’s league and likely further out of his stepbrother’s.
So now Tal is in college where he majors in music, nope political science, and he also embarks on a two year study into the Latter Day Saints and comes to the personal conclusion that church’s founder, Joseph Smith made up all the stories that the church is founded on and Tal leaves the church. Tal later becomes a big portion of a not so complimentary documentary called The Mormons.
What does Tal do when he is not being a Canadian rock star, he moonlights as a political commentator and plays rugby on the Victoria BC club Castaway Wanderers. And last but absolutely not least, he successfully spearheaded a very important public campaign to get his favorite restaurant to restore key lime pie to their menu after they dropped it.
Stay safe and well...and remember that rock & roll imposes no limitations on the performing artists.
