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HAPPY HALLOWE'EN!!
...and a
little mood music for the occasion. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcwHQfIuCnU
The classic line-up of Red Rider was born in the late 1970's when Tom Cochrane saw the band perform one night at Toronto's El Mocambo nightclub. He introduced himself to the band and, after an audition, they took him on as their singer and primary songwriter.
It seems kind of fitting that this tab should follow on the heels of "Superstitious Feeling", because the two songs kind of remind me of one another. It's not that they sound the same, but they have similar qualities. Both have that rather ominous aura about them. And they both have two-word, six-syllable titles, with the emphasis coming on the fifth syllable. "Superstitious FEEL-ing"..."Secret Infor-MA-tion". So they have a tendency to remind me of each other. Well, if you know both songs, you'll know what I mean. 
"Turn Me Loose" was one of Loverboy's earliest singles, drawn from the band's self-titled debut album (1980). The band had been rejected by all US-based record labels. Columbia Records Canada signed them as a means of meeting Canadian Content regulations. The Bruce Fairburn-produced album proved to be a huge success in Canada, setting sales records for a debut record. Sales topped 700, 000 in Canada. 
Spotlight on Paul Dean.
The return of the happy Thanksgiving Day cat. :-)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Posted today is Harlequin's "Superstitious Feeling", from the band's One False Move (1982) album. It's also on their Greatest Hits CD (pictured). This is one from the request file, as the Harlequin tabs often are. There's not too much to say about it, except here's some more Harlequin. That always seems to be a pretty good decision around here. Harlequin is one of the most-viewed bands on the site. Of course, in regard to that, a lot depends on how many tabs of a particular band are on the site, and Harlequin has more than most. But I guess that's because people seem interested in them, and I don't think there are many tabs of theirs available. So I keep doing them.
I'm not adding the song to the video page because the only video footage available on YouTube has only part of the song, and the quality is a bit rough. I will link to that footage from this blog post, though.
The tab: https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/harlequin-superstitiousfeeling.txt
Video footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsCa1JQwll4
This is one of those songs that you think is going to be no problem. Two minute pop song, fairly simple melody. Then you work out the first chord. E flat. Ugh. Then you know it's trouble.
Well, in some footage it did, anyhow. So much for the simple pop song. So I re-worked the chord chart, doing it in E. But for somebody who just wants to strum chords, I still think it's easier to capo and play it in D. So I've included both versions. Of course, you can always strum it in E, not tune down, and just don't play with the record. Your options are boundless.
Most-viewed tabs for the month of September 2008 (w/ view numbers):
18 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
16 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
11 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business
11 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
9 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
9 - Trooper - Raise A Little Hell
8 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love
8 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
8 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
8 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
Total tab views for September: 315
(By section: Canadian-230 Girlschool-36 Various-27 Chords-22)
Most-viewed tabs overall (stats date from Oct.3/07 to Sept.30/08):
135 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
92 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
82 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
77 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
67 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
66 - Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel
62 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
58 - Girlschool - Race With the Devil (guitar)
58 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
56 - Harlequin - Innocence
56 - Harlequin - Sweet Things In Life
*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.
Everybody loves the "No Time" guitar Intro...don't they? It seems that way. I can remember watching The Guess Who (on TV) during the halftime show of the 2000 Grey Cup game in Calgary, and thinking (probably for the umpteenth time) what a great guitar part it is. And once, a few years ago when I was in a record store getting checked through the cash, this song came on over the PA, and the guy checking me through even had to stop and air guitar a bit, and talk about what a great guitar part it is. It just seems to have that effect on people.
Most people are more familiar with the re-recorded version of the song, which was on the American Woman (1970) album. The song first appeared on 1968's Canned Wheat. "No Time" was a #1 hit in Canada, #5 in the U.S.
An online article I looked at recently referred to the song's lyrics as "a Dear John letter". True enough. But it might have also served as Randy Bachman's Dear John letter to The Guess Who. It was the last album he did with the band. After recording American Woman, Bachman developed gall bladder problems. The band toured with a replacement guitarist, and ultimately differences between Bachman and the rest of the band resulted in him playing one final live show with them, then leaving to form Brave Belt, which evolved into BTO.
Tabbed here is the song's Intro.
THE GUESS WHO - "No Time" (R. Bachman/B. Cummings)
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/canriffs.txt
Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8j3O7KmGik