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Robbie Bachman, younger brother of Randy Bachman and co-founder of the band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, died at 69.

Randy Bachman shared news of the tragic loss on Twitter on Jan. 12.

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Another sad departure. The pounding beat behind Bto, my little brother Robbie has joined Mum, Dad & brother Gary on the other side. Maybe Jeff Beck needs a drummer! He was an integral cog in our rock 'n' roll machine and we rocked the world together. #Rip #littlebrother #family pic.twitter.com/XASj6CVXzA

— Randy Bachman (@RandysVinylTap) January 13, 2023

Randy praised his brother with deservedly glowing words.

“He was an integral cog in our rock ‘n’ roll machine and we rocked the world together.”

Randy and Robbie co-founded Bachman-Turner Overdrive in 1973 with bassist Fred Turner and guitarist Tim Bachman. Robbie was credited with designing the band’s logo, appearing for the first...

A Conversation with Fred Turner Mike Ragogna: Let's talk about your new album Bachman & Turner. Please don't be offended by this, but it sounds like classic Bto. Fred Turner: Actually I'm not offended at all. I'm glad to hear you say that. Mr: The album starts with "Rollin' Along," which puts us on the same road as the great Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Ft: Old highway songs. Mr: When was the last time you guys played together? Ft: Randy and I have not played together since '91. It's been a long time for us. I retired from the Bto lineup in '04, and I've been retired right up until June of this year. Randy came to me with an idea to put things back together two years ago, and we started planning this and getting an album ready two years ago. So, it's been a while for...

Fifty years ago, a brief letter to the editor of a student newspaper led to a national furor over academic freedom. When it broke in 1959, the Leo Koch Case dominated front pages and newscasts. It remained a story for three years. Today it is so thoroughly forgotten that not even Wikipedia, which knows everything, has heard of it.

I was on the campus the whole time and later edited the same campus paper, but I don't want to write about the case. I want to write about what was said in the letter.

It was published in the autumn of 1960. Let me take you back on a trip through time. That was a Puritan era by today's standards.

Most universities took aggressive steps to prevent sex among undergraduates. Students weren't allowed to live in their own apartments. In women's dormitories, a strict curfew was enforced, and too many "late minutes...