Charles Randall "Randy" Murray is a Canadian guitarist, and was a long-serving member of

Bachman–Turner Overdrive Bachman–Turner Overdrive, often abbreviated BTO, were a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, founded by Randy Bachman, Robbie Bachman and Fred Turner in 1973. Their 1970s catalogue included five top-40 albums and six US top-40 single ...

."BTO official website"
/ref> From 1989 to 1992 he taught music, did custom recordings and held a

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. From the late 1970s to 1989, Murray was a fixture on the B.C./Alberta music scene. He was a member of the BTO line-up that was fronted by Tim Bachman while there were two versions of the group in the late 1980s, and again (this time along with Blair Thornton, Robbie Bachman, and Fred Turner) from 1991 until 2005, making this line-up the longest enduring of all the various Bachman-Turner Overdrive,B.T.O. and BTO incarnations. He currently works as the Communications Officer for the Diocese of New Westminster in Vancouver, teaches guitar in Vancouver, and still plays occasional shows.

Accomplishments

*1988 - Formed the Surreal McCoys, a

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band who were resident at

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's Roxy club. *1987/1988 - Toured with

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, performing BTO tunes. *1985 - Released the EP ''Warm Hands/Cold Heart'' under the name Voxphantom. *1984-1989 - Collaborated with Dave Reimer in the

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, a classic rock band. *Early 1980s - Member of David Raven, who released an EP on the Radioactive label. *Early 1980s - Member of Ennis-Murray Band, with Paul Ennis, Mike Rogers, Jeff Sugarman *Late 1970s - Member of ''

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'', with Paul Ennis and Ron MacDonald

References

Sources

"BTO official website"
Retrieved 23 Jan 2007.

Retrieved 23 Jan 2007.

Retrieved 26 Oct 2015.

External links

Photography of artist at Great Write Up
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Randy Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Bachman–Turner Overdrive members Canadian rock guitarists Canadian male guitarists