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Paxton Bachman was born 1973 in Vancouver, BC. Rock and Roll was becoming multi-billion dollar business and his father’s and uncles’ band, Bachman Turner Overdrive, rose from obscurity to the top of the charts in over 60 countries selling millions of records. To say music and entertaining is in Paxton’s blood would be a severe understatement.

Paxton grew up not only surrounded by music, listening to all genres including Motown, blues, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, rhythm ‘n’ blues, etc. but surrounded by the music business. At 13 years old, 1986 was a landmark year in Paxton’s life when he spent two months on the road with his father’ band BTO on Van Halen’s 5150 Tour. Van Halen took Paxton under their wing and gave him the run of the backstage areas, including their dressing room, in all of the arenas and stadiums they performed in that summer.

Paxton not only got to hang with and learn form Van Halen, but the tour was visited by many rock ‘n ’ roll guitar legends: Carlos Santana, Leslie West, Joe Perry, Kirk Hammett, Ted Nugent, and many more. Paxton got to meet them all. They all thought Paxton was great and encouraged him to get into the “business”.

A few years later Paxton formed his own band. As many first bands they had a variety of names: Papa Wheelie, Wonika, etc. They won every Battle of the Bands they entered and had a huge local following.

To pay the bills Paxton worked at Tom Lee Music in Abbotsford BC as a guitar salesman and began teaching guitar, bass, and drums, Eventually Paxton quit Tom Lee to teach privately. Soon he had near 100 students. This move really honed Paxton’s understanding and knowledge of music. At the same time Paxton’s band, the Bottom Line was the house band at a club called The Yorkshire Rose, for four years. Performing 3 times a week honed Paxton’s ability to work a crowd and give some incredible, memorable performances making him a local legend.

In 2005 he attended NAMM and got to hang out, and quiz some of his favorite players…George Benson, Johnny Highland, Al di Meoela, and John Mayer.

Paxton has toured as a guitar tech with his uncle Randy Bachman and as guitarist and band leader with Texas blues legend, Master of the Lap Steel, Sonny Rhodes. Paxton has performed on stage with the Doobie Brothers, playing a whole encore with them, as well as sitting in with Buddy Miles (Jimi Hendrixs’ ‘Band of Gypsys’) and jamming Hendrix tunes with him. At Blues Festivals this year in the Toronto area, he and his trio backed up Sonny and opened for Robert Cray and Jeff Healy in front of thousands of people.

When it comes to the recording studio Paxton assisted in engineering one of Duke Robillard’s latest album and performed as guitarist on a multitude of recording sessions in Los Angeles for a wide variety if artists.

Today Paxton performs and tours with his trio, The Paxton Bachman Band performing at clubs, bars, and summer festivals, rocking out their funky-pop originals as well as classic rock jems, r&b hits and hitting the funk and playing the blues.

When people hear Paxton perform they cannot help but be engrossed in the feeling and passion he exudes. In years to come, those in Paxton’s audiences today will be able to say they saw the legend in the making.

For Rock n Roll, Blues, R & B, and/or Jazz performances or recording session work, Paxton Bachman is difficult to match and certainly can’t be beat!

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