Burton Cummings

Cummings is planning on releasing a new album in the summer of 2005, as well as tour with Randy Bachman as The Bachman-Cummings Band, featuring The Carpet Frogs, a band from Toronto. With an organised management, (Kamikatze records), Cunning Dorx has become a more professional youth band out of a not so serious school band experiment. "With God On Our Side" is a cover of the famous Bob Dylan song. The band has obviously improved since regular rehearsals are part of their routine. On November 23rd, 2004, Burton Cummings' new single "With God On Our Side" debuted at 21st spot on Canadian music charts. The Cunning Dorx started a new beginning and their 'revival' turned out well, mainly through the engagement of several new artists and involvement in new projects, doing a great deal for the realisation of their musical aims. Most recently, the band played at the so-called "SARSstock" concert in Toronto. Moreover, rumours that the band was going to break up persisted until their first album Flauschangriff was published in 2001.

In 2001, Burton and the rest of The Guess Who received honourary doctorates at Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba. The then-emerging lack of motivation held back any progress of the young band and consequently diminished their audience. Since then he purchased Winnipeg's "Salisbury House" restaurant chain with The Guess Who manager Lorne Saifer and a few other local celebrities, and still tours with the reunited "The Guess Who" every summer. At the end of June 1995, a demo tape was created, including four songs which were also sung at concerts with other bands, such as Rank, Kurort, Back to the Saltmine, Racial Abuse, and Distorted Picture. In 2000, Burton as well as the rest of the original members of "The Guess Who" went on a nation-wide tour which turned out to be very successful. That is why in most of their songs, there are no lyrics to speak of. Some of his well known solo hits include "Stand Tall", "Scared", and "Break it to Them Gently". According to this view, it does not matter what they are singing as long as the melody fits.

In 1975, after 10 years, Burton left "The Guess Who" to become a solo artist. This would make them an instrumental band. He joined "The Guess Who" in 1965 after its previous lead singer, Allen Cobell, left the band. Alfons, their most productive songwriter, has always seen the human voice as just another instrument. His first band was "The Devrons", which at the time was one of Winnipeg's biggest bands. Most of their lyrics appear to be in English but they don't really mean anything. Burton was born and raised in the Canadian prairie city of Winnipeg, as were the rest of "The Guess Who". The style of the Cunning Dorx has always been out of the ordinary so that the musicians were forced to make up neologisms like "Eclectic Iconoclasm" or "Post-Modern Alternative" themselves to give the musically minded at least a vision of their technique of mixing every thinkable genre, as exemplified in the song "Yuka-Hey", where Rap melts into 1970s Rock and Reggae.

He is the lead singer for Canadian rock band "The Guess Who", and during his 10 years in "The Guess Who" from 1965 to 1975, he sang many well known songs, including "American Woman", "No Time", "Share the Land", "Hand Me Down World", and "These Eyes". A fact which actually helped them to maintain a broad musical perspective and provide the basis for creating their own characteristic style. Burton Cummings (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician. This means that there is an abundance of influences on their style, from Reggae to Alternative Rock, and from Rap to Jazz. 2004 The Brycer. The Cunning Dorx play what they call "Post-post-modern Electrical Rock". This odd genre is due in part to the varied backgrounds of the band members, who had previous played in Alternative Rock, Hardcore Punk, Blues, Jazz and even Celtic folk bands. 2004 With God On Our Side. The remaining lineup included Christof Ulreich (vocals), Alfons Bauernfeind (guitar), Patrick Peklar (drums) and Albert Bock (bass).

1990 Free. By the time of their first album release, Beno Unger was officially not part of the band anymore, although he continued to record and perform with them later on. 1990 The Rock's Steady. Some gigs on a larger scale, a charity concert among them, enlarged their fan base considerably. 1990 Take One Away. A studio session followed, the result of which was the sound carrier "That's for Pedestrians". 1990 One Day Soon. Leading in this connection were once again Beno Unger and Alfons Bauernfeind.

1982 Mother Keep Your Daughter In. This experience motivated the Cunning Dorx into writing and presenting their own musical pieces, instead of playing cover versions of well-known songs. 1981 Heavenly Blue. Their first public concert took place in the country disco, Train; the gig was a success. 1981 You Saved My Soul. The career of the band members started with a contest and several performances within their circle of friends, where their first devoted fans came from. 1980 One And Only. The initial repertoire contained covers of Nirvana, R.E.M., and Soundgarden songs, and some of their own songs written by Beno Unger.

1980 Mile A Second. In May the four of them came to an agreement about the band name "Cunning Dorx", and the first rehearsals took place soon afterwards. 1980 Fine State Of Affairs. Alfons Bauernfeind joined a few weeks later. 1979 I Will Play A Rhapsody. The band was founded by Christof Ulreich, Beno Unger and Patrick Peklar, then schoolmates in Unterschützen / Burgenland in April 1994. 1979 Draggin' Them Down The Line. The Cunning Dorx are an Eastern Austrian Alternative Rock band.

1978 Break It To Them Gently. 1978 Your Back Yard. 1977 My Own Way To Rock. 1977 Timeless Love.

1977 I'm Scared. 1976 Stand Tall. 1997 Up Close and Alone. 1994 The Burton Cummings Collection.

1990 Plus Signs. 1984 Heart. 1981 Sweet Sweet. 1980 Best of Burton Cummings.

1980 Woman Love. 1979 Dream Of A Child. 1977 My Own Way To Rock. 1976 Burton Cummings.