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Michael James Kale (born August 11, 1943) is a retired Canadian musician, best known as the original bassist for the rock band The Guess Who. He was also a member of the band Scrubbaloe Caine . In 1987, he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of The Guess Who.
Starting in the late 1970s, original bassist Jim Kale organized a band under the name of The Guess Who for nostalgia tours with a frequently changing cast of musicians. Kale departed temporarily on some occasions and the surviving band often performed with no original members.
Oct 30, 2023 · Guess Who founding members Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman have sued fellow original members Jim Kale and Garry Peterson as well as the band itself, accusing them of misleading fans to...
In 1977, former bassist Jim Kale, who was fired from the band in 1972, asked Burton Cummings for permission to use the Guess Who name for a single reunion concert, but Kale went beyond the scope of Cummings’ initial permission and hired other musicians to perform as the new The Guess Who.
Nov 17, 2012 · They were destined to get older, but after Kale shrewdly registered the Guess Who name when Cummings left the band, they were also destined to be bitter enemies.
Apr 30, 2024 · However, CBC News reported that in their own court filing, Jim Kale and Garry Peterson say they have never advertised Cummings and Bachman as being part of the current lineup.
Born on this date, August 11, 1943 in Winnipeg, Michael James 'Jim' Kale, bass player with The Guess Who on their biggest hits in the 1960s to early 70s. Too often unheralded, it's Kale's distinctively melodic bass parts that are the secret sauce in the band's best known songs, "These Eyes", "Laughing" and "Undun" in particular.
May 8, 2020 · I've heard [original Guess Who bassist] Jim Kale explain the lyrics; he didn't have anything to do with the lyrics. Neither did Bachman, really. But for some reason, these guys have started to...
