The Guess Who

Carl Dixon on the big screen

Last Saturday, I didn't have to guess who was behind the classic rock hits American Woman, No Sugar Tonight, and These Eyes. Even though I could sing along when they were played on the radio, I had no idea that they were by the Guess Who; but plenty remembered the Canadian rockers and they were at the Wildflower Festival in Richardson, TX to hear the soundtrack of their youth. Before long, the Guess Who had the crowd up from their picnic blankets and lawn chairs and dancing. Each thrust of the hip and devil horn hand sign brought listeners back in time to the halcyon days of scenic overlooks, bell bottoms, and muscle cars. While my group enjoyed the music from the beginning, the close-ups of Carl Dixon, the lead vocalist and guitarist, posted on the giant screen above the stage, caught our attention: Dixon is sexy. His flat-ironed blonde hair caught the summer breeze and gently blew away from his lined, yet handsome, face, and his tight pearl-snap shirt showed off a taut physique. (He unsnapped towards the end of the show). Jenny, 25, kept asking if he had a son. The band finished with American Woman; and Mary, 31, thought that the #1 hit was written by Lenny Kravitz. She was joking, of course. Even is she wasn't, Kravitz has nothing on the Guess Who.