The 'Guess Who' Name
When the Guess Who broke up in 1975, Kale registered the name as a legal corporation, something that had never been done. Since 1978, he has toured and recorded with a number of line-ups using the Guess Who name, sometimes with other former members, but never former frontman, Burton Cummings. One exception was the 1983 Reunion Tour in Canada with Bachman, Kale, Cummings and Peterson.
After bowing out of the 1999 reunion tour, Kale continued to receive a share of earnings from the tour and CD/DVD releases, as per the contract he had negotiated with his erstwhile band mates (replacement Wallace was paid out of other members' shares). That contract has since expired, and Kale is once again touring with a group called The Guess Who, which currently (2012) also includes their original drummer, Garry Peterson.
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