1. Talmage Charles Robert "Tal" Bachman is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
11 Facts About Tal Bachman
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Tal Bachman is best known for his 1999 hit "She's So High", a pop rock song from his self-titled 1999 album for which he won a BMI award in 2000.
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Tal Bachman studied political philosophy at Utah State University but dropped out and moved to Vancouver in 1995 to begin writing songs.
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Tal Bachman then toured as an opening act for Bryan Adams and the Barenaked Ladies, and toured on his own.
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In 2005, Tal Bachman was invited to be a musical ambassador for Canada in South Africa and Zimbabwe, receiving a C$16,500 grant to visit AIDS hospices and orphanages and community centres.
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Tal Bachman cites the Beatles, Cheap Trick, and Electric Light Orchestra as influences.
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Tal Bachman is a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and went on a two-year Mormon mission to Argentina.
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In 2006, Tal Bachman was interviewed for The Mormons, a PBS documentary in which he discussed his departure from the LDS Church.
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In 2008, Tal Bachman discussed his departure from the LDS Church when interviewed for the Bill Maher documentary Religulous.
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Tal Bachman has written political articles in American Greatness and SteynOnline.
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Tal Bachman plays right-wing and outside-centre for the Victoria, British Columbia rugby union club Castaway Wanderers RFC.