![]() ![]() 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, but album-oriented rock and progressive rock stations picked up and spun the full track. Their best-known, and possibly still best-loved song from those early days, was the elegiac "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)," which in album form and style ran closer to two songs, running 10 minutes total, with long instrumental passages and orchestral backing over its closing minutes. The group's first nine studio albums sold gold or platinum by '72 GFR already had a compilation album, "Mark, Don & Mel: 1969-1971," another gold. Some of those date back to the late '60s when the power trio from Flint, Michigan, broke through with raucous live shows, especially at the seminal 1969 Atlanta Pop Festival, which helped them sign with Capitol Records. The double-platinum double-disc "Grand Funk Live Album" from 1970 paved the way for the band to sell out Shea Stadium, faster than the Beatles did. Though he and original trio partners Mel Schacher and Don Brewer split the rails in the late '70s - GFR reunited briefly in the early '80s and late '90s - Farner knows what fans want, and delivers with the American Band: Lots of the old melodic but riff-heavy foot-stompin' music like, well "Footstompin' Music," "Are You Ready," "Rock and Roll Soul," "Mean Mistreater," "Aimless Lady," "We're An American Band," "Bad Time," "Some Kind of Wonderful," "The Loco-Motion" and more. Mark Farner's American Band, leaning heavily on Grand Funk Railroad years plays Saturday at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre. Grand Funk Railroad's agent information cannot be provided without a professional booking consultation.As he's not only a dad but a grand(funk)dad, singer-songwriter-guitarist Mark Farner kicks off our interview with an age joke-pun: "I’m doing but not mildewing."Īt 69, turning 70 in September, father to five sons with Leisa, his wife of four decades, Farner's probably not your average Midwestern dude: He wears a shirt more often now, on stage, but his hair's still long and guitars still loud. We will negotiate and forward your next event’s details to create the optimal circumstances to secure the best booking for the best price. We have booked and worked closely with leading industry corporations and organizations to book top talent like Grand Funk Railroad. ![]() Grand Funk Railroad BOOKING AGENTįor Grand Funk Railroad's agent’s contact information, our seasoned booking agents can speak on your behalf, in a friendly professional manner with Grand Funk Railroad's agent. ![]() Tim", his credits include stints with Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band and English soul man Robert Palmer. Grand Funk Railroad laid the groundwork for such bands as Foreigner, Journey, Van Halen and Bon Jovi with its signature hard driving sound, soulful vocals, muscular instrumentation and forceful pop melodies. (KISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley were influenced early on by Grand Funk.) Keyboardist Tim Cashion has a master's degree in music from the University of Miami. Lead guitarist Bruce Kulick is best known for his 12 years with KISS and also has credits with Michael Bolton, Meatloaf and Billy Squier. Don refers to Max as "the best blue-eyed soul singer on the planet". Max penned and sang 38's biggest hit "Second Chance" and was co-founder of California's legendary Jack Mack and the Heart Attack. Singer Max Carl is a rock veteran from 38 Special. Joining Don and Mel are true "All Stars". Grand Funk Railroad includes original founding members Don Brewer (vocals and drums, writer and singer of the multi-million selling hit, We're An American Band) and bassist Mel Schacher, "The God Of Thunder". Known as "The American Band", the high-energy five-piece group will play forty shows all over the USA this year. ![]()
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