Music Review : "Grand Funk Railroad"
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
United States
July 1, 2019 11:42am CST
I forgot to mention in my review of June - that I got to see this legendary rock band recently.
Every year in this area, one of the banks sponsor a huge free concert. It's all big name acts. I've seen Juice Newton, "America", "Starship", Bellamy Brothers, … as part of this concert series. This year, it was "Grand Funk Railroad".
2 of the members were original (the drummer and the bassist) and the rest - a keyboardist, a guitar player, and a vocalist - were non-original. All of the were absolutely top rate musicians though. And, impressively enough - after having played these same songs , probably millions of times, all of them look enthused, and the vocalist was very engaging with the audience.
I admit, I only knew "Grand Funk" for their big hits - "Some Kind of Wonderful", "I'm Getting Closer to my Home", and "We're an American Band"... but even the songs I didn't know - I liked the sound of.
"I'm Your Captain"
Album Closer to Home Lyrics: Everybody, listen to me, And return me, my ship. I'm your captain, I'm your captain, Though I'm feeling mighty sick. I've been l...
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@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
2 Jul 19
@FayeHazel Can't place it at all. Probably heard it, but I wouldn't have known who 'done it'
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
2 Jul 19
Wow! Even this one? It was probably a great song until I heard it a million times
grand funk railroad's track from their album greatest hits
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
2 Jul 19
@Ronrybs Wow, it's still all over the radio here - and most cover bands do it.... interesting. Makes me wonder what cool British rock I'm missing out on that doesn't get played here
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
2 Jul 19
I'm so happy to have the chance to have seen them :-)
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
2 Jul 19
@FayeHazel Those were all terrific groups, too!
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
2 Jul 19
@DianneN I'm quite pleased with the acts they've had in :-)
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
2 Jul 19
Thanks! I value each one and it's great price :-D
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jul 19
And the price was right!
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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20 Jul 19
And don't forget the song "Bad Time" one of my favorites which peaked at #4 on the record charts. Free music that sounds good to the ear is definitely a treat!
Grand Funk Railroad began as an underground favorite on FM radio in 1969 with the song "Paranoid." No one knew the top 40 hit maker the band would become sta...
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