i have been playing drums for over 40 yrs and this still amazes me. it is physically exhausting to play like this. Don is one of the best drummers that I have seen
long before there was David Lee Roth there was Mark Farner...look at his clothes in TNUC and other great songs and tell me DLR didnt take this. also, Don Brewer, one of the best rock and roll drummers ever
Saw this group twice, 1973 and 1975...I had forgotten how much energy they had! Don Brewer wasn't the best from that era, but he was very good...more than that, SO much drive. Brewer owned that stage!
I generally think drum or bass fills shouldn't be for much longer than, say, eight beats, because, unlike guitar, horns, vocals, they (the drum and bass fills) are usually unaccompanied.
My ideal song would be one with a swing beat, a walking bass, a guitar going chunka-chunka, with drum and bass fills sprinkled throughout.
I'm surprised Grand Funk was to get away with the song title in 1969 (even though doofus me had to be told how to read it).
Grand Funk may have got away with it in 1969 because of it being stated as an acronym. The Nuns United in Christ?
I am a musician. Electric bass, acoustic guitar, piano. Most comfortable on acoustic guitar, although I've been drifting to piano and bass as I've drifted to jazz.
Have been paid a grand total of perhaps a thousand dollars in my life for playing music, so I've looked for other ways to keep hearth and home together. :-)
@brianallancobb Impressive!!! Yeah, I never made much of anything from my music, either; thats why Im drivin a bus to pay the rent. But still, it keeps ya outta trouble. Yet, its still kinda nice to play. Im a bass player myself, and songwriter. Many times, many ways, I used to wonder, "What if..........". Now its more just for fun than anything. Keep it up!!!
@brianallancobb Nice way of lookin at things once again. Sometimes I guess it takes a little bit of luck when you`re tryin to be famous as well. So, I guess while we`re still breathin, we keep workin at it, and who knows? And I do agree: its hard to say what would`ve happened if Lennon/McCartney had not found each other. But I do believe that every musician that has come down the pike since that very day is all the better for it........
Lennon and McCartney are why I play music. I play all the instruments The Beatles played, including harmonica, although I haven't had a kit in a long time.
It inhibits my not getting very good on any single one, but I think makes me a better musician.
In decreasing order of talent and facility:
Arranger
Songwriter
Singer
Acoustic guitar
Electric bass
Piano
I have a hard time getting a good sound out of an electric guitar (when one is available), although lately I've found that with the thickest strings and the lightest pick available and the volume so high it feeds back if the strings are left uncovered, it's all right.
to Mr d2u - doesn't that sound like the entire money grabbin frickin country ? These guys are rockers that play their hearts out. Wish there was more like em.
Had a kit just like his, learned every single note. Still use lots of his stuff, when i play or solo. Very few Drummers can be named by even a big music fan. Even fewer
American-drummers. Hope I'm one of 'em. Love ya'll music lovers
In 1976 we were celebrating our music our Bicentennial our Pride and our persuit to happiness. Europe was a Joke in the this Business they would sit in a jaw drop gauking at American Artists period. Only the UK and they drouled as to get exposure here to hit the big time. It's time for a new movement to dissolve this RAP like soul parasite that is stelilizing the business to a Vanilla in the US
Donnie fuckiN BrEWeR US bicentennial ROCK AND ROLL AT ITS BEST.
Todays talent agents are morons using statistics as there base and dwindling the core creativity of the business down the tubes. There is talent out there it's the old cigar smoking execs that gave freedom to artists that aren't ATLANTIC, CBS Warner Bros,Columbia and Electra of old
Wow, I remember this. The two times I saw them live, they played TNUC and Brewer did the solo. He's got to be one of the greatest rock drummers of all time.
Saw these guys 3 times in the early 70's without the keyboard player. All 3 shows were outstanding and Don Brewer always did an amazing solo. Without a doubt one of the greatest Rock drummers ever. This is how real rock n roll should be played!
Man, I don't know where you found this, but it is an example of TRUE American made Rock And Roll ! They made ALOT of music for only 3 dudes! EXCELLENT video!
my god these guys rocked- chicks I took to GFR concerts creamed their panties about mark and I just did the cuckold thing- those guys were amazing:) Even is this has the pussy keyboard crap it is still good
@oregonlasalle you shuold be replying to jamesjuszczyk... not me.. I'm the guy who gave him a clue so he could figure it out on his own. Yes I figured it out when I first heard this song at a friends house in 1981 when I was 21. I had only heard GF's pop hits... American band, Locomotion, Some kind of wonderful... I did not know about their "power trio" days..
@TheDavey222 true - and I am sure that is no co-incident.I am sure they wanted it to sound like it. These are too good musicians and too sophisticated to make such a "mistake"...
One thing is for certain. No one--and I mean NO ONE, could do these interchanges between the toms, snare and bass, like Don Brewer. He really has that technique down, pat! Any drummers out there know the technical name for what he is playing at 8:45-8:55?
@IwshIcldstrtover john bonham triplets right hand left hand bass and repeat times 2000000000. also you can just move your right or left hand on every other . he is going exactly small tom small floor tom bass , small tom big floor tom bass , small tom small floor tom bass, small tom snare bass. iv played the same thing many times
I saw them do this Oct 1971 in Seattle.I was about 40 feet from the stage.Black Oak Arkansas was the opener.My ears rang for a week after that show.I am very impressed with the quality of this vid.
@mattbastardsen Hahahahahaa! I think you should stop masturbating and listen to the tunes... try to remember you are a man....not a woman..your boyfriend should also stop touching your penis while listening!!
How could a band like this loose? - a voice like that, a groove that solid - they where inevitable. So they're not rocket science, but god they're musical.
great american ROCK ! so talented, so cool, so much better than almost everyone else ! and only 48,000 views ? but lil wayne , licking a lollypop and playing with his dick to imature rhymes gets 48,000,000.. I cant understand it.
DRUM maiusculo caso aparte desta banda la fuerza de varias razas en una sola persona,una potencia grandiosa, vigorosa da gusto escuchar y ver infinitas vezes agradesco DRUM!!!
Take a lesson boys and girls,,this aint no boiled over plastic fake bullshit here..This is REAL rock the way it was meant to be played,,LOUD AND FUCKING PROUD..
Yeah um, I have a Don Brewer dvd and he says its a very simple meaning and not to read much into it. So I thought maybe it was for tennessee but I will bet that (12lfme12) is right. Of course Don wouldnt tell us what it meant, ha ha.
Ah the old "what TNUC stands for" argument...because of urban lengend I suppose either/or...Man FUNK was so brutal,powerfull badass back in the day..something happened to them when Craig Frost joined...I don't know if he was the reason for their change but their whole style flip flopped...I never liked them as much after...they are probably my 1st real "favorite" band..since I was 12...I'm still a mad,heavy,intense style player(guitar) because of these guys!GFR!!!!
well...ummm let see...he sure can play triplets very well( bass-fl. tom-hi tom- snare) thats about ALL he does for like 6 minnutes. no rudimentary value at all...nope hes not overrated!
unless you can compose a solo and play it in front of fifty thousand people,compose songs sing lead vocals sing back ups and write lyrics,shut the fuck up,you know what,your an asshole!shut up asshole nobody wants to hear what you have to say,why?because your an asshole,everytime you open your mouth it farts.asshole!
VERY, VERY, VERY underrated drummer. He is my fave!!!! Always was and always will be!! There are drummers more technical, yes.But just the way he attacked was and still is awe inspiring!! Thanks Don for just being a drummer!!!! You ARE the man!!!! And thanks for an EXCELLENT post!!!! FIVE *s!!!!
Tommy Lee ripped off his act. Just kidding but seriously he was highly influenza ... I mean Influential . They are so sweet three of them sound like 5 guys.
As they should. I myself live in Detroit and the influence they have can still be heard in the music coming out of our city and for that matter the entire rustbelt i.e. white stripes , the Black keys and many more bands that start with THE. I dig them all .
i was 13 when i saw these guys at the Long Beach Arena in 1970 - they were godhead - one of the best power trio bands of all time...lost interest in them when they became mega stars. i am now "rediscovering" them, and welcome the flashback!
What a band.I got to see Don's drum solo 1971 stationed at Ft. Bragg.The boys kicked some ass that night.There music drove Viet Nam out of our heads for awhile.GFR lives!!! PEACE BROTHER.
i can watch this video over and over i think donnie brewer is one of the greatest drummers in the world im not taking nothing away from the other two their great too
@unclefuzzy98 to me it is the sound and reminds quite a bit of Jon from Led Zeppelin. I could bet Don is using some Ludwig or Rogers set. That' s what Jon had
great song each o0ne grand funk is great they should be in the rock n roll hall of fame i met mark farner way back when he was in that other band i would like to meet him again some day
Nope. welcome back to the 70's. ( if you were ever even there. the happenin' look of the day )
these guys got as much, or more pussy than any Hip-Hop chump of today. only difference: they actually Kicked ass and played their own instruments, sang their asses off. Peace.
duplicated...and regardless of the musical trend that exists and denial of a moment in time that a generation grasped I will not let GFR be forgotten.EVER.
You just can't help to smile thinking about the good old days. Drugs, sex, and RR. Now at 50 years old.....times have changed. Mortgage, kind in college, work...etc.
You just can't help to smile thinking about the good old days. Drugs, sex, and RR. Now at 50 years old.....times have changed. Mortgage, kind in college, work...etc.
Fkn amazing!!! TY for sharing this......Peace I had the pleasure to meet Mark a couple years ago and it was incredible!
peacemanken 5 days ago
Wooooooow... i think my mind just blowed up! can't hold on to much epicness
reygermano 5 days ago
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eduardothewho 1 month ago
Now, this is what you call ROCKIN' OUT! .
rhtyhmsearch 1 month ago
i have been playing drums for over 40 yrs and this still amazes me. it is physically exhausting to play like this. Don is one of the best drummers that I have seen
brpoole336 1 month ago 2
I PLAYED BREWER'S SOLO, BEAT FOR BEAT, AS AN 8TH GRADER IN OUR JR. HIGH TALENT SHOW & WON 2ND PLACE.
zeppelinjugend 1 month ago
The best bass line ever
circleseverywhere 1 month ago
Tight rolls; Buddy Rich-like/old school kick ass drumming...love it! What's up with Mel's strut lol..
wilsoncopper 1 month ago
long before there was David Lee Roth there was Mark Farner...look at his clothes in TNUC and other great songs and tell me DLR didnt take this. also, Don Brewer, one of the best rock and roll drummers ever
brpoole336 2 months ago 2
Saw this group twice, 1973 and 1975...I had forgotten how much energy they had! Don Brewer wasn't the best from that era, but he was very good...more than that, SO much drive. Brewer owned that stage!
derosierjr 2 months ago 2
DONNY BREWER THE BEST DRUMMER
isaac1957 2 months ago
to the girls that broke my heart TNUC ! nice triplets
/\_';...;'_/|\
arclight777 3 months ago
I love the little Indian dance Mr. Farner does just before the second verse. Only an Indian can move like that.
brianallancobb 3 months ago
@rockman1754 YES HE IS. He's an animal on the "skins"
roadtec3 3 months ago
So true very under -rated he could throw off a drum solo just as tasty as Bonham could
drumminginchicago9 3 months ago in playlist drumminginchicago9's Favorited Videos
Check out the bass line Mel Schacher throws down from the start until the drum solo starts. Man that's some wicked good shit!
Mel has to be the most under rated bass player of all time. The man kicked ass!
retroclipps 4 months ago
Thank god Mark Farner didn't get a ' fro like the other two guys !
dennisbelfry 4 months ago
That is the REAL GRAND FUNK R.
Wish they were still together. Before it is too late guys. Like what happen to the Beatles. Too late when John was gone.
fantorjhs 4 months ago
Click away after 3:08. The drum solo is boring. Band cooks up 'til then. Great tune, but lose the drum solo.
brianallancobb 4 months ago
@brianallancobb Totally agree ! The most dynamic prefomance I ever seen ,, until the drum solo.
47tooter 4 months ago
@47tooter
Ah, the self-indulgent early 70s...
brianallancobb 4 months ago
@brianallancobb Lose the drum solo??? NO NO NO!!! LOL. What you gotta do is close your eyes, and it sounds like a train comin. If you like trains.
estyle40 3 months ago in playlist estyle40's favorites
@estyle40
I do like trains. I don't like the drum solo.
brianallancobb 3 months ago
@brianallancobb LMAO!!! Nice comeback.
estyle40 3 months ago
@estyle40
Truly, this is one of the most dynamic performances ever.
Until the drum solo.
And I love the song title.
brianallancobb 3 months ago
@brianallancobb Title is badass, right?!? You`re not crazy about solos at all, or just THAT one? Curious.
estyle40 3 months ago
@estyle40
I generally think drum or bass fills shouldn't be for much longer than, say, eight beats, because, unlike guitar, horns, vocals, they (the drum and bass fills) are usually unaccompanied.
My ideal song would be one with a swing beat, a walking bass, a guitar going chunka-chunka, with drum and bass fills sprinkled throughout.
I'm surprised Grand Funk was to get away with the song title in 1969 (even though doofus me had to be told how to read it).
brianallancobb 3 months ago
@brianallancobb LOL. Nice way of lookin at it. You a musician, too?
estyle40 3 months ago
@estyle40
Grand Funk may have got away with it in 1969 because of it being stated as an acronym. The Nuns United in Christ?
I am a musician. Electric bass, acoustic guitar, piano. Most comfortable on acoustic guitar, although I've been drifting to piano and bass as I've drifted to jazz.
Have been paid a grand total of perhaps a thousand dollars in my life for playing music, so I've looked for other ways to keep hearth and home together. :-)
brianallancobb 3 months ago
@brianallancobb Impressive!!! Yeah, I never made much of anything from my music, either; thats why Im drivin a bus to pay the rent. But still, it keeps ya outta trouble. Yet, its still kinda nice to play. Im a bass player myself, and songwriter. Many times, many ways, I used to wonder, "What if..........". Now its more just for fun than anything. Keep it up!!!
estyle40 3 months ago
@estyle40
I'm a driver, as well. I push a hack.
(I was a computer programmer for fourteen years, but pushing a hack is more fun, and as far as I know, you only go around once.)
I think a lot of making it the music biz is like the BTO song, "if you get in with the right bunch of fellows."
Would either McCartney or Lennon have made it without meeting each other? It's unclear.
Similarly for Mark Farner, Terry Knight (the producer), Don Brewer, and the bass player.
brianallancobb 3 months ago
@brianallancobb Nice way of lookin at things once again. Sometimes I guess it takes a little bit of luck when you`re tryin to be famous as well. So, I guess while we`re still breathin, we keep workin at it, and who knows? And I do agree: its hard to say what would`ve happened if Lennon/McCartney had not found each other. But I do believe that every musician that has come down the pike since that very day is all the better for it........
estyle40 3 months ago
@estyle40
Lennon and McCartney are why I play music. I play all the instruments The Beatles played, including harmonica, although I haven't had a kit in a long time.
brianallancobb 3 months ago
@brianallancobb Brilliant!!! Why settle for just one instrument, right???
estyle40 3 months ago
@estyle40
It inhibits my not getting very good on any single one, but I think makes me a better musician.
In decreasing order of talent and facility:
Arranger
Songwriter
Singer
Acoustic guitar
Electric bass
Piano
I have a hard time getting a good sound out of an electric guitar (when one is available), although lately I've found that with the thickest strings and the lightest pick available and the volume so high it feeds back if the strings are left uncovered, it's all right.
brianallancobb 3 months ago
@brianallancobb Well, I like it! And I wish you all the best in everything you do.
estyle40 3 months ago
Its not Moby Dick
Bewohner2000 4 months ago
to Mr d2u - doesn't that sound like the entire money grabbin frickin country ? These guys are rockers that play their hearts out. Wish there was more like em.
diberzowl 5 months ago
This is the real life incarnate that inspired Animal... who in comparison, really is just a muppet. What a champ. This is amazing energy.
sketch2k 5 months ago 6
This solo was edited on this video and the album wasn't it? I couldn't tell on the record but it was obvious in the video.
kyla2112 6 months ago
Don Brewerのドラムソロ見て、今夜はもう寝よ。
KODALOHA 6 months ago
El mejor solo después de Budy Rich
Daniel130190 6 months ago
They don't make bands like this anymore - a lot of U2 type posers but nobody wants to work this hard.
mrd2u2u2sucks 6 months ago 10
@mrd2u2u2sucks check out dewolff, band from the netherlands with very young people. They wanna work hard.
janenco93 2 months ago
This drum solo gives Moby Dick a serious run for its money!
Jeffpcmt 6 months ago
@Jeffpcmt This doesn`t compare with Moby Dick; they are BOTH bad-ass!! Better than Justin!! lol
estyle40 6 months ago
@rockman1754 Donny Brewer is one of the greatest drummers of all time!
jeffreygaudreault 7 months ago 3
Had a kit just like his, learned every single note. Still use lots of his stuff, when i play or solo. Very few Drummers can be named by even a big music fan. Even fewer
American-drummers. Hope I'm one of 'em. Love ya'll music lovers
landylandy333 8 months ago
..............tiembla¡¡ sinfonica de austria...... hay biene grand funk railroad
isisyea 8 months ago
hey mayb this is a dumb question but wat is TNUC?
dylster21502 8 months ago
@dylster21502 ....you need to spell t.n.u.c. the other way around (c.u........etc.)
istimewa1x 8 months ago
@istimewa1x ooooo lol... wow... UHHH DAHH!!!! lol thanx
btw, u cuda just said C.U.N.T. lol
dylster21502 1 month ago
Good pocket player.
Ultra-limited vocabulary on the kit.
Easleytee 9 months ago
@Easleytee Show me something you can do better.
oregonlasalle 9 months ago 2
In 1976 we were celebrating our music our Bicentennial our Pride and our persuit to happiness. Europe was a Joke in the this Business they would sit in a jaw drop gauking at American Artists period. Only the UK and they drouled as to get exposure here to hit the big time. It's time for a new movement to dissolve this RAP like soul parasite that is stelilizing the business to a Vanilla in the US
Taikomaniac 9 months ago
Donnie fuckiN BrEWeR US bicentennial ROCK AND ROLL AT ITS BEST.
Todays talent agents are morons using statistics as there base and dwindling the core creativity of the business down the tubes. There is talent out there it's the old cigar smoking execs that gave freedom to artists that aren't ATLANTIC, CBS Warner Bros,Columbia and Electra of old
Taikomaniac 9 months ago 3
best song ever. best drum solo ever. always will be
james450cc 9 months ago 3
best song ever. best drum solo ever. always will be
james450cc 9 months ago
This video needs a 'Love' button.
davidsbadjams 9 months ago 3
再生回数：77,777回をみちゃった！奇跡的！
かっこいいなあ！僕たちもバンドでやったけど最高！
fulavideo 10 months ago
anyone else noticed drumming doesnt match with what you hear at 9:10 ?? :S
FUllConKernUrii 11 months ago
@FUllConKernUrii Maybe you should get a new computer with enough memory to keep up with the audio and video tracks.
oregonlasalle 10 months ago
Don Brewer hitting his head on those drum solo's all those years is what fucked his mind up! Hence Mark farner fuck over!
bassiclogic 11 months ago
Wow, I remember this. The two times I saw them live, they played TNUC and Brewer did the solo. He's got to be one of the greatest rock drummers of all time.
1911HeadBanger 11 months ago 2
Saw these guys 3 times in the early 70's without the keyboard player. All 3 shows were outstanding and Don Brewer always did an amazing solo. Without a doubt one of the greatest Rock drummers ever. This is how real rock n roll should be played!
Bass,Drums and Guitars!
RickHubbard1954 1 year ago 3
DAMN! THOSE ARE REAL MUSICIANS! NO BULSHIT LIKE JUSTIN BEAVER!!
DISMEMBERER666 1 year ago 3
@DISMEMBERER666
Christinakayrob 10 months ago
@DISMEMBERER666 GOt that right!
Christinakayrob 10 months ago
Grand funk is awesome
guitarcentral6 1 year ago
Drumming is after all supposed to bring fun and power! Then great rock players always knew that! The days of Triplet Almighty!
drumdigger 1 year ago
Drumming is after all supposed to bring fun and power! Then great rock players always knew that!
drumdigger 1 year ago
Does anybody know the drum sizes? I'm pretty sure of 16 &18" floor toms. Is the kick 22 or 24", the rack tom 13 or 14".
jmdrummer7 1 year ago
Please Watch ANIMAL vs BUDDY RICH (The Muppets Show) play and Scream like Mr. Don Brewer on 8:02. HA HA HA HA.
veightengine 1 year ago
Man, I don't know where you found this, but it is an example of TRUE American made Rock And Roll ! They made ALOT of music for only 3 dudes! EXCELLENT video!
m1dwestmale 1 year ago
POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
weiss1432 1 year ago
Amazing drum solo...can't understand why a few peeps voted thumbs down.
badlalo59 1 year ago
my god these guys rocked- chicks I took to GFR concerts creamed their panties about mark and I just did the cuckold thing- those guys were amazing:) Even is this has the pussy keyboard crap it is still good
slutband2002 1 year ago
Simply Awesome! Superb musicians I don't care what anyone else says. Love Grand Funk!!
AmexJam 1 year ago
@AmexJam You are so wright man,they are honey.
sayanja 1 year ago
8:47-8:55 so fucking crazy damned! its great
metaldeadful 1 year ago 5
Good Band・・＾＾
HAMAGINKO 1 year ago
what does T.N.U.C. stand for
jamesjuszczyk 1 year ago
@jamesjuszczyk Think about what the lyrics are saying... He's pissed at his woman.. He's had enough of her.. hold the letters up to a mirror... TNUC
bultaco111 1 year ago
@bultaco111 Wow dude! 30 some years after the song comes out you finally figure it out??!!
oregonlasalle 1 year ago
@oregonlasalle you shuold be replying to jamesjuszczyk... not me.. I'm the guy who gave him a clue so he could figure it out on his own. Yes I figured it out when I first heard this song at a friends house in 1981 when I was 21. I had only heard GF's pop hits... American band, Locomotion, Some kind of wonderful... I did not know about their "power trio" days..
bultaco111 1 year ago
@oregonlasalle It was 41 years ago , , On Time 1969.
47tooter 1 year ago
1st five seconds sounds like let me stand next to your fire
TheDavey222 1 year ago
@TheDavey222 true - and I am sure that is no co-incident.I am sure they wanted it to sound like it. These are too good musicians and too sophisticated to make such a "mistake"...
Smoothways 1 year ago
One thing is for certain. No one--and I mean NO ONE, could do these interchanges between the toms, snare and bass, like Don Brewer. He really has that technique down, pat! Any drummers out there know the technical name for what he is playing at 8:45-8:55?
IwshIcldstrtover 1 year ago
@IwshIcldstrtover john bonham triplets right hand left hand bass and repeat times 2000000000. also you can just move your right or left hand on every other . he is going exactly small tom small floor tom bass , small tom big floor tom bass , small tom small floor tom bass, small tom snare bass. iv played the same thing many times
ryan79ryan 1 year ago
watch at your own risk... may turn you into a rock and roll addict...
jst1998 1 year ago
I saw them do this Oct 1971 in Seattle.I was about 40 feet from the stage.Black Oak Arkansas was the opener.My ears rang for a week after that show.I am very impressed with the quality of this vid.
akbill2 1 year ago
Well, I think they should play with more energy ...
mattbastardsen 1 year ago
@mattbastardsen Hahahahahaa! I think you should stop masturbating and listen to the tunes... try to remember you are a man....not a woman..your boyfriend should also stop touching your penis while listening!!
LOCKAMURA 1 year ago
Not the most accomplished drummer as far as soloing ability but super entertaining with what he has......Loved It!!!!!
teiscoxx 1 year ago
How could a band like this loose? - a voice like that, a groove that solid - they where inevitable. So they're not rocket science, but god they're musical.
CusterFlux 1 year ago
this is when rock was really really rock baby...long live this era of kick ass tunes baby
mfreay090167 1 year ago
selling GFR Live in Tokyo 1974 dvd. message me if interested.
purplehouse26 1 year ago
nice pants !!!
TheDavey222 1 year ago
hhh 5:48 is best funny XD this drumer is best!!!
SpeedDemon380 1 year ago
great american ROCK ! so talented, so cool, so much better than almost everyone else ! and only 48,000 views ? but lil wayne , licking a lollypop and playing with his dick to imature rhymes gets 48,000,000.. I cant understand it.
47tooter 1 year ago
this is the shit. nobody knocked it out like this ever!
Flunder 1 year ago
esto es del Carajo.. increible...
JuanMiguel0612 1 year ago
DRUM maiusculo caso aparte desta banda la fuerza de varias razas en una sola persona,una potencia grandiosa, vigorosa da gusto escuchar y ver infinitas vezes agradesco DRUM!!!
juandanielamigo 1 year ago
rock norteamericano es esto original, energetico como las raizes de su pueblo, muy bueno!!!y nada a ver con el sonido ingles!
juandanielamigo 1 year ago
THE BEST drum solo of all!! What a great band. Just love them.
mpellerin9 1 year ago
i have this on dvd. if anyone wants a copy, message me : )
purplehouse26 1 year ago
@purplehouse26 i would LOVE a copy of this
eliasizm3 1 year ago
flloor-tom is abit quiet , but this still kicks ass !!
SgtPeterFuck 1 year ago
Take a lesson boys and girls,,this aint no boiled over plastic fake bullshit here..This is REAL rock the way it was meant to be played,,LOUD AND FUCKING PROUD..
mopardude6969 1 year ago 3
you know? I dont think you can top this.just natural killer rock and roll. wonderful.
Flunder 1 year ago 3
Best of the best.
JeffKnight 1 year ago
gotta love this!!!!
hungarianbeast 1 year ago 2
ESO ES ROCK DE VERDAD!!!
ElSheikOmar 2 years ago
Love the look Donnie gives at 5:18, so scampy. *G*
LadyDelynn 2 years ago
This is true rock and roll........
vtwin6 2 years ago 2
Yeah um, I have a Don Brewer dvd and he says its a very simple meaning and not to read much into it. So I thought maybe it was for tennessee but I will bet that (12lfme12) is right. Of course Don wouldnt tell us what it meant, ha ha.
megadrummer2 2 years ago
i have GFR in tokyo 1974 full show on dvd for sale if anybody is interested. send message for details : )
purplehouse26 2 years ago
Ah the old "what TNUC stands for" argument...because of urban lengend I suppose either/or...Man FUNK was so brutal,powerfull badass back in the day..something happened to them when Craig Frost joined...I don't know if he was the reason for their change but their whole style flip flopped...I never liked them as much after...they are probably my 1st real "favorite" band..since I was 12...I'm still a mad,heavy,intense style player(guitar) because of these guys!GFR!!!!
austingunsmoke 2 years ago
Such a deadly song. I've never heard it before now
Cuddleschonkles 2 years ago
you are kidding right?
cause that's not what it stands for...at all.
PeterCRissKISSgod 2 years ago 2
Isn't the rock hall nominating commitee filled with a bunch of TNUC's?
Tingman513 2 years ago 26
@Tingman513 t are tnuc's ?/thanks
TheDavey222 1 year ago
@Tingman513 Ya mean GFR hasn't been brought in yet? If not, Then yeah, they are a bunch of TNUC's. Right on man!!
yucchhiiowwee 1 year ago
@Tingman513 AMEN
CVAN687478 1 year ago
t.n.u.c. doesn't stand for anything, it's cunt spelled backward
12lfme12 2 years ago 4
oh by the way... Grand Funk was one of my favorite bands growing up!! they defenitly ROCK!!!
francodrummer1 2 years ago 2
well...ummm let see...he sure can play triplets very well( bass-fl. tom-hi tom- snare) thats about ALL he does for like 6 minnutes. no rudimentary value at all...nope hes not overrated!
francodrummer1 2 years ago
unless you can compose a solo and play it in front of fifty thousand people,compose songs sing lead vocals sing back ups and write lyrics,shut the fuck up,you know what,your an asshole!shut up asshole nobody wants to hear what you have to say,why?because your an asshole,everytime you open your mouth it farts.asshole!
semiLivedj 2 years ago
this is for francodummer1
semiLivedj 2 years ago
8:46!!!! That is one fast and smooth triplet!! Not quiet as fast as the solo on Grand Funk Live nor as long but still beyond awesome!!!!
jennybh08 2 years ago
VERY, VERY, VERY underrated drummer. He is my fave!!!! Always was and always will be!! There are drummers more technical, yes.But just the way he attacked was and still is awe inspiring!! Thanks Don for just being a drummer!!!! You ARE the man!!!! And thanks for an EXCELLENT post!!!! FIVE *s!!!!
jennybh08 2 years ago 2
Tommy Lee ripped off his act. Just kidding but seriously he was highly influenza ... I mean Influential . They are so sweet three of them sound like 5 guys.
nachomama31 2 years ago
grand funk may have inspired motley crew,, many bands from the 80s claim grand funk as their idols.
47tooter 2 years ago
As they should. I myself live in Detroit and the influence they have can still be heard in the music coming out of our city and for that matter the entire rustbelt i.e. white stripes , the Black keys and many more bands that start with THE. I dig them all .
nachomama31 2 years ago
No One!!!!!!!!!!
bofe111 2 years ago
i would like to see if any 3 man band today could compare to this band in talent and raw energy live.....any recommendations?
2468oldschooltimes 2 years ago 3
Triumph & Rush. There was another rock/blues, Mahagony Rush. They rocked!
aftermint2 2 years ago
the only band to come close to these guys live is the WHO.
47tooter 2 years ago
go mel go!
12lfme12 2 years ago
i was 13 when i saw these guys at the Long Beach Arena in 1970 - they were godhead - one of the best power trio bands of all time...lost interest in them when they became mega stars. i am now "rediscovering" them, and welcome the flashback!
robodoll 2 years ago
Ktck ass Don
ymca147258 2 years ago
What a band.I got to see Don's drum solo 1971 stationed at Ft. Bragg.The boys kicked some ass that night.There music drove Viet Nam out of our heads for awhile.GFR lives!!! PEACE BROTHER.
ymca147258 2 years ago
these guys are rocking !!!
47tooter 2 years ago
Mel's last name is pronounced like you are saying "shocker"
jennybh08 2 years ago
i can watch this video over and over i think donnie brewer is one of the greatest drummers in the world im not taking nothing away from the other two their great too
unclefuzzy98 2 years ago 22
@unclefuzzy98 to me it is the sound and reminds quite a bit of Jon from Led Zeppelin. I could bet Don is using some Ludwig or Rogers set. That' s what Jon had
Smoothways 1 year ago
great song each o0ne grand funk is great they should be in the rock n roll hall of fame i met mark farner way back when he was in that other band i would like to meet him again some day
unclefuzzy98 2 years ago
Mr Asskicker!!!!!!!
saanzacs 2 years ago 3
Awesome.
mangeldeth 2 years ago
these guys are great! but one question - just how do you pronounce Mel's last name (for that matter, how do you spell it correctly?)
unemployabledrunk 2 years ago
Mel Schacher is spell S-C-H-A-C-H-E-R
april20051 2 years ago
tnuc spells cunt backwards.back in those days when the devil kept a low profile, bad words were not allowed.
mirandasalinas 2 years ago
wow... killer drum solo.... awesome
RATRODKING 2 years ago
i love grand funk, but why the yellow jump suit..?
ajk1989 2 years ago
Why not?
SangamonTaylor1 2 years ago
Donnie Brewer!!! Really takes me back, and brings a BIG smile to me! Thanks!
frankenstein909 2 years ago 2
for all you stupid #$@&'s GRAND FUNK
is the the ....no forgive me...THE...part of your LIMB that is your branch if you love ROCK AND ROLL.....slow down and FEEL the breeze.
ladytandsirc 2 years ago
double peddals dude,and remember they played with 3 men and got the whole arena in motion,just the three of them and that was before The Police ERA.
mandraak3 2 years ago
T.N.U.C. .....I wonder that that stands for, LOL?
siliconvalleysam 2 years ago
GFR was the shit!!!!!
Don kicks ass on the kit!!! Bad Ass Bass playing also.
mcastill66 2 years ago
I like waltz tempo at any speed,who wouldn't?But,rock and roll bill haley style was 4/4 time,don't forget it!
Syzygy60 2 years ago
this guys great,he has his triplas down
Syzygy60 2 years ago
drummer needs to cut that bush
001Maverick001 2 years ago
Nope. welcome back to the 70's. ( if you were ever even there. the happenin' look of the day )
these guys got as much, or more pussy than any Hip-Hop chump of today. only difference: they actually Kicked ass and played their own instruments, sang their asses off. Peace.
drumdude46 2 years ago
some looked good with it, he didnt
001Maverick001 2 years ago
not sure then, he would have "looked good" with
a "fade" either. so..............to each his own. Lol
drumdude46 2 years ago
no he wouldn't with a fade, just shorter
001Maverick001 2 years ago
de acuerdo con este valedor de abajo una de las mejores bandas de rock y no mamadas como las actuales nomas topen al bataco se rifa¡!
antce10 2 years ago
la mejor banda de todos los tiempos, muy adelantados a su epoca diria yo
huguitopapito 2 years ago
they wont put that in rock band
Ridane2005 2 years ago
another band snub by the so called rock and roll hall of fame
die2no 2 years ago
Spell TNUC backwards........awesome band
ansonia1976 2 years ago
DON BREWER is very underated. He´s One of the best Rock n Roll drummer of all time!!!!!!!
ROCKKERFAT 2 years ago 2
It's hard to imagine a bigger GFR fan than me,
but when they brought Craig Frost into the band,
they were done.
PeterCRissKISSgod 2 years ago
this is rock and roll...this will never be
duplicated...and regardless of the musical trend that exists and denial of a moment in time that a generation grasped I will not let GFR be forgotten.EVER.
ladytandsirc 2 years ago
i think he just lost 15 pounds of fat during this song..
okandah 2 years ago
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coopw1959 2 years ago
You just can't help to smile thinking about the good old days. Drugs, sex, and RR. Now at 50 years old.....times have changed. Mortgage, kind in college, work...etc.
coopw1959 2 years ago 3