i have to say that brewer is definatly in the top 10 of the greatest drummers that ever played a drum, i've rocked to gfr for over 40yrs WOW i am getting old LMFAO PEACE ALL
Hey. Michigan is the home of "Rock and Roll" if you ask me......Only song that came close to what GFR puts out was "Queens" We will rock You............The stadium thundered and bounced with the drum beating.
Excellent drumming on this songs as was everything Brewer did. Notice this was before the era of drum kits being raised off the floor. Back in these days drummers were on the floor with the rest of the band.
@jaybone23 Don Brewer for me is more my kind of drummer than John Bonham from Led Zep. I mean a drummer who plays funky, it's rare, especially today. I don't care if he's not a perfect drummer. Anyways, who drummed that fast in 1970? Joey Jordison wasn't born yet, and Lars Urlich was 10 around the time of this show. Metal music is way more limited in drum playing than what you think. Sure you can be the fastest and double-bass drum like a king, but for variety and originality, metal bands suck.
@sinning1966 Yeah, I couldn't agree more. Having fooled around with the drums a little myself, I discovered that it's MUCH easier to play a fast groove than a mid or slow tempo groove. I mean, while I love Neil Peart for instance, one doesn't have to have the same kind of skills he does to be a GREAT drummer. It's whatever services the music in the best way. And Ringo Starr was in one of the most important, influential bands OF ALL TIME and he's no Neil Peart or Dave Lombardo!
@jaybone23 To me, Ringo Starr is an innovator in the drum progression. "To let youself go, rather than following a same pattern..." is the lesson I got in my head since I started my drum courses at 14 and it still works for me today (and I don't play often anymore, but when I get a chance, it's that key that let me be freestyle in playing music).
man at 1:50 brewer destroys those drums haha...this is awesome...i'm a 26 year old funk fan thanks to my dad!!! these guys were truly awesome! i only wish i had been alive back then to see them!!! thanks for posting!
This is what many people think Rock & Roll is all about. GFRxR was simple and they were crude and they rocked with a vengeance without pretense or apology. Their live show was 100% energy. It was raw and it was real. For all us who remember, nothing can replace it.
Idon't know about having Wakeman and Emerson stepping off.
Frost was underrated for sure but they're different styles, more like Jon Lord or Ken Hensley. Don't get me wrong Frost went on to play with Bob Seger, but don't compare a Ferrari with a Porsche, they're both great and so different.
By the way, Farner wasn't that bad either. ROCK ONNNNN
Don Brewer is in his mid 60's. I've stood right next to him at sound check, and he STILL hits so hard it makes my eyes bounce. Whoeever said it is right...Craig's awesome keyboard parts were grafted into "Black Licorice"
Craig was waaaay underrated and was never heard on record like this...step off Keith Emerson & Rick Wakeman, I say !
As an artist and creator that saw all levels of the playing field, Mark Farner's musical diversity is a matter of public record. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home" as one of the top ten classic songs of all time. Way to go Mark!!! Further proof this great American Band can not be ignored any longer!!!
You just gotta love this! Don and Mark trading it beat for beat! *S* The boys just went all out on stage, gave it everything they had. That and the fact that they were a MASSIVELY talented group of guys gave them the edge over slicker/smoother acts. They were RAW! Just the way we liked it.
Plus the quality of the music they made, including lyrics, and the double threat of vocal talent w/ Mark and Don, well you got the best of everything!
This is the beauty of YouTube. I saw this video as part of Don Kirschners Rock Concert back in '72 or so, and being the GFR fan that I am, always remembered this previously unreleased tune . Seeing it for the first time since then..... HOLY SHIT. These guys set such a precendent.
I've always called GFRxR a performance vehicle. This entire concert proves what I say. The fact remains that no band in the world could follow GFRxR, or they'd suffer the consequences (booed off-stage).
Bands of today take heed! This is one of several talents that are missing with current bands. I have been to many concerts over the past several years and only saw one drum solo, lasting about 1 to 2 minutes. GFR supreme MUSICIANS in ALL aspects!!!
Grand Funk made you want to jump up and dance as opposed to standing there marveling at the bands technical skills. They seemed to fuse pop,soul and R&B into rock & roll and make it funky! My favorite band for just pure fun in the 60's and 70's
I didn't know this song existed either. This is the first song I've heard that featured Craig Frost. Mark Farner had a B-3 also and I've saved some other vids from this show but I didn't kow Frost was this good. I have already signed the petition to get GFR into the hall of fame and I urge you all to get with it. When you watch the footage of all the legal trouble they had and the fact that they're still close friends will make you appreciate them more. Go vote. And enjoy the music. Rock on.
Please people, we need more signatures on our petition. Just click the "blue link" above & you are there. It only takes seconds to sign it. Thanks everyone.
I respect GFR immensely, but Jimi Hendrix is equal to, if not more powerful, than Farner as a frontman. Rock and Roll heaven would be Hendrix playing lead with Don and Mel and Mark on Vocal/Rhythm.
So often in life, true genius in artform is NOT recognized until a person has passed. Someone once said, "Something is not considered great until it absolutely, positively, CAN NOT be ignored."
I know that GFRxR was not everyone's cup of tea. That being said, it can not be ignored what 3 average guys from Flint, Michigan acomplished from '69-'76.
Too many albums were sold, too many concert tickets were sold, & too many artists were influinced by these 3 guys for R&RHOF to ignore them.
Well over 900,000 views on our Grand Funk Railroad videos. It will be over 1 million soon. Everyone don't forget to sign our petition above in video's description. Just click the blue link & you are there. Thanks to all you Funk Fans!
yeah cougar1233 and the "want freedom" song shows it too! also from the survival album...at the end I think every song that mark sing is gold, in these days is very difficult to find someone with this kind of voice!
Over 850,000 views on our GFRxR videos now! Support "The People's Band" & sign our petition in his video's description! Read "About This Video" & you'll see the blue link to click.
I didn't realized the first time I heard this AMAZING song... but now I see it as a direct inspiration for certain moments of FAITH NO MORE's KING FOR A DAY!!! The drums, the hyper-cut guitar riffs, the keyboards... mmmmmh. What do you think?
One of my favorite songs that really shows off Mark Farner's one of a kind voice, is "comfort me". on the survival album. Nobody sings as good as Mark. Even Don Henley from the Eagles, Chuck Negron from Three dog Night, and Steve Mariott from Humble Pie, aren't as good as Mark Farner, and they have fantastic voices. Mark had more power, more range, and better vibratto, then all of them!
This band rocked harder than any band in history! Prove me wrong, I dare you! Grand Funk Railroad Live was The Ultimate, bar NONE!!! The Establishment hated this band & thanks to Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone, Mark, Don, & Mel still pay the price for not fitting "The Preconceived Image" of what a Rock Band should be. The People Should Speak!!! Support our petition in video's description.
fucking brewer just blows me away everytime i hear him,i forgot how much this song jams.Please dump Craig frost,nothing personnel he just makes them sound like a night club band.
ha ha. Probably not! I am a DIE HARD Grand Funk fan. But I liked Craig in the band, too. The trio WAS the best. The early years.. THE BEST. How are ya doing with the "Bucks?"
...Been authorized 100,000 bucks, but the program will begin sometime in the first week of January. A BUCK A SIGNATURE for signing the petition. Maybe FUNK MOMMA and her friends can do a door to door drive and earn some bucks! Could she use a few extra BUCKS?
You're NOT a freak. Everyone has their opinion, making yours not right...NOR wrong. Craig Frost DID add some good sound to this already great band. Keep funkin' on, zeets93!!
zeets93...really? GFRxR defind the day back in 69,70,71 &72. After that, they kinda lost me as I felt they went the 'bubblegum route.' Flight of The Phoenix was the last album I bought back then. Just yesterday I bought their Born To Die album and couldn't get through the first minute of each song. I dunno maybe I'm stuck on LOUD!
lol.....i think all the girls in the world is their most "pop" album and it's my least favourite. i love the early stuff too...survival and e pluribus being favourites. but i just prefer the stuff with craig frost more. give born to die a few listens there is some amazing stuff on there.
The New York Daily News' Nationwide Readers' Poll for 1971.
Tens of thousands of votes were cast from every state in the nation. Whe the final score was tallied, Grand Funk Railroad had garnered a whopping 75% of the total vote as "Best Rock Group In The U.S." Left to split up the remaining 25% were: 2 Creedence Clearwater, 3. Jackson Five, 4. Led Zeppelin, 5. Three Dog Night, 6. The Who, 7. Sly, 8. Santana, 9.Chicago, and 10.Ten Years After!
Let me get this straight. Is The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame calling tens of thousands of us GFRxR Fans back in 1971 (75% of this scientific poll) idiots by ignoring our band??? I feel a put-down here somehow!!!
GFRxR was a real people's band. Rejected by critics, GFRxR still became the first band to sell 10 consecutive platinum albums. They broke The Beatles ticket sales record at New York's Shea Stadium in '71. Despite all this success, they remain ignored by The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Please sign the petition above to induct Mark Farner & GFRxR now!
...scroll UP to "ABOUT THIS VIDEO" click on the 'blue more' and you're there. Please sign the petition now, it'll only take a minute. We appreciate your support FUNK FANS. Thanks
Don Brewer plays so much better with Mark Farner. I saw him with his new band and I'm sorry....it didn't work. Traveled over 400 miles thinkin' I was gonna see Mark Farner and I got BULLSHITTED! Nothin' but a FRAUD y'all.
Man Don is so full of joy drumming,you don't even see that kind of enthusiasm today(Being 52 now,I wish some of that energy reflect back on me!).Grand Funk is one of a kind of a band and one of the first to lead me into hard rock/heavy/progressive metal since 1969 and still listening!
True Dat Zorack10! I too, at 52 wish some of that energy reflected back upon my ass! But I'll tell ya...by the time I get to side 2 of the RED ALBUM...this ole boy is moving!!!! Tell me Zorack10, did you get a chance to send a tire to Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone?
FIGHT FIRE WITH TIRE! What? You haven't gotten in on this outrageous act of "payback?" Oh man! We're sending old tires to Rolling Stone magazine for being douche bags by black listing Grand Funk out of the Hall of Fame. AND WE'RE DOING IT FOR FREE! Contact me for details!
DETAILS: Getcho FUNKY self a postage free subscription card from a Rolling Stone magazine (spank one from a magazine rack) Attach it to a big box and put an old tire in it. ATTN: JANN WENNER from a FUNK FAN. This card is good for up to 70 lbs!!! I shit you no bull! I like to spray paint my tires with...GRAND FUNK RULES!!!! Lets fill their mailroom with old tires y'all!!!!
Make sure you sign the petition and write the rock hall of fame to become a genuine Funk Cousin. I have put all of PackedFunk's vids on a playlist.I'm like a kid again.
Wecome aboard istimewa1x. My GFRxR videos are near 500,000 views in 9 months. When something is great, it will always be great, forever. That is proof. Thanks everyone for helping out with the petition. We are being heard.
Donny Brewer really kicks ass here. Fattdaddy is right, GFRxR always ruled on drum solos. Is there any instument Mark Farner can't play??? Plenty of "cowbell" here for sure! (Some of my thoughts about this rare performance)
Spectacular!!! The band was Spectacular! I turned all my girl friends into Funk fans eventually....that's after they thought I was so weird for preferring Mark Farner over Donnie Osmond and Davey Jones!!!
This footage is amazing...Craig Frost is still great too! With Seger he shined up the Silver Bullet just fine! He turned up in the audience for a Toledo Farner gig too! Nice guy.
GFRxR have 33 gold & platinum ALBUMS earned & many gold & platinum singles. They also still hold many ticket sales records. NOT being recognized by The R&R HOF is a bitch-slap to every fan who bought one of those albums or concert tickets.
annaleee69, I brought the GRAND FUNK MOVEMENT to all my neighbors by playing INSIDE LOOKING OUT off of the 'Live Album' on 10. One of them called the cops. FUNK ON PEOPLE!!!!
ATTENTION....Everyone who reads this. Please sign this petition. Tell your friends about this band. Share a video clip to let them witness the best "ass kickin" band of all time. Got 1612 signatures so far. Come on, we need more!!
ATTENTION!: Whoever signs the petition is eligible for a round trip ticket to Cleveland to witness the induction ceremony of GRAND FUNK RAILROAD!!! You'll have to pay for the ticket (sorry) but think of the PARTY we gonna have my FUNK brothers and sisters! Whoooooooooooo! TURN UP THE FUNK!
GFRxR created their own genre of music & The People reacted enormously by becoming the first band to sell 10 consecutive platinum albums & breaking ticket sales records wherever they played. fattdaddy3755, WALNUTS52, & myself are trying to correct the fact that GFRxR are ignored by The R&R HOF. Please join us by signing the petition in this video's description. Thanks everyone!
Right-on bignsexy7. This MSG concert & The Legendary Shea Stadium concert would be a great release on DVD. The Shea Concert was the peak of The Power Trio years & this MSG was a great quartet concert. Hear that Capital Records??
In 72 there were two shows in NY, this show at MSG and a show I went to on Long Island @ Vets Uniondale on 12/14. So you can say I saw this show live. It was a great show. And I watched this show @ MSG on Ch 7 ABC TV In concert. Went on to see GFR and Mark a doz. more times. Reunion show was great too..........
GFRxR were dogged about everything they did, the way they looked, their attitude, even some critics called their instruments "junk". They were told their songs would not be played on the radio if they were longer than 3 minutes. GFRxR were black-balled by "the establishment" through music critics. This is also why they are not in R&R HOF today. Help me right this wrong. Everyone sign the online petition in this video's description. Thanks everyone.
Craig Frost is Fantastic! The whole group is great. I never heard this before and I thought I knew every song they ever did. I love it! You can tell that Mark, Don, Mel, and Craig put every once of energy they had into playing this tune! What a classic!
Acid men, it was so good on those days.
jobvindex 3 weeks ago
I want an Afro Haircut like that
Damoskinos 5 months ago
i have to say that brewer is definatly in the top 10 of the greatest drummers that ever played a drum, i've rocked to gfr for over 40yrs WOW i am getting old LMFAO PEACE ALL
topcatroar61oliosc 7 months ago
Hey. Michigan is the home of "Rock and Roll" if you ask me......Only song that came close to what GFR puts out was "Queens" We will rock You............The stadium thundered and bounced with the drum beating.
itschallenger 8 months ago
Excellent drumming on this songs as was everything Brewer did. Notice this was before the era of drum kits being raised off the floor. Back in these days drummers were on the floor with the rest of the band.
whyyeseyec 8 months ago
I LIKE IT......greetings from italy
zioband 9 months ago
saw them back in august and they played a variation of this, very very cool :)
dnstap 1 year ago
GFR = power !!!!
thedishcookiemonster 1 year ago
This is too insane!
Illest123 1 year ago
Damn,,,,now I need a drink and a cigarette
mphandel 1 year ago
Don Brewer may not be the GREATEST drummer of all time, but he's clearly INTO IT and that's what really counts. Love this clip!
jaybone23 1 year ago
@jaybone23 Don Brewer for me is more my kind of drummer than John Bonham from Led Zep. I mean a drummer who plays funky, it's rare, especially today. I don't care if he's not a perfect drummer. Anyways, who drummed that fast in 1970? Joey Jordison wasn't born yet, and Lars Urlich was 10 around the time of this show. Metal music is way more limited in drum playing than what you think. Sure you can be the fastest and double-bass drum like a king, but for variety and originality, metal bands suck.
sinning1966 1 year ago
@sinning1966 Yeah, I couldn't agree more. Having fooled around with the drums a little myself, I discovered that it's MUCH easier to play a fast groove than a mid or slow tempo groove. I mean, while I love Neil Peart for instance, one doesn't have to have the same kind of skills he does to be a GREAT drummer. It's whatever services the music in the best way. And Ringo Starr was in one of the most important, influential bands OF ALL TIME and he's no Neil Peart or Dave Lombardo!
jaybone23 1 year ago
@jaybone23 To me, Ringo Starr is an innovator in the drum progression. "To let youself go, rather than following a same pattern..." is the lesson I got in my head since I started my drum courses at 14 and it still works for me today (and I don't play often anymore, but when I get a chance, it's that key that let me be freestyle in playing music).
sinning1966 1 year ago
GFR's music will live forever!!!!!!!
girlomanypassions 1 year ago 2
i have GFR live in tokyo 1974 on dvd if anyone wants to buy it message me : )
purplehouse26 1 year ago
Don is so much fun to watch. I listened to them on the way to work, all day long while I was at work, and on the way home. Love these guys.
DieHardRocker10 1 year ago
one of the best Fro's in rock!!
hangover71 1 year ago 2
FUNKING GREAT! Best American Band EVER!
vivelavidarocka 1 year ago
man at 1:50 brewer destroys those drums haha...this is awesome...i'm a 26 year old funk fan thanks to my dad!!! these guys were truly awesome! i only wish i had been alive back then to see them!!! thanks for posting!
blueraider316 2 years ago
This is what many people think Rock & Roll is all about. GFRxR was simple and they were crude and they rocked with a vengeance without pretense or apology. Their live show was 100% energy. It was raw and it was real. For all us who remember, nothing can replace it.
PackedFunk 2 years ago 7
@PackedFunk completely agree
VulturesAwait 1 year ago
one of the best rockband ever
yusuf1703 2 years ago
Craig Frost on keys...
StephenCollins 2 years ago
These guys were having such a great time with this jam!
Why aren't these guys in the R and R Hall of Fame?
Grand Funk was so great together! (and how about Mark on the drums? Not bad!
Bekki54 2 years ago 4
Idon't know about having Wakeman and Emerson stepping off.
Frost was underrated for sure but they're different styles, more like Jon Lord or Ken Hensley. Don't get me wrong Frost went on to play with Bob Seger, but don't compare a Ferrari with a Porsche, they're both great and so different.
By the way, Farner wasn't that bad either. ROCK ONNNNN
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hiwattcarl 2 years ago
FRO POWER, BABY!!
girlomanypassions 2 years ago 3
Don Brewer is in his mid 60's. I've stood right next to him at sound check, and he STILL hits so hard it makes my eyes bounce. Whoeever said it is right...Craig's awesome keyboard parts were grafted into "Black Licorice"
Craig was waaaay underrated and was never heard on record like this...step off Keith Emerson & Rick Wakeman, I say !
dertrommler54 2 years ago 2
don is 61 years old.
47tooter 2 years ago
unreal!
FAZOOO 2 years ago
WOW!!!
ken9273 2 years ago
Love the way the fro flows!
tonlo92 2 years ago
As an artist and creator that saw all levels of the playing field, Mark Farner's musical diversity is a matter of public record. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home" as one of the top ten classic songs of all time. Way to go Mark!!! Further proof this great American Band can not be ignored any longer!!!
PackedFunk 2 years ago 4
they were so talented. I did not know Mark could play drums, I knew about the keyboards and guitar. They are awesome.
tonlo92 2 years ago
Grand Funk kickin' ass & taking names.
PackedFunk 2 years ago
oh yes Lord!!
girlomanypassions 2 years ago
WoW!!!! Green day who; foo fighters who; coldplay who; jonas brothers WHO!!!
1Oroacer 2 years ago
I am sure the fro provides special drumming powers!!!!
girlomanypassions 2 years ago 4
excelente grand funk railroad! imprescindible
yesiliznand 2 years ago 2
I was there! 3rd row front. :)
DavidRavenMoon 2 years ago
gfr is one of the greatest bands there is and ever will be
lorapop1 2 years ago 3
@lorapop1 I hear you my brother
TheDrumChannel 9 months ago
I am so addicted to this. Best drummin' ever!!! How I wish I had been there to see this live.
girlomanypassions 2 years ago 3
You just gotta love this! Don and Mark trading it beat for beat! *S* The boys just went all out on stage, gave it everything they had. That and the fact that they were a MASSIVELY talented group of guys gave them the edge over slicker/smoother acts. They were RAW! Just the way we liked it.
Plus the quality of the music they made, including lyrics, and the double threat of vocal talent w/ Mark and Don, well you got the best of everything!
LadyDelynn666 2 years ago 3
Holy Moly, I have never heard this tune before, AMAZING.
Great post,
High Energy!
Thanks,
johnbambammorgan 2 years ago 5
Don Brewer is the most underrated classic rock drummer of alltime
mattyp3400 2 years ago 23
I agree
MorroccoM13 2 years ago 4
@mattyp3400 ,,,,,Hell yes he was.
mphandel 1 year ago
This is the beauty of YouTube. I saw this video as part of Don Kirschners Rock Concert back in '72 or so, and being the GFR fan that I am, always remembered this previously unreleased tune . Seeing it for the first time since then..... HOLY SHIT. These guys set such a precendent.
DRMessinger 2 years ago 3
Why wasn't this tune ever released? I reminds me a little bit of Frankenstein.
Why did the guys take all the tunes on this show a break neck tempos?
mmyers6167 2 years ago 3
I've always called GFRxR a performance vehicle. This entire concert proves what I say. The fact remains that no band in the world could follow GFRxR, or they'd suffer the consequences (booed off-stage).
PackedFunk 2 years ago
The lightning quick drumming, the crisp organ, wow! Never heard any rock group pump out this kinda music
cougar1233 2 years ago 2
wow. Can you just FEEL the energy. Awesome stuff here.
Bekki54 3 years ago
Don never ceases to amazes me what he can do on such a simple set of drums..incomprehensible!!!!
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago
Craig Frost was the man for GFR on the keyboards,no doubt!
jebnok1 3 years ago 2
Wow! Listen to this without the visual. Close your eyes and just zone in on the music. AWESOME! Become one with the music!
girlomanypassions 3 years ago
I am still addicted to this!
girlomanypassions 3 years ago
FUNK YEAH!!!!!!
ogerloaf 3 years ago
Tribal!
PackedFunk 3 years ago 2
packed...thnx buddy for this one. i never heard this one before.
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago
Plenty of 'Cowbell" in this one!
PackedFunk 3 years ago
Yea sir!
girlomanypassions 3 years ago
Behold the Don Brewer show!!!!!!
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago
son lo maximo
arianolima 3 years ago
excelente, son fabulosos
arianolima 3 years ago
Fro Power!!
girlomanypassions 3 years ago
Bands of today take heed! This is one of several talents that are missing with current bands. I have been to many concerts over the past several years and only saw one drum solo, lasting about 1 to 2 minutes. GFR supreme MUSICIANS in ALL aspects!!!
girlomanypassions 3 years ago 3
wow what passions!!!!!!!
when i was younger we used to play grand funk!
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago
girlo... your words are true and sharp as any sword. And may i add todays music is predictable and utterly borringggggg
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago
so true
girlomanypassions 3 years ago
fuckin' awesome! it seems like some kind of ritual..... rock and roll ritual!!!
yuyom 3 years ago 2
Grand Funk made you want to jump up and dance as opposed to standing there marveling at the bands technical skills. They seemed to fuse pop,soul and R&B into rock & roll and make it funky! My favorite band for just pure fun in the 60's and 70's
dustbunnysafari 3 years ago
I am addicted to this video, I can't get enough drummin'.
girlomanypassions 3 years ago 2
Don Brewer at 1:50!!!! Good God look at his hands!!!!!!!
elevatorsfan 3 years ago 4
No one ever attacked a set of drumbs like Don Brewer.
PackedFunk 3 years ago
Praise the Lord!
girlomanypassions 3 years ago
WOW! Whats the story behind this tune?? Really groove stuff!
elevatorsfan 3 years ago 3
I didn't know this song existed either. This is the first song I've heard that featured Craig Frost. Mark Farner had a B-3 also and I've saved some other vids from this show but I didn't kow Frost was this good. I have already signed the petition to get GFR into the hall of fame and I urge you all to get with it. When you watch the footage of all the legal trouble they had and the fact that they're still close friends will make you appreciate them more. Go vote. And enjoy the music. Rock on.
drdave25 3 years ago 3
Hands down, Grand Funk Railroad from 69-72 was and is still the greatest American band ever!!!
supermadcow 3 years ago 2
I have the fever! I need more cow bell!!!! Crap, I didn't know this song even existed!
TheeMTExperience 3 years ago 2
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & GOD BLESS MARK FARNER
istimewa1x 3 years ago 2
Please people, we need more signatures on our petition. Just click the "blue link" above & you are there. It only takes seconds to sign it. Thanks everyone.
PackedFunk 3 years ago
Mark Farner = talent talent talent. This guy can do it all!
Bekki54 3 years ago 3
More COWBELL Mel!
fattdaddy3755 3 years ago 3
holy shit! gfr is killer!
steve89z 3 years ago 2
Goodjob Craig Frost!
Grandfunkrocker 3 years ago 2
the fucking kick ass yeaa !! they rock!!!
jeffersonaz 3 years ago 2
Mark, Don and Mel have to look back at these videos and proudly say, "We kicked ass!! We didn't take a back seat to anyone!"
LEGNAVJ 3 years ago 2
Love the video! If you want to buy GFR CD's go to Amazon. I got nothing in it but just to help spread the funk!
tandrus7 3 years ago
If there is a better front-man than Mark Farner, I haven't seen him. His song writing, awesome voice, multi-instruments,... He is a FORCE!!
PackedFunk 3 years ago
I respect GFR immensely, but Jimi Hendrix is equal to, if not more powerful, than Farner as a frontman. Rock and Roll heaven would be Hendrix playing lead with Don and Mel and Mark on Vocal/Rhythm.
phallusofdoom 3 years ago
More cowbell!
girlomanypassions 3 years ago
I didn't realize how good Craig Frost is until I saw this. GFR rules.
zott76 3 years ago 2
So often in life, true genius in artform is NOT recognized until a person has passed. Someone once said, "Something is not considered great until it absolutely, positively, CAN NOT be ignored."
I know that GFRxR was not everyone's cup of tea. That being said, it can not be ignored what 3 average guys from Flint, Michigan acomplished from '69-'76.
Too many albums were sold, too many concert tickets were sold, & too many artists were influinced by these 3 guys for R&RHOF to ignore them.
PackedFunk 3 years ago
ROCK ON! Thanx for putting these videos of GFR on! They CANNOT be ignored!!! Supreme musical geniuses.
girlomanypassions 3 years ago 2
Don is one of the best!
paulietheinvestigato 3 years ago 2
Mark Farner, this cat could play anything. Reminds me of the late Brian Jones.
vinnynumbnuts 3 years ago
F-ing awesome!Bravo all the way man,dig!!!!
littlequeen64 3 years ago
wonderful
TeresaWebTv 3 years ago
OMG, how I miss those days of great music. Don Brewer extraordinaire!
girlomanypassions 3 years ago
Long live Grand Funk
suka992 3 years ago
bass player is mel
atheistbychoice 3 years ago
wow...Craig is such and amazing musician...:)
MrGarage 3 years ago 3
i agree long live craig frost. and micheal (i think thats te bassists name i cant member) can sure jam on that cowbell. lol
dontdodat00O 3 years ago
Actually the bassist's name is Mel Shacher xD jeje...lol, and he sure rocked the hell out of that cowbell
MrGarage 3 years ago
Long live rock and roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dieneshugi 3 years ago 2
Well over 900,000 views on our Grand Funk Railroad videos. It will be over 1 million soon. Everyone don't forget to sign our petition above in video's description. Just click the blue link & you are there. Thanks to all you Funk Fans!
PackedFunk 4 years ago
yeah cougar1233 and the "want freedom" song shows it too! also from the survival album...at the end I think every song that mark sing is gold, in these days is very difficult to find someone with this kind of voice!
donfoxx17 4 years ago
Over 850,000 views on our GFRxR videos now! Support "The People's Band" & sign our petition in his video's description! Read "About This Video" & you'll see the blue link to click.
PackedFunk 4 years ago
I didn't realized the first time I heard this AMAZING song... but now I see it as a direct inspiration for certain moments of FAITH NO MORE's KING FOR A DAY!!! The drums, the hyper-cut guitar riffs, the keyboards... mmmmmh. What do you think?
deloreanized 4 years ago 2
My first hit on this jam was that it was the precursor to Black Licorice
rokatar 2 years ago
One of my favorite songs that really shows off Mark Farner's one of a kind voice, is "comfort me". on the survival album. Nobody sings as good as Mark. Even Don Henley from the Eagles, Chuck Negron from Three dog Night, and Steve Mariott from Humble Pie, aren't as good as Mark Farner, and they have fantastic voices. Mark had more power, more range, and better vibratto, then all of them!
cougar1233 4 years ago 3
This band rocked harder than any band in history! Prove me wrong, I dare you! Grand Funk Railroad Live was The Ultimate, bar NONE!!! The Establishment hated this band & thanks to Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone, Mark, Don, & Mel still pay the price for not fitting "The Preconceived Image" of what a Rock Band should be. The People Should Speak!!! Support our petition in video's description.
annaleee69 4 years ago 2
I hate jazz and brass, but shit, when Grand Funk does it... I love it!!
cougar1233 4 years ago 3
WANTED! used time machine in good shape, Will pay with smoke
chickencough 4 years ago 2
Over 700,000 views on our Grand Funk Railroad videos now! Thanks everyone & help support our petition in video's description! T.J.
PackedFunk 4 years ago
Ya Grate music :)
fordxg 4 years ago
I just posted some Chicago / Farner videos. Sin's A Good Man's Brother is GREAT!!!!
PackedFunk 4 years ago
...loved it Packed! I don't know how you do it, but keep that FUNKY stuff comin' brother!
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago
fucking brewer just blows me away everytime i hear him,i forgot how much this song jams.Please dump Craig frost,nothing personnel he just makes them sound like a night club band.
koolbossjock 4 years ago
Thanks for saying something that I didn't want to KBJ...as far as I'm concerned, Frost never added anything to this band. Sorry Craig.
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago
Oh guys. How can you say this? Frost DID add to the band. He is talented!! However, I liked them better too, as a POWER TRIO!!
(69 - 71) But Frost did add SOMETHING!
Still love ya guys!
bekki53 4 years ago
...but does FUNK MOMMA agree with you?
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago
ha ha. Probably not! I am a DIE HARD Grand Funk fan. But I liked Craig in the band, too. The trio WAS the best. The early years.. THE BEST. How are ya doing with the "Bucks?"
Keep on Funkin on, fattdaddy!
bekki53 4 years ago
...Been authorized 100,000 bucks, but the program will begin sometime in the first week of January. A BUCK A SIGNATURE for signing the petition. Maybe FUNK MOMMA and her friends can do a door to door drive and earn some bucks! Could she use a few extra BUCKS?
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago
Told my Funk Momma about the "bucks" thing. She said...."Oh that is funny." Yes, she could use a few extra bucks. Me, too!
Whatever it takes to get it done! This is THE YEAR! (working on 2 more signatures this week)
bekki53 4 years ago
craig frost was amazing in GFR. i love'em as a power trio but i like the frost era better.
call me a freak but the born to die album and good sing good playin' are my favourites
zeets93 4 years ago
You're NOT a freak. Everyone has their opinion, making yours not right...NOR wrong. Craig Frost DID add some good sound to this already great band. Keep funkin' on, zeets93!!
bekki53 4 years ago 2
zeets93...really? GFRxR defind the day back in 69,70,71 &72. After that, they kinda lost me as I felt they went the 'bubblegum route.' Flight of The Phoenix was the last album I bought back then. Just yesterday I bought their Born To Die album and couldn't get through the first minute of each song. I dunno maybe I'm stuck on LOUD!
fattdaddy3755 3 years ago 3
lol.....i think all the girls in the world is their most "pop" album and it's my least favourite. i love the early stuff too...survival and e pluribus being favourites. but i just prefer the stuff with craig frost more. give born to die a few listens there is some amazing stuff on there.
zeets93 3 years ago
The New York Daily News' Nationwide Readers' Poll for 1971.
Tens of thousands of votes were cast from every state in the nation. Whe the final score was tallied, Grand Funk Railroad had garnered a whopping 75% of the total vote as "Best Rock Group In The U.S." Left to split up the remaining 25% were: 2 Creedence Clearwater, 3. Jackson Five, 4. Led Zeppelin, 5. Three Dog Night, 6. The Who, 7. Sly, 8. Santana, 9.Chicago, and 10.Ten Years After!
PackedFunk 4 years ago
Let me get this straight. Is The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame calling tens of thousands of us GFRxR Fans back in 1971 (75% of this scientific poll) idiots by ignoring our band??? I feel a put-down here somehow!!!
PackedFunk 4 years ago
I feel it too Packed! And I'm not taking it ANYMORE! FIGHT FIRE WITH TIRE!
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago 2
Brother fattdaddy tell it like it is Bro.
koolbossjock 4 years ago
PROTEST THE INJUSTICE TO ROLLING STONE TODAY!
1) Save all those Christmas boxes.
2) Go to Walmart and take some postage free subscription cards from a Rolling Stone Magazine
3) Attach them to the boxes.
4) Return address: Grand Funk Fan (Important)
5) Fill the box with crap. The heavier the better!
6) Up to 70 lbs. will be shipped for FREE!!!
7) Sign our petition, leave a comment
YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE MOVEMENT! Thanks!
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago 2
GFRxR was a real people's band. Rejected by critics, GFRxR still became the first band to sell 10 consecutive platinum albums. They broke The Beatles ticket sales record at New York's Shea Stadium in '71. Despite all this success, they remain ignored by The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Please sign the petition above to induct Mark Farner & GFRxR now!
PackedFunk 4 years ago
...scroll UP to "ABOUT THIS VIDEO" click on the 'blue more' and you're there. Please sign the petition now, it'll only take a minute. We appreciate your support FUNK FANS. Thanks
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago 2
MAN, You got that right, Zorack! You won't see anything like ANY of these guys...today! These guys WERE the very best!
bekki53 4 years ago 3
Don Brewer plays so much better with Mark Farner. I saw him with his new band and I'm sorry....it didn't work. Traveled over 400 miles thinkin' I was gonna see Mark Farner and I got BULLSHITTED! Nothin' but a FRAUD y'all.
NO MARK FARNER/NO GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago
NO Mark Farner = No soul!
They were the best....together, huh FD3755?
bekki53 4 years ago 3
The ABSOLUTE BEST Bekki!
No Mark Farner= NO GRAND FUNK RAILROAD!
P E R I O D !!!!!!!!! FUNK ON!
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago 2
I have to agree - It's nice that they are playing around but without Mark, It's like baking a cake and forgetting to put the sugar in.
jdiciacco 4 years ago 2
I am still waiting for more Grand Funk out of you! I really enjoy watching you JAM!!!!
Rawhide53 3 years ago
Man Don is so full of joy drumming,you don't even see that kind of enthusiasm today(Being 52 now,I wish some of that energy reflect back on me!).Grand Funk is one of a kind of a band and one of the first to lead me into hard rock/heavy/progressive metal since 1969 and still listening!
Zorack10 4 years ago
True Dat Zorack10! I too, at 52 wish some of that energy reflected back upon my ass! But I'll tell ya...by the time I get to side 2 of the RED ALBUM...this ole boy is moving!!!! Tell me Zorack10, did you get a chance to send a tire to Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone?
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago
I have watched this at least 15 times now. This still wows me! A rare performance....showing off their talent, for sure! Great stuff.
bekki53 4 years ago
FIGHT FIRE WITH TIRE! What? You haven't gotten in on this outrageous act of "payback?" Oh man! We're sending old tires to Rolling Stone magazine for being douche bags by black listing Grand Funk out of the Hall of Fame. AND WE'RE DOING IT FOR FREE! Contact me for details!
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago
DETAILS: Getcho FUNKY self a postage free subscription card from a Rolling Stone magazine (spank one from a magazine rack) Attach it to a big box and put an old tire in it. ATTN: JANN WENNER from a FUNK FAN. This card is good for up to 70 lbs!!! I shit you no bull! I like to spray paint my tires with...GRAND FUNK RULES!!!! Lets fill their mailroom with old tires y'all!!!!
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago
ELP influence here.
WALNUTS52 4 years ago
Make sure you sign the petition and write the rock hall of fame to become a genuine Funk Cousin. I have put all of PackedFunk's vids on a playlist.I'm like a kid again.
WALNUTS52 4 years ago
So proud to be part of the GF movement! Even after 38 years it's like discovering them for the first time!
istimewa1x 4 years ago
Wecome aboard istimewa1x. My GFRxR videos are near 500,000 views in 9 months. When something is great, it will always be great, forever. That is proof. Thanks everyone for helping out with the petition. We are being heard.
PackedFunk 4 years ago
I've been a Grand Funk fan since 1969 but even today in 2007 it's like I've just discovered Mark, Don, Mel & Craig for the first time,
So proud to be part of the Grand Funk movement!
istimewa1x 4 years ago 2
Donny Brewer really kicks ass here. Fattdaddy is right, GFRxR always ruled on drum solos. Is there any instument Mark Farner can't play??? Plenty of "cowbell" here for sure! (Some of my thoughts about this rare performance)
annaleee69 4 years ago 2
....."MORE COWBELL!" .....OH YEAH!!!!
What song comes to mind after 7 (dinks) on the cowbell? For me its MISSISSIPPI QUEEN.
....you know what I mean?
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago
Great song fellow Funk Cousin. Saw Mountain live also back in the day.Great show but nothing like our Funk brothers.
WALNUTS52 4 years ago
Spectacular!!! The band was Spectacular! I turned all my girl friends into Funk fans eventually....that's after they thought I was so weird for preferring Mark Farner over Donnie Osmond and Davey Jones!!!
This footage is amazing...Craig Frost is still great too! With Seger he shined up the Silver Bullet just fine! He turned up in the audience for a Toledo Farner gig too! Nice guy.
Long live the original Funk vibes!
amuzinsuzin 4 years ago 2
GFRxR have 33 gold & platinum ALBUMS earned & many gold & platinum singles. They also still hold many ticket sales records. NOT being recognized by The R&R HOF is a bitch-slap to every fan who bought one of those albums or concert tickets.
Sign the petition in this video's description.
PackedFunk 4 years ago
Everyone join the Grand Funk Railroad movement. Sign the petition in this video's description.
annaleee69 4 years ago
annaleee69, I brought the GRAND FUNK MOVEMENT to all my neighbors by playing INSIDE LOOKING OUT off of the 'Live Album' on 10. One of them called the cops. FUNK ON PEOPLE!!!!
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago 2
ATTENTION....Everyone who reads this. Please sign this petition. Tell your friends about this band. Share a video clip to let them witness the best "ass kickin" band of all time. Got 1612 signatures so far. Come on, we need more!!
bekki53 4 years ago 2
ATTENTION!: Whoever signs the petition is eligible for a round trip ticket to Cleveland to witness the induction ceremony of GRAND FUNK RAILROAD!!! You'll have to pay for the ticket (sorry) but think of the PARTY we gonna have my FUNK brothers and sisters! Whoooooooooooo! TURN UP THE FUNK!
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago 2
GFRxR created their own genre of music & The People reacted enormously by becoming the first band to sell 10 consecutive platinum albums & breaking ticket sales records wherever they played. fattdaddy3755, WALNUTS52, & myself are trying to correct the fact that GFRxR are ignored by The R&R HOF. Please join us by signing the petition in this video's description. Thanks everyone!
PackedFunk 4 years ago
Drum solo's were a big part of a rock concert back in the day. GRAND FUNK RAILROAD always ruled on drum solo's. Funk On People!
fattdaddy3755 4 years ago 2
HEAVY METAL Documentary Movie Part1 of 12
Search YouTube for the above documentary on how GFRxR started what is known today as "Heavy Metal"!!
PackedFunk 4 years ago
I just wish this MSG TV show would be on DVD. That would br great. What do you think?
bignsexy7 4 years ago
Right-on bignsexy7. This MSG concert & The Legendary Shea Stadium concert would be a great release on DVD. The Shea Concert was the peak of The Power Trio years & this MSG was a great quartet concert. Hear that Capital Records??
PackedFunk 4 years ago
In 72 there were two shows in NY, this show at MSG and a show I went to on Long Island @ Vets Uniondale on 12/14. So you can say I saw this show live. It was a great show. And I watched this show @ MSG on Ch 7 ABC TV In concert. Went on to see GFR and Mark a doz. more times. Reunion show was great too..........
bignsexy7 4 years ago
GFRxR were dogged about everything they did, the way they looked, their attitude, even some critics called their instruments "junk". They were told their songs would not be played on the radio if they were longer than 3 minutes. GFRxR were black-balled by "the establishment" through music critics. This is also why they are not in R&R HOF today. Help me right this wrong. Everyone sign the online petition in this video's description. Thanks everyone.
PackedFunk 4 years ago
Donny Brewer kicks ass!
PackedFunk 4 years ago
Don Brewer-great drummer!
WALNUTS52 4 years ago
Two Words:
Don Fuckin' Brewer!
mnick0962 4 years ago 2
Craig Frost is Fantastic! The whole group is great. I never heard this before and I thought I knew every song they ever did. I love it! You can tell that Mark, Don, Mel, and Craig put every once of energy they had into playing this tune! What a classic!
cougar1233 4 years ago
Right cougar1233. GFRxR gave 110% & that is part of the Mystique of this band. Rare performance here.
PackedFunk 4 years ago
the most unearthly drummer ever! pure rock'n roll dynamite! thanx for this great footage!
waytoostrong4u 4 years ago
Plenty of cowbell in this video!
guymath 4 years ago
Ha, right on guymath. I thought the same thing!
PackedFunk 4 years ago