If the cock sucking bastards at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ever pulled their heads out of their ass and induct Grand Funk Railroad into the Hall of Fame, Grand Funk would bring the house down with their concert performance at the induction.
mark and the boys were nobodies until they toured non-stop. I must of saw them 30 times, playing everywhere from the Cincy zoo to Atlanta Pop Festival to Hara Arena in Dayton! They earned every fan that loves them still today! They worked their butts off!!
holy chit, I was at the Atlanta Pop Festival......will never forget, we actually caught GFR going into their motel room, along with POCO, will never forget it. I thought i was gonna faint when Mark F. walked by us......was that an awesome week or what! hendrix! riding and jumping on everyone and anyones car, 110 degrees,,,,,,,OMG! the memories you just brought back:))
were they there? cuz i dont remember them, omg, you can only imagine why i dont remember alot......I was surrounded by a group of friends, we hitched separately from cleveland, how we all found each other once there i will never know!! I remember lots of naked ppl walking around and hotel pools of green water, How bout you?
@msredboot7 yes, a alot of naked people wanting to hug me. We drove down from Dayton OH and I'm not used to lots of naked people wanted to hug me, but that's cool 'cause everyone was so peaceful!
absolutly dog, so you are from OH also,,,,we must have really populated Bryan! no nakee ppl hugged me, i must have scared them with my sunburned face, omg, and i spent a day in the OD tent with sunburned ankles, from falling asleep in the shade but ended up my feet were in the sun and then i couldnt walk! How miserable but had a great time! by the way none of us Clevelanders got nakee, we must have been a modest bunch, lol.... the most us girls did was burn the B!!
I doubt if Mark Farner was a 250 lb balding frontman, they would have been that successful. They'd be another rock band from the era. I like this band a lot just saying a lot was image obviously.
crosley field ; it was heaven that day!! My sister,2 buddies and I drove down from Huber Heights and had a day to remember with all of the great bands!! Long live GFR!!
@porcupineplant MY CHINESE G.F THAT IS 48 YRS OLD, i AM 26 LIKES TO KICK ME IN MY BALLSACK PRIOR TO SEX.. i HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING VARING DEGRESS OF TESTICULAR PAIN LATELY.. SHE SAYS A REAL MAN CAN TAKE KICKS TO HIS BALLS...i DON'T WANT TO LOSE HER. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER MY BALLS CAN TAKE IT..
June 13, 1970: Crosley Field (baseball stadium), Cincinnati, OH with Mountain, Grand Funk Railroad, Alice Cooper, Traffic, Mighty Quick, Bob Seger, Mott The Hoople, Ten Years After, Bloodrock, Savage Grace, Brownsville Station, Zephyr, Damnation Of Adam Blessing, John Drake's Shakedown "MidSummer Night's Dream". This is the morning performance.
Grand Funk Railroad was one of the first bands I've ever heard. My dad use to jam these guys at the house! I was born in 80, but this rock still feels like home to me!!
this song reminds me my younger days,sitting on the grass or in the sidewalk drinking beer with my cassette player,ladies and gentlemen this was real music!enough said!!
@onefjefaerts a lot of them, now they live in silicon valley.People who like rock music lives longer and have an Intellectual Coefficient higher than any other.maybe Sarah Palin will join us.
@xcellken1 not really but a lot of them, lots of rich and powerful people that are rich now, were on those concerts,now they are CEO's or Politicians. Or just millionaries. Some of the people in this concert already has died, But a lot of them still alive and kicking.Silicon valley is their place of residence or any other place in the US, you can be millionaire if you want. happens only in the USA
Anyone know what kind of guitar that is that Mark is playing? I love Grand Funk and wish all 3 original members would get back together again. Mel and Don are playing at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, CA this Thursday July 8 as Grand Funk Railroad.
Thank for the upload, this was the raw Grand Funk...I believe they were much better as the crude raw band of 3. I didn't care as much for the sound after adding the 4th member who played organ, it changed the sound. When they were 3 together definitely one of the best bands that I have ever heard, inspired me and many others I know to get into music. They should be in the R & R Hall of Fame, which should be in SF, but I'll save that debate for another forum.
Cleveland born. 1957. World Series of Rock. Rundgren out in a cow pasture. JB's down in Kent. The Pirate's Cove in Cleveland. Rubber City Rebels. James Gang. Numbers Band. Yeah!
Did this concert have a name ?? and what other bands played ?? Wish I could have been at this concert as I`m from northern Ohio , but I was only 16 at the time and didn`t do much traveling unfortunately.
@OHIOROCKS7 .......it did not have a name as far as I know and I was there.....I remember because I dropped acid for the 1st time there...it was at Crosley Field...The Cincinatti Reds stadium before Riverfront Stadium....Grand Funk was the headliner Band.....preceded by Mountain (Leslie West Rocked)..and the Cleveland Band ..Damnation of Adaom Blessing..that I went down there with
Early Grand Funk Railroad is the epitome of the best hard rock of the time. Grew up on this music and still love it today! Thanks, Mark Farner and Grand Funk Railroad, for the great music! Thansk for sharing this video, robert303. :-)
OK... who is the shirtless dillweed spectator dancing around on stage, and why weren't the roadies playing dodgeball, with said spectator as the ball? ;')
bullshit, you are thinking about the WHO concert when people were trampled to death. not to this band and it wasn't in the 70's either God you young people are stupid. you read something on the tube or the internet and you think it is gospel wow how stupid do your homework fukers
Legend Shark I had the distinct displeasure of visiting your page and watching most of that video shyt you and your wannabe pot head buddies made. You wound up looking stupider than the stupid fuk in the the peice of shit car making 6 figures and a peice of shyt like that/\???? go fuk yourselves. wannabe's
I am very perplexed right now. You didn't like it... and you watched most of it?
And are you saying we're wannabe potheads? What does that mean? I've actually smoked pot, wouldn't call myself a pothead (or want to be one, as you presume) and most of the people in those videos have never smoked pot nor would they want to.
Plus: How do I look stupid? Do you even know what I look like? I'm not sure what you're getting at, you need to be more precise.
Did you see how the crowd rushed over to hear/see Mark Farner belting it out! In 1969 to 1971, this threesome ruled the world of Rock music and even outsold the Beatles! Their best of all time was the Atlanta pop music festival, hope you saw it?!! Rock on GFR!
Here it is world..why GRAND FUNK is the best. too bad they don't release new stuff.
or release the friggi SHEA STADIUM COICERT......it makes one sick! to think this music is not being veiwed the SHEA TAPES I mea.n...or This whole concert on DVD,,GRAND FUNK needs a promoter! They have TALENT ..galore!!! my goodness let us in!!!
WOW! This is my hometown but I was too young to go this concert! I missed a good one!!
Interesting fact: This happened the same year (1970) that 7 people got trampled to death at a Who concert in Cincinnati! I am glad they don't let crowds "rush" anymore like this.
I was there. The reason we rushed the stage (and I was up front by the stage), was because it was at the Reds' old Crosley Field. The cops had kept people off the grass all day because the Reds were going to play their last game there before they went Riverfront Stadium. When GFR came on the crowd had enough and rushed the stage. I think the reason we weren't stopped was cause only about 3 weeks earlier they had the riot at Kent State. They didn't want to risk another situation like that.
webrbevr: Woah! That's some story. I was very young but I do remember the last days of Crosley Fields, Kent State ...and what you say all makes sense. Thanks for the info and lucky you got to see GFR at their best!
Can you share more about the experience? Was GFR as loud as reported?
I was a bit young to see GFR live at this time. However, if there was ANY band I could go back in time to see...it would be pre-1971 GFR...What a sound. What a show. What VOLUME!
@34vicker Yes, I was there. There were a lot of bands - Alice Cooper, Mountain, Iggy Pop, Traffic. But GFR was the one I really came to see, and they did not disappoint. They were really loud, and Mel's bass made it even more so. It was a great concert - they had the whole crowd whipped into a frenzy. It was one of the best concerts back in the day that I had ever been to. But I like really loud hard rock music :)
@wevrbevr Part 1: I was there, too. Grand Funk is what I remember most about the day and this video REALLY kicks my memory. They did have the crowd whipped into a frenzy and it scared the s--t out of the police who came in by the 100's to keep us in line. FAT CHANCE!! Grand Funk does not inspire keeping in line.
@wevrbevr Part 2: I'm from the Ann Arbor area and used to see Grand Funk a lot in Detroit and around the state. They are one of my all time top 5 bands. Mark Farner was the epitome of RAW ENERGY at least to me!! I gotta go now it is physically impossible for me to be still when I hear Grand Funk!!
No great bands were ever great because of one single individual. Its always the sum of the talent and chemistry. Its like the Beatles wouldnt have been the Beatles with Moon or Baker on drums. But Mel did have that big booming heavy bass. Rivals Jack Bruce, I think.
This is the band that made me want to play drums! I'm still playing 30 years later! :-) I met all the band members over the years. Cool, down to earth guys.
Some folks stormed the stage, but the cops barely kept them back. About an hour later through each of the stair entrances came a parade of police, so we would see them and stop storming the stage? Didn't work! What you're seeing in this video is the last storming - the police werte peacefully outnumbered.
None of this got in the way of the performers specially Grand Funk who just kept kicking ass! That day's a bit fuzzy for me - know who else performed?
The Cincinnati Pop Festival was something else man! I'm only 32 and wasn't there....LOL. But what a diverse line up this festival had; GFR, Mountain, The Stooges, Alice Cooper. Didn't Alice get hit in the face with a pie or food or something during his performance? And then there was Iggy smearing peanut butter all over himself!
OMG!! I was at this concert. It was in Cincinnati's baseball stadium. The concert was like from 10 am 'til 2 am. The promoters told us we'd be able to sit on the field which turned out to NOT be okay w/the stadium people. So they had cops on the field so folks couldn't get to it. Sitting all day, AWESOME music and nowhere to dance, tired lots of drugs, etc.
Oh yeah! Funk was hot during this era, I was just a kid but I can still remember what excitment they brought to everybody that listened to them, which was an extraordinary amount of people. This is Grand Funk at their apex but an apex that lasted in my opinion between 69 - 74. (I didn't care for the "American Band" period which was after 73 into 74). And looking back in retrospect although "American Band" & "Locomotion" were hits, 69-73 Grand Funk shook the earth!! Long live Grand Funk!!!!
Now This is the Rock I know 4 sho ! Oh Yeah , the nickel bags were great. Just 3 guys makin this good rock. I would listen to this over and over. Kinda Funky !!! 1
The guitar is called a Messanger (1967) by Eastman I believe. Notice the masking tape over the F holes. This guitar used to feed back terribly so Farner had to put tape over the holes to keep it from feeding back.
This was on a TV special in September of 1970 called "Midsummer Rock" and Also on the bill was Mountain, Alice Cooper (who got hit in the face with a big cake during "Black Juju" which you can also see on Youtube), The Stooges and some others I can't remember at the moment.
I'm soooo thankful for having grown up with REAL ROCK MUSIC as a kid during the 70's to mid-80's, going to general admission (festival seating) concerts and listening to vinyl.
About the ONLY thing that did improve since then...is weed.
I was AT this show. I shot some 8mm film that I'll (someday) have transferred to digital and post here. I'll have to "borrow" the recorded soundtrack, but that's cool.
Thanks MUCH... VERY MUCH... VERY VERY MUCH for this post. I think I found Mountain from the same festival awhile back. Thanks for that as well!!
Forgot to mention... this is from the Crosley Field Rock Festival in late June of 1970 in Cincinnati. Last event at Crosley Field before they leveled it. Thanks for whomever made THAT decision!!!
A track from Bob Seger's album "Lucifer" was recorded at this Fest! His take on "River Deep, Mountain High". Last song Side B (when was the last time someone referred to "Side B:????).
i 1970 great ceasers ghost half those hop heads were wearing p f flyers sock it to me baby cool guitar crunchy rockon bonzo76!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, paradise by the dashboard lights, well, two 8tracks, one the "Let It Be" and the other "Survival" by GFR, I do wish I had the fore sight to change it to the Beatles but it just didn't come to mind at the time, it's not a very romantic album was it, hmmmm.
Love Mark's guitar playing. THis is his best song on guitar. Don & Mel were so tight providing the rock foundation for Mark to build on with his guitar magic. Everybody sign the petition going around to get these guys in the Rock n roll Hall of Fame. Way overdue!
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That's what it looks like.
Good God, This reminds me of how high some people were then and how we thought they were a good band.
I saw them live the year b4 in Eden Park. Free concert with two local groups,Bootsy Collins first band, The Ditallions, Sacred Mushroom and James Gang. Great show that ended with GFR. Should have been James Gang they rocked.
GFR Sucks to a level that can't be surpassed. Worse than Creedence. Good to see this video though. I know a few of the people in that video.
dingo; wildshovel is really shovelling crap! LOL. thats a good one: Don playing on this donkey's head that is wearing a cowbell...!!!
and may i humbly add> why don is play tripletts on his skull, Mel is thumpin next to his empty ear with the words: dont you get it yet sonny??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wildshovel..."vastly middling talent..." Son, let Don Brewer play one of his many famous beats (with the cowbell mind you) on your head and THEN see if its a "vastly middling talent."
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Heaven knows I am not picky about rock guitar playing (heck, I even think Lou Reed is a pretty good guitarist), but this has got to be one of the most ham-fisted, unimaginative, overly-long examples of soloing I have ever witnessed.
Grand Funk always struck me as a band of vastly middling talent thrust into the limelight way before they were ready. Here, the band seems at a loss at how to fill the time allotted for the extended solo -- lucky for them, the crowd was too inebriated to notice.
wild shovel....i dont know what era you grew up, but if you cannot discerne what these three men were doing in their time with the simple equipment and their raw unadulterated energy, their passion..then you have not got a clue!
01/01/09..This is the 40th anniversary year of the formation of Grand Funk Railroad! That's right. 40 years of getting "funked" by unequivically, the very best, the very essense, of rock & roll! No others sounded, sang, or performed like these 3 guys from Flint. We funkers already know that. It's the rest of the world that doesn't have a clue. So be it, it's their loss. Mark, Don, & Mel own the Hall of Fame by anyone who ever witnessed them live! The music never gets old! Grandfunkin' New Year!!
These guys rocked the American Music scene....They were too damned clean to be recognized by anyone other than peole that know good music. Just listen to their live album from Atlanta Pop Festival...None ever sounded as good as these guys.
Played cards with Mark and Don at Adam Blessings house in 71. No tripin' here, these cat's would make you feel good about yourself just being around them...
DVD?
jkiser214 3 weeks ago in playlist More videos from robert303
Was the first outdoor concert I ever went to. Mark was wide open. I came in from Columbus, sorry I missed all the naked people.
bchar38 1 month ago
Damn, kids back then are way crazier than the kids now.
pbmax 2 months ago
Q isso! Tô pasmo!!!! Maravilhoso!!!! E a galera correndo pra frente do palco.... DELÍCIA DE PERFORMANCE!
SO WHAT! I'm amazed!! Wonderful!! And the crowd ran forward from the stage.... Deliciae PERFORMANCE!
paivafilho38 4 months ago
Wow, this is priceless!
DameDisco78 5 months ago
i think Don Brewer was the most underated drummer in rock history
guitarman4u100 5 months ago 2
@guitarman4u100 he would be if he didn't ruin GFR
yepyepyep678 2 months ago
wow the one band i grew up with and missed it live
guitarman4u100 5 months ago
anybody who saw them in the early 70s before terry knight scewed them over were very lucky after that they went pop but did make a bigger comeback
sheddski 5 months ago
If the cock sucking bastards at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ever pulled their heads out of their ass and induct Grand Funk Railroad into the Hall of Fame, Grand Funk would bring the house down with their concert performance at the induction.
classicrock1956 5 months ago
it was filmed at the Cincinnati Pop Festival in 1970 at Crosley Field [where the Reds played]. Traffic, Mountain,etc. also, played there that day.
stoneydog1000 5 months ago
where the f----- came this great vid from?
pvde67 5 months ago
mark and the boys were nobodies until they toured non-stop. I must of saw them 30 times, playing everywhere from the Cincy zoo to Atlanta Pop Festival to Hara Arena in Dayton! They earned every fan that loves them still today! They worked their butts off!!
stoneydog1000 6 months ago
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holy chit, I was at the Atlanta Pop Festival......will never forget, we actually caught GFR going into their motel room, along with POCO, will never forget it. I thought i was gonna faint when Mark F. walked by us......was that an awesome week or what! hendrix! riding and jumping on everyone and anyones car, 110 degrees,,,,,,,OMG! the memories you just brought back:))
msredboot7 5 months ago
@msredboot7 Poco and Hendrix were so great! And, do you remember The Allman Bros. with Duane Allman and Berry Oakley?!!
stoneydog1000 5 months ago
@stoneydog1000
were they there? cuz i dont remember them, omg, you can only imagine why i dont remember alot......I was surrounded by a group of friends, we hitched separately from cleveland, how we all found each other once there i will never know!! I remember lots of naked ppl walking around and hotel pools of green water, How bout you?
msredboot7 5 months ago
@msredboot7 yes, a alot of naked people wanting to hug me. We drove down from Dayton OH and I'm not used to lots of naked people wanted to hug me, but that's cool 'cause everyone was so peaceful!
stoneydog1000 5 months ago
@stoneydog1000
absolutly dog, so you are from OH also,,,,we must have really populated Bryan! no nakee ppl hugged me, i must have scared them with my sunburned face, omg, and i spent a day in the OD tent with sunburned ankles, from falling asleep in the shade but ended up my feet were in the sun and then i couldnt walk! How miserable but had a great time! by the way none of us Clevelanders got nakee, we must have been a modest bunch, lol.... the most us girls did was burn the B!!
msredboot7 5 months ago
@msredboot7 those were great times and great memories!!
stoneydog1000 5 months ago
I doubt if Mark Farner was a 250 lb balding frontman, they would have been that successful. They'd be another rock band from the era. I like this band a lot just saying a lot was image obviously.
WeedVulva 6 months ago
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WeedVulva 6 months ago
as good as it gets ..oh and 17 people are under 30 and like men ball saks
grandfunkk1 6 months ago
nickel bags!!
85s10tpi 6 months ago
grand funk.....rock and roll of fame
sandrogin1 6 months ago
crosley field ; it was heaven that day!! My sister,2 buddies and I drove down from Huber Heights and had a day to remember with all of the great bands!! Long live GFR!!
stoneydog1000 8 months ago
6:39-6:59 is the best. What a great front man.
tonlo92 8 months ago
its so funny seeing so many people on stage during the performance.
porcupineplant 8 months ago
@porcupineplant MY CHINESE G.F THAT IS 48 YRS OLD, i AM 26 LIKES TO KICK ME IN MY BALLSACK PRIOR TO SEX.. i HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING VARING DEGRESS OF TESTICULAR PAIN LATELY.. SHE SAYS A REAL MAN CAN TAKE KICKS TO HIS BALLS...i DON'T WANT TO LOSE HER. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER MY BALLS CAN TAKE IT..
nihonjinonnanochitsu 7 months ago
they recorded the first four albums in Cleveland
porcupineplant 8 months ago
fuckin so cool.... jam rock is the best... holy shit........
codehendrix 1 year ago
Amazing lineup posted by Doodar. Thanks for the memories
emeryeric1 1 year ago
June 13, 1970: Crosley Field (baseball stadium), Cincinnati, OH with Mountain, Grand Funk Railroad, Alice Cooper, Traffic, Mighty Quick, Bob Seger, Mott The Hoople, Ten Years After, Bloodrock, Savage Grace, Brownsville Station, Zephyr, Damnation Of Adam Blessing, John Drake's Shakedown "MidSummer Night's Dream". This is the morning performance.
DoodarDoodar 1 year ago
Awesome video! Thanks Robert!
DoodarDoodar 1 year ago
@xecellken1- wtf are u talkin about? Dont think just jam to the MUSIC! It dont get
any better than the funk!!! DIG IT!!!!!
lilmike398 1 year ago
Grand Funk Railroad was one of the first bands I've ever heard. My dad use to jam these guys at the house! I was born in 80, but this rock still feels like home to me!!
aglocust 1 year ago
@aglocust your dad is a Great American
CVAN687478 1 year ago
Is it just me or does this crowd look like it's ready to EXPLODE !! Awfully close to the guys.
gaspo218 1 year ago
Fnn A...damn rock n roll man!!!!
FrankaboutFrank 1 year ago
this song reminds me my younger days,sitting on the grass or in the sidewalk drinking beer with my cassette player,ladies and gentlemen this was real music!enough said!!
pepetrueno1967 1 year ago
wonder how many are still alive from the crowd........
onefjefaerts 1 year ago
@onefjefaerts a lot of them, now they live in silicon valley.People who like rock music lives longer and have an Intellectual Coefficient higher than any other.maybe Sarah Palin will join us.
pepetrueno1967 1 year ago
@pepetrueno1967 Everyone from Cincinnati moved to California???
xcellken1 1 year ago
@xcellken1 not really but a lot of them, lots of rich and powerful people that are rich now, were on those concerts,now they are CEO's or Politicians. Or just millionaries. Some of the people in this concert already has died, But a lot of them still alive and kicking.Silicon valley is their place of residence or any other place in the US, you can be millionaire if you want. happens only in the USA
pepetrueno1967 1 year ago
YOU KNOW THAT'S RIGHT SOFTSHOES....LOL.
lyric520 1 year ago
Watched this on TV live. A big deal for Cincinnati!
dlgelter 1 year ago
Wow, great stuff. Thanks so much.
joetoronto 1 year ago
Whatta Band!
MrVulch 1 year ago
Anyone know what kind of guitar that is that Mark is playing? I love Grand Funk and wish all 3 original members would get back together again. Mel and Don are playing at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, CA this Thursday July 8 as Grand Funk Railroad.
00RockyAngel00 1 year ago
@00RockyAngel00 it's a musicraft messenger
stratmaniac 1 year ago
@stratmaniac Thanks!
00RockyAngel00 5 months ago
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Mark's playing a Messinger guitar. Played it steadily for years, too. No idea who makes/made it.
FrostedMoses 1 year ago
Thank for the upload, this was the raw Grand Funk...I believe they were much better as the crude raw band of 3. I didn't care as much for the sound after adding the 4th member who played organ, it changed the sound. When they were 3 together definitely one of the best bands that I have ever heard, inspired me and many others I know to get into music. They should be in the R & R Hall of Fame, which should be in SF, but I'll save that debate for another forum.
oic800 1 year ago
Cleveland born. 1957. World Series of Rock. Rundgren out in a cow pasture. JB's down in Kent. The Pirate's Cove in Cleveland. Rubber City Rebels. James Gang. Numbers Band. Yeah!
slobomotion 1 year ago
GFR = Grand Funk Railroad or is it GOOD FUCKING ROCK??????????????
Rockospoogie 1 year ago
Great music ,love GFR
shdew2000 1 year ago
6:40-7:00 the best
tonlo92 1 year ago
are they in the rock and roll hall of fame?/ if not there is something way wrong
like 10 platinum albums or something like that....hey everyone loves the funk!!!
and they are a real good band...mel is awesome don breweris the greatest showman drummer around and mark is a fantastic guitar player....
1st lp I ever bought was grand funk live.....still have it scratches and all it rocks!!
mightybeeb 1 year ago
Did this concert have a name ?? and what other bands played ?? Wish I could have been at this concert as I`m from northern Ohio , but I was only 16 at the time and didn`t do much traveling unfortunately.
OHIOROCKS7 1 year ago
@OHIOROCKS7 .......it did not have a name as far as I know and I was there.....I remember because I dropped acid for the 1st time there...it was at Crosley Field...The Cincinatti Reds stadium before Riverfront Stadium....Grand Funk was the headliner Band.....preceded by Mountain (Leslie West Rocked)..and the Cleveland Band ..Damnation of Adaom Blessing..that I went down there with
rockncleve 1 year ago
@rockncleve I think Traffic was the headliner. They were the last act on, that was when the riot broke out.
stuka52 1 year ago
Early Grand Funk Railroad is the epitome of the best hard rock of the time. Grew up on this music and still love it today! Thanks, Mark Farner and Grand Funk Railroad, for the great music! Thansk for sharing this video, robert303. :-)
sksepulv 1 year ago
1970 -- good year for music.
plangentmusic 1 year ago
OK... who is the shirtless dillweed spectator dancing around on stage, and why weren't the roadies playing dodgeball, with said spectator as the ball? ;')
MajorCaliber 1 year ago
friggin' awesome...
JoeyRapps1 1 year ago
Chile Peppers owe this band royalties for using they're vibe.
korina95 1 year ago
this is fuckin great
JonyIncubus 1 year ago
I thought I saw Greg Brady in the crowd at 3:18.
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athom50 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
they toured in 71 england swiss dutch germany denmark sold out and in 75
jangunner 2 years ago
Nice. What about France? Never?
sinning1966 2 years ago
Have they ever toured in Europe?
sinning1966 2 years ago
Some cute women on the crowd, no joke ;-).
sinning1966 2 years ago
so great, what a time - THAT IS MUSIC!!!
(I was born in 1970 :D )
prokyon70 2 years ago
wow, back when people actually danced instead of looking around for somebody to say its okay!!!
blastingcaps 2 years ago
well yeh it WAS n the 70'''s not 70 fuk it look it up
norealname0 2 years ago
bullshit, you are thinking about the WHO concert when people were trampled to death. not to this band and it wasn't in the 70's either God you young people are stupid. you read something on the tube or the internet and you think it is gospel wow how stupid do your homework fukers
norealname0 2 years ago
@norealname0 Dude. Chill the fuck out. People make mistakes.
LegendShark 2 years ago
well, I was just correcting 'em . I would be chill if it was the 70's hah you chill the fuk out
norealname0 2 years ago
Legend Shark I had the distinct displeasure of visiting your page and watching most of that video shyt you and your wannabe pot head buddies made. You wound up looking stupider than the stupid fuk in the the peice of shit car making 6 figures and a peice of shyt like that/\???? go fuk yourselves. wannabe's
norealname0 2 years ago
I am very perplexed right now. You didn't like it... and you watched most of it?
And are you saying we're wannabe potheads? What does that mean? I've actually smoked pot, wouldn't call myself a pothead (or want to be one, as you presume) and most of the people in those videos have never smoked pot nor would they want to.
Plus: How do I look stupid? Do you even know what I look like? I'm not sure what you're getting at, you need to be more precise.
Also you can correct someone without insults.
LegendShark 1 year ago 5
WOW, These guy's where the best, even to this day this music rocks.
spfx5150 2 years ago 2
the fans at were didnt wnat to test security but it waas strengh in numbers
Obelisk2290 2 years ago
what is the name of the song?
TheKmiller7 2 years ago
Did you see how the crowd rushed over to hear/see Mark Farner belting it out! In 1969 to 1971, this threesome ruled the world of Rock music and even outsold the Beatles! Their best of all time was the Atlanta pop music festival, hope you saw it?!! Rock on GFR!
redwhitesips 2 years ago 2
"The bong rattling bass of Mel Sherer" - Homer Simpson
mrmott44 2 years ago
Here it is world..why GRAND FUNK is the best. too bad they don't release new stuff.
or release the friggi SHEA STADIUM COICERT......it makes one sick! to think this music is not being veiwed the SHEA TAPES I mea.n...or This whole concert on DVD,,GRAND FUNK needs a promoter! They have TALENT ..galore!!! my goodness let us in!!!
musicmark4 2 years ago
WOW! This is my hometown but I was too young to go this concert! I missed a good one!!
Interesting fact: This happened the same year (1970) that 7 people got trampled to death at a Who concert in Cincinnati! I am glad they don't let crowds "rush" anymore like this.
rkhobo 2 years ago
that who concert was in 1979. check your "facts".
swing8th 2 years ago
swing8th; OK! So what, same decade! My point was, I'm glad the crowd rush is not an option any more!
rkhobo 2 years ago
i remember that night dec 3 1979 it was imortalized in wkrp in cincinatti
Obelisk2290 2 years ago
intresting fact,, 11 people were trampled to death..
47tooter 2 years ago
47tooter: well, thanks for the correction. Grimmer than I remember even...:-((
rkhobo 2 years ago
I was there. The reason we rushed the stage (and I was up front by the stage), was because it was at the Reds' old Crosley Field. The cops had kept people off the grass all day because the Reds were going to play their last game there before they went Riverfront Stadium. When GFR came on the crowd had enough and rushed the stage. I think the reason we weren't stopped was cause only about 3 weeks earlier they had the riot at Kent State. They didn't want to risk another situation like that.
wevrbevr 2 years ago
webrbevr: Woah! That's some story. I was very young but I do remember the last days of Crosley Fields, Kent State ...and what you say all makes sense. Thanks for the info and lucky you got to see GFR at their best!
rkhobo 2 years ago
@wevrbevr
You were there?!...Holy Hell!
Can you share more about the experience? Was GFR as loud as reported?
I was a bit young to see GFR live at this time. However, if there was ANY band I could go back in time to see...it would be pre-1971 GFR...What a sound. What a show. What VOLUME!
34vicker 1 year ago
@34vicker Yes, I was there. There were a lot of bands - Alice Cooper, Mountain, Iggy Pop, Traffic. But GFR was the one I really came to see, and they did not disappoint. They were really loud, and Mel's bass made it even more so. It was a great concert - they had the whole crowd whipped into a frenzy. It was one of the best concerts back in the day that I had ever been to. But I like really loud hard rock music :)
wevrbevr 1 year ago
@wevrbevr Part 1: I was there, too. Grand Funk is what I remember most about the day and this video REALLY kicks my memory. They did have the crowd whipped into a frenzy and it scared the s--t out of the police who came in by the 100's to keep us in line. FAT CHANCE!! Grand Funk does not inspire keeping in line.
arborann49 1 year ago
@wevrbevr Part 2: I'm from the Ann Arbor area and used to see Grand Funk a lot in Detroit and around the state. They are one of my all time top 5 bands. Mark Farner was the epitome of RAW ENERGY at least to me!! I gotta go now it is physically impossible for me to be still when I hear Grand Funk!!
arborann49 1 year ago
Awesome crowd ^^ ...
HispanicImpression 2 years ago
Any one know what type of guitar Mark is playing here? He always seemed to find some unusual guitars.
Oh, Mel: Love that BIG HEAVY BOOMING BASS
MorroccoM13 2 years ago
Gotta keep smoking that thing!!!
Orion579 2 years ago
Love the song, love the band!
Highland45 2 years ago
saw them in flint mi .thought they were using tape ,note for note.vocals nailed.tight as a mofo.they were agile mobile an hostile.funkin A.
eaglebower 2 years ago
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tonlo92 2 years ago
NO MARK FARNER NO GRANDFUNK
tulane111 2 years ago
these WERE the fucking days man. you can feel the vibe at this gig from here. really brings it home what a shitty fucking time we live in now
jjwesley2525 2 years ago 2
GFR at their height! Now this is Rock and Roll!
moodysue1224 2 years ago
A true rock band...so rare these days.
goatsnake 2 years ago
Very interesting video.
teleroylichtenstein 2 years ago
"I'LL MAKE YA FEEL REAL GOOD....." And then what....LOL!
MattHatter 2 years ago
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kc12112 2 years ago 2
No great bands were ever great because of one single individual. Its always the sum of the talent and chemistry. Its like the Beatles wouldnt have been the Beatles with Moon or Baker on drums. But Mel did have that big booming heavy bass. Rivals Jack Bruce, I think.
MorroccoM13 2 years ago
Right on. Mark, Don and Mel =Grand Funk Railroad! No Mark, Don and Mel, NO Grand Funk!
Bekki54 2 years ago
I'm 14 and I say no Don no GFR.
I really just feel that they were all great.
NewfoundHunter 2 years ago
have some great fun with them, dude!!
mrfcollins 2 years ago
right, mel was a bass giant, strong, heavy and thundering all the time.....god bless him forever!!! he was soooo bad!!
mrfcollins 2 years ago
This is the band that made me want to play drums! I'm still playing 30 years later! :-) I met all the band members over the years. Cool, down to earth guys.
peace.
chessdude67 2 years ago 2
I'm 14, I just started, and I would definitely agree.
NewfoundHunter 2 years ago
Some folks stormed the stage, but the cops barely kept them back. About an hour later through each of the stair entrances came a parade of police, so we would see them and stop storming the stage? Didn't work! What you're seeing in this video is the last storming - the police werte peacefully outnumbered.
None of this got in the way of the performers specially Grand Funk who just kept kicking ass! That day's a bit fuzzy for me - know who else performed?
arborann49 2 years ago 2
The Cincinnati Pop Festival was something else man! I'm only 32 and wasn't there....LOL. But what a diverse line up this festival had; GFR, Mountain, The Stooges, Alice Cooper. Didn't Alice get hit in the face with a pie or food or something during his performance? And then there was Iggy smearing peanut butter all over himself!
MattHatter 2 years ago
Part I:
OMG!! I was at this concert. It was in Cincinnati's baseball stadium. The concert was like from 10 am 'til 2 am. The promoters told us we'd be able to sit on the field which turned out to NOT be okay w/the stadium people. So they had cops on the field so folks couldn't get to it. Sitting all day, AWESOME music and nowhere to dance, tired lots of drugs, etc.
go to PART 2
arborann49 2 years ago 2
青春の代表曲！
japan title「孤独の叫び」
このレコードを何百回、何千回聴きました。
永遠のヒーロー！ GFR ！ MARK！
s130george 2 years ago
Oh yeah! Funk was hot during this era, I was just a kid but I can still remember what excitment they brought to everybody that listened to them, which was an extraordinary amount of people. This is Grand Funk at their apex but an apex that lasted in my opinion between 69 - 74. (I didn't care for the "American Band" period which was after 73 into 74). And looking back in retrospect although "American Band" & "Locomotion" were hits, 69-73 Grand Funk shook the earth!! Long live Grand Funk!!!!
freekoss 2 years ago
TESTING,113
MrCraigtheman 2 years ago
The only bad thing was their manager that rip them off.
hardnheavyrock 2 years ago 5
Now This is the Rock I know 4 sho ! Oh Yeah , the nickel bags were great. Just 3 guys makin this good rock. I would listen to this over and over. Kinda Funky !!! 1
rerob52 2 years ago 7
sucks the way the video ended is there a complete version available?
trejojr 2 years ago
I saw Grand Funk at Hyde Pk' 69. one of my first great rock bands to see.
india1lak 2 years ago 2
Nickle bags. Now there's a great memory. Imagine the contact high at this one.
softshoes 2 years ago 9
should have used a les paul , that guitar is lacking something!!!
o0endre0o 2 years ago
The guitar is called a Messanger (1967) by Eastman I believe. Notice the masking tape over the F holes. This guitar used to feed back terribly so Farner had to put tape over the holes to keep it from feeding back.
150sevenmag 2 years ago
That was toooo DAMN GOOD !!
OROSEY 2 years ago
Got to love the ROCKING...the crowd.
How can you not ROCK OUT ?
OROSEY 2 years ago
think that was in the old cleveland stadium
johno934 2 years ago
Who else was on the bill that day?
yiommi 2 years ago
This was on a TV special in September of 1970 called "Midsummer Rock" and Also on the bill was Mountain, Alice Cooper (who got hit in the face with a big cake during "Black Juju" which you can also see on Youtube), The Stooges and some others I can't remember at the moment.
Bopalena 2 years ago
I'm soooo thankful for having grown up with REAL ROCK MUSIC as a kid during the 70's to mid-80's, going to general admission (festival seating) concerts and listening to vinyl.
About the ONLY thing that did improve since then...is weed.
MeanrBeanr 2 years ago
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MeanrBeanr 2 years ago
I was AT this show. I shot some 8mm film that I'll (someday) have transferred to digital and post here. I'll have to "borrow" the recorded soundtrack, but that's cool.
Thanks MUCH... VERY MUCH... VERY VERY MUCH for this post. I think I found Mountain from the same festival awhile back. Thanks for that as well!!
squidlycarmichael 2 years ago
Forgot to mention... this is from the Crosley Field Rock Festival in late June of 1970 in Cincinnati. Last event at Crosley Field before they leveled it. Thanks for whomever made THAT decision!!!
A track from Bob Seger's album "Lucifer" was recorded at this Fest! His take on "River Deep, Mountain High". Last song Side B (when was the last time someone referred to "Side B:????).
Thanks for the memories!!!!
squidlycarmichael 2 years ago
why doesn't music sound like this anymore any brisbane based muso's wanna form a band like this contact me on 0450401882
masterobsidian 2 years ago
burning one now!!
40HDmine 2 years ago 2
there goes but the grace of god in these badass mother fuckers rock on man rock on
moses1002 2 years ago
wow i got chills watching that solo
CastleofArghhh 2 years ago
i love how the guy jumping onstage was no big deal. they just walked him off smiling . that's great
TinsleyCarmichael 2 years ago
GOOD OLD TIMES!!!! JUST GREAT
blondie49x 2 years ago 2
i 1970 great ceasers ghost half those hop heads were wearing p f flyers sock it to me baby cool guitar crunchy rockon bonzo76!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
luvumo2day 2 years ago
It was a good day. Ten Years After was there too. So was Alice Cooper. I couldn't tell you who else. I was an all day concert.
dsanor 2 years ago
JONAS BROTHERS lol :)
VideoRanger1 2 years ago
FUCK YEAH!
Grand Funk at their absolute best!
1:44-1:52 =Priceless
PeterCRissKISSgod 2 years ago
Now let me see...., what's that some say about the JONAS BROTHERS being a BAND. Pahahahahah
These cats totally Rocked Balls Out!
PEACE
ddesign63 2 years ago
Hey, paradise by the dashboard lights, well, two 8tracks, one the "Let It Be" and the other "Survival" by GFR, I do wish I had the fore sight to change it to the Beatles but it just didn't come to mind at the time, it's not a very romantic album was it, hmmmm.
goosepoint 2 years ago
i love grand funk and they were good！ i'm chinese and come from Hong Kong.
biimii 2 years ago 3
biimii,,,you are allright in my book!
love Asian culture too!
2468oldschooltimes 2 years ago 3
Love Mark's guitar playing. THis is his best song on guitar. Don & Mel were so tight providing the rock foundation for Mark to build on with his guitar magic. Everybody sign the petition going around to get these guys in the Rock n roll Hall of Fame. Way overdue!
NewDirection4us 2 years ago 3
GFR made rock in this time 3 people just playing ...if you keyboard pros don't hear it tough crap....
bear2man 2 years ago 2
"The BONG rattling BASS of Mel Sherer" - H. Simpson
mrmott44 2 years ago 3
TheBoneRanger1968 must be into Madonna. Vogue on man.
lfletchr01 2 years ago
Is this Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati??
bigheadmex 2 years ago
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That's what it looks like.
Good God, This reminds me of how high some people were then and how we thought they were a good band.
I saw them live the year b4 in Eden Park. Free concert with two local groups,Bootsy Collins first band, The Ditallions, Sacred Mushroom and James Gang. Great show that ended with GFR. Should have been James Gang they rocked.
GFR Sucks to a level that can't be surpassed. Worse than Creedence. Good to see this video though. I know a few of the people in that video.
TheBoneRanger1968 2 years ago
GFR: not only an American band but THE LAST TRULY AMERICAN BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago 3
dingo; wildshovel is really shovelling crap! LOL. thats a good one: Don playing on this donkey's head that is wearing a cowbell...!!!
and may i humbly add> why don is play tripletts on his skull, Mel is thumpin next to his empty ear with the words: dont you get it yet sonny??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago
wildshovel..."vastly middling talent..." Son, let Don Brewer play one of his many famous beats (with the cowbell mind you) on your head and THEN see if its a "vastly middling talent."
seventiesgetsome 3 years ago 4
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Heaven knows I am not picky about rock guitar playing (heck, I even think Lou Reed is a pretty good guitarist), but this has got to be one of the most ham-fisted, unimaginative, overly-long examples of soloing I have ever witnessed.
Grand Funk always struck me as a band of vastly middling talent thrust into the limelight way before they were ready. Here, the band seems at a loss at how to fill the time allotted for the extended solo -- lucky for them, the crowd was too inebriated to notice.
wildshovel 3 years ago
wild shovel....i dont know what era you grew up, but if you cannot discerne what these three men were doing in their time with the simple equipment and their raw unadulterated energy, their passion..then you have not got a clue!
2468oldschooltimes 3 years ago 3
the shovel is 89 years old. What would you expect?
dirkbag22 3 years ago
01/01/09..This is the 40th anniversary year of the formation of Grand Funk Railroad! That's right. 40 years of getting "funked" by unequivically, the very best, the very essense, of rock & roll! No others sounded, sang, or performed like these 3 guys from Flint. We funkers already know that. It's the rest of the world that doesn't have a clue. So be it, it's their loss. Mark, Don, & Mel own the Hall of Fame by anyone who ever witnessed them live! The music never gets old! Grandfunkin' New Year!!
Tingman513 3 years ago 2
been rockin to GFR a long time still like to crack a beer and rock to ther stuff...
Saw them a few times miss great concert like this, Robin Trowler and the lkes...
bear2man 3 years ago
de puta mare !!
Ffrances1970 3 years ago
Not gay, married W/ chillens'. Just hard core Michigan rockers blackballed back in the 70' because of their honesty in their lyrics.
Raw early 70s rock------rock on!!!
SEEVIEGEENIE 3 years ago 5
These guys rocked the American Music scene....They were too damned clean to be recognized by anyone other than peole that know good music. Just listen to their live album from Atlanta Pop Festival...None ever sounded as good as these guys.
jakerandall123 3 years ago 4
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Wheren't all these guys gay or was it homosexual? I'm not sure, but it was one or the other. Love stearin' folks up a bit. ty
NormanVail 3 years ago
i love this band....in brazil.
gato38sp 3 years ago 2
Oh no were's the rest of that song? Because of the sheer rawness of this performance this one going directly to FAVORITES!
yrulooknatme 3 years ago
I saw grand funk live in cleveland ohio in 98 0r 97 ... it was a reunion tour .. OMG did they rock the house ...
msbowhoville 3 years ago 3
Played cards with Mark and Don at Adam Blessings house in 71. No tripin' here, these cat's would make you feel good about yourself just being around them...
raybenich 3 years ago 5
Mark, Don and Mel baby!!!!!!!
elevatorsfan 3 years ago 4