MARK FARNER on Late Night Show with GFR

[wing59]

I don,t like this one the horns did this one in.Grand Funk WAS RAW NO HORNS

[Obelisk2290]

they just needed to lose the horns

[269lilmary]

when was this?  I would love to see them get back together and I would go see them at the drop of a hat anyday!

[Lmcdan1313]

@269lilmary this was in 1997;they reunited in96-97-98 and broke up in 99

[robbiedaug]

I was a big fan of Mark, Don and Mel. When Craig came in and they became GF minus the R, starting with Pheonix, my interest faded. Soon, after a few years, they disbanded. When they started wearing all those bright colored clothes and Mark even shaved his chest, they seemed to have sold out and gone commercial and that to me was not how GF should look. I think Don, just by the way he acts, is a bit of a prick. Maybe the success of HIS GF songs went to his head. The voice of GF was mark, not Don.

[tulane111]

no mark farner wrote american band giving it two don brewer

[tulane111]

no mark farner wrote the song american band gave it the don brewer don will not tell the trust

[MrChubbleyWarner]

I don't know why but Mel's voice kinda symbolises more of my memories of GFR than Marks...why, I don't know? - guess it's very distinctive - just loved this band so much...they are virtually unheard of in the UK by most 45+ year old!

[ForReelFunk]

@MrChubbleyWarner : Is it possible you are referring to the drummer (Don) that sings lead on a few songs?

[MrChubbleyWarner]

@ForReelFunk - Oh dear..yes, I absolutley was...thanks for that...It was Don!

[margovallen]

ANYBODY DON'T LIKE GRAND FUNK RAILROAD......... FUCK YOU!!!!!!!

[jhwillis1]

They actually wrote this tune while at the Providence Civic Center.

[lockwpa]

Mel on bass was from Question Mark & the Mysterions (96 tears). Saw the trio in 1972 in Syracuse. Blew us away with "Mr. Limosine Driver." What a show!!!!

[Obelisk2290]

lose the horns sound like a doc severinson arrangement

[kyla2112]

@Obelisk2290 This was a medley with I'm Your Captain. That's why the horns were there although I agree, they should have kept silent during American Band.

[47tooter]

jay leno is cool,, he must know how great GFR is.

[volksrepair]

This is a 3-piece band! The original guys "back up" Mark Farner? Please. FARNER IS ONLY 1/3 OF THE BAND that was founded by him AND Don Brewer (who wrote We're an American Band, Grand Funk's FIRST #1-hit BTW). This is the only GFR. NONE OF THESE GUYS are as good as a whole band when they're playing solo....

[PackedFunk]

@volksrepair

Agreed, all three were better together.

What gets me is this new band should be called Grand Funk Revisited.

Mark Farner wrote, played lead guitar, keyboards, harp, & sang lead on 96% of GFRxR songs. When he is not there, it is not Grand Funk Railroad!!! He does NOT like the band being represented as original with him not there.

He has asked for & was turned down for an original Power Trio 40th reunuion.

[dertrommler54]

YEAH !

[brewchugger]

i'm gonna say don brewer was just as imnportant...

[gnagera20]

muy bueno

[Bekki54]

Agree. Without Mark Farner, NO Grand Funk.

MARK DON and MEL = GFR.

[koolbossjock]

Don Brewer wrote this song when they got locked in at the Forum in Inglewood Ca

[ForReelFunk]

hmmm...seems like the timing would be all wrong for this to be true. No big deal though.

[JDtheMusicMan]

I've seen them several times, both with and without Craig and they played better with Craig. Some older fans say the trio didn't NEED Craig and they didn't, but I have to say you that the best I ever saw them play was as a foursome in about 1973 playing their older material. Glad to see them reunited here. I also saw them in 1997, reunited, at a show in Del Mar. It was a great show. Fans know it's not really GRAND FUNK unless all of them are playing together. It sure ain't Grand Funk w/o Mark.

[pegleyjr]

I totally agree. The trio was cool, that's how they started, but heck they became the American band WITH Craig Frost. Their music became more sophisticated, which I liked. In the book done about Farner, it says that after the band was over, that he and Mark actually had a talk about it, Mark's not having been keen on Frost joining. I like Peter Frampton, but if that idea was true, that woulda sucked lol. I still think it's a shame Frost wasn't made a full member in the GFR entity.

[motownharry]

@JDtheMusicMan The reason Frost was not good for GFR is that very few of the songs were complimented by a Organ. Organ playing during most of the GFR songs is dynamicly opposed to the GFR Sound. The reason Don pushed for a keyboard player in the band was he had the idea of the Corporate Structure Hatched long before he finally pulled it off. Graig was a friend of Dons not Mel or Mark. Don wanted to get a 3 to 1 advantage long before they broke up. Anyone who knows the real story HATES BREWER...

[LEGNAVJ]

Yes you are guys! the best!!

[rickofmis]

keyboard player is Howard Eddy Jr.

[ForReelFunk]

Thanks Rick!

I had a little "brain fade" on that one!

I knew it wasn't Craig Frost....I agree that would have made it even more special. He's a cool guy too.

[MusicIdiotSavante]

Sure looks like Craig is there to me!

[donfoxx17]

The Real power trio...

[jdiciacco]

Exactly

It aint a bacon lettuce and tomato unless you have the bacon, lettuce and tomato

nuff said

[pegleyjr]

Oh man, I knew that they had performed on this show, but this is the first time I've seen any of this. The REAL Grand Funk (wish Craig had been invited back for this...)