Inside Looking Out GFR Tribute

Grand Funk Railroad had a great run back in the late 60s thru the early-to-mid 70s. This is our rendition of Inside Looking Out which became a cult classic among the truest and most faithful fans of Mark, Don, & Mel. This video clip does not contain any footage of us actually playing the song as it was an audio-only project in the beginning and we never got around to making any video for a variety of reasons. I have been sitting on this audio track for several months with the intent of putting something together for a video, which I just finally got around to completing with some help of a video of the band performing this song live. The tempo was a pretty close match but not perfect.

This virtual audio production is performed by:

Mark Estes (hawkstudio) on Bass Guitar
Tim Grogg (starhomer) on Drums
Larry Curtis (silverhamer) on Guitar and Vocal

Mark produced the audio mix...and did a darn fine job of it. He also does a flawless job of playing Mel Schacher's bass chops. Tim was absolutely spot-on with the drums...I thought Don Brewer was on his track when I first heard it, particularly during the ending flurish. I purchased a harmonica to play the harmonica part in the middle of the song, but it's been so long since I've fooled around with one that I just couldn't get a handle on it...and so I improvised with my guitar through a talk box. It was fun and it turned out pretty cool.

Thanks for hanging out with us.

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Music

Tags:

• Grand
• Funk
• Railroad
• Inside
• Looking
• Out
• Cover
• SilverHamer
• StarHomer
• HawkStudio

[allshookup77]

Wow, you and the band did an awesome job on this song, it totally rocked and sounded great! And the video was terrific, you really did a super job of editing! Well done, I enjoyed this song and video very much! ... FrAnK

[SilverHamer]

@allshookup77 Thank you Frank! This was a fun project...GFR is always fun. I have been enjoying YOUR projects as well..YOU FREAKIN RAWK OUT LOUD!! :D

[poolph01]

Great Jam Guys!!! sounds REAL Heavy... missing real music, thanks for the dose of peace age.... wish it had never ended!!!! Thanks for posting LC and thanks to kudos to the band,,, SUPER!!!!

[SilverHamer]

@poolph01 Hi PJ! Glad you enjoyed it, bro. Yea, like George Harrison said way back when..."all things must pass" and so it goes. I feel a great sense of privilege for having grown up in an era which spawned such cool music and it is always fun to "flash-back" from time to time.

[gsstrings]

That just made my morning,sounded great.You just took me back to 16 yrs old hooking school at someones house,thats probably the last time I heard that tune.Man those where the days good album rock needs to come back. Great job!!!!

[SilverHamer]

@gsstrings LOL, and your comment just made my day...hooking school at a friend's house doing things we really shouldn't be talking about...ROFL. One of my favorite friends to ditch with had an open-reel deck in his bedroom with a great pair of really big speakers and he had reels and reels of Moody Blues and such...needless to say we'd have a great time "spacing-out" for an afternoon...and that's all I'm gonna say about that...:D

[robbiedaug]

GFR was a big fav of mine, Well done.

[Billgillum1]

No doubt..Made my day too..Grand Funk Rules.

[mktmic7]

awesome

[gejuje]

great one two three four and rockin` we go those were the days he

[MDDRUMZ]

LC, Tim and MarkE. Fantastic job!!! This song kicks arse and so do you guys :-)

[Cameragirl803]

Whoot!!! Loved hearing ya jammin to some GF this morning!! I thought you did a great job with the video too! Very cool~! And sounds awesome!!!

[TheDrumChannel]

Yeah - glad to see someone else is keepin the Funk alive. You all did a great job. Tim - You did a great job too and the bass was right on! Loved it!!!!! and yes I sat through the whole thing with what I worked all day for!! Pure Rock and Roll from the Soul!!!

[amalonzo]

Great Job guys!

[bkpenta]

Freekin loved it guys. Sensational job!! Great sound production!! Keep on rockin!!

[fredthejunkman]

GFR reincarnated! Great job on all counts!