pre Grand Funk pt.1 (1966 - 1967) Terry Knight and The Pack

Many people think that Grand Funk Railroad came from nowhere! Well, this isn't true at all!
For the first time rare video snippets of Terry Knight, The Pack and The Bossmen surfaces to the public eye...
I managed to post some as a new year's gift to all GFR and Farner fans around the globe.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
JT

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[MikeBlitzMag]

It seems a bit pathetic to have to justify Terry Knight & The Pack's legacy by pointing out that Grand Funk Railroad rose from their ashes. Terry Knight & The Pack more than stood on their own merits. Better Man Than I, A Change On The Way, I Who Have Nothing and This Precious Time were all hit singles in their own right and their two albums on Lucky Eleven remain garage rock classics. By the way, the excerpt from Baby Boy doesn't really belong here. That cut is by the Bossmen, not Terry Knight.

[JohninFunk]

The time period "Baby Boy" went out [October 1966] The Bossmen included a former T.K.P. member [who rejoined T.K.P. right after The Bossmen split at the end of 1966] Mark Farner! Let alone that Terry Knight is credited as producer on this 45 [probably unfairly...]

B.T.W. Back then, Mark Farner had 2 great spots live with The Bossmen: His very first composition Heartbreaker and a cover of The House Of The Rising Sun! He obviously could level another legend...

[tiborvivi]

wow this is incredible stuff!! Thanks for it, bro!

[mmsmarjar]

I think that, in listening to any PACK songs today one can clearly say that there was a lot of history in the making. Terry Knight was brilliant at a lot of things. The PACK is something that I, someone who was born in a very rock and roll home in 1954, totally enjoyed at a young age - and still do at not so young of an age :-) Great music - just great music.

[MrMrwilson11]

I grew up in Lapeer Michigan where Terry was from as well. GFR was from Flint 20 miles away. We used to drive to Flint and set across the road and listen to them practice in a garage. This was a horribly long time ago :) Terry and the pack was a great band

[pretorious700]

lol, did these guys invent pretentious rock & roll?

[shafferfox]

I had the privilege of seeing Terry Knight and the Pack twelve or thirteen times at the Owosso Armory in Owosso, Michigan. They had the stage presence, the look, the talent, the music, and put on performances that should have led to anything they wanted to accomplish. They were great. I can still remember the smell from the hot tubes in those big Sun amps, and the unique sounds of those Burns guitars, the Hammond organ, the singing, and the glow from riding the edge of the Zildjian.

[michelesaintthomas]

@MikeBlitzMag

Absolutely... Terry Knight and the Pack's legacy stands very strong on their own talents and merits!

[raveon09]

@jpgrles I saw them there 1966.Knew them.I played in The Lost Souls with the Turvey Bros.

[NortonSG]

Too bad about the huge distracting watermark. :(

[maybelline77]

Baby Boy sounds very much like the Beatles - Word (song). Hmmmm

[locog7]

classic!!!!!!