It’s live !!!! No fake shit !!! Not like today ( insulting) … the drummer has a mic ! And he can sing ( see other songs ) .. this is bad ass blues funk and rock .. Grand Funk Railroad is so underrated !!!!!
I had to explain to my dad what a three dog night was before he let me go to their concert. I won't even try to explain asking to go see Grand Funk Railroad. That was 54 years ago.
This is definitely the live audio. The drummer, who occasionally sings lead, has a microphone near his mouth. When you hear the adlibs, the drummer is adding vocals.
This IS the live audio. Amazing band! Filled stadiums. Got bigger ovations as an opening act than the headliners they were opening for before they blew up.
Your comment reminded me of a comment from Jackson Browne when he started sharing opening act duties with Linda Ronstadt ON HIS TOUR, “who wants to follow Linda Ronstadt every night!”He recognized her brilliance before she became really big;)
As someone else commented, this is the live version with the drummer ad libbing when you don't see anyone doing the background vocals. If you listen to the album version you'll know this is live. We're an American Band is my favorite GFR song of all time.
He blind??? You can SEE the drummer sing INTO HIS MIC! You can also WATCH Mark Farner's fingers going up and down his guitar. He has no idea I guess, that there was NO AUTOTUNE back then, so EVERYBODY had to have RAW TALENT, instead of today's fakery. Lol
THIS WAS RECORDED IN A TV STUDIO WHICH ALSO HAD LIVE OVERHEAD MICS WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE. THIS WAS A SPECIAL THEY DID JUST BEFORE HEADLINING THERE SHEA STADIUM CONCERT IN NEW YORK.
When I was home sick from school I would get my parents stereo and put it in my room with the speakers on each side of my bed and play this on 11 ,think I blew my air drums cause I'm pretty deaf now that was back in 1973
Mark has been one of my neighbors for over thirty years, and he is as kind and gentle a family man as he is talented. There is absolutely no false pretense or phony front and he is a true man of his faith. I do not give my admiration or comments lightly and I admire Mark very much!
As great as Mark Farner is as a musician and songwriter, I think he is one of the nicest guys out there! I have learned a lot from his interviews that are on TH-cam. How fortunate to have such a cool neighbor.
This is the first rock ‘n roll band I ever heard sitting in my Grandparents basement listening to my older uncle’s 8 track. At the time they were known as Mark, Don & Mel. I suggest you check out “ I’m Your Captain “ and “ We’re An American Band “. As a young teenage girl my dream was to see them in concert. Unfortunately they split by the time I got old enough to see them. I know they have reunited in the past couple of years, but the opportunity to see them has not presented itself to me yet. I’m not giving up though!! It gives me lots of pleasure to see your generation appreciating the same music we have loved for decades!
First: This WAS live. Second: Audio and video don't always synch in these older videos of TV performances because they didn't use the best equipment. It wasn't considered important. Third: Be happy with a record of what an amazing live band they were. All that music out of just 3 guys. Amazing.
This was my group from about 1969 - 1972, and of course over the years till now. I saw them at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland Calif, in 1971 (what a great concert, I was so high I can't believe I was able to drive back to Sacramento) and saw them again in 1972 at the Oakland Coliseum, and then again on their reunion tour around 1999 in Clearlake, Calif. I loved Mark Farner's voice, still do. Great Band. They should be in the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame.
Eric Burden & Chas Chandler, (Animals), basicli took an old Mississippi delta blues number & took songwritting credits they didn't deserve. Should state "Traditional". Grand Funks studio version is raw & incredible. Better than this, & this is really good. On the Animals vinyl version the guitarist is Andy Summer. 11,000 years later he was in the Police.
GFR had 10 PLATINUM albums in 7 years in the 70’s. Check out I’m Your Captain, Some Kind of Wonderful, Heartbreaker, Mean Mistreater, Footstompin Music, to name a few. They opened for Zeppelin in Detroit and Zep’s mngr had to pull the power on them because they couldn’t outperform GFR. They sold out Shay Stadium in 2 days where it took the Beatles 2 weeks. They were huge dude!
"I'm your Captain" at Shea Stadium 1971!! The recorded version is fantastic too but this is a band that shines in live performances. Seeing these 3 young guys rocking out that many people is an experience. Thanks for reaction. Now I'm in the mood for more GFR.
OMG, you're taking me back to 1971! I had just turned 15; met my future husband**, went on my 1st vacation without my parents (one of those summer language courses where you have total immersion in the language you're studying), and went to my first-ever live concert in Hyde Park, London. The line-up was Steve Winwood with Humble Pie, some other band I've forgotten, and Grand Funk Railroad. Free performance, 40,000 people, and it was a total blast! Thanks for the trip down memory lane! **(We got married ten years later, and have just had our 43rd anniversary. 🙂)
Great reaction !! Loved how much you are enjoying GFRR !! In their day, they ROCKED !! GFR Always gave it 110% and Left their hearts on the stage. They closed each show with this song. They had a RABID Fan base (mostly "Chicks"). When they opened a show for someone, they always "Up-Staged" the main act, even Led Zep (Half the crowd left when Led Zep came on.)!! Led Zep never let them open for them ever again !! When they opened for Rod Stewart and the Faces, the crowd Boo'ed Rod Stewart off the stage !! When promoters finally realized just how popular they were, GFR became the "Main Act". GFR became known as the originators of "Stadium Rock". They filled stadiums across the USA and Europe and sold out Shea Stadium in New York, in 72-hours !! The Beatles took 3-weeks to sell-out Shea !! I saw them twice in 1971 and they were AWESOME !! That year, at Pirates World in Dania, Fl. the Promoters sold 15,000 tickets for a outdoor venue, that only held 10,000 and the people who couldn't get in rioted and over-turned 3 City of Miami police cars !! If their manager (a friend) hadn't taken every penny and all their rights, even the guitars and Amps !! He left them NOTHING, or they would have been the biggest Band EVER !! Their leader and front man Mark Farner is still rock'in today, after decades of legal battles to finally, get the "rights" back enough to play GFR songs again !! GFR is the best thing to ever come out of Flint, Michigan (except maybe the GM Buick). There is NO GFR without Mark Farner !! WAKE UP R&R Hall of Fame !! It is criminal GFR is not in the HOF !!
THIS is SUCH A GREAT JAM!!!! Not "PC" - but, brings back some GREAT MEMORIES, BP!!! :) Backup vocals were from the drummer, Dear...THANKS for the great reactions!! HUGS from Texas!!!
I remember as a kid listening to this in my room .. completely blown away by it … kept playing it over and over on the record player .. Then finding this video on TH-cam a few years ago … Blown away again !!!!
It's live! You're hearing the drummer making those vocalizations. The live performance of I'm Your Captain at Shea Stadium in 1971 is great. Please give the live version of Heartbreaker a try too! And the studio version (plus official video) of We're an American Band if fun. The drummer takes lead on vocals for that classic song.
For Grand Funk - you've GOT to watch We're An American Band! The drug of choice back then was either heroin or I'm LSD - it really makes the vibe of the music!
Also...their first live album is 2d on my all-time greatest live albums list...only marginally behind Deep Purple's "Made in Japan"...very marginally behind...
I was a teenager when this song came out and I'm thrilled to hear it again. I miss the music I grew up with. I've only heard GFR do this song, had no idea it was an original with the Animals.
The drummer is singing back up and call/answer on this song. The drummer is also sings lead on other songs. This WAS live. Saw them in concert … hard driving band 🕊️
Just saw GFR in Kansas City a few weeks ago. Really good concert. Go see them! The drummer is one of the original band members. They're playing casino venues. "Some Kinda Wonderful" was an awesome sing along.
What the hell there's no lip syncing. He's actually verbalizing at the end when he's playing his harmonica. If they were crap live they wouldn't have outsold the Beatles at Shea Stadium. It took the Beatles a couple weeks to sell out their it took GFR just 72 hours. I think they recorded I'm your captain was in one take. The band was surprised when they found the studio head added the orchestra accompaniment. 🚜🤠🐂
My dude was needing to breathe at the end of playing the harmonica. They didn't always show the drummer and his vocals either, so yea, it was a live performance. It was an actual live audience, so you couldn't get away from faking added vocals out of nowhere. Good job on your reaction.
All three had enough talent to carry a band on their on, but with Grand Funk, you have 3 master musicians all together. Put them together and you always get dynamite. Yes, it was the LIVE audio. The drummer is your background vocals. They always put on a fabulous show.
The greatest band of all time! I’ve seen them live and they are just phenomenal. Every single thing they do is fire. Man, I miss music like this ❤🎼 You got to check out more. “Some Kind of Wonderful and Paranoid are great too.
“An American Band” “Captain/Closer to my Home) Guitarist (Mark) & Drummer (Don) are lead singers!!! So many hit songs! And, this is live! Filmed in 1969
Back in those days if you were caught in possession of even a small amount of marijuana, you could end up in prison for years in some states. A song like this was therefore quite meaningful to the hippies of that era...
I love the incredulous look on your face as you start to believe it. It’s a miraculous performance. Only 20 years old and it’s their first year together. Mark Farner told me they put a giant camera right in front of him, and he just pretended he knew what he was doing. Only three years later, the power trio sold out Shea Stadium in 72 hours. It took the Beatles three weeks.
A guy I've known since 5th grade played keyboards, and sings American Band, on Mark Farner's world tour around 2007. Last saw him, my friend Karl Probst, was 2008 at the Fish Festival in Destin Fl playing with Mark. Karl died a few years ago. If you'd like to check it out search TH-cam, Mark Farner American Band live in either Chili, or Moscow. RIP Karl... Miss ya bro. Capt.Bob, SV ( Sailing Vessel) 27th Chance, Tampa Fl, USA 🇺🇸
Talk about way back machine! I was 14 and this band was my very first concert. Black Sabbath was the opening band as they had just released their album "Paranoid".
They are too the live vocals!! That was Donn the drummer singing while they were playing. I was there! Greatest rock band of all time. Right here in my home state of Michigan. Flint to be exact.
This is totally live and the occasional vocals you are hearing is the drummer Don Brewer who is the code lead vocalist of this band? Mark Farmer. Guitar/ vocals Don Brewer. Drums / vocals Mel Schacher. Bass
I'm 65 years old and I grew up listening to this American band. I've been to 50+ concerts in my life and they were one of the best live shows I ever witnessed. From 1970 to 1975 they sold more albums than anyone. Fact $ , you have entered in to the best live music ever.
It’s live !!!! No fake shit !!! Not like today ( insulting) … the drummer has a mic ! And he can sing ( see other songs ) .. this is bad ass blues funk and rock .. Grand Funk Railroad is so underrated !!!!!
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The drummer is just as good a vocalist as the main singer.
Their from Flint, Michigan.
I had to explain to my dad what a three dog night was before he let me go to their concert. I won't even try to explain asking to go see Grand Funk Railroad. That was 54 years ago.
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This is definitely the live audio. The drummer, who occasionally sings lead, has a microphone near his mouth. When you hear the adlibs, the drummer is adding vocals.
Yes it is, no idea what he's talking about.
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This IS the live audio. Amazing band! Filled stadiums. Got bigger ovations as an opening act than the headliners they were opening for before they blew up.
Your comment reminded me of a comment from Jackson Browne when he started sharing opening act duties with Linda Ronstadt ON HIS TOUR, “who wants to follow Linda Ronstadt every night!”He recognized her brilliance before she became really big;)
The drummer was the backing vocals during the solo.
Exactly
Why in the HELL isn't Grand Funk Railroad in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame??
I don't freaken know. I quit going
Cause they wouldn't comply so they get snubbed but their music lives on even without it. Not being in it is an award all in itself.
Not woke enough!
Cuz they political AF!
At this point, who cares. It's a joke
As someone else commented, this is the live version with the drummer ad libbing when you don't see anyone doing the background vocals. If you listen to the album version you'll know this is live. We're an American Band is my favorite GFR song of all time.
Their song, Some Kind of Wonderful, they go back and forth singing verses.
You forgot that the drummer has a mike. That’s where the vocals are coming from.
Yeah there was no " fronting" back then. Not until milli vanilli
He blind??? You can SEE the drummer sing INTO HIS MIC! You can also WATCH Mark Farner's fingers going up and down his guitar. He has no idea I guess, that there was NO AUTOTUNE back then, so EVERYBODY had to have RAW TALENT, instead of today's fakery. Lol
This is 100% THE LIVE AUDIO! The "yell" is the Drummer in the background.
Bruh, that's live audio. Its an unbelievable display of 3 guys just going off.
This is 100% live. The "yelling" is the drummer Don Brewer, who also is the lead singer of some of their songs.
Mark, Don and Mel!!!! Mark Farner just turned 75 and is still rockin'! His voice is as strong as ever. Love me some Mark Farner and Grand Funk!
Absolutely live, a real three piece band is what you're seeing.
Definitely live. The drummer is who he is hearing in the background.
All Live. No lip syncing here. The screams you hear during the solo is the drummer. Very good singer and lead singer on some songs.
Definitely have to do "I'm your Captain" and "American Band"
Yes!! My favorites!! 😻😻
You may recognize a few of their other hits, "Feelin' Alright", "We're An American Band", "The Loco-Motion".....40!
THIS WAS RECORDED IN A TV STUDIO WHICH ALSO HAD LIVE OVERHEAD MICS WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE. THIS WAS A SPECIAL THEY DID JUST BEFORE HEADLINING THERE SHEA STADIUM CONCERT IN NEW YORK.
You found it necessary to yell at him ?
Didn't sound as if he was yelling, sounded like he was explaining it@@thomaswest7746
@@thomaswest7746 Yes
@@MisfitPhotographer an you know all right. Try stand up 😄
I blew the speakers out of Dad's prized Silvertone console stereo with this album in 1971. I was 15.
Oh no, oops 😅
Same here
Blew the speakers in my Falcon lol not that I had an amp but the little speakers couldn't handle the bass.
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When I was home sick from school I would get my parents stereo and put it in my room with the speakers on each side of my bed and play this on 11 ,think I blew my air drums cause I'm pretty deaf now that was back in 1973
Imagine, they were only 18, 21 and 21 years old at the time they performed this
The young were different years ago.
@@JaquelineGoodspeedI agree with you 💯%.
Yup!
@@JaquelineGoodspeed yes, definitely. The young used to want to Adult by age16. None of these crybabies of nowadays.
Mark Farner was only 21 years old back then... Incredible. Grand Funk is still a great choice if you want to party :)
So so sad when some say “IT’S NOT LIVE AUDIO”. Shit can’t get any alive than this right here. Grand IS the FUNK of blues, soul, rock GOATS
And it amazes me that people rarely notice that there are only THREE OF THEM! 😮🔥
Mark has been one of my neighbors for over thirty years, and he is as kind and gentle a family man as he is talented. There is absolutely no false pretense or phony front and he is a true man of his faith. I do not give my admiration or comments lightly and I admire Mark very much!
As great as Mark Farner is as a musician and songwriter, I think he is one of the nicest guys out there! I have learned a lot from his interviews that are on TH-cam. How fortunate to have such a cool neighbor.
This is the live audio, it's the drummer off camera doing the back up vocals.
This is the first rock ‘n roll band I ever heard sitting in my Grandparents basement listening to my older uncle’s 8 track. At the time they were known as Mark, Don & Mel. I suggest you check out “ I’m Your Captain “ and “ We’re An American Band “. As a young teenage girl my dream was to see them in concert. Unfortunately they split by the time I got old enough to see them. I know they have reunited in the past couple of years, but the opportunity to see them has not presented itself to me yet. I’m not giving up though!! It gives me lots of pleasure to see your generation appreciating the same music we have loved for decades!
I only stopped by , because of this proformance . Rock on Grand Funk 🤘🤘
100% live audio. Drummer was making the backing vocals.
First: This WAS live.
Second: Audio and video don't always synch in these older videos of TV performances because they didn't use the best equipment. It wasn't considered important.
Third: Be happy with a record of what an amazing live band they were. All that music out of just 3 guys. Amazing.
That bassist needs an award for being a fucken beast.
I've been friends with his nephew for years. He's incredible himself
He looks coked out.
Mel was an awesome Bass player!@andreadeamon6419
@@brucelavender9603 so is his nephew
This was my group from about 1969 - 1972, and of course over the years till now. I saw them at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland Calif, in 1971 (what a great concert, I was so high I can't believe I was able to drive back to Sacramento) and saw them again in 1972 at the Oakland Coliseum, and then again on their reunion tour around 1999 in Clearlake, Calif. I loved Mark Farner's voice, still do. Great Band. They should be in the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame.
Its live and the drummer sings !!
This was my favorite band in the early 70's. Some great songs. Only 3 guys making an incredible sound. The drummer is also a lead singer!
I grew up with the best music, was very blessed to have so many bands and so much music.
I saw them in 1971 and they kicked ass live! Found out later that they weren't much older than me!
Bro, it’s the drummer you hear doing some of the background vocals. The cameraman just isn’t picking him up. It’s live.
Eric Burden from War was one of the co-writers on this. Check out their song We're an American Band, their song about life on the road
Eric Burden & Chas Chandler, (Animals), basicli took an old Mississippi delta blues number & took songwritting credits they didn't deserve. Should state "Traditional". Grand Funks studio version is raw & incredible. Better than this, & this is really good. On the Animals vinyl version the guitarist is Andy Summer. 11,000 years later he was in the Police.
This is a live band! The guys are 19 and 20.
GFR had 10 PLATINUM albums in 7 years in the 70’s. Check out I’m Your Captain, Some Kind of Wonderful, Heartbreaker, Mean Mistreater, Footstompin Music, to name a few. They opened for Zeppelin in Detroit and Zep’s mngr had to pull the power on them because they couldn’t outperform GFR. They sold out Shay Stadium in 2 days where it took the Beatles 2 weeks. They were huge dude!
"I'm your Captain" at Shea Stadium 1971!! The recorded version is fantastic too but this is a band that shines in live performances. Seeing these 3 young guys rocking out that many people is an experience. Thanks for reaction. Now I'm in the mood for more GFR.
The original lyrics are "be my rebirth". 1969, they changed it to reefer. I saw them in 1971.
OMG, you're taking me back to 1971! I had just turned 15; met my future husband**, went on my 1st vacation without my parents (one of those summer language courses where you have total immersion in the language you're studying), and went to my first-ever live concert in Hyde Park, London. The line-up was Steve Winwood with Humble Pie, some other band I've forgotten, and Grand Funk Railroad. Free performance, 40,000 people, and it was a total blast! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
**(We got married ten years later, and have just had our 43rd anniversary. 🙂)
This is great, I love this. You need to hear Edgar Winter and his brother Johnny Winter doing Tobacco Road live.
No fake vocals man. It's 1969. That was the drummer on the mic in the background
Great reaction !! Loved how much you are enjoying GFRR !! In their day, they ROCKED !! GFR Always gave it 110%
and Left their hearts on the stage. They closed each show with this song. They had a RABID Fan base (mostly "Chicks"). When they opened a show for someone, they always
"Up-Staged" the main act, even Led Zep (Half the crowd left when Led Zep came on.)!! Led Zep
never let them open for them ever again !!
When they opened for Rod Stewart and the Faces, the crowd Boo'ed Rod Stewart off the stage !!
When promoters finally realized
just how popular they were, GFR became the "Main Act". GFR became known as the
originators of "Stadium Rock". They
filled stadiums across the USA and Europe and sold out Shea Stadium in New York, in 72-hours !! The Beatles took
3-weeks to sell-out Shea !!
I saw them twice in 1971 and they were AWESOME !! That year, at Pirates World in Dania, Fl.
the Promoters sold 15,000 tickets for a outdoor venue, that only held 10,000 and the people
who couldn't get in rioted and over-turned 3 City of Miami police cars !!
If their manager (a friend) hadn't taken every penny and all their rights, even the guitars and Amps !! He left them
NOTHING, or they would have been the biggest Band EVER !!
Their leader and front man Mark Farner is still rock'in today, after decades of legal battles
to finally, get the "rights" back enough to play GFR songs again !! GFR is the best thing to
ever come out of Flint, Michigan (except maybe the GM Buick). There is NO GFR without
Mark Farner !! WAKE UP R&R Hall of Fame !! It is criminal GFR is not in the HOF !!
Oh...hell.....YEAYA! So glad you got to thus one. Bangerrrrrrrrrrr 💥☘️
THIS is SUCH A GREAT JAM!!!! Not "PC" - but, brings back some GREAT MEMORIES, BP!!! :) Backup vocals were from the drummer, Dear...THANKS for the great reactions!! HUGS from Texas!!!
The drummer which is a lead singer on a lot of hits is the voice your hearing in the background.
NEVER heard this song before!!! Thanks BP!
Um trio que vale por dez - nota 1000!
I remember as a kid listening to this in my room .. completely blown away by it … kept playing it over and over on the record player .. Then finding this video on TH-cam a few years ago … Blown away again !!!!
It's live! You're hearing the drummer making those vocalizations.
The live performance of I'm Your Captain at Shea Stadium in 1971 is great. Please give the live version of Heartbreaker a try too!
And the studio version (plus official video) of We're an American Band if fun. The drummer takes lead on vocals for that classic song.
For Grand Funk - you've GOT to watch We're An American Band!
The drug of choice back then was either heroin or I'm LSD - it really makes the vibe of the music!
The background vocals is THe DRUMMER. He's now 75 and still plays the drums like he was 30.
Showmanship, skill & Real ❤️❤️😊
Thank you! Thank you! Been waiting for this Reaction !!!!!💯
"some kind of wonderful" best cover
Their cover of Give Me Shelter is so good!!
I’ve never heard this, great band and great live performance!
And my favorite band since 1969❤❤❤
This is live, the drummer is also singing.
This one's for you papa. Can't listen to this without you coming to mind and always in my heart.❤🎸
The other voice you were hearing shouting off camera was the drummer, who also had some singing chops...
Yes‼️ Grand Funk Railroad the first rock band I fell in love with 🤩‼️
They're one of Prince's influences growing up. His high school band "Grand Central" was named after them.
Grand Funk 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Thanks for this!!
Their first 5 studio albums are rock and roll rocket fuel.
Also...their first live album is 2d on my all-time greatest live albums list...only marginally behind Deep Purple's "Made in Japan"...very marginally behind...
Yes, it's live!!!
I was a teenager when this song came out and I'm thrilled to hear it again. I miss the music I grew up with. I've only heard GFR do this song, had no idea it was an original with the Animals.
The drummer is singing back up and call/answer on this song. The drummer is also sings lead on other songs. This WAS live. Saw them in concert … hard driving band 🕊️
Yes, it is live...the drummer was adding the vocals you heard.
as a rock fan, i've never seen this before somehow and it blew my face off
Just saw GFR in Kansas City a few weeks ago. Really good concert. Go see them! The drummer is one of the original band members. They're playing casino venues. "Some Kinda Wonderful" was an awesome sing along.
What the hell there's no lip syncing.
He's actually verbalizing at the end when he's playing his harmonica.
If they were crap live they wouldn't have outsold the Beatles at Shea Stadium. It took the Beatles a couple weeks to sell out their it took GFR just 72 hours.
I think they recorded I'm your captain was in one take. The band was surprised when they found the studio head added the orchestra accompaniment.
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LOVE Grand Funk!! You gotta listen to more!
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My dude was needing to breathe at the end of playing the harmonica. They didn't always show the drummer and his vocals either, so yea, it was a live performance. It was an actual live audience, so you couldn't get away from faking added vocals out of nowhere. Good job on your reaction.
100% Live!! The background that you hear is the drummer. He is an awesome singer also. He sings on many of their hits.
I’ve been waiting on this one. Love the reaction, keep ‘em coming!
All three had enough talent to carry a band on their on, but with Grand Funk, you have 3 master musicians all together. Put them together and you always get dynamite. Yes, it was the LIVE audio. The drummer is your background vocals. They always put on a fabulous show.
love the animals w Eric Burden. his voice is insane
I love their version of "Locomotion", please check it out BP, love your reactions!!!
Grand Trunk Western was a railroad that served the area they're from. They just adapted the name for their band
In Flint Michigan
Grand Funk was the music of the day✊️ I sure miss it...
1969 i was 2 Years old , the Song is great , Classical Blues Rock Stuff i got this Album at home and love it
Me too 😃
This is a live recording. Just 3 men and no autotune and fake shit. Grand Funk Railroad is an ICONIC band,
1969...3 man band...pretty damn good sound!
This was live!!! Just the three of them!!!
The greatest band of all time! I’ve seen them live and they are just phenomenal. Every single thing they do is fire. Man, I miss music like this ❤🎼 You got to check out more. “Some Kind of Wonderful and Paranoid are great too.
PS: Yes it is the live audio…. The background vocals is actually Don on the drums…. I love his ad libs!
I clicked on this one thinking, "get ready BP".
“An American Band”
“Captain/Closer to my Home)
Guitarist (Mark) & Drummer (Don) are lead singers!!! So many hit songs!
And, this is live! Filmed in 1969
Like the "Live Music" neon sign behind you this is as live as live can be.
Back in those days if you were caught in possession of even a small amount of marijuana, you could end up in prison for years in some states. A song like this was therefore quite meaningful to the hippies of that era...
You can see the drummer's mike several times, for example at 8:07.
I love the incredulous look on your face as you start to believe it. It’s a miraculous performance. Only 20 years old and it’s their first year together. Mark Farner told me they put a giant camera right in front of him, and he just pretended he knew what he was doing. Only three years later, the power trio sold out Shea Stadium in 72 hours. It took the Beatles three weeks.
Never heard this before I know an American Band is a banger
A guy I've known since 5th grade played keyboards, and sings American Band, on Mark Farner's world tour around 2007. Last saw him, my friend Karl Probst, was 2008 at the Fish Festival in Destin Fl playing with Mark. Karl died a few years ago. If you'd like to check it out search TH-cam, Mark Farner American Band live in either Chili, or Moscow. RIP Karl... Miss ya bro. Capt.Bob, SV ( Sailing Vessel) 27th Chance, Tampa Fl, USA 🇺🇸
Talk about way back machine! I was 14 and this band was my very first concert. Black Sabbath was the opening band as they had just released their album "Paranoid".
They are too the live vocals!! That was Donn the drummer singing while they were playing. I was there! Greatest rock band of all time. Right here in my home state of Michigan. Flint to be exact.
Please do Mean Mistreater!!! This band is definitely underrated! They are so good!
This is totally live and the occasional vocals you are hearing is the drummer Don Brewer who is the code lead vocalist of this band?
Mark Farmer. Guitar/ vocals
Don Brewer. Drums / vocals
Mel Schacher. Bass
I'm 65 years old and I grew up listening to this American band. I've been to 50+ concerts in my life and they were one of the best live shows I ever witnessed. From 1970 to 1975 they sold more albums than anyone. Fact $ , you have entered in to the best live music ever.