вЂAll three are pretty bad, but outstanding in his awfulness is Brewer, whose drumming is so pedestrian itвЂ™s laughableвЂ¦ the riffs they play are simple in the extreme, verging on the monotonous. One British critic (I havenвЂ™t been able to find his name) said that As a result, the critics treated Grand Funk fairly harshly. No, Grand Funk was just a really great garage band, producing pulsating, straight-ahead power rock with few frills. However, GFR offered nothing like the blazing, dazzling blues-rock guitar licks of Eric Clapton, the blistering bass lines of Jack Bruce, nor the creative, jazz-inspired drumming of Ginger Baker. The group was modeled after Cream, the original hard-rocking power trio. The name of the group was very witty вЂ“ it was named after MichiganвЂ™s Grand Trunk Western Railroad. From L: Mel Schacher, Mark Farner, Don Brewer. Here is a photo of Grand Funk Railroad in action.

The afore-mentioned Terry Knight became the groupвЂ™s manager. Guiarist Mark Farner and drummer Don Brewer from the band Terry Knight and the Pack teamed up with bassist Mel Schacher from Question Mark and the Mysterians. Grand Funk Railroad appeared on the music scene shortly after the Beatles had broken up. So here we will briefly review the history of this rock band. We previously discussed their cover of The Loco-Motion. Grand Funk Railroad is an American power-pop trio. Grand Funk Railroad and WeвЂ™re An American Band: Next we will discuss covers of this song by Poison and by The Electric Amish.

We will first review the original song by Grand Funk Railroad. Hello there! This week features one of the iconic вЂgarage bandвЂ™ tunes, WeвЂ™re An American Band.

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