Welcome to PRIVATE STOCK, one of the best "American bands" Grand Funk Railroad was formed in 1968, this was the original line up:
Mark Farner- guitars, lead vocals, keyboards.
Don Brewer- drums, lead vocals.
Mel Schacher- bass guitar.
In 1969 they released "On Time" the band first album. The power and talent of the trio gave them a unique style, their live shows were a different experience.
From those early days lets check out "Inside Looking Out"
In 1970 the band was very productive and they released three albums, "Grand Funk", "Closer To Home" and "Live".In 1971 the band released two albums "Survival" and "E. Pluribus Funk". They sold millions of albums, sell out shows breaking all records. Lets check out "I'm Your Captain" from 1971 at Shea Stadium in New York were Grand Funk became the second band to sell out Shea Stadium, the Beatles was the first band that sell out Shea Stadium.
In 1972 the band fired Terry Knight and hired John Eastman as the new manager, as a result a legal battle involving millions of dollars went on. The band was going through a lot of changes "Phoenix" was released that year. In 1973 the band added a keyboard player Graig Frost and they released "We're An American Band".
From 1974 lets check out the four men line up of Grand Funk, this is "We re An American Band".
Two more albums were released in 1974 Shinin' On" and "All The Girls In The World Beware!!!". In 1975 a double live album "Caught In The Act" was released. Highly successful until this point, they started to have problems, musical direction, leadership, I don't know maybe they were a bit burn-out. In 1976 the band released Good Singin', Good Playin", this was not a good album and Mark Farner left the band he was replaced and the band went on but I didn't really like any album after that.
From 1969 to 1975 Grand Funk was in the top, the quality and intensity of their music set them apart with the greatest musicians club.
To end this edition of PRIVATE STOCK lets check out "Heartbreaker" live from 1974.
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