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My featured song in this episode is the live version of “1972” from the Project Grand Slam album Greetings From Serbia. Chris talks about growing up in Liverpool’s black ghetto, listening to American black music, and all their hits. “Everything”, a documentary on the band, was broadcast on the BBC. Their first #1 hit was “You To Me Are Everything” and they went on to have many more hits. They were pioneers of soul, funk and dance in the 1970s. Then tell me Grand Funk wasn't a great band.My guest is Chris Amoo of ‘The Real Thing’, Britain’s most successful black group ever. In 1966, they released a fair-sized hit with Eric Burdon's "Inside-Looking Out." On their second album, "Grand Funk," Farner, Schacher and Brewer covered it. The Animals were one of the great bands of the '60s. The All-Music Guide added their third LP, "Closer To Home," as a four-star effort and said of their live album, released the same year, "they were the live performing act of the time, and this album is a testament to their in-concert power."īut you can judge for yourself. Though they were constantly degraded by the press, the Rolling Stone Album Guide rates their first two LPs - consisting almost entirely of original material - four stars each. Brewer and Frost eventually ended up with Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, while Schacher has continued to keep GRF in the mix, appearing with Farner and Brewer on occasion as well as with other GFR lineups. When you're playing major stadiums as a three-piece, you'd better have great chops.and they did. The rhythm section of Schacher on bass and Brewer on drums was one of the finest in Rock history. He also was a fine vocalist, going on to a successful solo career in Christian music. Farner played a raw, biting guitar, part of its appeal being the enthusiasm he conveyed through his playing. The usual impediments, contract squabbles, personal differences etc., that occur when a band is together for an extended period, eventually knocked Grand Funk Railroad off track.īut success continued for the group members because they were a lot more talented than Rock scribes gave them credit for. The latter, referred to as a "one-of-a-kind power ballad" by the All-Music Guide, was written by Farner, proving the group still capable of top-flight original material. It was not the same as the big Drifters' hit. The former was a cover of a somewhat obscure tune that had been released by both The Soul Brothers Six and The Fantastic Johnny C without much chart impact. The aforementioned "All of The Girls In The World Beware" was the last GFR long-player to hit the top 10, yielding two more huge singles, "Some Kind of Wonderful, which reached No. 1 finish and helped lift the band's "Shinin' On" album to No. In 1974, their remake of Little Eva's 1962 smash, "The Loco-Motion," equaled the original's No. Of course, they weren't as good, at least not in 1971.
The Mets couldn't sell it out in 72 games.
In 1971, they sold out London's Royal Albert Hall without having a hit record in Britain and New York's Shea Stadium in less than 72 hours, reportedly breaking the Beatles' record.
And they did it without the benefit of a smash single, 1970s "Closer To Home" being the closest they came to a blockbuster, reaching #22. But does it sound as silly as Grand Funk not being in the Rock Hall of Fame? Considering the unworldy numbers they amassed, I don't think so.īy 1974, the evidence was obvious, Grand Funk had added body mass & a completely new bodyīetween 19, the power trio of Mark Farner, Mel Schacher and Don Brewer placed seven albums in the top 30, four reaching the top 10. And we all know the chances of getting into the Hall of Fame, even if just suspected of steroid use.
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