Grand Funk Railroad -- We're An American Band -- live 1974

[@mulehead3697]

That drummer is really good. Not many can complete the task of lead vocals and drum at the same time at that level.

[@gimpman1357]

See Don Henley of the Eagles.

[@ladyj9120]

Ringo and he was a lefty , the guy in Rare Earth, Genesis

[@carolinecorman1716]

Mel was awesome.

[@shainowen2520]

My hometown Flint Michigan

[@Chernobylgames]

Peter Criss too

[@JoseRodriguez-ni8lg]

I was only 13 when I heard this song for the first time. I'm 57 now and I still feel the same total satisfaction whenever I hear it. This music will never pass by.

[@47tooter]

I was 14 and now I'm 56 .

[@claudiaholmes9086]

11 and 55. I'm up and dancing to this in my Class B Campervan!!!

[@saltygrandpajoe6375]

12 and I’m now 56 👍🏻

[@dougmackey3696]

I must have been about 15, I'm 61 now. Still think this a great rocking tune. Haven't heard it in forever.

[@jamessutherland5107]

59. Im still tirning it up and singing along.

[@user-bd119]

高校３年間に聴いていた深夜のラジオ放送の中で一番好きだった曲です。

[@garyott7457]

One of the greatest rock bands of all time, without a doubt

[@brianwilling432]

Yes Sir!

[@srpdesigns]

No Doubt!!!!

[@reddragon3733]

They sold out every venue faster than any band of their time period.

[@danpajer2842]

Absolute BS they aren't in the R&R HOF.....the election committee of that place is more corrupt then regular politicians......

[@zombywoof1015]

@@reddragon3733 bigger than Led Zep back in the day.

[@lawrencearansaspasstx4374]

All the 'critics' always tore Grand Funk apart, but I never listened to the 'critics', I listened to the MUSIC! I STILL listen to the MUSIC!

[@kennethwoolard5910]

I remember that! Why did they do it!

[@lawrencearansaspasstx4374]

Kenneth Woolard -The critical comments about Grand Funk Railroad, were the thing that made them even better. If I remember correctly, Lester Bangs of Creem and the reviews of Rolling Stone, were highly critical. Even some stories in Circus magazine, sniped at them. It was like they weren't "a real band"! But who cares what the critics said!

[@dannymain542]

@@lawrencearansaspasstx4374 I don't get how could someone say they weren't a real band. What more do you need than good ass songs and good ass players/singers if you want a good ass rock band. And yes they had it all.

[@lawrencearansaspasstx4374]

Danny Main- Actually, I think Terry Knight had a lot to do with marring their image, as a 'Serious' Rock band, ( he was their former manager) and all the years of legal litigation.

[@TheStones1965]

Lawrence Aransas Pass TX They tore Aerosmith apart too.

[@rockfish1000]

The thing that makes this so underrated is the fact that it takes an incredible talent to keep rhythm on drums AND sing. That is incredibly difficult, and the fact that he pulls it off so flawlessly is what REALLY makes this song so badass.

[@47tooter]

Well , Mark sing and plays songs too . And put them together playing and singing together " Live " is awesome too ! And they both write the songs and compose the music too . I liken them to John and Paul .

[@jacjuet1464]

That's a very good point! And he does it so effortlessly.

[@Donegal62]

Don Brewer...one of the best drummer/singer to this day.

[@debbiejones3008]

Deen Castronovo is another excellent drummer/singer.

[@davida.4509]

Check out rare earth - get ready. The drummer sings lead

[@EcBaPr]

back in the days when you had to know your craft and execute it well, there was no performance deception or production tricks happening in the background..

[@1028dianemarie]

EcBaPr no auto tune

[@claudiaholmes9086]

TRUE talent!!!

[@drumguy1960]

Indeed... no computer and effects to make you sound better.

[@SLOPPEWALL]

No just massive amount of cocaine.

[@Pam.Roberts]

Seeing these guys in August! They are coming to Nashville! I saw them in Memphis 1973.

[@kingbee48185]

that drummer is sure under rated. He sings and kicks ass

[@rokyericksonroks]

lars Drumming used to require a pair of balls.

[@fstedymookie]

His name is don brewer, awesome!

[@johneasler9967]

Awesome drummer, but a crumb as a human being

[@hansgrueber8169]

@@johneasler9967 crumb?...how so?..

[@LiamGWilickMusic]

@@hansgrueber8169 He and Mel STOLE Grand Funk from Mark! Mark is Grand Funk and they should learn that b4 it's to late!

[@deborahcooper9085]

I was 12 in 74 and I grew up with the best music!!! It’s all gone to crap now!! I only listen to 70s and 80s music!!

[@abbiebeast]

Pay attention boys and girls this IS what ROCK & ROLL looks like, this IS what ROCK & ROLL sounds like, this IS what ROCK & ROLL SMELLS LIKE AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE!!

[@robertgoodman1867]

Johnny B Damn right!!!!

[@Kalentros]

Preach Brother Johnny!!!!

[@tobyredhead4054]

Johnny B This is what Rock and Roll FEELS like too.

[@47tooter]

Boys and girls are not watching this .

[@tobyredhead4054]

Love the fashion.

[@louk1065]

Mark, Don, Mel and Craig, very underrated band!

[@stephenlandry9061]

One of the best Drum Intros

[@williamachapman1745]

Michigan mofos. Go blue

[@tinasuarez61]

Still Rocks in 2020! This IS Real Music!

[@kristineburbey4710]

And in 2021

[@kristineburbey4710]

and 4/2021

[@charliewest1221]

@@kristineburbey4710: And on 16 June 2022 ...

[@TallshrewFishing]

Todd Rundgren produced the We're An American Band album and he said some nice things about the band's professionalism. They had rehearsed everthing before coming to the studio and just got on and played it all great from the very start. Great band.

[@47tooter]

They did not rehearse first . That's how Grand Funk rolls ! Frank Zappa said the same , Grand Funk just came in the studio and cut the album " Good Sing Good Playing " in 45 minutes . He said no computer enhancement , no dubbin over ,

[@tuffteddy1446]

Todd Rundgren is amazingly talented as well. One of the all time greats!

[@biancakaye2721]

No Grand Funk without Mark!

[@CaptRH]

And that children is what rock and roll is all about, real kick ass music!

[@michaelcorbett8691]

The biggest baddest band on earth for a 5 year period sold out shows( arenas) stadiums and baseball stadiums nobody could touch them a few critics decide that their music dosent suit them let the people speak THIS BAND SHOULD BE IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

[@scottsmith7687]

The power of the 70s, the passion, simply awesome !

[@dannyclay3221]

No justice if Grand Funk doesn't make it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

[@blackfender100]

You know it Danny.The Hall is a Joke !

[@TheStones1965]

Danny Clay Justice is this song still being played and they’re still getting royalties after 40 years.

[@TheStones1965]

Joe Dov Boston’s not in after 40 years and a 20,000,000 selling debut album and More Than a Feeling and Long Time.

[@taterlysaladman9377]

@@blackfender100 Need to move it to LA or NY and start over. Ohio is a joke.

[@No_one_in_particularr]

Grand Funk will still be heard when nobody remembers the self-proclaimed Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[@jjccllgg]

The best underrtated band of all time

[@richardhoner7842]

Totally agree. They never even get mentioned but back then every kid like me knew GFR. This is music destroyed more stereos than any other.

[@tarrakieran2057]

OMG Farner is BEAUTIFUL!!! Even as older he is GORGEOUS!! AMAZING!! I love the drummers deep voice and his style, but for me Farner makes this band..without him we have no GFR

[@michellekrehl7469]

You are not kidding. He's so gorgeous!

[@russellcarter1872]

This just kicks ass! Great band! I wish we had rock like this these days.

[@darrelhutton9175]

There is you just have to sift through all the crap to find one good band

[@naphza1]

That cowbell is just great!

[@jamesonjames8610]

Exactly

[@davidziemann9653]

Y'all remember that gold 45 record they put out for this song? One day in 3rd grade I had to stay after school and transcribe from an encyclopedia...our room had a record player and head phones and I listened to this song over and over while I took my punishment. LOL

[@paulauekman7556]

Sweet Connie has passed away. She really was in every aspect of her life was an icon. She will be missed in her Rock n ROLL FAME.

[@Weed-sq3rt]

My mom used to know her in her later years. Still quite a character. A legend hard to repeat

[@larmondoflairallen4705]

That is a good point. It think the famous groupies are every bit as much a part of rock and roll legend, and deserve to be in the HoF.

[@mikeharper2013]

Sweet, sweet Connie doing her act, she had the whole show and that’s a natural fact

[@tarrakieran2057]

@@mikeharper2013 God bless her.. she was the whole show

[@savgal1211]

Sweet sweet Connie .. she never appeared to have married or found true love and that is sad for her

[@sds4life17]

May the Ultimate Legendary groupie Sweet Connie R.i.p😔⚘❤🙏

[@transitfan954]

One of many great records from the fall of 1973, as I was starting my junior year in HS. And that gold vinyl single!!

[@yuvegotmale]

I have watched quite a few vids with Mark Farner....what a down to earth, American loving person.

[@robertblake7002]

Not in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. HALL OF SHAME

[@mariagonzalez6532]

WOW...I used to listen to this Great Band since I was 13 yrs old...and I still like it even more now.. Love You Guys... from a Mexican Lady to You all 🤗😎💋🌹🦋😺⚘♥️

[@victorsuarez3546]

RIP to Sweet Sweet Connie Hamzy of Little Rock, Arkansas (1955-2021). She just passed away recently. ❤️

[@bryangobbell5814]

Sweet Sweet Connie Hamzy from Little Rock passed away on August 21, 2021. It has been reported that she had a net worth in excess of 120 million when she died. She must have worked hard for her money!

[@rohawaha]

I saw them in concert in 1974 near the beginning of the " American Band Tour " in Charleston W Va , My hair was longer than Mark Farners The United States Marines took care of that hair the next year " 1975 " at MCRD San Diego .

[@jimmycoleman5853]

I remember the old Charleston civic center well. I saw Elvis there in 74

[@MonsterMetalManiac]

Wow. Without a doubt one of the most underrated bands of all time... awesome sound and great musicianship. Still going strong too !! 👍

[@agoogleuser4443]

I LOVE this song! Grand Funk is the soundtrack of my youth. Awesome live performance. 🤩

[@bobstrunk]

I loved/love this band. Don can really sing, and everybody knows how great Mark is. I pray that they will have resolved their differences before they go to meet the Lord. My favorite part is the scream just before the solo, "Hey, hey, Heeeeeyyyyyyy"

[@murphyat60]

Great growing up in the seventies, outside Detroit listening to awesome rock n roll. Now 50 years later we can relive our teenage years thanks to KZbin

[@47tooter]

That's exactly what I thought 10 years ago when I got my son a computer and discovered all these GFR videos , It absolutely blew my mind .

[@stevenparker1063]

CKLW !!!

[@jose.luis.ayala.]

It's my understanding that these fellas and their early Shea Stadium show are responsible for ALL the stadium shows that came after .. THANK YOU GRAND FUNK.

[@whataboutrob442]

He plays drums the correct way. On top and hard.

[@3dulimited952]

Now getting closer to 60 years why do I still get drawn to this song 🤔🤔🤔

[@maxmenius9839]

Legendary talent! Incredible live performance.

[@randycrager4074]

WHAT A MEMORY, 1974 AT THE EL PASO TX, ARMORY. NEVER FORGET IT. WHAT A CONCERT! THEMZ WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYZ!

[@backrowbrighton]

Keep hold of those memories.

[@Offspeed2]

RIP Sweet Connie!

[@michellekrehl7469]

Mark Farner is so beyond gorgeous. Wow.

[@jmmmnliberal8274]

One of the greatest Rock and roll songs to come out of the 70's!

[@johnnyrotten5507]

R.I.P Connie............you made this song what it is

[@monicaganz19]

Es increíble la concentración del cantante para tocar bateria y cantar al mismo tiempo, y lo hace perfecto.Qué calidad de banda. Su sonido es penetrante y arrollador. Su fuerza te envuelve y te cautiva. Tengo 61 y todavía me impacta cuando escucho esta canción.

[@Elliot_jackson]

That lead by Farner is spiritual. I know that he had his detractors and those nay sayers back in the day but dammit kids this is the real thing and you better bow down when you see the Railroad pass by because Grand Funk is not only your mommy but your daddy, too! God Bless this Rock and Roll!

[@ralphstalnecker2449]

bob larrance correction when you see the REAL railroad pass by! ;)

[@tomtanner874]

Don Brewer, drummer, does lead singing on that one, LOL

[@jebthaaxe]

Does peoples not get this sorry for them

[@matthewbradley3395]

Yessah my brothah! You've got to rise upah and Testify! GFR was the Cat's Ass back in the day. Closer to Home has not left my CD player stack for going on 20 years now. That fuzzed electric lead in riff by Mark in "Sin's a Good Man's Brother" always blows me away.

[@RichardGlatfelter]

I love this song! The whole band rocks insanely. Love the drum intro, one of the greatest ever.

[@mrscruz8017]

Damn shame this band is not in the Rock 'N Roll HOF.

[@jackkennedy_1963]

One of the best song intros in rock history!

[@rolfstrack8839]

Jack Kennedy of course

[@MrBadSeal]

Mark Farner save a ton of money on shirts back in the day ... lolol

[@tamarabradshaw4799]

Shirts weren’t made for Mark😘back in the day

[@CasonovaCorkClub]

And why in the HELL aren't they in The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?

[@raulsayavonga3830]

Because the RRHF is a pile of steaming fuck.

[@srpdesigns]

WALT these guys aren't in the hall of fame.... What a Fuckin Joke!!

[@sharonleehamilton6671]

18 and sassy with this music! One of my most favorite rock bands of all time!

[@MagnumMike44]

Classic 1970s rock n' roll out of Detroit, MI, origin of many rock bands, besides Grand Funk Railroad. I wish can say the same thing today.

[@haroldsherwood7232]

Dammed str8 Johnny !!!!!!!! To all you little kiddies with your subservient i-phones and texting technology. THIS is what REAL rock and roll was in the days when it was fun to go to concerts, and raise some mortal hell ! Mark Farner, Don Brewer, and Mel Schacher were a trio of ass kickin' musicians as good as any of the others in the 70's; still can't believe Farner found religion later on in life as wild on stage as he was, tween' him and Steve Walsh of Kansas. those two symbolized this time for me !

[@grungegirl9406]

Great music that stands the test of time!

[@nightstalker2217]

Grunge Girl saw a video of them almost 25 years after this still sound great

[@joeavelar2222]

Absolutely grunge girl!

[@billodriscoll7653]

Rock 'n' roll at its guttural finest. I was blessed to be a rocking teenager at the time.

[@tuskapoke7084]

RIP "Sweet, sweet Connie" from Little Rock......

[@paulmetroka6597]

1st concert I ever went to.....1974....GFR and Wet Willie!

[@wildorangepie]

So heavy polyester & half nekked sweaty playing their hearts out? As an old band manager this just cracks me up!!! Was that a light show? We were easily entertained back then. Great band!!!!❤

[@ashman0071]

got a speeding ticket in my tesla listening to this last Sunday - I was doing a buck ten in a seventy five zone.....I asked the officer if I could please give him an explanation - he said "yes" - I said I was listening to this - and then played the studio version for him - He wrote me up for ten over instead......! Young guy too, all hope is not lost my friends.........

[@fibboobbif]

Whats wrong with Tesla? It is probably the best fun car the US made since the 1958 Corvette or the 1967 Mustang ;-)

[@dukegreened]

!@@Laverne Johnson agreed, you can just feel the imaturity and falseness to it.

[@thomasmiller68tm]

@@fibboobbif No manual trans = no fun...

[@fibboobbif]

@@thomasmiller68tm right... and i think i would miss the sound... With a Tesla its just crazy acceleration, speed and coolness...

[@andyrudy8627]

Lol.. that's great!

[@dianaallison6110]

Love these guys..their amazing talent..& everything abt the band..just sad they broke up..but so glad we can still see Mark Farner doing things & supporting good causes..even now 🙂🙂☮☮✌✌💕💕 ** They were all SO gorgeous!!

[@srpdesigns]

I dont know how many times Ive watched this performance but EVERY time I cant help saying MY DEAR GOD!!!!. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@radiorob7543]

I'll have whatever Don Brewer (drums, lead and backing vocals) is having.

[@newdaydawning2357]

Rip sweet Connie

[@stevenparker1063]

1974 and this song was always playing at the pool in the summer on CKLW!! I was 9

[@silverbirdsong]

Glad I saw them live several times these guys always brought the house down.

[@shoesagogo1]

RIP Sweet Sweet Connie.💗

[@donnellblack768]

the great grand funk railroad

[@rubenservin4039]

Sounds great in 2021. Lots of memories.

[@mahgismom]

Best band from the 70's!! Love them!

[@sandmarfield]

Grand Funk was my first concert ~> Atlanta Ga 1971. It was awesome! These dudes can perform. (plus Mark Farner was🔥🔥🔥)

[@Bobfetter2]

Tracy Smith's basement, 1974. First time I heard this.

[@Jamie-hh5bj]

I swear growing up in Flint Michigan in the 70s it was like you lived this vibe.

[@blovedbrownsfan77]

One of the truly GREAT rock trios! GFR!

[@elisa7881]

Saw them in concert at a very "tender" age...It was great.

[@markschwieterman2296]

Saw these guys in battle creek michigan when I was a teenager along with Eddie money awesome show

[@debbietomlin231]

I listened to them always. Just turned 60 and their music never gets old. 2022 still jamming to this song.

[@dougt5357]

Saw them at the Fabulous Forum in LA in 74. What a great group!

[@kodiakbearson8815]

Ahh,..... What it was to hear this for the first time and have your young, impressionable head blown clean off your shoulders. Summer 73' what a year, what a song, what memories. We may not live forever,....... But music like this will.

[@scottclark2298]

I was 9 when I first heard this on my first "transistor radio". So glad I was alive to experience this. Damnit old!

[@piero50eas]

So underrated, they’re one of the pioneers in the primitive era of the US hard rock movement

[@NIKKGAGE1994]

These guys don't get enough credit for help paving the road for heavy metal.

[@ZumaDogg]

This and Highway Star are my two fave rock songs of all time.

[@georgetraylor7835]

grand funk 8 track tape craig 8 track player 67 chevy impala. memories.

[@juanchobelgado9245]

I was 8 yearsnwhen this song a big hit and im one of your all time fan ...abgreat band and great song

[@craigsharp653]

I was in high school when this came out,nobody ever turned the radio down when it came on,national rock anthem of the year.

[@roylivingston9085]

Let's put this awesome band at the top of the list for the rock and roll hall of fame. Anyone with me.

[@47tooter]

The Hall is gay and left , They are not good enough for Grand Funk !

[@dianaallison6110]

Mel is really movin' & groovin' moreso than usual in this one..good 2 see. They're all so very talented & handsome. Just wish they"d stayed 2gether..as so many of us miss the orig. guys. Best band ever!!

[@mikeannunziato7771]

GRAND FUNK GREAT BAND MARK , DON AND MEL...LOVE THERE MUSIC!!!!!

[@vodkanreba]

I'm 65 still love it!!!

[@mariazulli9158]

never gets old!!

[@j.m.1524]

How in the hell they are not in the hall of fame I will never know..

[@romanopaso]

There were great but not enough hits.

[@StoogesOfTheFuture]

Benedict Zwartzneger and Sister Rosetta Tharpe had enough hits to get in?

[@pwgasson]

Benedict Zwartzneger ....not enough hits? How many hits does Joan Baez have???

[@romanopaso]

I have no idea who Tharpe or Bbaez is I just know I like this song and really no other from them. Just being honest.

[@StoogesOfTheFuture]

Benedict Zwartzneger Yea but dude, just because you don't like them dosent mean they didn't have hits. Like I'll give you an example. I can't Stand the Steve Miller Band. I think he's talentless and he sucks. But he's had a shit ton of hits.

[@NirajPandya]

We are coming to your town we are going to party down We are an American band Long live Grand Funk Railroad

[@soyounoat2814]

The first 30 seconds of this is possibly the all-time best intro to a RocknRoll song.

[@surferbri5346]

It's always nice seeing marks muscles!!

[@laceybauman2882]

Yep, and he’s still got it! Saw Grand Funk last night with the original drummer-he could have played it while sleeping! A real legend!

[@davidziemann9653]

We saw them a couple years ago on the 70s Rock and Romance cruise, they were so good. No Farner but bass player and Don Brewer still killing it.

[@atabish3031]

was a kid then drummer was impressive singing they're biggest hit a real Anthem still stands

[@jmweed1861]

Biggest song was "Inside Looking Out" BRFORE they soldout and went commercail! Big CCR Fan but Gand Funk was rhe BEST Concert I ever went to in 1971 GFRR.

[@TJ-kg8vc]

Me too John - WE had a Blast - LIVE ON STAGE !! THe Place was PACKED !! Standing Room was Packed ..!! LOL - Never to be for gotten.!!

[@victormoon2349]

Prob my fav songs ever. They kicked a**. And they sound just as good live as in studio.