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ABOUT. Photo Credit: Neil Preston. Legendary all-American frontman and guitarist, Mark Farner, was the engine that pulled the original Grand Funk Railroad repeatedly to the top of the charts, and today he’s a platinum recording artist 30 times over. At age 70, Farner commands the stage with the same intensity and outpouring of love as he did ...
Sep 29, 2023 · September 29, 2023 Jim Sullivan. Mark Farner of Grand Funk (Image: Pinterest) Grand Funk Railroad was, in the early ‘70s, the most popular band of its day and, in some critical quarters, the most hated. The trio from Flint, Michigan was the “people’s band” – a hard rock outfit that came out of a garage. Over the years, they sold more ...
Dec 1, 2020 · The band, of course: Mark Farner (guitar/vocals), Mel Schacher (bass) and Don Brewer (drums/vocals). For the original Grand Funk Railroad, look no further than the above trio, and disregard the watered-down AOR outfit they developed into in later years.
Oct 9, 2023 · Features. “I had an operation and the doctor told me, ‘No more heavy guitars.’. He rattled off a ton I couldn't play – I said, ‘Doc, what can I play?!’” Mark Farner on what led him to the Parker Fly – and what’s preventing a Grand Funk Railroad reunion. By Andrew Daly. published 9 October 2023.
Apr 18, 2024 · Jan 30, 2024. Listen to the latest interview here: http://tinyurl.com/m8d5n5uj. New screen-printed art. Jan 18, 2024. Check out the store to get your Mark Farner swag on: https://markfarner.com/shop-2/ south american tour. Jan 9, 2024. New dates announced! mark chats with flintside. Jan 8, 2024.
Mark Farner —co-founding singer-songwriter-guitarist of Grand Funk Railroad, a band that’s sold more than 25 million albums—has both kinds of stories. One is a doozy. It’s about him and Jimi Hendrix. “I knew Jimi,” Farner says, on the phone in our 2017 interview from his home in Petoskey, Mich.
Sep 28, 2022 · “My Guitar Playing Has Always Been Based On Pure Emotion”: Grand Funk Railroad’s Mark Farner Reveals His Five Career-Defining Songs. By Joe Bosso. last updated 28 September 2022. The guitarist explains the genesis of classic tracks from the band’s heyday. (Image credit: John Minihan/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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