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Mark Fredrick Farner (born September 29, 1948) is an American musician. He was the original singer and guitarist of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad, which he co-founded in 1969, and later as a contemporary Christian musician .
Apr 18, 2024 · Legendary all-American frontman and guitarist Mark Farner was the engine that pulled the original Grand Funk Railroad to the top of the charts, and today he’s a platinum recording artist 30 times over.
May 5, 2023 · Mark Farner, a founding member of GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, has once again said that he is open to a reunion with his former band.
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.
Sep 29, 2023 · Mark Farner was writing and playing some of his most inspired music for the albums Grand Funk Lives (“Queen Bee” even appeared on the Heavy Metal soundtrack) and What’s Funk? And Farner has continued to write and play rock and roll American style that I really appreciate.
Oct 9, 2023 · Mark Farner was a primal voice of early-'70s rock. Hailing from Flint, Michigan, Farner blended '60s R&B and British blues rock alongside Mel Schacher ( bass) and Don Brewer (drums), touring up a musical cocktail via power trio Grand Funk Railroad.
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.
