THIS MAN IS GRAND FUNK Period

Seeing Mark Farner live today is closer to seeing the real Grand Funk than seeing the Carl Brewer/Mel Schacher version that calls itself GFR. Farner was the heart and soul of the original band. It's a damn shame we will never a truly reunited GFR play together again. I saw them live in 71 and 75. So I guess I should count myself luckier than most.

@ryanj.horvath5423

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Which venues did you see them in, in 71 and 75?

@nicke.3782

11 ай бұрын

I saw them in 1970 and the reunion tour in 1998... 27-1/2 years later to the day. Absolutely great both times. Anybody got a DeLorean with the flux capacitor option... I need a ride. Dec 4th 1970 is waiting.

@jerryjohnson9531

10 ай бұрын

I never got to see them in concert but they were the bands that got me into rock. You are right, Mark Farner is Grand Funk Railroad!

@CJM27

9 ай бұрын

​@@nicke.3782Never got to see them back in 1970, as I was only 10 years old then. However I started listening to them in the early 70's and got to see them during the 1998 Reunion tour. Fast forward to the present and I'll be seeing the Mark Ferner Funk Trio in October. I just got my tickets for that show. Really looking forward to it.

@michaelp5518

8 ай бұрын

I whole heartedly agree.

Mark can still hit the notes at 75! What a legend!

@ryanj.horvath5423

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! He still sounds pretty awesome and it looks like he still enjoys being up there too!

@vanessalittle-sellers7981

11 ай бұрын

Still strong!!❤

@louisb5563

10 ай бұрын

Too bad that 1 guy in the audience can't 😝

@gregmiller7123

9 ай бұрын

The person singing along just kills this video.

@hehhehhuhhuh7014

4 ай бұрын

@@louisb5563 LOL! Yeah, the guy in the audience was totally tone deaf! 😅

Mark Farner IS Grand Funk Railroad. Those of use who were there from the get know what went down.

@ryanj.horvath5423

Жыл бұрын

No doubt about it!

@fretbuzz59

3 ай бұрын

Mark was the certainly main guy, but that band sounded the way it did because of the 3 original members.

Band of my teenage years 1973 & so on

Will never take the Rock n Roll HOF seriously until GFR is in.

@aschule5684

Жыл бұрын

They'll wait until one or all of them passes away, they're good about that 🙄

@photoslum

11 ай бұрын

I have never taken that thing seriously. Never will.

@joeyhumphrey4536

11 ай бұрын

@@photoslum Rock N Roll HOF is a joke. Run by bad people.

@seerstone8982

11 ай бұрын

Only the bass player is alive from Nazareth, the "Hair of the Dog" album alone should have gotten them in.

@marcludeman4106

11 ай бұрын

They will get in cause they will run out of people

So iconic that this song would reflect the band itself as the other band members choked Mark from the band, yes he is the captain but still GFR is a ghost ship sailing in the dark looking for its captain. The Closer to Home album notes...Like the generation to which they belong, their first album cried out, “This is me …this is what I see.” Their second grew as they grew and said, “This is me…this is what I feel”. And now with this, their third, they join hands with their millions of Brothers and Sisters and say, “This is me… this is where I am going.” They are three that belong to the New Culture setting forth on the final voyage through a dying world… searching to find a way to bring us all CLOSER TO HOME.

What a tune Brings back memories of cobo hall circa 1970.

@ryanj.horvath5423

Жыл бұрын

Awesome memory!!! You were at Cobo for the 1970 show? How was that!?

@andrebitoff3726

Жыл бұрын

@Ryan J. Horvath sell out show. The band got a lot of push back from their hometown. They had greater acceptance everywhere else. Detroit rock stations treated the band as lightweights. Great show from the last row of a 15000 seat arena. Bloodrock opened.

Freakin awesome still!! Keep rocking…..you still got it!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

always the captan

My grandparents lived 2 doors down from Mel Shocker in Flint, When i was little we go up there from Nashville and visit my mom side of the family, We always had a great time, we would listen to grand Funk practice in Mels dads garage, Next to Burger King, before and while they was making it big, memories!!

@georgiabutka3770

3 ай бұрын

Mel lives in Traverse city & Mark lives in Petoskey!

@bandpariah1518

3 ай бұрын

@@georgiabutka3770 not back in the late 60s, they come over to Mels parents' house and practice in the garage

@georgiabutka3770

3 ай бұрын

@@bandpariah1518 I was talking about now,not back then.

Mark Farner sempre in splendida forma ❤️

I fear the day when I'll no longer be able to see Mark play "Closer To Home", the very song that so perfectly defined the youth movement that began so long ago and defined the greater part of my life. On that day I will cut off my thinning gray ponytail, put away my faded blue jeans and tie-dyed shirts, hang up my dirty red bandana and thank Mark for the long, strange but beautiful trip it's been. And when it's my turn to cross the great divide as well I'm sure I'll hear this song again 'cause you just know that, "if there's a rock n' roll heaven, well you know they've got a hell of a band". Mark would have it no other way.

@ryanj.horvath5423

3 ай бұрын

Well said!

Fantastic band

His voice and guitar playing is mind blowing!!!

@ryanj.horvath5423

11 ай бұрын

He's the man!!!

Got to see him a few times late 80s, early 90s at Hemisfair Park. Fiesta!

@ryanj.horvath5423

11 ай бұрын

Awesome!

Awesome 😎

Awesome - thanks for sharing

@ryanj.horvath5423

Жыл бұрын

No Problem!

Was there but dont remember. Great clip.

love it nice work guys

He is GFR😃

@sixslinger9951

Жыл бұрын

they all were great but the other two screwed him and now I have no respect for them.

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

The REAL grand funk...1000000000%

Great song!

@ryanj.horvath5423

Жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed!!!

Whew! Whoever in the audience that was singing (or trying to) near the end sounded like he was loaded! "I'm getting closer to my home!" It's to bad he wasn't close enough. He could have closed the windows so we didn't have to listen to him...Yikes!

Mark still sounds great. Long live GFR!

@funkfan1751

10 ай бұрын

Long Live The REAL Grand Funk Railroad now MIA.

@photoslum

10 ай бұрын

@@funkfan1751 i a constantly reminded how great they were each time i put in an album (up to and not including all the girs beware)

I think , Guitar MAX, DOVYDAS and Mark Farner should get together at District 142 in Wyandotte Michigan!

He was/is Grand Funk

Seen them in Dayton Ohio many years ago

😊

Dec 18 1970 madison Square Garden ,Jim Wilson are you out there Buddy ?

Why are the drums behind walls of plexiglass? Is this a new thing now?

Nice job Chet.

@ryanj.horvath5423

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave! One of my favourite rock & roll voices!

That one guy singing haha sounds like you know what.

The drummer is good

The best he don't need grandfunk

@ThrashTillDeth83

8 ай бұрын

He's great but the new drummer and bassist suck ass...

i wonder why do they have a cage around the drum set for?

@gregoryschleitwiler9601

10 ай бұрын

Because he's a banger and isolating him the sound guy can control the obnoxious playing.

Hes rhe engine. Grand f..RR.. christian..believer,i believe he is true . Me alao .yashua..love them.him.🌹📖

1st saw them @ the Cincinnati Pop festival, Then @ Vets Memorial Hall in Columbus Oh. Was in a copy band (and originals) already doing a couple of their songs. What a show, Excellent concert Band. A shame how they were taking advantage of by Terry Knight. Then took legal action against Mark.

Is mit me, or did Mark purposely not sing the lines "Or are you really scheming? Please don't take my ship away from me."?

@ryanj.horvath5423

10 ай бұрын

Good call! What really happened is that I had to edit 3 separate video clips into one master clip. The first clip ended right before that verse!

The drummer must have been bad? That's why they put him in jail?

Proof that minimalist music can still be epic. Shout out the male audience member out of tune.

Again no offense to the drummer.. but..

What is that a penalty box the drummer is in...lol....it looks terrible and should not be on the stage.

The real grandfunk......f brewer!!!!