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Early life and career. Farner began his career in music by playing in Terry Knight and The Pack (1965–1966), The Bossmen (1966–1967), The Pack (aka The Fabulous Pack) (1967–1968), before forming Grand Funk Railroad with Don Brewer (drums) and Mel Schacher (bass guitar) in 1969. Craig Frost (keyboards) joined the band in 1972. Farner claims Cherokee descent on his maternal side.
28 de sept. de 2022 · I’m 72 now, so I’ve got to work the muscles a little more than when I was a young guy. Mark Farner. “My guitar playing has always been based on pure emotion,” he says. “When I played with [drummer] Don [Brewer] and [bassist] Mel [Schacher], I just got into this frame of mind, and I was cookin’.
29 de sept. de 2023 · That time Mark Farner of Grand Funk told me how he became a born-again Christian. By Steve Newton. Man, if there’s one song I remember fondly from the summer of 1973 it’s Grand Funk’s “We’re An American Band”. To my 16-year-old ears that 3 1/2-minute song had everything: a wicked, cowbell-drenched drum intro, killer guitar licks ...
1 de dic. de 2020 · Mark Farner had become a talisman to the band’s collection of fans – chiefly doped-up adolescents and working-class Midwesterners – and he was now beginning to develop his own political agenda. Much to the angst of his boss, Terry Knight.
29 de sept. de 2023 · Brewer sang the single and has the sole songwriting credit for the gleeful, anthemic song about loving the rock life – hotel destruction and groupie adoration, immortalizing “Sweet, sweet Connie” and anonymously extolling the virtues of “four young chiquitas from Omaha.” Mark Farner 1971 (Image: Wikipedia)
Mark is as real as they get: he’s a husband, a father, and grandfather, and in his fourth decade of marriage to wife Lesia. He’s a true family man. “I think our fans originally connected to our songs because we were sincere” Farner said. “My lyrics were about Mother Earth, stopping the war, and all about love.
28 de sept. de 2022 · Mark Farner looks back on the gear, songs, and stories behind the biggest American hard-rock band of the early 1970s. (Image credit: John Minihan/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Recently, a proliferation of clips has appeared on YouTube in which young music fans document their reactions to hearing the music of Grand Funk Railroad for the first time.
