Grand Funk Railroad We're An American Band CD

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 Excellent remaster of GFR
Beyond the remastered tracks of the full original, the additional acoustic tracks and previously un-released track make this a Very Fine addition to a GFR collection. Highly Recomend this one to anyone into GOOD ROCK and ROLL !!!
Submitted by gntlgiant58 (Minersville, PA) 
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 The Best Grand Funk CD
The quality of this CD is remarkable given the date it was recorded. These guys are unbelievable. Real talent here!!
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 GFR
redecover GFR, after many years of not hearing them, i bought a CD and now I have many.... one of the first live bands I saw in concert as a teen... I recommened this CD ...
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 GFR Best!!!!!!
This was 1973 GFR just barley survived a huge brake up with there manager Terry Knight. Mark, Don and Mel got the name Grand Funk Railroad, Terry Knight got everything else. GFR in 72 Added a forth member in Craig Frost (now with Bob Segar's Silver Bullet band) to round out the sound and put out a self produced album called Phoenix, which had the hit Rock N Roll soul on it, but it was not as commercially successful as there pervious 7 albums. Even with that Hit song many GFR fans felt GFR was gong soft and they needed a much better album, yet they also needed radio friendly songs. Don Brewer, Grand Funk's GREAT Drummer, stepped forward with his song writing and singing and wrote and sung the great number one HIT Were An American Band; It was GFRs first number one hit and became there signature song; it went on to be a smash hit for GFR and one of the biggest rock songs of all time. The Album We're An American Band rock's from start to finish. Of course We're An American Band became a rock anthem (ask Garth Brooks, Kid Rock, Jackal, Bon Jovi, Joe Lynn Turner, Halloween and On and On-so many artists and bands have covered it over the years), Stop Looking Back a Brewer and Farner composition has a wonderful chorus which went "Shoot for the starts when my eyes can't see the star light. Reach for the sun in the night, Stop lookin back at the times I was defeated, I pick myself up and move straight ahead; stop lookin back" an excellent song. Brewer wrote the lyrics and Farner the music. Its funny Farner was the main song writer in GFR BUT Don Brewer Wrote there Biggest Hit We're An American Band and there most sophisticated lyrics in songs such as Stop Lookin Back, I Fell for your Love (from the Born to Die Album), Still Waitin (from the What's Funk Album), and I can Feel Him In The Morning (from the Survival Album). The album also contains The Railroad and Creepin Two of Mark Farner's best written songs, these two songs really show how Mark's writing was maturing. Both songs are spiritual and political. Black Licorice and Walk Like A Man are Two rocker's by Don Brewer that really fill up this album with great rockers. Black Licorice is about Brewer's first sexual experience and Walk Like A man is an in your face rocker expressing GFRs break from knight to daylight. Ain't got Nobody and Loneliest Rider both by Farner, The Former a mid tempo song of lost love and the later a song about the plight of Native Americans in the USA (Mark is part Native American), both great songs. This version of We're An American Band is a 24 Bit remasterred version that sounds wonderful has new liner notes and restored artwork. It also contains four bonus tracks Hooray and The End two Brewer/Farner penned songs that just flat out rock, I can't believe either of these was left off the original album, they turn one of rocks and rolls best albums into an even better hard rocking album. Another Bonus track is a new mix of We're An American Band that is heavy in Guitar that sounds very cool and lastly an acoustic version of walk like a man with fantastic vocals by Don Brewer. All in all a Great album, GFRs Best by a long shot; We're An American Band is a classic and is must have CD for every Rock "N" Roll fan.
Submitted by RickDC (Moodus, CT.) 
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 GFR's Best!!!!!!!!!!
This was 1973 GFR just barley survived a huge brake up with there manager Terry Knight. Mark, Don and Mel got the name Grand Funk Railroad, Terry Knight got everything else. GFR in 72 Added a forth member in Craig Frost (now with Bob Segar's Silver Bullet band) to round out the sound and put out a self produced album called Phoenix, which had the hit Rock N Roll soul on it, but it was not as commercially successful as there pervious 7 albums. Even with that Hit song many GFR fans felt GFR was gong soft and they needed a much better album, yet they also needed radio friendly songs. Don Brewer, Grand Funk's GREAT Drummer, stepped forward with his song writing and singing and wrote and sung Were An American Band, GFRs first number one hit and there signature song; it was a smash hit for GFR and one of the biggest rock songs of all time. The Album We're An American Band rocked from start to finish. Of course We're An American Band became a rock anthem (ask Garth Brooks, Kid Rock, Jackal, Bon Jovi, Joe Lynn Turner, Halloween and On and On-so many artists and bands have covered it over the years), Stop Looking Back a Brewer and Farner composition has a wonderful chorus which went "Shoot for the starts when my eyes can't see the sun light. Reach for the sun in the night, Stop lookin back at the times I was defeated, I pick myself up and move straight ahead and stop lookin back" an excellent song. The album also contains The Railroad and Creepin Two of Mark Farner's best written songs, these two songs really show how Mark's writing was maturing. Black Licorice and Walk Like A Man are Two rocker's by Don Brewer that really fill up this album with great rockers. Ain't got Nobody and Loneliest Rider both by Farner, The Former a mid tempo song and the later a song about the plight of Native Americans in the USA, both great songs. This version of We're An American Band is a 24 Bit remasterred version that sounds wonderful has new liner notes and restored artwork. It also contains four bonus tracks Hooray and The End two Brewer/Farner penned songs that just flat out rock, I can't believe either of these was left off the original album, they turn one of rocks and rolls best albums into an even better hard rocking album. We're An American Band a new mix heavy in Guitar that sounds very cool and lastly an acoustic version of walk like a man with fantastic vocals by Don Brewer. All in all a Great album, GFRs Best by a long shot; We're An American Band isa classic and is must have CD for every Rock "N" Roll fan.
Submitted by RickDC (Moodus, CT.) 
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