Lynyrd Skynyrd bro

Wrong color

The RRHOF has been politicized.....Grammys, Emmys, RS magazine, Nobel Peace Prize means nothing anymore....GFR is too good for RRHOF...🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎

Grew up listening GFR

I saw them in Schweinfurt, Germany when they gave a free concert for GI's. Hard to see the stage (which was flatbed trailers put next to each other) for all the hash smoke. I met Donnie Brewer a few years later and he remembered looking out and seeing 3 tanks with their gun turrents and spotlights aimed at the stage, Humble Pie opened for the Funk. A rockin show for sure.

Absolutely right! Late 60's they were as popular and sold as many if not more albums than anyone (fact). So big that Led Zeppelin opened for GFR at a huge concert somewhere in California I think. They still tour and sound as good as ever. ROCK ON!

Absolutely agree with you 100% . I am a New Yorker and have seen them all , went to Woodstock, love Rock, Fillmore East every weekend but no one for me was ever such the total package from A to Z like Mark Farner. I will never forget honestly thinking SHEA STADIUM was going to collapse during the July 9th , 1971 stadium show the whole 55,000 seat Ballpark was swaying up & down, the mezzanine, lodge and upper boxes were moving. I was later told that they were considering stopping the show but it was a fairly new (6 yrs.) old venue but you know that they JUST DON’T MAKE THINGS LIKE THEY USED TO !

And a Christian. So is Alice Cooper and many other well-known musicians of all eras. :)

They were America's version of The Who. They'll blow your ears off but they'll also blow you out with their music!!

@@JimLaughlan Maybe in terms of sheer volume level, but certainly not musically. The Who were calculated - almost tame, next to a band like GFR. It has more to do with the band’s chemistry than anything technical.

more funky just gets better each performance

And the guitar solo still gives me goose bumps! Catherine, where were you when I was young and looking to find a lady that appreciated good music?

@@frankrich5024 lol Frank was 6 when GFR hit the bigtime sadly missed them at their peak.When Eddie van halen died was so sad but watching all the video footage of VH they kept mentioning influences and this band called GFR kept being mentioned.researched them and could not believe what i was watching!!! I dont think i remember them being huge in England but OMG im making up for it now!! ive binged on just about all Marks interviews on various you tube channels,watched just about all the live footage available on you tube,brought a good deal of the back catalogue- thats working progress.I am just trying to work out if or how i can get to the states next year to see Mark play with his American band.I adore him and love GFR.Ive just composed a huge e mail to send to the RRHOF re the total injustice of their rejection into the HOF. my love of rock began around Van Halen 1 release,loved Sabbath,Deep purple(gillain only!)iron maiden,zeppelin(thats changed now) and so on!!! AND BREATHE!!! Just got in from work,not sure if youre in UK or Stateside but its 7pm here,had my Farner fix....My new Rare Earth cd arrived today.Gonna have a very British cuppa tea and grab my supper! You take care my fellow funk fan!!!!!

@@Mff48 Grand Funk Railroad greatest rock band of all time

I agree with you ! Heard the live album when I was 13 (48 years ago... ) and this tune became immediatly one of my favorites, and still is, though I am very eclectic in my choices and musical tastes! Still goose bumps when hearing Mark "singing-shouting" like that and still the feeling that they share with me their incredible energy ! I know Don has been a source of inspiration for many drummers (I'm one of these!) and I wouldn't be surprised to be told he was the one who inspired the Muppets Show creators for their famous drummer "Animal"!!! Love you guys!!!

I saw them do this show a year later at the Hollywood Sportatorium, I was living in Pembroke Pines and have been friends with Mark and family since 1963, saw them from the Git-go but the first time out of Michigan

Agree but screw the HOF they don't deserve them.

Гран Фанк как настольная книга!!!

Mark is the FUNK that made the band GFR! 👍

They smoked weed they sure weren't straight back then :-)

Those are the Badd Boys from Flint Michigan and don't forget that

Smoke some good herb, Herb...then you'll get it.

@@stillnotwoke That didn't help

@@steverherb come on now you got to give some credit to Craig frost here ; )

theyre both brilliant in their own way love em both

it is on dvd i think it was 74-75 san Diego cali

Definitely the 74 tour as you can tell by Mark's pants.

@@twwtjohns and jolly nice pants they were too! lol

Yes, it was in 74, I saw them at the Capitol Center in Largo, Md., they were the loudest band that I had ever heard before, Mark Farner was all over the stage! Wet Willie opened up for them! Both bands were great, I would love to go back in time and do it all over again!

@@TheReddog5757 I saw them in 71 at Cobo Hall in Detroit by far the Loudest band I ever saw. My ears rang for 3 days I can't imagine the people up front their hears must of bled :-) Peace

Then shit has gone to hell

Think they grew past their initial garage rock stage when they released the Red Album, sold out Shea Stadium faster than The Beatles (72 hours) and had Peter Grant (Mgr. of Zeppelin) have their power turned off in Atlanta, as Grant was paranoid that Funk was about to show up his up band. I live in LA and in the early 70s they headlined the Forum and sold out 4 consecutive shows same day. They were huge in the early 70s!! 🎵🎶🎵🎼🎸🎸🎸🔥🔥🔥

Tell me a story?

They had religion problems. Mark went to survice God and Mal and Don had different things going on.

@@rexbradley1417 Lot of respect for Mark for following Jesus. I too, am a Christian. ✝️