Mark is such a great guy. He IS Grand Funk!

I've known Mark for many years and work with his wife Lesia regularly. They are both wonderful people.

One of the greatest voices in the history of Rock and Roll

I respect Mark for turning down the heavy drug life. Imagine how much peer pressure he was given weekly. I think he was meant to see Hendrix fail on stage big time. That was your Divine Intervention, Mark. I had same type of social experience and I gave all that shit up ,including bar hopping and drinking 35 years ago. I put my half drunk beer bottle on the bar at my buddies bar ,looked in the wall mirror behind the booze bottles, saw an aura around my head reflection ,looked left and saw a dude fall off his stool and hit the floor hard. I looked at my bartender buddy and said," Jerry..I am leaving and never coming back. I am done with this life." His jaw dropped and I quit drinking that night forever. Divine Intervention folks! It happens. Peace. (PS Out of a total of 10 band members from 3 rock groups, only 4 of us remain alive. .alcohol and drugs killed them in the end.) I am 72.

More than one of the greatest voices, also a great guitarist. In my opinion, the prototype front man and the first real rock star. He sang, played, and looked the part. O.G.

I am old enough to remember GFR back in the early 70's They always played their asses off and Mark had a beautiful singing voice.

I always wanted to see a Farner/Joe Walsh collaboration. The two guys always seemed very similar in terms of personality and they are both underrated players. Imagine the kickass, guitar heavy, hard driving songs they might have co-written in their prime.

Man, that Midwestern accent will never go away!🤣

Mark has lived just down the road from me for thirty some years. What an awsome down to earth man. I do not give my comments or admiration lightly and I admire Mark greatly! Also he is one of my guitar playing inspirations, what a talented man!

Love Mark Farner. He's got a rock and roll soul! 💕

Mark Farner is ROCK ROYALTY!!!!! Saw them twice in the early 70s, two of the best shows I have ever seen!!!

Wow!!!! I was into "GRANDFUNK RAILROAD" back in 1970. Thanks for the upload.

One of my favorite ROCK n roll groups ever. GREAT VIDEO THANKS

Great to hear from you Mark . What a story !

I've been clean for 33 years. I do NOT regret my decision.

Best of the best. What a great sound. Very creative, thoughtful and high quality music.

Mark Farner seems like a wonderful person !!! Thank you so much Mark and for this interview !!!!

Mark farner, was and is grand funk railroad GOAT

Always been a fan. Mark Farner is a class act.

Always enjoy listening to all the interviews that Mark does. You learn something new every time.

My favorite band of all time. Saw them 3 times in the 70s and then again on the Bosnia tour. They were great. And in 96 they sounded like they had never stopped. Then I saw Mark at Hippiefest a few years ago and he still sings fantastic. One of the best singers ever!

Saw GFR in Canton Ohio 1969…Cleveland 1970… Cleveland again 96. I’ve seen a lot of bands in the 70’s 80’s. Mark Don and Mel are my favorite live performing band. Thank you guys. Just wish you could mend the fences and stay together till life says no. You three ARE the sound. Seems like a sin not to put your differences aside. Thank you guys.

The Most Amazing Mr Farner.. Great Story.. Yeah.... It Happens... Boy I'm Glad I Made it Thru.. Lol.. Creation Bless You My Most Amazing Musical Big Brotha ☺☺😎👊💯💜

Just wow wow wow your funniest interview yet!!! 😂😂😂😂

One of my 1st favorites. Very underrated. Glad he's still around and healthy. Smart musician. Creepin was my favorite from American Band album. 1st album I ever bought!

Ohh man that was awesome! Had me laughing a good while. Great story about his time with Jimi. And yes, weed today is a whole other animal from back when I was young (80s). That scene in the movie Ted 2 isn't lying, "this one's called Help Me Get Home" ROFL. Great stuff as always man!

This is KILLER COMMENTARY BROTHER!!!!

Mark Farner and Ronnie Van Zant were my biggest influences ever since I was 7 years old. (Thanks to older brothers) I never started in a band until about 7 years ago, BLACK WATER CANYON. When people listen to me sing with my band, they say they hear GRAND FUNK and SKYNYRD. Thank you Mark, a true blue man, excellent song writer, cool guitar player, natural feel singer and relentless performer. Don is a cool style drummer and Mel is a fantastic bass player. No wonder they blew the doors off of Led Zeppelin back in '69/70/71. But lets be REAL here: without Mark Farner, there is no Grand Funk.

Mark is one of the best rockers and tells great stories.

What a great interview.

How does this channel not have a million subs? Fucking hell! Amazing content.

While I was listening to Mark and his unbelievably descriptive speaking,, I felt sorry for Jimi, but at the same time I was laughing my head off at the way Mark described the event. He is one terrific speaker!

One of The Greatest of all time.

20 years agowent to Detroit airport to pick up a pro hockey player friend of mine from Canada. My friend saw Mark and went absolutely nuts. Mark was super cool and could not have been more gracious.

What I admired about Mark Farner was that he was one of the very few guitar players worldwide that never had to have his eyes on his fingers and guitar while playing. Mark the extraordinaire guitarist doing his this thing. Millions of guitar player's past, present and future have to ALWAYS keep their eyes on the guitar and their fingers while they play. Mark Farner Was Grand Funk Railroad With A Style All His Own.

that is what i call a fun interview 😁

Mark is so frickin awesome! He is a great musician and storyteller. 👍❤

Met Mark Farner in Grants New Mexico a long time e ago when he was touring high schools. Such a good guy, made me go home and practice.

My man. This dude gets it all the way 🤘🏼

I'm 27 now and Mark has been my idol since I was 7 years old and my nam vet grandpa had me singing inside looking out and walk like a man at top of my lungs! Everyday I set and try an play his music on my guitar. Gosh, I'd do anything to tell this guy my life story and my grandpa who's 72 now get to meet him before he passes. Grandpa came home from Nam in 69 to I'm your captain playing. An when K-She 95 started him and his buddies would constantly call in trynna get them to Jam Grand Funk. Man... Thanks Mark for all you've helped me through in my crazy ass life. Your a god from god brother, and a friend to me in knowing so or not!!! Love man!

Great interview! I know the feeling all too well Mark…lol! Happy to say, I’ve been clean and sober for 12 years. Currently fighting the big C…I was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma back in March of this year. Need prayers🙏🏻

I remember back in the 1970’s Mark would tell people in a lot of interviews not to do hard drugs and was very much against hard drugs. I saw Grand Funk Railroad around 5 years back at the Natchitoches Jazz Festival and the band played, sang, and preformed like they were 25 years old, they hit every single note perfect, had phenomenal timing, and the drummer still did what sounded like the same drum solo he did in the 70’s that went on for a long time. The guys were in great shape and played like the Super Stars they are. It was an amazing performance and it blew fan’s mind how great they sounded. Talk about dedication to one’s craft. This band deserves any and all awards, plus any recognition they receive, they have truly earned it the hard way and have cut no corners. If you get a chance to see them, please take advantage of it, I promise you will not be disappointed, you will be amazed. Thank you.

Good times. I always knew Mark associated with the great rock stars but the tigbt assed media at the time down played it all. Plus Mark was always just a humble guy. Hearing him talk he has a lot of history and its so good so many fans that are grown up have now seized the opportunity to interview him. What a treasure.

I was definitely a fan of Grand Funk back in the day. I saw them perform in NYC's Fillmore East on their "Closer to Home" tour. Loud as F but crystal clear and man, did they sound good. From "Are you ready" through "Sin's a good man's brother" to "Closer to Home" they rocked the Fillmore that night. What a great memory.

Bad ass Guitar player and singer. A living American Rock legend!!

Bad time. the best .wonderful super genial maravillosa fuera de serie tanks Mark for all of those beautiful moments your the best always 😁👍

Just the way we grew up quite honestly. We had to indulge in some of it. It still remains whatever you're into, moderation is the key. Live and Learn. Had he gone over the edge, he would not be here, and could never jam like he does. Hope he has many days ahead.

Massive respect for my Rock Hero, Mark❤️🎶🎸🎶❤️He’s the whole enchilada 👍

Mark just gets better and better every time i hear him

Mark is a living legend! Immensely talented singer, songwriter, guitarist and performer. PTL! Been a fan since i was a kid when my older brother handed me GFR live in the mid 70s. Mark is right about the pot then vs now. I hadn't smoked pot since I was a teenager and smoked some last year and I hated the buzz. The pot is like 10 times more potent. The pouch of pot I bought is still sitting in a draw.

OMG...I'm getting a Flashback just listening to this!!! LOL

Mark you are the Mac Daddy!!!There is no GFR. Without you. I met you and your lovely wife. Several years ago at a restaurant in Flint Michigan. You kept calling me dude. Great day for me!!!

Ahh. More meat including amongst the comments to the sanitized stories I've only ever read in informative material. This does not mention which concert this happened but it won't be hard to add two and two together from amongst the collection of books on Jimi I possess. THANK YOU for the post.

Mark just seems like such a great guy and what a talent! Grand Funk was the only American band to rival the mighty LED ZEPPELIN, they scared the hell out of Peter Grant to a point of threatening to shut them down...... Then he did!

I was born in 71.So I missed Grand Funk Railroad.At least I got to listen to them on rock radio growing up.Great American rock band.Mark Farmer is a very talented musician and I’m glad he takes care of himself.I saw some clips of them playing live at Shea Stadium.That was an awesome rock show.They sold out the stadium faster than any other musical act including The Beatles in 1965.

Mark talking about Jimi made me remember a story about Jimi , He was coming to Charlotte , I was so pumped about this, but what was so weird was he was opening for the dam monkees ! And for weeks was wondering how was this gonna workout ? The night of the show got there early ,was doing some acid stayed outside smoked some pot and saw all these little kids holding their dads and mommy's hands crossing the parking lot and going inside, and realized just how many more little kids there were than the older teens as my self, so I knew I wasn't gonna get away with smoking any pot inside, so we smoked one more and went inside , It was like walking into the biggest Day Care you could imagine ! Jimi came out played one song there was hardly a reaction from the crowd, he started song # 2 and those little devil's come alive booing , screaming, and throwing paper cups and everything else they could get their hands on ! It was awful ,He walked off stage through the curtains halfway through the second song ! Then he burst through the curtains walked to front stage with his guitar hanging off his back, And with both hands high in the Air gave the whole coliseum 2 of the prettiest birds you ever seen, And promised Charlotte that he would never play our town ever again ! Didn't get to see him again until July 4 1970 at the Atlanta Pop festival about 1:00 Saturday morning , I was up front of stage 15 or 18 feet away , there were more than 400,000 there, and for a few years Genesis labeled it the largest mass gathering ever ! Until Abba played Central Park which was said a million people showed up for them ! I really had some great times in my teen years to me it was perfect timing ! I was 15 years old hitchhiking everywhere ! I always had good luck catching rides so much so many times had cars pulling over as I was getting out of cars, they would say we been behind y'all and seen you were not dangerous so decided to give you a ride as well ! Times are so much different now days !!

Always love the Grand Funk Live album; amazing performances. Saw the band a few years ago; was Don & Mel with others. Was super disappointed Mark wasn't there!

Great story teller!

Great interview! Honestly, it's refreshing to hear a well respected rocker say that he was never into the hard stuff. That stuff brings nothing but doom and gloom. Keep up the great content. I've enjoyed watching your channel grow, little by little. My opinion is that the channel should be bigger and will be, in time.

Mark is the coolest!🥰

Hi Mark! Northern Michigan says hello!

Saw GFR at Shea Statium, still one of the greatesat nights of my life. Also saw Mark a few years back solo....still a great performer and his voice was still amazing.

Excellent :)

Red, Gold, and then in the latter 70's early 80's Sensi & Maui. The one is indica, the other Sativa. I don't partake anymore, for it just makes me thirsty. I'm an alcoholic, soooo. I did get to see Mark with Don&Mel on their reunion tour on 4/22/98. What a show. That show helped me change my life. I was smoking crack back then, and I was so tired of missing everything. I had about 40$ on me and I saw Grand Funk's name on the Syracuse Landmark Theater marque. Standing there looking up at their name in lights, with my hand in my pocket fumbling and mumbling the cash, thinking, " What am I gonna get, an hour of peeping out my window, then going crazy after, or buy a ticket to one of my favorite bands from when I was growing up ". I was so sick and tired of not having anything, not doing the things I would like to do, because of my drug addictions. Seriously folks. I had a place that had a chair and couch that I pulled from the trash, and an old B&W TV, that had no antenna because I snapped it off to use as a crack stem. The only reason I had a place was that I worked for a slum lord. So, looking up and thinking of seeing and hearing Grand Funk jam Heartbreaker, I went up and bought a ticket. I had enough money left to buy the big bottle of MD2020 and a pack of smokes, drank it down, and went in. After the show, I went and told a couple of the people I hung around back then, crackheads like me too, and you know what, they all said that they wish they could do that, and one said that it was an inspiration for him. I didn't completely sober up right away, but that Grand Funk show was the start of it. The year 2020 was the last time I've induced, imbibed, whatever, and it all started with a Rock&Roll Show. BTW, I have nothing against weed, if you can, you can. I just can't.

Mark, Mel, Don and chicks are the reason why i have loved rock n roll since i was 11 yrs old in 1970s. im originally from michigan born and raised. Grand Funk R/R was and is your band 4life, every household i can remember being in..all had a one or more of Grand Funk R/R LPs in ther record collection, was listening to an GFRR 8 track in the car or had their whole GFRR album collection on Reel to Reel. i cant speak for the rest of the states or the world, i can only speak from my experience. i still love my GRAND FUNK RAIL ROAD IN 2021 Mark Mel and Don are the orginals and are the reason 'Classic Rock' is a sound that producers try to duplicate today. you cant duplicate Grand Funks sound..its nothing tangible..its not a setting on some knob...or a program. its all the elliments in what you heard that day in 1970 at the Atlanta Pop Fest..whom played for FREE and blew the roof off the place a non known 3 piece band with a set of originals..they werent fake..they came prepared to be what they became and then some. my older brothers and sister attended that show..it took a few days for them to explain all that they experienced durring the trip..the fest..the people, the bands..i dont know if this was ever said to the band, or ever quoted in some magazine..but my family said GFRR was so fresh and heavy hitting that day..and for a non known band..a controversy arrose through the crowd..was this band really a garage band this f'n good? fresh on the scene ..or some corrporate joke (exact words) i dont know why Terry did what he did..makes no sense years after the fact. all bizzar to this day.

Grew up and GFR was my favorite What a cool dude, Mark

Love you Mark, Mel & Don, you were my hero's from 69' onward See you in Heaven bro.

Mark's one hell of a good story teller!

"INSIDE LOOKING OUT" my favorite GFR song!

Now that's RocknRoll. Brother Mark.

Thanks! Mark Farner is a high energy guy. I'm 32 years clean and sober, not even weed. I stopped smoking cigarettes when I was 20. And the Jimi story reminded me of when I did some long lines of what I was told was coke, but was really PCP. That changed my life and a few years later led to me getting sober. I wouldn't tell anyone what to do with drugs and booze, but the success story never being told after drugs is true! I wouldn't trade places with anyone. For anti-inflammatory my wife and I take turmeric and boswellia. I'm 52, Mark's probably 20 years older, but I have no pain. Jimi was my hero growing up because we're left handed. But in the end, what Jimi did in his life caused the end result. I just lost my sister earlier this year, dead at aged 52 from alcoholism.

"The stars that play with laughing sam's dice".---Hendrix. I'm from Flint, Michigan. Anybody remember Amboy Dukes?

Mark received a Spiritual revelation that changed his life. .. CHRIST.

Mark came to Victorville CA in 1988, and played a small club called Pegasus. He had a great back-up band with him. They performed all of the hits, and sounded unbelievably good. Marks vocals were pitch perfect. I was blown away. After the show, I saw a friend of mine who was with the local press. She was on her way to interview him, and I tagged along. After her interview, I got invited into his bus and sat with him at the little dinette where we had a nice "one on one" for about 20 min. He couldn't have been more down to earth. He even autographed my "Caught In The Act" CD. It was one of 3 "Brushes with Greatness" in my 63 years, and I'll never forgret it! (The other 2 "Brushes" were when I got to meet Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire at MGM Studios when I was in High School!)

GFR documentary is really well done- how it captures the Spirit and adventure of those times.

I met Rabbit once around 1975 when he was running the sound system at the Starwood in Hollywood . Nice guy

Mark Farner he's really a brother in Christ and I love this man. He's always been a good man for the audience and a married man

My earliest memory of Grand Funk is sitting on a spare tire in my brother's 1967 Ford van, driving the back roads. Musta been 1975 or so, been rockin and rollin to GFR ever since...

I love this guy!

Great question, Mark..."Why would you?". I appreciate the artists, of any form, who refrain.

Mark Farner is my guitar hero.

This band should be in Hall of Fame grand Funk Railroad no doubt about it

Imagine your first line you've ever done, and it's a John Belushi. Damn. Jimmy did Mark dirty.

Love Grand Funk / Farner

When you going to play Everett Washington again? Saw you in June of 2018... Great show!!

Great story.

Okay. You got my attention. New Subscriber.

I went to see Grand Funk Railroad at the fair ground in Salt Lake city in 2014. Looked at the band never seen them live before and immediately knew the guy on Lead guitar was not Mark Farner. Its was strange. I only saw their Album cover from the 1967 Album cover (Survival ) Later I find out they had split apart. One of the best rock & roll band of all time. I wish these guys would get back together one last time. The crowd will BE HUGE !!!! mARK fARNER IS gRAND fUNK RAILROAD.

How cool was that.

Great story, I was Mark and Jimi’s biggest fan back in the 70’s. I had my OD scare while listening to Jimi at a weekend skinny dipping keg party at “Hidden Lake” Someone brought a tank of nitrous oxide to the party, I remember being semi conscious with my head under the bumper of a running muscle car while Jimi was playing live at Woodstock. I remember thinking if I could move I would get out from under this piece of shit car before I die from the exhaust. I only smoked pot after that and only drank alcohol in moderation for the rest of my life! Jimi kept me awake, kept me focused maybe saved my life, thanks brother, I love you man.

My first concert was Grand Funk Railroad in Corpus Christi, Tx; August 26, 1973. They. Fuc*ing. Rocked!!!

damn he wrote great raw soulful songs Footstompin Music, Rock and Roll Soul ,Got This Thing On the Move

Nice 👍

Jimi "I wouldn't give ya anything that will hurt ya" ...Proceeds to give him a speedball hahaha

Mark is American rock and roll.

Wow《☆》👍✔Good advice from a true RockStar who's still alive🖖🤓🏈

I did that combination back in early 70's and i said they same as mark...never again

Mark is a true legend, I believe he is one of God's chosen ones to spread wisdom and love to the rock community!!!...

It's good he never tried it a second time because I'll bet anything his opinion would have changed. A lot of people feel sick after the first time.

Did ur first rail with jimi Hendrix? Wow!