27."I'M YOUR CAPTAIN"-GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
THE CRITICS DIDN'T CARE FOR "GFR" IN 1970.THEY WERE TO RAW,STRAIGHT
FORWARD AND WAY TOO POSITIVE.
IN TRUTH "GFR'S" POSITIVE MESSAGES IN THIER SIMPLE BUT BEAUTIFUL
AND FUNKY SONGS WEREN'T MEANT TO PLEASE ANYONE BUT THE BAND
AND IT'S AUDIENCE-AND IN LEAD SINGER,SONGWRITER, & GUITARIST
MARK FARNER CASE-GOD.HE WAS A TRUE BELIEVER.
SO THE LITTLE THREE PIECE BAND FROM FLINT,MI TOOK THIER
ROUSING,RIP-ROARING AND EXUBERANT SHOW ON THE ROAD.
THEY WERE A SURPRISE HIT-THEY SOON BECAME THE #1 ROCK
BAND IN THE WORLD ! I GUESS THE OLD SAYING IS TRUE "FROM SMALL
THINGS MAMA,BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME"."GRAND FUNK RAILROAD"
CONQUERED THE WORLD.
NOTE:"GRAND FUNK" RECIEVED WHAT MUST BE ONE OF THE
LUCKYIST BREAK'S IN SHOW BUSINESS HISTORY WHEN A GIANT
BILLBOARD IN TIME'S SQUARE NEW YORK CITY WAS PURCHASED
TO RUN AN ADD FOR THE BAND FOR ONE MONTH-NEARLY A
FULL BLOCK LONG THE GIANT FACES OF THE BAND AND THIER
NAME AND NEW ALBUM TITLE "CLOSER TO HOME" ENDED UP
STAYING WHERE IT WAS FOR THREE FULL MONTHS BECAUSE THE
SIGN WORKERS WENT ON STRIKE !
WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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