Grand Funk “We’re an American Band” 1973. Grand Funk (Railroad)’s 7th studio LP. We saw GFA this past Friday night at Summerfest — they were great!! Old f**ckers can still rock hard and played a great catalog of old and new songs, including their ubiquitous hit and title track from this LP: “We’re an American Band” (#1 US charts) which is considered one of the best hard rock songs of all-time. The LP, produced by Todd Rundgren, hit #2 in the US. They released one other single from the album, “Walk Like a Man,” which went to #19 in the US. Besides those singles, my other top picks are the drum-forward “Stop Lookin’ Back” (sidetone: it wasn’t this song I don’t think but during the show on Friday all the band members grabbed various styles and drums and performed an amazing jam/beat breakdown), the funky  “Black Licorice” with both keyboard and guitar solos, and the soulful “Ain’t Got Nobody” (which, too, has funk).