grand funk Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/grand-funk/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:50:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 Grand Funk “We’re an American Band” https://vinylfromthevault.com/grand-funk-were-an-american-band/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grand-funk-were-an-american-band Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:50:59 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=16419 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 [...]

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]]> 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).

 

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