My first concert, May 1973 Boston Garden changed my life, I was 14. never stopped going to concerts. Something special happened there that helped to escape the madness of home, the neighborhood, heroin, coke, pills, violence. The music community, the passion, it was and is electric. SO many gone. today sober and grateful
I was there, just home from college in Miami and my good friend, June, bought us tix to MSG to see these wonderful guys.! This was on Don Kirchner's Rock Concert Show too. I can't believe this! I was 18 and now I'm 60...OMG!!!!! But still into Grand Funk!
Late reaction to your comment. What you say shows your love for this great band. I too grew up with "heartbreaker"etc. I was 15 years back than, and GFR will always be a part of the happy times of my life, growing up with great music and having so much fun. Looking back, it seems these great bands were a part of me always. I still listen to Ten Years After, The Who, Jimmi H, Led Zep, etc. as well as a lot of great new music that is created these days. As long there is music there is hope. thanx!
I saw GFR in Tucson on 12/2/1972. A couple weeks before this video was filmed. Mark even had the same red pants and same guitar. I was in 9th grade. They were so great! Freddie King backed up. He was great too.
GFR was one of my favs of the 70's and there was lots of good bands then. I liked the fact you could really hear their bass as too. They sound like a much larger band.
Caught In The Act & Live Album from '70 are considered today to be 2 of the greatest live albums of all time. GFRxR was the greatest live band ever, period!
got it!. Madison S, Garden. i still remember the very first time i saw them on stage. i was just 16. and almost cry, great elation. that was my first rock concert. unforgatteble
Sitting here in the middle of the night, listening to GFR, as I did back in the 70's. They still sound so good. Raw and real. God bless Mark, Don and Mel and all GFR fans.
They were a great band in the day (very under rated by music critics). They were an AWESOME live act. Very few live acts wanted to follow Grand Funk Railroad.
I saw Grand Funk Railroad one month before this show in the Hollywood Sportatorium in South Florida. Same exact show. These guys were unbelievable showmen. PS: No need to try and adjust the video, as car as my memory goes this is what 1972 looked like inside a concert venue. Everybody smoked and they weren't even air-conditioned sometimes so the smoke just hung in the air.
I have loved this band for 40 years! In 1970 I was invited to one of their concerts, but my parents thought that I was too young to go - I was 13. How I begged them to attend! Not seeing them live is something I still regret. Thanks for posting and allowing me to enjoy my favorite Grand Funk song again.
I’m deaf in my left ear or close to it from having it loud back then and drumming too I was a 16 year old and who cared worry about it later mom is 94 and still remembers flicking the celler light to get my attention
These videos are TREASURE I've always loved Grand Funk ever since I was a little girl even though I'm not from that generation I can appreciatte the great bands of back then.
This is what many people think Rock & Roll is all about. GFRxR was simple and they were crude and they rocked with a vengeance without pretense or apology. Their live show was 100% energy. It was raw and it was real. For all us who remember, nothing can replace it.
MEL SCHACHER,the most underated bassist ever,he will always be one of my favorites,even if they fall wayyyyyyyyyyy short of the real GRAND FUNK NOW DAYS...MARK,DON & MEL LIVES ON!
@PackedFunk Remember well when these guys first hit the scene. They were so cutting edge then and loved to listen the local bands try to emulate them. Great stuff!
The thing that I admire most about Mark is his guitar playing. He is the most under rated guitarist. Just look at his guitars...he doesn't need expensive ones to bring out the best in him...cheers..and long live GFR
Every time Mark sings a sentence (with his incredible voice) his guitar sings right back to him in perfect timing and pitch! Does anyone understand what I'm trying to say? >"now I don't cry no more" (his guitar sings back) "I live while I'm flying (his guitars sings back) "but I think back" (guitar sings back) "and you can hear me say"...wow I love that part!
My very first concert was Grand Funk Railroad. I saw them in 1972. The tickets were priced at $2.50, $3.50,$4.50. Very good show. The air smelled quite a bit different than it does at concerts nowadays. Thanks for posting this video, KICK ASS TUNE!
this is one of the real true rock groups of all times...as a black kid out of high school.. i joined the U S MARIENS IN 1975.... my first time was with my partner nad dear friend that bought GFR into my life and i never turned back...LEZ, BTO,KISS,MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, THE STONES,BOSTON,CCR,THE WHO... ALL I MISS SO MUCH... THAT MUSIC LIVES ON.. EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO IT.. IT STILL GET ME HYPE ....
The Greatest Band ever, especially Live! Should have been in the Rock & RollHallofFame years ago, noone! out rocked these guys, they were the Best! Period!
I'm a big fan of Mel's bass playing. And Mark's singing. And the band in general. Met Mel in San Diego when they played Humphreys less than 10 yrs ago. I gave him a massage at a nail salon near there. We talked music, I got a pic, and he gave me a ticket to the concert!
Pure Rock. I'm 47 years old and i'm still listening to them as always. Today's Rock is not like the good old days, but i like to live in the era 60's & 70's, 80's, coz it's much better than today. Only Heaven & Hell a year before, Deeppurple and some others are still rockin'.
Man, were these guys FANTASTIC! Saw them 4 times. as always, putting on a great show for the audience. HA, hard to believe that was 40+ years ago! Still luv their music!
I saw them at MSG on 12/18/70 and those 3 boyos (it was before they added Craig Frost) rocked the place to it's foundations! Great show! The next Summer they sold out Shea Stadium and 2 years after that they couldn't get arrested. I could never figure that out. Great and powerful band!
I love this band. This my first video I saw back then that made me fall in love with rock the blues DUDES WITH LONG HAIR. I WAS ABOUT 10. LOOG LIVE ROCK N ROLL GOOD OL' DAYS
They definitely know how to rock! It is extremely hard to believe that they have not been inducted in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. This classic music will never die.....
I thank you too for posting these clips. Are there more??? I saw them on this tour in Portland Oregon about 3 months before this was shot. My first exposure to live GFRR. I was already a huge fan and was playing guitar in a band that could re-create practically the entire first live LP ! So to see this after so many years is really fantastic. Wasn't this the footage that was used on "IN CONCERT"??? I wonder where the pristine original footage is...love to see the whole show.
I hear ya....Ive always loved this Band since I was a Kid. Im 50 now, But I too Always feel like I belong to a small club that enjoys this Band...Good to see other Fans with much appreciation
Awesome video, it brings back so many memories, one of the songs any good guitarist from the garage bands of the day could play flawlessly (Larry) thans so much for the post.
As an artist and creator that saw all levels of the playing field, Mark Farner's musical diversity is a matter of public record. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home" as one of the top ten classic songs of all time. Way to go Mark!!! Further proof this great American Band can not be ignored any longer!!!
"I dont cry no more, I live while Im flying, But I'll think back, and you can hear me say: HEARTBREAKER!!!!" Mark Farner wrote the words for our generation.
As an artist and creator that saw all levels of the playing field, Mark Farner's musical diversity is a matter of public record. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home" as one of the top ten classic songs of all time. Way to go Mark!!!
Saw em in Louisville, Ky in 1972. Even though sound for live concerts at that time wasn't great, their showmanship shined through. I have all of their albums and wore out no telling how many needles playing them. And Farner was 30 years ago calling out on environmentalism. One of my favorite groups. RRHOF yes!
In 1969 When I was 11, my neighbor Ritchie Jason had introduced me to Black Sabbath when his older brother Butch would give us a ride to eighth grade at fair haven Middle School in New Haven CT in his Pontiac Firebird Espirit and the Soul sucking sounds of the Ballad type derges from his quad speaker 8 track player had me hooked. It was a far cry from the Beatles, Bubble Gum and British Invasion Music I'd been listening to on Top 40 radio. Then along came WPLR FM and I heard this ballad. GFR became one of my favorite bands as I was learning the drums to Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, CCR and the like. as I transitioned to the Acid Rock era of Bands like Pink Floyd, I only listened as I couldn't do these bands justice playing their music. Oh sure, I took a shot at Cocaine, )the song and the drug), smoked alot of pot and kept playing Alice Cooper Welcome to my Nightmare, Dead Babies and Peter Frampton, Frampton comes alive until my 8 track died. Then I bought the album. Bands like the Grass Roots, Marshall Tucker, Cream and Lord knows who else keep my memories alive and then there's THIS. Live on my Friends!
This is one of the essential bands in the history not only of the music, i love them OMG!!!, i realy dont have the right words to discribe the things that GFRxR makes me feel, This is pure Rock!!!, Peace&Love from Mexico City. Esta es una de las bandas escenciales en la historia y no solo de la musica, los amo o Dios mio, ni siquiera tngo las palabras correctas para describir lo que GFRxR me hace sentir,esto es Rock puro!!!, Amor&Paz.
@PackedFunk Man, you're right!... Amen! For me, they were the best, first of all because it was one of few bands that could play better live than in studio... I like very much Led Zepp, but live... it sucks... I am glad we love both GFR... My first GFR abum was the first live one, and the critics said at the time also "to much noise withh 7.000 Watts amplifyers...". But for me, they remains for ever "the best 3 man power band". All the best from Romania.
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These guys sing with passion...emotion....and life...the true essence of rock and roll..
Were!
I miss the 70's music....oh heck, EVERYTHING 70's
My first concert, May 1973 Boston Garden changed my life, I was 14. never stopped going to concerts. Something special happened there that helped to escape the madness of home, the neighborhood, heroin, coke, pills, violence. The music community, the passion, it was and is electric. SO many gone. today sober and grateful
When I see and hear this band Grand funk Railroad it reminds of the past that stays as a good memory...
I go see Mark Farner whenever he plays nearby, always a great show!!! GFR was America’s best power trio and band of all time!!!!
I was there, just home from college in Miami and my good friend, June, bought us tix to MSG to see these wonderful guys.! This was on Don Kirchner's Rock Concert Show too. I can't believe this! I was 18 and now I'm 60...OMG!!!!! But still into Grand Funk!
Rock On, Sister!
I'll be into GFR probably till I'm not here anymore .
Love their great music 4ever!!!
The Seventies were great!!
Mark and the band always had such impeccable timing knowing "exactly' what the other two are doing when live in concert...spot on!
I seen GFR, best concert I ever saw...SUCH POWER!!
Most under-rated band of all time!!Greatest Live band of all time!!
OUTSTANDING BAND ,UNREAL TIMES, great time to be 18
great band of all time....
Saw them live in Oakland 1974 They were great
Late reaction to your comment. What you say shows your love for this great band. I too grew up with "heartbreaker"etc. I was 15 years back than, and GFR will always be a part of the happy times of my life, growing up with great music and having so much fun. Looking back, it seems these great bands were a part of me always. I still listen to Ten Years After, The Who, Jimmi H, Led Zep, etc. as well as a lot of great new music that is created these days. As long there is music there is hope. thanx!
I saw GFR in Tucson on 12/2/1972. A couple weeks before this video was filmed. Mark even had the same red pants and same guitar. I was in 9th grade. They were so great! Freddie King backed up. He was great too.
I love the music, I love Mark's hair and lack of a shirt. I like the entire package. Wish we could go back in time.
This is the exact version I remember listening to in 1972. Still amazing!
This is one of my faves. Farner is excellent on this! Everyone is really into what they're doing. I don't tire of the music. Very engaging!
GFR was one of my favs of the 70's and there was lots of good bands then. I liked the fact you could really hear their bass as too. They sound like a much larger band.
Yeah !!! Still love hearing you guys Awesome beautiful !!!🇺🇸✌😃💔
I loved this entire album.Closer to Home.Every song stood out perfectly!!
Caught In The Act & Live Album from '70 are considered today to be 2 of the greatest live albums of all time. GFRxR was the greatest live band ever, period!
man i love this band
YUP I STILL GET THOSE GOOSE BUMPS WHEN I HEAR THIS SONG AND I,M GOING ON 58 SO YUP I,M STILL ALIVE
got it!. Madison S, Garden. i still remember the very first time i saw them on stage. i was just 16. and almost cry, great elation. that was my first rock concert. unforgatteble
Sitting here in the middle of the night, listening to GFR, as I did back in the 70's. They still sound so good. Raw and real. God bless Mark, Don and Mel and all GFR fans.
The interesting thing to me about this song is Mark Farner said it was the first one he ever wrote. Great debut.
saw them in hyde park in 1971, and i never get tired of listening to them
They were a great band in the day (very under rated by music critics). They were an AWESOME live act. Very few live acts wanted to follow Grand Funk Railroad.
So true to me they are the best live band. Mark always gives his all
And those who did had to learned something when doing a show with them!
I saw Grand Funk Railroad one month before this show in the Hollywood Sportatorium in South Florida. Same exact show. These guys were unbelievable showmen.
PS: No need to try and adjust the video, as car as my memory goes this is what 1972 looked like inside a concert venue. Everybody smoked and they weren't even air-conditioned sometimes so the smoke just hung in the air.
I have loved this band for 40 years! In 1970 I was invited to one of their concerts, but my parents thought that I was too young to go - I was 13. How I begged them to attend! Not seeing them live is something I still regret. Thanks for posting and allowing me to enjoy my favorite Grand Funk song again.
Amazing song, one of the best
play guitar master guitarist,sing like no one else,they set the world on fire in their youth,how can it get any better,sit around when old and smile
I can almost hear my mother in '71 yelling thru the headphones, "Turn that down!"
I’m deaf in my left ear or close to it from having it loud back then and drumming too I was a 16 year old and who cared worry about it later mom is 94 and still remembers flicking the celler light to get my attention
The first metal band I heard still rate as one of my faves,love you guys!!!!
My first concert. They are so bad ass. They could kick the crap out of any band.
Grand Funk is the way to jam! great concert - we have their CD and have to hear their music all the time! they should've been in R&R Hall of Fame!
Saw them in concert, such a good time and space. Don't we all often wish we could go back 40 years.
Back in 1971 I felt like I was Grand Funk's only British fan - I never thought I'd ever see them play so thanks for posting these.
These videos are TREASURE
I've always loved Grand Funk
ever since I was a little girl
even though I'm not from that generation
I can appreciatte the great bands of back then.
This is what many people think Rock & Roll is all about. GFRxR was simple and they were crude and they rocked with a vengeance without pretense or apology. Their live show was 100% energy. It was raw and it was real. For all us who remember, nothing can replace it.
Mark Farner was and is the epitome of cool! Even under all the stress of a monetary nightmare!
We are well over 500,000 views on all the Grand Funk Railroad videos on this channel. This is truly The People's Band. Thanks all you Funk Fans!!!
One of the greatest rock bands of all time. One of the greatest drummers of all time
Mark has one of the best singing voices.
He improvises flawlessly and never hits an off note.
MEL SCHACHER,the most underated bassist ever,he will always be one of my favorites,even if they fall wayyyyyyyyyyy short of the real GRAND FUNK NOW DAYS...MARK,DON & MEL LIVES ON!
One of my fav. songs. I just love GFR.
Thnx for posting, brought back so many memories...made this dutch lady a happy one...
Mark could write a great song and had a hell of a voice.
I love "Heartbreaker" greatest voice in rock&roll!!
@PackedFunk Remember well when these guys first hit the scene. They were so cutting edge then and loved to listen the local bands try to emulate them. Great stuff!
The thing that I admire most about Mark is his guitar playing. He is the most under rated guitarist. Just look at his guitars...he doesn't need expensive ones to bring out the best in him...cheers..and long live GFR
@PackedFunk I saw them 9 different times, whenever they played anywhere near Chicago I went. Kick ass high energy packed show.
Please! Everyone that views this SIGN the petition!
GFRR Rocks & deserves to be in the RR H of Fame! We love our Funk! Great video...
mark was my idol long hair bicep braclet great voice a good guitarist long live funk watch grammys last nite what happen to true musicians and rock
Every time Mark sings a sentence (with his incredible voice) his guitar sings right back to him in perfect timing and pitch! Does anyone understand what I'm trying to say? >"now I don't cry no more" (his guitar sings back) "I live while I'm flying (his guitars sings back) "but I think back" (guitar sings back) "and you can hear me say"...wow I love that part!
My very first concert was Grand Funk Railroad. I saw them in 1972. The tickets were priced at $2.50, $3.50,$4.50. Very good show. The air smelled quite a bit different than it does at concerts nowadays. Thanks for posting this video, KICK ASS TUNE!
a legendary sounds of a legendary rock and roll band....
this is one of the real true rock groups of all times...as a black kid out of high school.. i joined the U S MARIENS IN 1975.... my first time was with my partner nad dear friend that bought GFR into my life and i never turned back...LEZ, BTO,KISS,MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, THE STONES,BOSTON,CCR,THE WHO... ALL I MISS SO MUCH... THAT MUSIC LIVES ON.. EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO IT.. IT STILL GET ME HYPE ....
thanks for dropping this vid on YT. Brings back alot of great memories.
Love this version.
Now this is some bad ass rock and roll!
The Greatest Band ever, especially Live! Should have been in the Rock & RollHallofFame years ago, noone! out rocked these guys, they were the Best! Period!
awesome!!!!!!!!!
i wish they had bands like this today
He has got the voice and the gift to play what more do you want for pete sake !!!!
I'm a big fan of Mel's bass playing. And Mark's singing. And the band in general. Met Mel in San Diego when they played Humphreys less than 10 yrs ago. I gave him a massage at a nail salon near there. We talked music, I got a pic, and he gave me a ticket to the concert!
Great show, saw it live with my best friends at MSG. Thank you so much for posting this!
Pure Rock. I'm 47 years old and i'm still listening to them as always. Today's Rock is not like the good old days, but i like to live in the era 60's & 70's, 80's, coz it's much better than today. Only Heaven & Hell a year before, Deeppurple and some others are still rockin'.
love this song!!!! and Mark Farner isn't so bad either. I would listen to this song over and over. just about wore the album out.
Man, were these guys FANTASTIC! Saw them 4 times. as always, putting on a great show
for the audience. HA, hard to believe that was 40+ years ago! Still luv their music!
Without Mark Farner they might as well call themselves Grand Fake Railroad. He's the funk and the soul of this band!
Exactly spot on.
I saw them at MSG on 12/18/70 and those 3 boyos (it was before they added Craig Frost) rocked the place to it's foundations! Great show! The next Summer they sold out Shea Stadium and 2 years after that they couldn't get arrested. I could never figure that out. Great and powerful band!
I love this band.
This my first video I saw back then that made me fall in love with rock the blues
DUDES WITH LONG HAIR. I WAS ABOUT 10.
LOOG LIVE
ROCK N ROLL
GOOD OL' DAYS
They definitely know how to rock! It is extremely hard to believe that they have not been inducted in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. This classic music will never die.....
Didn't matter what Mark did, his vocals and the drummer most of all made up for everything! awesome song as well as inside looking out.
True musicians and musical geniuses. Very few of the bands that get all of the press and marketing and hype from that era stand up to these guys...
I always remember my friends and I trying to control ourselves during this song.Still gives me goose bumps.HAPPY NEW YEAR FUNK DADDY COUSIN!!
What a great band they were. Killer performance.
..hell, just awesome.
I thank you too for posting these clips. Are there more??? I saw them on this tour in Portland Oregon about 3 months before this was shot. My first exposure to live GFRR. I was already a huge fan and was playing guitar in a band that could re-create practically the entire first live LP ! So to see this after so many years is really fantastic. Wasn't this the footage that was used on "IN CONCERT"??? I wonder where the pristine original footage is...love to see the whole show.
I hear ya....Ive always loved this Band since I was a Kid. Im 50 now, But I too Always feel like I belong to a small club that enjoys this Band...Good to see other Fans with much appreciation
Awesome video, it brings back so many memories, one of the songs any good guitarist from the garage bands of the day could play flawlessly (Larry) thans so much for the post.
GFR ..5 star you all
Bob Dilyn most underrated band ever!
Your right evil. All three of these guys were top notched & were really something together. Everyone please sign our petition in video's description.
As an artist and creator that saw all levels of the playing field, Mark Farner's musical diversity is a matter of public record. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home" as one of the top ten classic songs of all time. Way to go Mark!!! Further proof this great American Band can not be ignored any longer!!!
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is full of 💩💩💩
I just sighned and thank you GF forever. what talented guys.
"I Don't Cry No More, I Live While I'm Flying"
"But I'll Think Back, And You Can Hear Me Say:"
"Heartbreaker"
Mark Farner
I made the Guitar The Mark is using in this Concert , I made it in the 70`s
I plain just miss the 70's
Вот только сейчас их увидел вживую почти столько лет слушал Марк Фарн Великий исполнитель
"I dont cry no more, I live while Im flying,
But I'll think back, and you can hear me say:
HEARTBREAKER!!!!"
Mark Farner wrote the words for our generation.
Thanks besciba. These videos are 35 years young. I posted 5 videos today from this 1972 concert. Just search PackedFunk. Keep ROCKIN' MAN!
As an artist and creator that saw all levels of the playing field, Mark Farner's musical diversity is a matter of public record. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home" as one of the top ten classic songs of all time. Way to go Mark!!!
im 16 years old my father tell me about
this band when i hear this song im gone crazy grand funk railroad the best band!!!
the best power trio in history!!!!!
One of my favorite GFR songs ever!
I saw BTO with Mark Farner in Buffalo like 10 years ago. I wish I would have been old enough to appreciate it. Currently 22.
Exelent group!
This band Frikn oozed with hard rock. Aces!!
Saw em in Louisville, Ky in 1972. Even though sound for live concerts at that time wasn't great, their showmanship shined through. I have all of their albums and wore out no telling how many needles playing them. And Farner was 30 years ago calling out on environmentalism. One of my favorite groups. RRHOF yes!
one of my favorites - thanks for upload!
In 1969 When I was 11, my neighbor Ritchie Jason had introduced me to Black Sabbath when his older brother Butch would give us a ride to eighth grade at fair haven Middle School in New Haven CT in his Pontiac Firebird Espirit and the Soul sucking sounds of the Ballad type derges from his quad speaker 8 track player had me hooked. It was a far cry from the Beatles, Bubble Gum and British Invasion Music I'd been listening to on Top 40 radio. Then along came WPLR FM and I heard this ballad. GFR became one of my favorite bands as I was learning the drums to Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, CCR and the like. as I transitioned to the Acid Rock era of Bands like Pink Floyd, I only listened as I couldn't do these bands justice playing their music. Oh sure, I took a shot at Cocaine, )the song and the drug), smoked alot of pot and kept playing Alice Cooper Welcome to my Nightmare, Dead Babies and Peter Frampton, Frampton comes alive until my 8 track died. Then I bought the album. Bands like the Grass Roots, Marshall Tucker, Cream and Lord knows who else keep my memories alive and then there's THIS. Live on my Friends!
This is one of the essential bands in the history not only of the music, i love them OMG!!!, i realy dont have the right words to discribe the things that GFRxR makes me feel, This is pure Rock!!!, Peace&Love from Mexico City.
Esta es una de las bandas escenciales en la historia y no solo de la musica, los amo o Dios mio, ni siquiera tngo las palabras correctas para describir lo que GFRxR me hace sentir,esto es Rock puro!!!, Amor&Paz.
@PackedFunk Man, you're right!... Amen! For me, they were the best, first of all because it was one of few bands that could play better live than in studio... I like very much Led Zepp, but live... it sucks... I am glad we love both GFR... My first GFR abum was the first live one, and the critics said at the time also "to much noise withh 7.000 Watts amplifyers...". But for me, they remains for ever "the best 3 man power band". All the best from Romania.