Saw Grand Funk live many times in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Could not sit down … had to dance anytime you guys were on stage. There is no Grand Funk without Mark Farner.
Talent,humility, intelligence, gratitude and inspiration. He's a class act. There is no Grand Funk now. I've seen Farner in concert. He's incredible. Great interview. Thanks
Don Brewer should have his butt kicked for kicking Mark out of the band and using the GRAND FUNK name becuase GRAND FUNK is not GRAND FUNK without MARK FARNER in the band !
Now I know why my first husband would listen to you so much. He was a Vietnam veteran and didn’t fully come back from there. I Thank you Mark Farner for being a reason for him to be able to survive . I will never know all of the horrible things he had to endure,but GFR was how he made it back. To this day I told him I fell in love with his car first,which was a 72 Pontiac Luxury Le Mans and he always had GFR playing on the 8 track . Thank you for so many memories . God Bless and Keep Rockin ❤️
Nugent went off the deep end. I wouldn't want to see his insane babblings and ramblings next to the thoughtful, intelligent, kind Mark Farner. Ted needs no help looking stupid these days.
One of the most underrated singers songwriters and guitar player of the 70s Everyone in the Ohio Kentucky Indiana West Virginia Michigan areas love these guys
Mark is a very sincere man as his music always has been. I'd like to thank him for mentioning the evil ones at the top and their presstitutes with the lamestream media. Most of the people with courage to do that have faith.
I have so much more respect for this guy after seeing this. A true icon. Music today can never compare to the pure and raw talent of 50's 60's, 70's. No fancy computers to fix the vocals or change the music. Pure Talent baby❤
todays music is just plain crap and todays kids think there music is just great i really feel sorry for theses people they were born in the wrong time 😢
Absolutely fantastic interview. I'm a huge fan of Mark's and a baby boomer who loved GFR. Saw them at Shea Stadium back in the 70's. Huge girl crush on Mark. I'm a music lover human rights activist, and thoroughly enjoyed getting to know this wonderful human being Mark Farner ! What a joy ! So humble and down to Earth ! Laughed hard at his tale of sliding off stage.. Surprised and saddened to hear we almost lost him but grateful he's now doing well. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself Mark and thanks for this great interview ! Much love and appreciation !
The first album I ever purchased myself was Grand Funk “Live Album”. I still listen to it often, but I don’t know how there could be a Grand Funk without Mark.
I happened upon this interview, and even though I'd heard the Grand Funk story a few times, there is no one like Mark Farner. We should all have the grace and humility he shows. He has every good reason to be resentful and bitter, but he chooses the better path - forgiveness and acceptance. You're a good man, Mark. I wish we all could be.
I met Mark and got to know him briefly. He was an inspiration to me as a young guitarist and musician. I went on to get signed and still record and tour. Mark told me it's All for Jesus .One of nicest people I've ever met in the music biz.❤
Think about all the good qualities that come from NEVER lying. It explains Mark's amazing "down to earth" truthfulness in his personality....And his sense of humor!
First concert I ever went to was GFR at Shea Stadium. The energy was off the charts! Mark was all over the stage. It was amazing! I will never forget it. Thank you for the music, the inspiration, and the fun.
One of the best interviewers I've seen. Great questions and Mark's heartfelt answers. Grand Funk was my inspiration to play bass at age 13. I'm 65 now. I met Mark Farner in Ottawa Canada in 1986 when he performed at Barrymores night club. Mark was gracious enough to sign my GFR red album. After the show I interviewed Mark for my radio show and finished with saying a prayer together. I'll never forget meeting this man. A huge soul full of love.
@@EveryoneLovesGuitar Another legend bassist from the UK / Germany prog band NEKTAR would be a good interview. Derek Moore can be reached on FB. A very good friend of mine. Cheers.
I mixed monitors for Mark one day in Wheeling WV doing a 70's rock show. Uriah Heep was first, Edgar winter and then Mark. We sound checked back wards of course. Mark is a very nice fellow and a pleasure to work with. Grand Funk and Creedence were my favorite bands in the 70's so i was pretty excited to work with these acts. I'm also a guitarist. That's a shame the way most of these acts were ripped off in those days.
Thanks for this incredible interview of Mark. GFR was my very first concert (of many) and I still can recall almost everything about the night, it was off the charts, in ‘73 at the Coliseum in Houston. Mark absolutely stole the show, played his heart out and strutting around on that stage shirtless (WOW) in his shiny green hip hugger bellbottoms - WOW!!! I didn’t know the history of his father’s death, nor how badly he was treated by his manager, then by HIS band. He doesn’t need GFR, he IS GFR!! So happy he has had such a successful married life and that he is saved!
I was in the Navy and in the Phiippines when this song hit the charts in August of 1970.....I had just returned from a year at Da Nang RVN but this song takes me back to the PI. I have this song and others from GFR on my Spotify list....When Iam your captain comes on the old Sansui 4000 amp gets cranked up... Mark you a truly a great person .... more should be like you....thank you for all the memories you have provided.
GFR music 🎶 will never die, they told the Species of your planet, "we goin stop the war, loneliness, we can't live without controlling our birth, mean Mistreater and the greatest guitar riffs even played, a dynamite drummer, the Hippest grooviest power trio on the planet. What Mark has done, he is worth millions . They must work this out, how many legends are there on your planet. Look at what is happening murderers on rampage and the record company owns Mark a priceless account. Please fix this and do the right thing for this Revolutionary of Love and Peace, the impossible dream. Perhaps the madness will Stop if the Record company can do the right thing. I'm a huge Grand Funk Railroad fan and I have been to Flint Michigan.
The Best interview I have seen conducted with Mark. Some great questions and the ability to just listen and let him tell the stories. Thanks a million for posting this 🙏👍
Thank you so much Craig for posting this amazing video of your interview of Mark Farner. Enjoyed it very much. Excellent man excellent !!! Mark is the REAL DEAL !
When Grand Funk Railroad played at the psychedelic Grade Ballroom Detroit, everybody was in Love with each other. Who could not get in were in tears, all of us millions of fans in tears until March Farner gets all the Bread which is morally His.
Great ! Fan since '71, "Hooked On Love" via KSAN radio. Bought Closer To Home and everything to We're An American Band,,,ok, some were gifts for Christmas or birthdays. Family knew how much i loved GFR.
By far Mark The most underrated guitarist. Inside looking out one of the greatest leads. Of course Art is subjective. Fun fact, his Messenger guitar has an aluminum neck. What an amazing person too. Great interview. Cheers
This was such an incredible interview Craig! Just recently discovered your podcasts. Absolutely love them. Huge fan of Mark Farner here. I was working at a Casino he was playing at years and years ago and I was able to sneak into the event centre to watch him soundcheck. His playing and tone was unreal and he was playing his Parker Fly. Before I could get in trouble I dipped but I saw him leaving the venue and he walked right past me. I didn't want to bother him but I said "Mr. Farner I just want to say I'm such a huge fan of yours." He was the most kind and gracious guy you could ever meet in the world. He said thank you and we talked for a quick second he noticed my Guitar tattoo and he asked if I played. I said yeah one day I wanna play stages like you". He was so cool he said "Just keep playing brother". Playing the same festival as him this summer with my own band. Super cool when you meet your heroes and they are so down to earth.
This is a really good interview with great questions not the same old basic Grand Funk questions but personal and honest in debt questions. Best Farner I ever listened to kept me listening because it was great questions
i volunteered as a replcement for the 173rd in nam. when we were trucked to FB LZ English and eventually was choppered to a hill top in the central highlands of D company 4th batt and a week or so later a kid who snuck a casset recorder out there played a casset "im your captain" by grand funk. he looked sad and missing something but the song was so appropriate for the monent. i was a cherry new in country.
Ah, Grand Funk Railroad! The first time I ever heard them was in 1969. I was living on Okinawa and a friend of mine told me "hey man, you need to listen to this!". I think the song was Inside Looking Out. I was hooked and I still have those albums today.
Wow, this is fantastic! Great questions, man thanks! And Mark shared so much, so many great stories and details. His description of his Messenger guitar with the aluminum neck--totally explains the sound of those early GFR tunes--especially his solos, have that unique metalic sound. Bless him and you. GFR spun my head around as a kid, I was hooked.
Grand Funk Railroad, in my opinion, is one of the very best of all the greats! In '69 I was just 16 years old. I remember playing bass to to their 1st. album. I used a Silverstone electric 6 string, took the high B&E strings off and lowered the rest of the strings. Sounded just like a bass, ha! My favorite song that GFR produced is "Mean Mistreater". I plan on doing a cover on this fantastic classic song. Keep on with the good stuff my friend. New supporter here for sure. 😎👍💯
This was a GREAT interview! I've always loved GFR and Mark Farner in particular. I read his biography - he has lived, and is thankfully still living, an amazing life. I could listen to him talk or sing all day - I always come away with a smile on my face and a desire to be a better person. A big regret of my life is that I never got to see GFR perform - I was a bit too young at the time to attend their concerts. Thanks to YT, I can at least get a taste. Keeping an eye out for when Mark's band comes close enough to where I can attend one of his concerts because from what I've seen on YT, he is still rockin' it!
I'm Glad someone liked my comment oh wouldn't it be awesome to go back and we're all young again boy would I do somethings different I bet Grand Funk would too. Lol....
This dude is truly and awesome artist and gave the world something that can never be repeated in any kind a way musically they set the way for rock n roll as we know it today along with the beatles
I'm a 62 year old former pro guitar player/singer... My Mount Rushmore of formative influential guitar players..... Tony Iommi.. Richie Blackmore.. Jimmy Page... and......... Mark Farner BTW...also an important vocal influence
My first guitar teachers Mom Mary Torres was a Rosie Riveter still alive at 101 and guess what? her 101 birthdsy is Today! May 26 She sang God Bless America to me over the phone at 100 in perfect pitch!! talk about role models! I gotta hang with this guy!!!
Damnit Mark Sitting next to me is a vintage 64 VIBROVERB with original JBL D 130 F!!! heaven has graced me a 56 Strat to play thru it. God also graced me 4 ex ferals with sensitive ears. soooo I need to haul it to Michigan from California so we can ROCK AND GARDEN. and get high on stinky garlic. That will keep your arteries spotless Dude! beets too.
This is too much weirdness.....I bought a Gretsch archtop last week from a guy who had a $4,000 Taylor 12 string AND one just like Mark played here! I played the 12 for a bit and it was heavenly . I said Doug...u ever want to sell this baby...hit me up!
Yet one more connection had 2 Boston Whaler Montauks that I trolled for King Salmon out the Golden Gate 24 yrs. Im 1/3 salmon by weight now. Landing a 24 pounder alone was a thrill in pea soup fog. My 88 Jeep Cherokee Laredo I bought new now lives in N Michigan! oh my God. ...I drove it 34 years and loved it! Made in Canada. Its prolly down the street from Mark? cat eye green. miss my baby! I have zero debt. This guy is my brother from a different Mother.
ok last one......saw Mel and Don last night at Graton Casino 3 miles from here and took a friend whos son is a parapalegic after a car crash 9 yrs back. Marks son also a quad after an accjdent. The new GFR guitarist I tried not to like....but he rocks a black SG pretty well! Bob Segers guitarist and named Mark I think?
There's never a 'dislike' when it comes to an interview with Mark, I'm a Michigander and how great it would be to run into him up north and have a coffee with him.
What Mark is describing at the 17 minute mark sounds like something straight out of a movie! He says "we're really in a pickle now", and as soon as he kicks his feet back on the desk, the drawer opens up, and right there is their contract! Hollywood couldn't have scripted that scene any better!--I mean, if they EVER do a biopic of GFR, that will be a dramatic point in the film---cue the dramatic music, the drawer opens up and a closeup of the contract is right there for all to see!
Firstly, I'm a 61 y.o. "musician" and have been listening to GFR since I was 13. Thanks for the memories and lessons. Secondly, thanks for the heads up on Il Hwa ginseng and shilajit. I'm STILL learning from you! Ordering some today!
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Foot Stomping Music is my ringtone....and I'm 60 years old!
Rock Royalty to rass, the spirit of the brethren Bob Marley has dreamed my to write this.
Absolutely love Heartbreaker too , beautiful Bass line .
Mark Farner IS and always will be Grand Funk Railroad....
Not the same without Mark. I am 70. GFR was a big part of the 70s
Saw Grand Funk live many times in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Could not sit down … had to dance anytime you guys were on stage. There is no Grand Funk without Mark Farner.
Mark has been my rock hero since 1969 and I've never wavered. He is a divine spark for me.
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Talent,humility, intelligence, gratitude and inspiration. He's a class act. There is no Grand Funk now. I've seen Farner in concert. He's incredible. Great interview. Thanks
Mark Farner!!! Still my captain after all these years. I love the man and the musician. God bless him! Great interview, Craig!
Mark will always be GRAND FUNK! Such a talented and nice guy.
Don Brewer should have his butt kicked for kicking Mark out of the band and using the GRAND FUNK name becuase GRAND FUNK is not GRAND FUNK without MARK FARNER in the band !
@TheCream14 Farner is a underrated guitarist. He's good enough so that he doesn't need a second guitarist to do the heavy lifting
Now I know why my first husband would listen to you so much. He was a Vietnam veteran and didn’t fully come back from there. I Thank you Mark Farner for being a reason for him to be able to survive . I will never know all of the horrible things he had to endure,but GFR was how he made it back. To this day I told him I fell in love with his car first,which was a 72 Pontiac Luxury Le Mans and he always had GFR playing on the 8 track . Thank you for so many memories . God Bless and Keep Rockin ❤️
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Hey Barb! footstompin music was heard loudly in my black brauty 66 GTO. PONTIAC OF COURSE.. 8 TRACK OF COURSE. Mom had a lemans.
Mark IS Grand Funk PERIOD.
I would love to see Mark and Ted Nugent together in an interview...
Wouldn't that be something, one who worships God, and one idiot who thinks he IS God?!
Nugent went off the deep end. I wouldn't want to see his insane babblings and ramblings next to the thoughtful, intelligent, kind Mark Farner. Ted needs no help looking stupid these days.
Me, too! Minus Nugent!! 🤣
@@michaelware1649 🤣🤣🤣🤣
nugent is a peice of shit
I've loved Grand Funk all my life and I have a whole new respect for this man after watching this.
Amen 🙏😁
My respect for don is nill
Mark is the coolest rockstar there could ever possibly be. Loved this interview. Very inspirational!
We agree!
I agree too, in theory. But in reality what I note is people who resolutely do not forgive don't get screwed twice by the same miscreant.
One of the most underrated singers songwriters and guitar player of the 70s Everyone in the Ohio Kentucky Indiana West Virginia Michigan areas love these guys
Mark Farner is Grand Funk, and ROCK ROYALTY!!!
KEEP IT " SHININ ON!"
LOVE YA BROTHER!!!
God bless Mark Farner, He is the best musician ever. !
We love Mark Ferner
I love that with all the success Mark has had over the years, he is as down to earth as your next door neighbor.
Mark has been one of my neighbors for going on 30yrs. And he is exactly that!
Best interview so far. God bless Mark Farner, my #1 inspiration to learn to play lead guitar. Best performing frontman ever!
I'm impressed with Mr. Farners intelligence, heart, speaking the truth and ultimately his talent
Mark is a very sincere man as his music always has been. I'd like to thank him for mentioning the evil ones at the top and their presstitutes with the lamestream media. Most of the people with courage to do that have faith.
Jeez...REALLY? LOL
@@Mozart1220 In my experience yes.
I'm a vet, I'm tearing up bro; love ya ;GOD bless you and yours.you are
And inspiration to US all.
What a true American Patriot. Great interview!
I have so much more respect for this guy after seeing this. A true icon. Music today can never compare to the pure and raw talent of 50's 60's, 70's. No fancy computers to fix the vocals or change the music. Pure Talent baby❤
Agreed!
todays music is just plain crap and todays kids think there music is just great i really feel sorry for theses people they were born in the wrong time 😢
Absolutely fantastic interview. I'm a huge fan of Mark's and a baby boomer who loved GFR. Saw them at Shea Stadium back in the 70's. Huge girl crush on Mark. I'm a music lover human rights activist, and thoroughly enjoyed getting to know this wonderful human being Mark Farner ! What a joy ! So humble and down to Earth ! Laughed hard at his tale of sliding off stage..
Surprised and saddened to hear we almost lost him but grateful he's now doing well. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself Mark and thanks for this great interview ! Much love and appreciation !
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@@EveryoneLovesGuitar subscribed..my pleasure ! Thank you.
Wasnt he beautiful as a young guy!!!!!!! He is a beautiful soul......
The first album I ever purchased myself was Grand Funk “Live Album”. I still listen to it often, but I don’t know how there could be a Grand Funk without Mark.
Yep, my first GFR album was Live Album!
And you're right, there is no Grand Funk without Mark, they are currently Grand Funkless
Mine was the Red album. But the Live album is Grand Funk to the core. They were a great live band !
They are just a shadow of G.F.R. without Mark.
I don't understand why that live is not on cd.
Mr. Farner teaches us a lesson - be sturdy, be persistent and hard working, and you will overcome all hardships and obstacles on your way.
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Who doesnt`t love Mark Farner. What an awesome interview, so many great stories..I learned so much!
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Mark Farner is an American treasure
Thank you Mark for staying healthy! G.D.
Cool guy from the Terry Knight as manager to his demise to Vietnam to writing to instruments to history to faith. What a guy. Fascinating. THX
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I happened upon this interview, and even though I'd heard the Grand Funk story a few times, there is no one like Mark Farner. We should all have the grace and humility he shows. He has every good reason to be resentful and bitter, but he chooses the better path - forgiveness and acceptance. You're a good man, Mark. I wish we all could be.
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His Messenger guitar is a rock history maker. The sound he got inspired. Big part of GF.
Lee Mark: You are spot on.
Not even a Les Paul or a Stratocaster had a built in overdrive switch.
I met Mark and got to know him briefly. He was an inspiration to me as a young guitarist and musician. I went on to get signed and still record and tour. Mark told me it's All for Jesus .One of nicest people I've ever met in the music biz.❤
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Think about all the good qualities that come from NEVER lying. It explains Mark's amazing "down to earth" truthfulness in his personality....And his sense of humor!
Mark Farmer should get a Gold Record for his interviews, they move ya like his music. Great Interview.
Loved the last part of the interview when he talked about indebtedness. He's so right. Huge fan of GFR !!! Great interview.
Im 55 and grew up listening to GFR. Love you guys!! 🤘
This guy is the American Dream. Rock solid with humility & gratitude. ❤
I could watch and listen to this man 24/7
Thanks Andy!
First concert I ever went to was GFR at Shea Stadium. The energy was off the charts! Mark was all over the stage. It was amazing! I will never forget it. Thank you for the music, the inspiration, and the fun.
Couldn't agree more!
One of the best interviewers I've seen. Great questions and Mark's heartfelt answers. Grand Funk was my inspiration to play bass at age 13. I'm 65 now. I met Mark Farner in Ottawa Canada in 1986 when he performed at Barrymores night club. Mark was gracious enough to sign my GFR red album. After the show I interviewed Mark for my radio show and finished with saying a prayer together. I'll never forget meeting this man. A huge soul full of love.
Thanks bobby mars, Rock on! 🎸🙌🏻🔥🎶
@@EveryoneLovesGuitar Another legend bassist from the UK / Germany prog band NEKTAR would be a good interview. Derek Moore can be reached on FB. A very good friend of mine. Cheers.
mark farner one of the best bands in the world
Love your music Mark 🎶 ❤
He is my top 5 moat favorite musician of all time. Have been a fan since the early 70's. Grew up in NW Ohio and they were a part of our blood.
Fantastic interview with Mark Farner! Thank you for sharing this with us! I have been a fan since the 70's! :)
Me too! Thank you for listening @athenakrassensky1647! 🎉🔥😇
MARK FARNER?? Oh man I can't wait to listen on the way home from work today. Thanks Craig!
Right on, Bob Mac!
I saw GFR right after the Atlanta Pop Festival when they played the Nashville Pop Festival. Changed my life.
Great memories from the 70s. Still remember watching Grand Funk on “In Concert”. My favorite band!
Mark never changed, even on stage in the 70s he always had a inspirational message.
Yes, I agree @DavidMiller-jo5qb - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
I mixed monitors for Mark one day in Wheeling WV doing a 70's rock show. Uriah Heep was first, Edgar winter and then Mark. We sound checked back wards of course. Mark is a very nice fellow and a pleasure to work with. Grand Funk and Creedence were my favorite bands in the 70's so i was pretty excited to work with these acts. I'm also a guitarist. That's a shame the way most of these acts were ripped off in those days.
Love hearing Mark’s stories. Shirts weren’t made for Mark Farner.
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Thanks for this incredible interview of Mark. GFR was my very first concert (of many) and I still can recall almost everything about the night, it was off the charts, in ‘73 at the Coliseum in Houston. Mark absolutely stole the show, played his heart out and strutting around on that stage shirtless (WOW) in his shiny green hip hugger bellbottoms - WOW!!!
I didn’t know the history of his father’s death, nor how badly he was treated by his manager, then by HIS band. He doesn’t need GFR, he IS GFR!! So happy he has had such a successful married life and that he is saved!
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I was in the Navy and in the Phiippines when this song hit the charts in August of 1970.....I had just returned from a year at Da Nang RVN but this song takes me back to the PI. I have this song and others from GFR on my Spotify list....When Iam your captain comes on the old Sansui 4000 amp gets cranked up... Mark you a truly a great person .... more should be like you....thank you for all the memories you have provided.
Thank you for listening Byron Greene, and thanks for your service ! 🎉🔥😇
@@EveryoneLovesGuitar And thank you.....
I saw Grand Funk in 1969. Best rock band ever and Mark is the greatest guitarist ever.
incredible interview. actual research about Mark Farner. great questions.
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GFR music 🎶 will never die, they told the Species of your planet, "we goin stop the war, loneliness, we can't live without controlling our birth, mean Mistreater and the greatest guitar riffs even played, a dynamite drummer, the Hippest grooviest power trio on the planet. What Mark has done, he is worth millions . They must work this out, how many legends are there on your planet. Look at what is happening murderers on rampage and the record company owns Mark a priceless account. Please fix this and do the right thing for this Revolutionary of Love and Peace, the impossible dream. Perhaps the madness will Stop if the Record company can do the right thing. I'm a huge Grand Funk Railroad fan and I have been to Flint Michigan.
The Best interview I have seen conducted with Mark. Some great questions and the ability to just listen and let him tell the stories. Thanks a million for posting this 🙏👍
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Legendary!
Thank you so much Craig for posting this amazing video of your interview of Mark Farner. Enjoyed it very much. Excellent man excellent !!! Mark is the REAL DEAL !
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@@EveryoneLovesGuitar Hope you have a great New Year my friend.
@@vacuumtube1954 Thanks - same to you and yours :-)
I Was at the Atlanta Pop Fest, GFR, Kicked ASS Man, What a Memory, Cousin Figel
I'm a huge grand funk fan and I really like Mark. I also respect him as a person
When Grand Funk Railroad played at the psychedelic Grade Ballroom Detroit, everybody was in Love with each other. Who could not get in were in tears, all of us millions of fans in tears until March Farner gets all the Bread which is morally His.
Thank you Mark for the insight and love you always impart. Its one of the reasons I respect you so much. You remind me so much of Curt Johnson.
Glad you enjoyed the interview @tliedel, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
MARK IS THE MAN!!!
Great ! Fan since '71, "Hooked On Love" via KSAN radio. Bought Closer To Home and everything to We're An American Band,,,ok, some were gifts for Christmas or birthdays. Family knew how much i loved GFR.
Very cool!
Thank you for the Interview, very well done and I love my Brother Mark Farner!
Glad you enjoyed it Matt!
BROTHER MARK FARNER IS RIGHT !
By far Mark The most underrated guitarist. Inside looking out one of the greatest leads. Of course Art is subjective. Fun fact, his Messenger guitar has an aluminum neck.
What an amazing person too.
Great interview.
Cheers
Thanks Kevin, Rock on! 🎸🙌🏻🔥🎶
GFR Forever and ever, uplifting the Universe~.~
This was such an incredible interview Craig! Just recently discovered your podcasts. Absolutely love them. Huge fan of Mark Farner here. I was working at a Casino he was playing at years and years ago and I was able to sneak into the event centre to watch him soundcheck. His playing and tone was unreal and he was playing his Parker Fly. Before I could get in trouble I dipped but I saw him leaving the venue and he walked right past me. I didn't want to bother him but I said "Mr. Farner I just want to say I'm such a huge fan of yours." He was the most kind and gracious guy you could ever meet in the world. He said thank you and we talked for a quick second he noticed my Guitar tattoo and he asked if I played. I said yeah one day I wanna play stages like you". He was so cool he said "Just keep playing brother". Playing the same festival as him this summer with my own band. Super cool when you meet your heroes and they are so down to earth.
Very cool, thanks for sharing this, LadobrukMusic 🙌🏻 💥 🎉 And congratulations for fulfilling your dreams man! Have fun this summer :-)
LOVE Grand Funk RR...
Great interview !!! Great músician and o Best... Person thanks..
This is a really good interview with great questions not the same old basic Grand Funk questions but personal and honest in debt questions. Best Farner I ever listened to kept me listening because it was great questions
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i volunteered as a replcement for the 173rd in nam. when we were trucked to FB LZ English and eventually was choppered to a hill top in the central highlands of D company 4th batt and a week or so later a kid who snuck a casset recorder out there played a casset "im your captain" by grand funk. he looked sad and missing something but the song was so appropriate for the monent. i was a cherry new in country.
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I was about 9 and Grand Funk Railroad was the beginning of my love of music
Great interview
Thanks for listening Catherine
Fisher body I remember on my parents Chevy. It was a stagecoach logo. Farner I remember listening to in 75 . I'm your captain . What memories .
Ah, Grand Funk Railroad! The first time I ever heard them was in 1969. I was living on Okinawa and a friend of mine told me "hey man, you need to listen to this!". I think the song was Inside Looking Out. I was hooked and I still have those albums today.
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Recently watched them performing this on you tube and was blown away! What a talent!!!!
Dude, me too! I was on Okinawa then as well. It was GFR and Steppenwolf for me.
@@jimsnellen6222 When were you on Oki? I was there from 68-72, lived in Machinato.
@@martinkent2822 Hey Martin, I was there from 67-71 and lived at Naha A.B. Good times!
Learned to play Bass because of I'm Your Captain, 50 yrs later I still love that song and I'm still jamming 😊
Thanks @ronaldtaylir9688, Rock on! 🎸🙌🏻🔥🎶
Wow, this is fantastic! Great questions, man thanks! And Mark shared so much, so many great stories and details. His description of his Messenger guitar with the aluminum neck--totally explains the sound of those early GFR tunes--especially his solos, have that unique metalic sound. Bless him and you. GFR spun my head around as a kid, I was hooked.
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Grand Funk Railroad, in my opinion, is one of the very best of all the greats! In '69 I was just 16 years old. I remember playing bass to to their 1st. album. I used a Silverstone electric 6 string, took the high B&E strings off and lowered the rest of the strings. Sounded just like a bass, ha! My favorite song that GFR produced is "Mean Mistreater". I plan on doing a cover on this fantastic classic song. Keep on with the good stuff my friend. New supporter here for sure. 😎👍💯
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@@EveryoneLovesGuitar My pleasure.
Amazing interview, thank you for this. Thanks Mark for all the great music in the early days as you truly inspired us up here in Nova Scotia Canada.
This was a GREAT interview! I've always loved GFR and Mark Farner in particular. I read his biography - he has lived, and is thankfully still living, an amazing life. I could listen to him talk or sing all day - I always come away with a smile on my face and a desire to be a better person. A big regret of my life is that I never got to see GFR perform - I was a bit too young at the time to attend their concerts. Thanks to YT, I can at least get a taste. Keeping an eye out for when Mark's band comes close enough to where I can attend one of his concerts because from what I've seen on YT, he is still rockin' it!
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Truth Mel!
Same here for everything you said except I haven’t read his biography. He should consider writing one himself. That would be AWESOME!!!
What a real person ❤️❤️❤️thank u mark and band made my life better way better ❤️❤️❤️❤️
This Veteran has been a fan since childhood, look forward to the show 4/22 at the Suffolk Theater.
SO AWESOME!!!!!!!
Thanks!!
Man, this guy gets how to do an interview. Didnt once talk over Mark, excellent questions and interjections. Super job.
Wow, thanks for your kind words @debrataylor1812 and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫
You all were amazing the 70's would never survived with out Grand funk railroad. The 70's. Were the. Best
I'm Glad someone liked my comment oh wouldn't it be awesome to go back and we're all young again boy would I do somethings different I bet Grand Funk would too. Lol....
This dude is truly and awesome artist and gave the world something that can never be repeated in any kind a way musically they set the way for rock n roll as we know it today along with the beatles
Yes, I agree Ronald Belken - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
What a great Man and person!
I'm a 62 year old former pro guitar player/singer...
My Mount Rushmore of formative influential guitar players.....
Tony Iommi..
Richie Blackmore..
Jimmy Page...
and.........
Mark Farner BTW...also an important vocal influence
Grand 'Farner' Railroad! Go Mark!!!
Yes, I agree @M_Lev___ - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Mark Farner for President
What a WONDERFUL FORGIVING human Mark is.
A much better man than I could dream of being.
My first guitar teachers Mom Mary Torres was a Rosie Riveter still alive at 101 and guess what? her 101 birthdsy is Today! May 26 She sang God Bless America to me over the phone at 100 in perfect pitch!! talk about role models!
I gotta hang with this guy!!!
Damnit Mark Sitting next to me is a vintage 64 VIBROVERB with original JBL D 130 F!!! heaven has graced me a 56 Strat to play thru it. God also graced me 4 ex ferals with sensitive ears. soooo I need to haul it to Michigan from California so we can ROCK AND GARDEN. and get high on stinky garlic. That will keep your arteries spotless Dude! beets too.
This is too much weirdness.....I bought a Gretsch archtop last week from a guy who had a $4,000 Taylor 12 string AND one just like Mark played here! I played the 12 for a bit and it was heavenly . I said Doug...u ever want to sell this baby...hit me up!
Yet one more connection
had 2 Boston Whaler Montauks that I trolled for King Salmon out the Golden Gate 24 yrs. Im 1/3 salmon by weight now. Landing a 24 pounder alone was a thrill in pea soup fog. My 88 Jeep Cherokee Laredo I bought new now lives in N Michigan! oh my God. ...I drove it 34 years and loved it! Made in Canada. Its prolly down the street from Mark? cat eye green. miss my baby! I have zero debt. This guy is my brother from a different Mother.
ok last one......saw Mel and Don last night at Graton Casino 3 miles from here and took a friend whos son is a parapalegic after a car crash 9 yrs back. Marks son also a quad after an accjdent. The new GFR guitarist I tried not to like....but he rocks a black SG pretty well! Bob Segers guitarist and named Mark I think?
Mark's cheap Messenger guitar laid down the foundation of Grand Funks sound that made them so great live.
Great interview. Always loved Grand Funk and still play my original albums! God Bless you Mark! 👍☝🙏
There's never a 'dislike' when it comes to an interview with Mark, I'm a Michigander and how great it would be to run into him up north and have a coffee with him.
Yes!
What Mark is describing at the 17 minute mark sounds like something straight out of a movie! He says "we're really in a pickle now", and as soon as he kicks his feet back on the desk, the drawer opens up, and right there is their contract! Hollywood couldn't have scripted that scene any better!--I mean, if they EVER do a biopic of GFR, that will be a dramatic point in the film---cue the dramatic music, the drawer opens up and a closeup of the contract is right there for all to see!
Thank you for listening Impala, and I totally agree with you! 🎉🔥😇
Wow, Mark you are a great inspiration. Cheers brother from Southern Ontario Canada.
Mark is a GOOD GUY!!!
Thank you for listening @stanislouse4168! 🎉🔥😇
God bless you Mark. Me too I felt like 18 again...nice interview and I am glad he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior above all. Cheers from Canada.
Wow what an inspiration to all on style and forgiveness. Thank you Mark for the memories and lessons in life
Yes, I agree Dan Dry - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
@@EveryoneLovesGuitar I listened to whole interview and just purchased tics for Apr 1st in Cherokee, Nc
Firstly, I'm a 61 y.o. "musician" and have been listening to GFR since I was 13. Thanks for the memories and lessons. Secondly, thanks for the heads up on Il Hwa ginseng and shilajit. I'm STILL learning from you! Ordering some today!