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вЂњWe kind of got burned out,вЂќ Brewer said. The group disbanded in 1976 before reuniting in the 1980s. Most guys can relate to, вЂI must have picked a bad time to be in love.вЂ™ Mark FarnerвЂ™s lyric for that song was right on. вЂњIt really doesnвЂ™t sound much like Grand Funk, to be honest with you, but itвЂ™s a love song. It also featured the hit songВ вЂњBad Time,вЂќ which reached No. вЂ¦ One day our manager said, вЂYou should cut that song!'вЂќ вЂњThatвЂ™s a song that weвЂ™d do in the back of the limousine as we went from the hotel to the venue as our warm-up. вЂњIn Flint, Michigan, we had a local R&B radio station, WAMM, that played the Soul Brothers Six version of вЂSome Kind of WonderfulвЂ™ all the time,вЂќ Brewer said. Their next album, вЂњAll the Girls in the World Beware!!!вЂќ (1974), featured arguably their most iconic songВ вЂњSome Kind of Wonderful,вЂќ which reached No. We were going after the same feeling The Beach Boys had with вЂBarbara Ann.вЂ™ It sounded like a party in the studio.вЂќ We had Todd Rundgren in the studio with us, he did his magic with all of his sounds on the board and, boy, it was just great. вЂњGrand Funk Railroad doing вЂThe Loco-MotionвЂ™ was a silly idea, so we tried it. Their next album вЂњShininвЂ™ OnвЂќ (1974) featured a catchy cover ofВ вЂњThe Loco-Motion,вЂќ written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin for Little Eva in 1962. You had to change all of your seven-minute songs вЂ¦ to be three or four-minutes, so I came up with this idea: вЂWeвЂ™re coming to your town, weвЂ™ll help you party it down.вЂ™ That was the first lyric.вЂќ

вЂњWe needed to make a transition from FM underground radio to the new FM hit radio format in 1972. вЂњIt really just sounds like a hit record, doesnвЂ™t it?вЂќ Brewer said. The title track of their next album, вЂњWeвЂ™re An American BandвЂќ (1973), was their first No. They were signed by Capitol Records for the album вЂњOn TimeвЂќ (1969), followed by a string of platinum sellers, вЂњGrand FunkвЂќ (1969), вЂњCloser to HomeвЂќ (1970), вЂњSurvivalвЂќ (1971) and вЂњE Pluribus FunkвЂќ (1971), as well as a sixth album, вЂњPhoenixвЂќ (1972), that went gold. As music changed in the late вЂ™60s from being a pop AM format, it became heavy rock with Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Blue Cheer, those three-piece power trios were happening, so we decided to make that change as well. вЂњWe experimented with some different things. вЂњWe had been several bands before Grand Funk,вЂќ Brewer said. WeвЂ™ve been touring with this band for 22 years.вЂќДЇormed in Flint, Michigan in 1969, Grand Funk Railroad was formed as a trio of Brewer (drums, vocals), Schacher (bass) andВ Mark Farner (guitar, keys, harmonica, vocals). 38 Special is playing guitar and singing lead, Bruce Kulick from Kiss is playing guitar, Tim Cashion from Bob SegerвЂ™s band is playing keyboards and singing backup. вЂњWeвЂ™re joined by some great people: Max Carl from. вЂњMe and Mel Schacher are the original founding members of Grand Funk,вЂќ Brewer said. Here we go!вЂќД«rewer and bass player Mel Schacher are the two remaining original members. We were very fortunate to kick off this new вЂSome Kind of WonderfulвЂ™ tour, which was postponed in 2019. вЂњIt was a long year and a half sitting at home waiting and wondering whether weвЂ™d be able to get back to some kind of normal touring again. вЂњWe got going again around the beginning of July,вЂќ Founding Drummer Don Brewer told WTOP. The classic rock band rolls into Hollywood Casino at Charles Town RacesВ on Friday.

Grand Funk Railroad is still chugging, coming to your town to help you party it down.

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Listen to the full conversation on my podcast вЂњBeyond the Fame.вЂќ WTOP's Jason Fraley chats with Grand Funk Railroad (Part 1) Business & Finance Click to expand menu.