Grand Funk Railroad! Inside Looking Out 

This Is a time when Music was great. just three Men playing their asses off, No backing tracks. Real talent.

These guys belong in the rock and roll hall of fame. Grand Funk Railroad rocks.

Mark Farner (Vocals/Guitar/Harmonica) and Don Brewer (Drums) had just turned 21 a couple of months before this recording. Mel Schacher (Bass) was 18 years old at the time.

Mark Farner is ridiculously talented. He can play at least 5 instruments well and can sing better than most lead singers who focus just on singing.

One of the most underrated bands of the 60's and 70's. They only had a couple of songs make it to the radio for air play when they had dozens of awesome ones. They were considered a "garage band" or "underground". But GFR sold out Shea Stadium in less than 24 hours. Faster than the Beatles. Thank you for reacting.

I started listening to GFR when I was 15 - I'm 66 now. And they STILL sound great!

Saw them in 1973, best damn concert I ever went to, and I have seen a lot of them. Peace!

Welcome to GFR! Three guys. Yes, they were the best. Yes, they were somehow ignored by the mainstream, but not by the people. Their whole story is unbelievable ... to this day. I learned about them thanks to older brothers when they were just beginning in the late 1960s.

The bass player was only 18! EIGHTEEN!!! Going on 38!

Mark Farners singing and stage presence, Mel Schacher thundering Bass playing along with the competent drumming of Don Brewer.. can't beat it!!!

Love how the drummer is constantly shouting and grunting adding drama to the performance.

Mark Farner is the hardest working man in rock and roll....

20 or 21 at the time. The bass player was the youngest at this time. He was 19 years old I believe. Maybe a year older for all of them. Trying to remember. Its been almost 50 years! Lol! I am an old man now!✌

They were the BEST ever!!!

One of the best bands out of Michigan Mark Don and Mel power house band with a mix of Rock Blues Soul and Phunk GFR have many great tunes the name of the band came from Grand Trunk Railroad up in Flint Michigan Mark plays keyboard also Ty for sharing

Tres virtuosos del rock and Roll Norteamericano!! Está clase de músicos no se repiten, si no pasados muchas décadas . Tres virtuosos que escuchamos en México en la década de 1970. Fabulosa música que se extraña mucho...

My older brother was sent to Vietnam for his Sr trip. My brother and I were in charge of his vinyl collection. Grand Funk Railroad there were several. At 9years old I couldn't wait to get home and get chores done Grab your snack. Put on the headphones and play this from the Red Album. On live versions this song can go 12:36. A brother reviewing this exact video Started screaming TARZAN TARZAN ! Critics HATED this band. In the Rolling Stone a critic wrote " the bass is too fuzzy ". They had Platinum Albums.

When they were young and hungry, I could watch this everyday, very cool.

That's what you call Rock and Roll 🎸 young lady.

"Holy Mackerel" my feelings exactly! haha! love your channel

THESE guys upstaged Zeppelin so much the Zep manager kicked them off the tour . Now THATS TALENT !

Music Heads? That was the best Rock & Roll and Blues band ever! That there is great artist! ☝️🇺🇸❤✌

I have never seen someone play the bass that hard.

Grand Funk's finest !! BTW, they are all still performing !

you could easily blow out a set of headphones or some cheap-ass speakers with this too loud when Mel's thundering Fender bass comes to life🙌😮😱

Start a campaign to put these guys in the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame

You rarely see a lead singer play lead guitar. It's really hard for men more than woman. If you watch Eric Clapton play guitar singing Layla you will notice that when he is singing he is only stroming the guitar. Someone else is playing the difficult part. He will then pick up the difficult part for the solo. With this band there are only 3 so there is no-one else that can play lead guitar while singing. During the harmonica the only guitar was the bass and he worked his ass off. For them to have this much going on it is truly pure talent. Mark Farner is years older than me so when they did this in 1969 I was a senior in HS so they were one of my favorites.

One of the hardest working bands in rock and roll!!

Mark Farner was a huge talent! He had rock n soul to the max!😎

Use to listen to that when I was young, theres no way you cant get a toe tapping on this one, try I'm your captain live at shes stadium that's powerful to, guys are blessed by the creator

They definitely jammin 70s style

It was Mark Farner guitar and harmonica and lead vocals Don Brewer drums and vocals, Mel schanker bass.

GFR is the band that all of the other bands wanted to grow up to be like.

Great Video! 🚂 💨 🇺🇸 GFR SHOULD BE IN THE R & R HALL OF FAME! 🚂 💨 🇺🇸 Between 1969 and 1972 Grand Funk earned 8 Gold albums in a row without the benefit of a top 20 hit. Since then 3 of those albums have gone Platinum and 2 more have reached Double Platinum. After 72 they went on to have major commercial success with 6 top 20 hits in which 2 of those hits reached number 1!! Many groups have stated they were influenced by Grand Funk. Mark, Don & Mel!! And Craig too! 🎹 🚂 💨 🇺🇸

Mark is genuinely gifted and what a gift he’s been for decades

Bought this album when it first came out. Wore it out! Thanks for bring this back to mind for me.

He’s still performing now in his 70 s and still sounds good. Mark farner

Kristin this takes me way back. Reminds me of a group I loved called Bread. Loved this one album I used to play and Mother freedom & Diary were the 2 I'd play the most. And yes the album was vinyl & played on the turn table 😊 kinda shows my age lol that was my only technological prob back in the day good times🎵🎶

Just an FYI, these guys could not keep records on the shelves, their albums were selling out in the record stores. They sold out Shea Stadium faster than the Beatles, they blew the Mighty Led Zeppelin off the stage! Not bad for a three piece garage band.

Another blast from my past. Thanks Kristin And Rocker-T. I always found that apart from all the amazing talents of the 3 guys, I always found the base lines & sounds to be absolutely delicious. remember that back then there was no digital recording, it was all analogue.

Farner - epic - the band amazing !!!!

Yeah, he was 20 in 1969. So was the drummer. Bass player is only 19 here! Lead singer Mark Farner was relearning the guitar because he hadn't been playing it for a year-and-a-half. He first started playing it at 15. This was their first year together as GFR. My favorite musical performance!

the greatest live performance ever

great take! i enjoyed watching you enjoy them

The singer and drummer were 21yrs old and the bass player was 18yrs old...this band was funking unbelievable...they really rocked....that's the way we rocked back in the 60'and 70's.... I would really love to see you react to Pink Floyd "time"...they will take you on a very unexpected journey...I guarantee you'll love it...peace out!!

The bass is best.

Good choice for the video

DIS BE DA ONE ! Wait for it....😲😁😎

Goosebumps listening to this! Good Lord!

Y'know, I've watched this electrifying performance about seven times now, different channels, and each time the people discovering it for the first time show so much more appreciation than the studio audience that was lucky enough to actually be there. Maybe the producers tied them to their chairs.

Back then, there was no digital toys, auto tune. GFR is a three piece band, listen to the bass line..the drummer is also a lead vocal. Back then in the days of real music, you actually had to play the instruments. Just amazing, one of if not the BEST funk jams I ever heard!!!! Mark Farner amazing....

the term that eludes you is "BAD ASS !!" that song and vid is bad ass for sure. I still can not believe GFR is not in the hof. ...other songs Feeln' Alright Footstompin' Music We're an American Band I'm Your Captain Some Kind of Wonderful and on and on and... on.

All I can say is WOW

thx for the reaction - 1st time on your channel - GFR was the most important band in my teen years in late 60's and for learning guitar - you owe it to yourself to listen to the studio version of this song, or anything else off of the red Grand Funk album, they were so unique, each musician had his part/place in the overall sound - and to appreciate their versatility, please react to studio version of "Closer To Home / I'm Your Captain" , probably their most well known song.

This performance was recorded in Hershey, PA at the Hershey Community Center by WITF-TV channel 33 (PBS station) in 1969 for their show titled "The Show". There were only a few handfuls of people watching it live.

Love your reaction and your wonderful intelligent comments for one of the Greatest Bands "EVER"!!!!

🤘❤️🦁 I'm with you.

Great review. I felt like you did when I first saw it!

Prince loved GFR..you can hear it in his riffs if you listen for it.

The Bass is so 🔥 👌

grand funk warrior american band, genius

That's a performance for fifty thousand fans, yet was done in a studio for a small crowd. Dosen't matter for a band with soul.

The best band!!!! For always!!!!

That was your best critique I’ve seen

Get yourself into some Jethro Tull,LIVE at Isle of Wight"(1970). Excellent video and great prog rock.

Grates Live performance Ever...

3 guys from flint Michigan, can't help but tap your foot or grove with these guys

Seen these guys many times. Always a great show.

Have you noticed the arm band? He is half Native American. you can tell by the way he plays guitar and the harmonica is a plus

Thanks for playing GFR. I was raised up with these guys they're tight professionals and just damn good should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame don't know why they're not. High energy and some of the hardest working guys ever.

This was filmed and recorded in 1969 Mark Farner is 70 years old

If you can believe it, it was the basist who was 18 or 19 years old at the time.

Mark Farner born in 1948, still going strong today. Lead singer, lead guitar, harmonica, keyboard, bass, song writer, all at the age of 20. Amazing band from Flint, Michigan, many hit songs. About time they get their recognition for contributions to American music.

Loved your reaction Lady! Grew up listening to them. Dang HOT!

No head band wanted GFR on their

*Kristin* 1st I watch ALOT of react channels & videos, etc... Simple & to the point, I can smell subscriber hunter/gatherers from a long way off. You are *NOT* one of those! Ty for *genuinely* appreciating what you review, which conversely is the musical genre I see truth coming from! Lastly, not trying to weird you out, but you are *one sexy woman* tell your man to read this post, he's fortunate, remind him..... Peace killer & explore some *Zeppelin* I know, I KNOW copyright city, just go with the live performances, specifically those from The documentary "The song remains the same" you' ll understand if you listen why I suggested it..!,

Sooo much sound out of a three piece band. They knew how to jam

good clean fair reaction. They are fab, I wore the groves off my album when it was first released. Hey, try Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas Flood live at El Mocanbo, and you better be sitting down Thanks Dr G

You've been touched by greatness Ms. Kali.

It’s fun to watch you get your mind blown. Your reaction cracks me up

The fact that they keep getting passed over for the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in place of real crap newer stuff is one of tbe greatest travesties of the Music Industry.

The 1st rock and roll band I played in back in about 1971, we played a few grand funk songs. It was a lot of fun!!!

he tried to get the bass player center-stage but he liked his spot 1 ft from 16 15" spealers ok maybe 12"

One of the most underrated bands of all time

This song has an unsurpassed bass guitar!

I know you don't know about this band but they were the number one band in the world nobody else could top them not even the Beatles until they got screwed over by their manager and that's when everything fell apart what time are a lot of great music in their time and it's a shame that the band on their back together to play for the people again thank you Mike

Saw them live in the 70s best concert I ever saw. They all had talent but together awesome. They were big in their time, I think now the radio formats want shorter songs so a lot of their songs aren't played as much. I am your captain is listed as in the top 100 rock songs. So few bands now sound as good or better than the album. most have to lip sync live performances, rely on auto tune.

If you like this, do Deep Purple's Sweet Child in Time, the live version. You'll be blown away by his vocals and the band.

No don't let it cool down, let it roll

Just turned 62 yesterday nothing like this now Saw them at Tampa Stadium in 74 60, 000 STRONG TICKETS WERE 8 DOLLARS best way i can desribe IT was like plugging in a lamp cord with no lamp and trying to hold on for 2 hours plus another 20 minutes of encores SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!! great reaction from a serious woman Just wish you could have been there WELL Maybe you were

NOOOOOO DON'T LET IT COOL DOWN !

Glad to see someone from your generation appreciating true Talent. These guys have been my favorite band of all time since I was a teenager. Mark Farner the lead singer and guitar player was a major influence on me too pursue guitar and vocals. I've seen these guys several times met the lead singer a couple times and these guys are just so underrated and underappreciated and they deserve so much more. By the way, I have to say you are such a Babe!

your diversity is showing these past few weeks.love the spectrum

I live in Michigan so I know some stuff about this. My step dad had biker stuff going on when he was young he told me so stuff a litte but Grand Funk there best friends who didnt want to work for G.M.

great reaction. I saw them in 1970 or 1971. Just graduated high school and they were my first concert. They blew me away, they killed it live. Three guys not much older than me! BTW Farner also played the organ too!

they were 19 and 20 yr olds....wow!

While checking out the early Grand Funk videos I stumbled upon Kristen Kali. I’m not quite sure what your point or intentions are but just know that you have just been schooled by one of the greatest bands of the era. It’s pure and original hardcore funk rock that electrifies the mind and rips through the depths of your soul with mind numbing intensity. From your somewhat subdued reaction, I can only assume that you really were left speechless. And rightfully so because I experienced Grand Funk live in concert at the impressionable age of 16 in 1970 when music of that intensity was a rare and welcome treat compared to the top 40 garbage constantly played on a listening device from back in the day called a radio. The AM band radio which was the lowest primitive form of broadcast media back when rock was like a newborn baby demon on a mission to rob the young of their virgin souls. The “he” you kept referring to is Mark Farner. His powerful vocals awaken the primitive beast in all of us. His masterful guitar work radiates a powerful force directly to a sweet spot in the brain for a rush of endorphins. The result is euphoria and that’s something we all need more of. Combine that with hard hitting unique drum work and the rolling thunder of the bass and call it Grand Funk Railroad. Like I said first thing, I don’t really understand the point, if any that your video is trying to make. I’m not criticizing so no worries about that. Looking at you while you look at the video is actually pretty sexy. Your good taste in classic hard rock makes it all worthwhile and totally cool. Check out “In Need” and “Paranoid” in the early videos by Grand Funk. Let me know what you think.

"Spellbinding" . Great word!

Best live performance I've ever seen -- passionate, intense, hard core blues/funk/rock. None of the 3 had yet reached the age of 21 before they did this performance. It's so cool to see them interacting with each other during this performance. You can see they were having fun, and it's sad that the band ended the way it did. But in any case, I KNOW I will die before I ever see a live performance that equals this one.

GFR sold out Shea Stadium faster than the Beatles ! Mark Farner is a beast of a front-man ! 😎🎸 Soak it up youngsters because there is nothing even close to this around today.... the great live bands are all but gone !