Mark Farner who was the amazing guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad or just
"Grand Funk" back in the 70s tells the story of helping write the 1973 #1 smash Were an American Band. He came up with the drum parts and the guitar line. According to Mark's interview he says that his former friend and drummer Don Brewer asked if Mark would give me sole writing credit for the song since he had never received a sole writing credit before. To be nice Mark allows him to have the credit and then the band broke up and then there was major conflict and that act of kindness ended up costing Mark millions of dollars in royalties. since were an American band became one of the biggest record in classic rock history. Mark tells the story in this short on Professor of Rock
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17 сен 2024
