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  1. Ted Tocks Covers

    We're an American Band

    Originally posted on September 29, 2018.

    The seventh album from Grand Funk Railroad was released on this day fifty years ago. It was produced by Todd Rundgren.

    This classic rock anthem opened the album.

    "We're an American band
    We're an American band
    We're comin' to your town
    We'll help you party it down
    We're an American band"

    #grandfunkrailroad #ToddRungren and much more.

    tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2

  2. 🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
    📻 Vortex Indie 🎸 (Indie pop, indie rock, classic rock)
    ──────────────
    🎵 Grand Funk Railroad - Country Road (Remastered 2002)

    ▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
    lesonduvortex.net

    💬 Join us on Discord:
    discord.gg/d82hJZBeDE

    #VortexWave #GrandFunkRailroad #ClassicRock #CountryRock #70s

  3. "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" is a 1970 song written by American musician #MarkFarner and recorded by #GrandFunkRailroad as the closing track to their 1970 album #CloserToHome. Ten minutes in duration, it is the band's longest studio recording. One of the group's best-known songs, it is composed as two distinct but closely related movements. Its title has been rendered in various ways across many different Grand Funk albums, including "I'm Your Captain".
    youtube.com/watch?v=mA-CBXuTaeo

  4. On 3 September 1948: #DonBrewer, American rock drummer ( #GrandFunkRailroad - "We're An American Band"), born in Flint, Michigan.
    #HappyBirthday #78 🎂🎁🍫🍫🍫

  5. "The Loco-Motion" (or "Locomotion") is a #popSong written by American songwriters #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. "The Loco-Motion" was originally written for the R&B singer #DeeDeeSharp, but Sharp turned the song down. The song is especially notable for making three appearances in the American top 3, each in a different decade and by a different artist: in 1962 by #LittleEva (U.S. No. 1); in 1974 by #GrandFunkRailroad (also U.S. No. 1);.
    youtube.com/watch?v=s5xBekwQ5Y0

  6. We’re an American Band

    #grandfunkrailroad #wereanamericanband #70srock #70smusic #classicrock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #toddrundgren #markfarner #donbrewer Released July 15, 1973. It's their seventh album and it's produced by Todd Rundgren. Grand Funk wanted a more polished, radio-friendly sound and who better than The Runt to help them find it. Todd's production tightened up the rhythm section and added some keyboards which helped turned Grand Frunk…

    robinbannks.com/2026/07/15/wer

  7. "We're an American Band" is a song by American #rock band #GrandFunkRailroad. Released on July 2, 1973, from the band's album of the same name, it became the band's first single to top the Billboard charts. Written by #DonBrewer and produced by #ToddRundgren, its huge chart success broadened Grand Funk's appeal. In a 2023 interview, Brewer said the song, which stitches together snippets of events from the band's touring life.
    youtube.com/watch?v=QxNXFNCTr2I

  8. 🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
    📻 Vortex Indie 🎸 (Indie pop, indie rock, classic rock)
    ──────────────
    🎵 Grand Funk Railroad - Country Road (Remastered 2002)

    ▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
    lesonduvortex.net

    💬 Join us on Discord:
    discord.gg/d82hJZBeDE

    #VortexWave #GrandFunkRailroad #ClassicRock #SouthernRock #70s

  9. Closer to Home

    #grandfunkrailroad #closertohome #seventiesrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #markfarner #howardstern #classicrock Grand Funk Railroad release their breakthrough album on June 15, 1970. The "radio edited" title track was all over the radio that summer and put GFR on track to become a powerhouse American rocker. Mark Farner's vocals and guitar, Mel Schacker's huge baseline and Don Brewer's drums and that title track were perfect timing…

    robinbannks.com/2026/06/16/clo

  10. 🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
    📻 Vortex Indie 🎸 (Indie pop, indie rock, classic rock)
    ──────────────
    🎵 Grand Funk Railroad - Country Road (Remastered 2002)

    ▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
    lesonduvortex.net

    💬 Join us on Discord:
    discord.gg/d82hJZBeDE

    #VortexWave #GrandFunkRailroad #CountryRock #ClassicRock #2000s

  11. 🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
    📻 Vortex Indie 🎸 (Indie pop, indie rock, classic rock)
    ──────────────
    🎵 Grand Funk Railroad - Country Road (Remastered 2002)

    ▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
    lesonduvortex.net

    💬 Join us on Discord:
    discord.gg/d82hJZBeDE

    #VortexWave #GrandFunkRailroad #ClassicRock #CountryRock #2000s

  12. "The Loco-Motion" (or "#Locomotion") is a #popSong written by American songwriters #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. "The Loco-Motion" was originally written for the R&B singer #DeeDeeSharp, but Sharp turned the song down. The song is especially notable for making three appearances in the American top 3, each in a different decade: in 1962 by #LittleEva (U.S. No. 1); in 1974 by #GrandFunkRailroad (also U.S. No. 1); and in 1988 by #KylieMinogue (U.S. No. 3).
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZptUsEv4zYQ

  13. Sound-track...

    It was a long time since re-visiting this historic cafe, and an even longer time since hearing or thinking of this song!

    youtu.be/30t-9nlisAA

    #music #1969 #GrandFunkRailroad

  14. Inside looking out...

    Or is it outside looking in?]
    Neither? Both? #ContextAndPerspective

    The view from a cozy table at this historic "Greenwich Village" café - with its old-world espresso machine still on display.

    At Café Reggio, in the heart of "Greenwich Village", near Folk City, Cafe Wha, Dylan's hangouts, around McDougal & Bleeker Street

    #NYC #Café #Fenfotos.

    [ More NYC #photography - plus #street / #travel stuff, on Flickr ]

    #music #GrandFunkRailroad

  15. "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" is a 1970 song written by American musician #MarkFarner and recorded by #GrandFunkRailroad as the closing track to their 1970 album #CloserToHome. Ten minutes in duration, it is the band's longest studio recording. One of the group's best-known songs, it is composed as two distinct but closely related movements. Its title has been rendered in various ways across many different Grand Funk albums, including "I'm Your Captain".
    youtube.com/watch?v=fvOPucs7dC0

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