Within four years, Brewer joined up with Terry Knight’s band and a few years later met guitarist Farner when he also joined the band. The Beatles hadn’t hit yet but Elvis and Motown were still strong currents on the musical scenes. The band had hit upon something that listeners loved but it actually came about out of necessity for survival, as Brewer explained to Glide during an interview a few weeks ago.īrewer, the once afro’d, now silver fox drummer, started his first band at the same time puberty was hitting in 1960. Produced by Todd Rundgren and with a catchy hard rocking title track written by drummer Don Brewer, it would remain a staple of FM radio for years and current Classic Rock playlists of today. 1970’s Closer To Home gave the band a hit with “I’m Your Captain/Closer To Home,” but it was 1973’s We’re An American Band which exploded and sent the band into superstar status. The trio’s first album, On Time, was released in August of 1969 and was followed in December by what is commonly known as “The Red Album,” Grand Funk.
Mark Farner, Don Brewer and Mel Schacher took longhaired rock, fused it with their love of R&B and high-tailed their Flint, Michigan, band down to an Atlanta Pop Festival in 1969 and cemented their fate. “We’re An American Band.” “Some Kind Of Wonderful.” “I’m Your Captain/Closer To Home.” For Grand Funk Railroad, the hits kept rolling in the seventies as they packed arenas for supercharged live shows.
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