It was 55 years ago that Grand Funk Railroad locomotived out of Flint and released its first two albums, “On Time” and a self-titled effort. And founding drummer Don Brewer says he does not take that ...

Grand Funk Railroad drummer Don Brewer knows exactly how he’d like his group to be remembered by future generations. And it has nothing to do with selling more than 25 million albums worldwide, ...

Don Brewer never thought “We’re An American Band” would be a hit record for Grand Funk Railroad — until the first time he heard it on the radio. “I was driving over to (bassist) Mel Schacher’s house ...

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Grand Funk had always enjoyed large audiences and dedicated fans who bought up their brand of no-frills rock and roll. In 1970, they had their first brush with pop success when the single "Closer to ...

The power trio era’s little engine that could, Grand Funk Railroad, had been defying odds stacked against them since day one, perplexing highbrow critics and thrilling concert audiences with their ...

David Tedds, 46, grew up a teenage AM radio fiend in Redford. He got a copy of Grand Funk’s On Time for Christmas 1969 and later, by a stroke of luck, he found himself in London for Grand Funk’s 1971 ...

Grand Funk Railroad toiled in relative musical obscurity for years before finally having a hit record. The band's early albums sold well, going platinum or gold, but that hit single with massive ...

FLINT, MI -- Grand Funk Railroad has a resume that any band would die for. More than a dozen of its albums have earned gold, platinum or multi-platinum plaques, and their sellout show at Shea Stadium ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Forget that whole bit about time being linear. Don Brewer knows otherwise. Years ago – more than 40 or so – he, Mark Farner and Mel Schacher hung out on Euclid Avenue, in the ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - They were one of America’s hottest bands in the late ’60s to mid-’70s, even selling out New York’s Shea Stadium faster than the Beatles. Panned by critics but beloved by fans, one ...