Grand Funk Railroad

Grand Funk Railroad is on tour again this year. One of the first rock and roll power trio's, they now have a 5 piece band that includes 2 of the original members, Don Brewer on drums and Mel Schacher on bass. The only original member missing is Mark Farner. Bruce Kulick formerly of KISS is now the lead guitarist and is joined by Max Carl on vocals and Timothy Cashion on keyboards.

Grand Funk is one of those bands that have a couple different fan bases, those fans that liked the original power trio sound and then the fans that enjoyed the more commercial sound starting in 1973 with We're an American Band. A lot of their original fans got highly upset when GFR added keyboardist Graig Frost in 1972. However, this was obviously a good choice as far as the mainstream was concerned. They reached the Top 10 on Billboard 4 times between 1973 and 1975.

1973 "We're An American Band" #1
1974 "The Loco-Motion" #1
1974 "Some Kind of Wonderful" #3
1975 "Bad Time" #4


Grand Funk Railroad 2006 Tour Dates :

May 20 - Events Center at L'Auberge - Lake Charles, LA
Jun. 03 - Six Flags Frontier City - Oklahoma City, OK
Jun. 04 - Custom Car & Chopper Festival - El Paso, TX
Jun. 09 - Big E Balloon Festival - W. Springfield, MA
Jun. 18 - City Lights Pavilion - Denver, CO
Jun. 24 - Sonoma-Marin Fair-Bud Stage - Petaluma, CA
Jul. 19 - Merced County Fair - Merced, CA
Jul. 20 - Rock Fest 2006 - Cadott, WI
Jul. 22 - Boulder Station Hotel/Casino - Las Vegas, NV
Aug. 10 - Wisconsin State Fair-Grandstand - West Allis, WI
Aug. 11 - Rib Off Festival - Toledo, OH
Aug. 12 - Rockin' The Rivers Festival - Three Forks, MT
Sep. 03 - Heinz Field - Pittsburgh, PA
Sep. 23 - Cliff Castle Casino - Camp Verde, AZ
Sep. 29 - Los Angeles County Fair - Pomona, CA
Oct. 01 - Davis & Elkins College - Elkins, WI
Oct. 07 - Gretna Heritage Festival - Gretna, LA
Oct. 20 - 2006 Dragway - N. Rockingham, NC

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