Good Singin', Good Playin'

Performer: Grand Funk Railroad
Artist: Frank Zappa
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Grand Funk Railroad: Mark Farner (vocals, guitar, piano); Don Brewer (vocals, drums, percussion); Craig Frost (keyboards, background vocals); Mel Schacher (bass, background vocals). Additional personnel: Frank Zappa (guitar, background vocals). Producer: Frank Zappa. Reissue producer: John Austin. Engineers: Frank Zappa, Michael Braunstein, Davy Moire. Includes liner notes by Doug Pullen. Digitally remastered by Doug Schwartz (Audio Mechanics, Los Angeles, California). Personnel: Mark Farner (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboards); Don Brewer (vocals, drums, percussion); Frank Zappa (guitar, background vocals); Craig Frost (keyboards, background vocals); Mel Schacher (background vocals). Photographers: Norman Seeff; Gary Heery. After nearly a decade as one of the world's top hard rock bands, Grand Funk called it quits not long after the release of 1976's GOOD SINGIN' GOOD PLAYIN'. While the legendary Frank Zappa was on hand as producer, resulting in another fine album for the band, the album went largely unnoticed since it didn't spawn a huge radio hit as did GFR's earlier albums. The closest thing to a hit remains "Crossfire," which still pops up on classic rock radio nowadays from time to time, while fans of Frank Zappa will want to check out the lengthy instrumental "Out To Get You," on which he plays a great guitar solo.

Homer Simpson may have captured the essence of Grand Funk Railroad in the SIMPSONS episode where he rhapsodizes about "Mark Farner's wild, shirtless lyrics, the bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher," and yes, "the competent drum work of Don Brewer." Emerging from the industrial town of Flint, MI, Grand Funk were a workman-like "people's band." They turned the Cream power-trio format into a stadium filling, larger-than-life experience that made them one of the most popular live acts of the early '70s. Their early albums were filled with amped-up blues-rock, but towards the end of their initial tether, they scored hits with covers of soul tunes such as "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "The Locomotion." IRS troubles contributed to their breakup in the late-'70s, but Grand Funk reunited with a vengeance in the '90s.

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