It sounds like Farner is playing electric piano, and Brewer really stands out here. The album’s only ballad is “Mean Mistreater,” offering more nice harmonies. A second tempo change is also interesting, more nice work from Schacher. “Nothing is the Same” plods along through the opening sequence before a great tempo change shoves it into overdrive and another distortion-filled Farner solo. Schacher runs some nice bass lines, and the by-now well-known harmonies of Farner and Brewer are on display. Schacher’s bass drones underneath Farner’s distorted lead guitar. CLOSER TO HOMEĭon’t let that soft acoustic guitar fool you it gets blown away by power rock in “Sin’s a Good Man’s Brother.” Brewer’s drumming is long on power and sometimes short on technique, but it always delivers the desired effect. The group and early albums were produced by Terry Knight. The group at the time - and for the majority of their career - were Mark Farner, guitar, electric piano, organ, vocals, harmonica Mel Schacher, bass and Don Brewer, drums, vocals. GFRR’s first radio success came with the single version of “I’m Your Captain,” the real opus on Closer to Home. Grand Funk inside cover – MSG 02.13.70 – Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Interestingly, one of their best albums came out in 1976, Good Singin’, Good Playin’, under the tutelage of Frank Zappa.But we digress. Todd Rundgren helped them to great commercial success with We’re an American Band in 1973. The next albums were good but just didn’t have the gravitas of the 1969-1970 releases. In quick succession they popped out four albums, begin with their 1969 debut On Time, then three albums in 1970: the red-cover Grand Funk, Closer to Home, and Live Album (recorded in Jacksonville and West Palm Beach). Sure, everybody can sing “We’re an American Band,” and that made them a lot of money, but their real gig was head-smashing, brain-numbing thunder rock - exactly what we loved about them. The Class of 1970: Grand Funk Railroad’s ‘Closer to Home’įor some fans of the powerhouse trio Grand Funk Railroad (also abbreviated as Grand Funk and even GFRR), the first four albums remain the favorites in their body of work.
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