Grand Funk Railroad Albums - Grand Funk Railroad Discography, Thirty Years of Funk: 1969-1999, We're an American Band, Good Singin' (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: Grand Funk Railroad Discography, Thirty Years of Funk: 1969-1999, We're an American Band, Good Singin', Good Playin', Classic Masters, Caught in the Act, on Time, Closer to Home, Live Album, Grand Funk Hits, Shinin' On, E Pluribus Funk, Survival, All the Girls in the World Beware , Born to Die, Phoenix, Bosnia, Mark, Don and Mel: 1969-71, Grand Funk Lives, Greatest Hits, Capitol Collectors Series, What's Funk?, Live: the 1971 Tour, Monumental Funk. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 65. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Good Singin', Good Playin' is the final 1970s album by Grand Funk Railroad, released by MCA Records (MCA 2216) in 1976. The band had actually broken up, but after Frank Zappa expressed interest in producing an album for them, they managed to reassemble for one more attempt to regain a high chart position, which had become elusive as pop music became increasingly dominated by disco. Recorded in 1976 for MCA Records, this album showed freshness and sheer dynamics, including a guest performance by Zappa himself. Although the pairing of pop stars Grand Funk and the esoteric Zappa seemed bizarre, Grand Funk drummer Don Brewer said, "His whole viewpoint on what rock and roll is all about is basically the same as ours.... Keep it as simple as possible and really bring the balls out of this thing." Zappa said, "All I did was in a documentary way make a record which tells you exactly what they really sound like. For the first time on record you can hear Grand Funk Railroad ... and they're fantastic, fan-tastic with an F three times taller than you " In spite of all this, or maybe because of it, Grand Funk decided on the first day of overdubs to split up again, although Zappa stayed up until 4 AM trying to talk them out of it. ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=19165646