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EPISODE 75: As one of the founding members, lead singer, lead guitarist, and wrote more than 90% of the Grand Funk Railroad music catalog, Farner has always been known as the energetic driving force on stage, the engine that pulled the original Grand Funk Railroad to the top of the charts. From his soulful voice and power rock riffs, to fueling the Funk with his atomic stage presence. His story and his imprint on music starts with Flint and since 1969 from his humble beginnings and a blue-collar outlook, Farner has captained a global crusade for love, peace and freedom and became a rock \\u2018n\\u2019 roll icon. Nearly 60 years later \\u2013 he commands the stage with the same intensity performing epic hits that defined a generation \\u2013 \\u201cI\\u2019m Your Captain (Closer to Home)\\u201d, \\u201cBad Time\\u201d, \\u201cSome Kind of Wonderful\\u201d, \\u201cFoot Stompin\\u2019 Music\\u201d, \\u201cHeartbreaker\\u201d, \\u201cLocomotion\\u201d, \\u201cMean Mistreater\\u201d and \\u201cWe\\u2019re An American Band\\u201d.\\xa0markfarner.com
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