What began as rehearsals at Flint’s Federation of Musicians Union Hall ledto some of rock music’s watershed moments.

Like a Spartan, Farner was intent on bringing rock destined for arenas. Farner’s first years in music were with the band Terry Knight and the Pack and The Bossmen.When GFR formed in 1969 they named the group after the Grand Trunk&Western Railroad that runs through Flint. He’s a family man.“ I am who my songs say I am,” Farner said. Farner, 70,is also about as real as they get: he’s a husband, a father and grandfather and in his fourth decade of marriage to wife Lesia. Mark Farner’s American Band will honor Farner’s golden anniversary in music, as well as shine a spotlight on his legendary contributions to society, in his 2019-2020 50th Anniversary Tour. Today, Farner’ samplifying his remarkable career another full decibel selling more than 30 million records worldwide, including 16 gold and platinum albums. 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 and freedom and became a rock ‘n’ rollicon.50 years later–he commands the stage with the same intensity performing epic hits that defined a generation–“I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home)”, “Bad Time”, “Some Kind of Wonderful”,“Foo tStompin’ Music”, “Heartbreaker”, “Locomotion”, “Mean Mistreater” and “We’re An American Band”. From his soulful voice and power rock riffs, to fueling the Funk with his atomic stage presence.

As one of the founding members, lead singer, lead guitarist, andw rote 90% of the Grand Funk 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. This DVD will be autographed by Mark Farner. Sofa King Cool caught up with Mark Farner and we discussed his upcoming live DVD “From Chile With Love”, the amazing ROCK N ROLL SOULS MUSIC VIDEO, working with Alice Cooper on “Detroit Stories” How wrong Cancel Culture is and what is going on with Marilyn Manson, touring with Ringo Starr, His shares some stories about Grand Funk Railroad and how TERRY KNIGHT tried to repossess their gear before playing Madison Square Garden, how he hopes to one day reunite with Grand Funk for a tour, How the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame is a Joke, using his downtime to collaborate with Mark Slaughter for a possible new album, and what is next for him

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