Grand Funk Railroad or...The Great Train Robbery
“Well, I’ll tell you,” says Mark Farner, pausing after the question and looking intensely into my eyes, “Detroit is a spoiled city.”
EDITOR’S NOTE - ’Member 01’ Terry Knight? Original Detroit popster dj. With delightful Brian Jones long hair (except black) and spiffy mod clothes. Oh yeah, he knew where it was at all right. The sixth Rolling Stone, right here in the Motor City. A t one point he quit his job at CKL W (?) and was off to England to go tour with the Stones. The story was that he was going to be a supporting act, singing, until he could be phased into the band itself. He was, you see, going to replace Bill Wyman. And so much prettier. Anyway, that fizzled and he came back to take on a job as program director with a radio station up in Flint. And kind of drifted out of our consciousnesses. Well, ol’ staggerin’ Terry’s been back in town of late, and this is the story of his new thing.
“Well, I’ll tell you,” says Mark Farner, pausing after the question and looking intensely into my eyes, “Detroit is a spoiled city. Spoiled. And I hate to say it but a lot of people don’t know where it’s at and they think they do. I’ll tell you, there’s a lot of beautiful people in this world. You know, like a lot of places where we’ve played, these people aren’t afraid to get into you and appreciate what you’re doing. We get up there and knock ourselves out and we expect what we give, you know. Like if we give all of ourselves we expect a little something in appreciation of that. And here they just don’t seem to appreciate it like as much as wheivwe played in Texas or Atlanta, for instance.
