![]() Is about Connie Hamzy, a famous groupie known as Sweet Connie. ‘four young chiquitas’ sounded a lot better than ‘four young groupies’ or ‘four young girls.’ That came from a situation where we checked into this hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, and there were four groupies in the lobby waiting to see the band. ![]() His band, he’d pay them, and then he’d go win all the money back so they were broke and they’d have to keep playing for him – it was a great deal. ![]() We used to sit in on some of the poker games, and that’s where that line came from. It always struck me as funny that he would make his band play poker with him every night. “Up all night with Freddie King, I’ve got to tell you, poker’s his thing”:”įreddie King was the opening act for us, the great Blues guitar player from Texas. Don Brewer, the song’s composer explains some of the words: It’s a play on words – the Grand Trunk Railroad is a railroad line that runs through the band’s home town of Flint, Michigan. In 1971, Grand Funk broke The Beatles‘ Shea Stadium attendance record, tickets selling out in just 72 hours – not bad in the pre-electronic ticketing era. Not that they should have worried, audiences loved them and they constantly packed out arenas – some people refer to Grand Funk as America’s first true stadium band. It became a bit of a frustration to the band that they were constantly panned by music critics. I can only speak for myself, but I loved Grand Funk Railroad but not everyone did. It was followed up with Walk Like a Man, The Loco-Motion (also a #1), Some Kind of Wonderful (#3), and Bad Time (#4) They play song after song from said-decade, so many of them songs I’d all but forgotten about, like this week’s offering.įrom 1973, We’re an American Band was Grand Funk Railroad’s first #1 single. Man, for fans of 70s music my gym is so good (if you’re keen enough to be there a little after 6am each day). Join a gym – good music and you get to look like me! Sometimes referred to as America’s first real stadium band, Grand Funk Railroad (aka Grand Funk) hit #1 on the US singles charts in 1973 with We’re an American Band.
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