Grand Funk Railroad wore thin pretty quickly because Mark Farner had neither the playing skills on guitar or the vocal talent to carry a power trio.
In the early 70's Farner simply lacked the chops to compete with master guitarists like Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and Jeff Beck.
I saw Grand Funk once and they were a great party band that knew how to work a live audience but their musical limitations became sadly apparent about three songs into the show. Their opening act, the James Gang, with the ferocious Joe Walsh on lead guitar, simply blew Grand Funk off the stage.
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Townes Van Zandt
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