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Grand Funk Railroad: We're An American Band

Jaan Uhelszki, Uncut, July 2010

Grand Funk Railroad shared drugs with Hendrix, helped Janis Joplin play tricks on the Stones, immortalised groupies, worked with Zappa and Rundgren, had the most reviled manager in rock, and sold out Shea Stadium 14 times faster than The Beatles. Lighters aloft, please, for an American institution...

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