![]() It’s all veteran run and they get these guys back on their feet. They house them, they put them in a place with other successful veterans. It’s a group of veterans that help these guys that are down and out, that are living in the streets, living in the gutters, living in the alleys. My wife Leisa and I wanted to do something for our veterans, so $3 from every one of these DVDs that sell for $14.99 goes to the Veterans Support Foundation. And it’s all caught on this DVD which has 18 live performances, 2 bonus videos, and 5 new songs never released in this form before. From the first note, when we walked out, it was just an incredible reception. It was such an enthusiastic and excitement filled show. I might’ve been just about 3 feet over the top of that, floating the whole time we were up there. When we hit the stage, I don’t remember if my feet were really on the stage. It was a big theater in the round, kind of like coliseum rocking. MF: It was cut in Santiago, Chile, at a venue called Teatro Caupolicán. You’ve got a brand new live DVD coming out entitled From Chile with Love. Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the site and the first show that I ever reviewed for the site was you at the Arcada Theatre last January. I’m doing great! This is an honor for me. Mark Farner: Hey brother Joe! It’s good! “Metal” Joe Miller, I like that title Defenders of the Faith. Greetings Mark and welcome to Defenders of the Faith ! How are you doing this afternoon? In this exclusive new interview, the former Grand Funk frontman leaves no stone unturned, touching on everything from his ex-bandmates and unorthodox autographs, to Homer Simpson and Ringo Starr. ![]() Yet Mark Farner stands tall: A true hard rock warrior walking down the road of salvation. In those 50 odd years, the man himself has faced hardships that would be the demise of most mortals. “Farner, man!” This phrase, or perhaps an explicit variation of it, has been used by rockers, metalheads, and heshers worldwide as a substitute for “Awesome!” and “Badass!” for 50 odd years. First we have a 15-minute version of The Animals song, “Inside Looking Out” and here the band take it apart and smack it back together again in their own style with some wonderfully sprawling guitar solos and plenty of pathos in Farner’s endeavors to sing Eric Burdon’s words.Mark Farner performing live at the Arcada Theatre in St. ![]() Next on the album we get two cover versions to bring the set to a proper rousing conclusion. Mel Schacher gets to show off his dexterous bass playing, and Don Brewer takes a 10-minute drum solo that even listening to on audio he still manages to keep interesting. Farner was the obvious focal point of the band, playing lead guitar, keyboards, singing most of the lead vocals and at this time also writing all the songs. is seventeen minutes long and allows every member of the band enough space to stretch out and show their skills. The medley of “I’m Your Captain/ Closer to Home/ Hooked on Love/ Get it Together” in the center of the set is the true work of artists playing at the peak of their powers, while their take on Farner’s T.N.U.C. The band storms through a set of all the highlights from their first five albums. GFR obviously had a lot of dog in them as they grab their followers by the scruff of the neck and just keep on shaking until they beg for mercy. ![]() Richard Strauss’ iconic “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (theme from 2001 A Space Odyssey) leads Grand Funk Railroad into their opening number “Are You Ready”, which gets the audience on their feet and rockin’. Tedds, who has done a marvelous job of seamlessly putting together an entire show from that hot summer of ’71 and leaving it in its original running order, with all the stage announcements, crowd cheering, and the atmosphere of a good old Seventies Rock ‘n’ Roll concert.
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