Mark Farner is on the phone from his northwestern Michigan home, the day after Memorial Day. It is also two days after a U.S. Army veteran, possibly suffering from PTSD and depression, went on a shooting spree in west Houston that killed one, wounded others and resulted in his own death at the hands of police.
When not preaching the gospel of meat-and-potatoes rock and roll as the ex-lead singer/guitarist/main songwriter of Grand Funk Railroad or the gospel of Jesus Christ as a devout Christian, Farner talks a lot about veterans and veterans’ issues, issues he had long been involved with. And he’s pissed about what he sees today.
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Bart
Hey Mark ;
Been with you since the beginning. Loved every moment. glad to see you still kickin’ ass. just had one question . . .
do you think mel and don did what they did because they simply wanted to get back at you for messing up their lives when you booted out terry ? not only did you mess up your life but you also put them both in a terrible place. do you think what they did was some kind of revenge, to put it bluntly ?
god bless you, mark. i can’t even begin to tell you the influence gfr has had on my life.
love ya !!