A Conversation with Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad

If the only song he ever wrote was "We're An American Band" Don Brewer would still be a rock legend. But the fact is Don and his band Grand Funk Railroad are so much more than that one song. Grand Funk is currently on tour, with original members Don Brewer and Mel Schacher, celebrating their 50th Anniversary and Don took some time to talk to me about the band's career and their iconic songs. Please press Play below to hear the MisplacedStraws Conversation with Don Brewer: On whether he ever thought the band would last this long: I mean when we started the band I was you know 18, 19 years old and of course if that time you really can't look forward. You thought 40 was probably gonna be about as long as you were going to live anyway, so you really can't look into the future. I never dreamed that I would be 70 years old and still out on the road and enjoying what I'm doing. Actually my grand kids can come to the shows now. I could never have