Farner is his usual nasty self on the guitar, exploding with rhythm one moment, tearing it up in a solo the next. His guitar playing here hearkens back to the days of Terry Knight and the Pack, but there's a gracefulness to his savagery, reflective of the years that have gone by. There's even a Schacher bass solo in the very long-winded (and scorchingly hot) jam session that "I Come Tumblin'" wraps up with.
Finally, after they're assaulted our eardums to the point where they might explode, the band finishes with "Loneliness," a very touching melody that's melancholy in the same vein as "I'm Your Captain," but with a slight edge to it. However, I enjoy the fact that the remastered version wraps up with some live tracks that were rejected from Live: The 1971 Tour. These, more than anything, really help to sum up why this band is so underrated, and why it's a shame that most people only know them for radio tracks like "We're an American Band." All in all, this was, in my opinion, a very fitting swan song to the glory days of Grand Funk Railroad. It is a testament to their outstanding musicianship. The songs are full of energy, passion, joy, sadness, everything that their music began to lose in the later years.
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Por :
acayetan
Duración:
08:38 Min
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24350
Publicada:
3/24/2008