Mark Farner
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Mark Farner performing at the Fall Fest in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, September 26, 2009.
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| Background information | |
| Born |
September 29, 1948 Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, hard rock, CCM |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, keyboards, harmonica, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Labels | Capitol, MCA, Atlantic, Warner, Lismark |
| Associated acts | Grand Funk Railroad, Terry Knight and the Pack, N'rG, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, Dave Mason |
| Website | markfarner |
Mark Fredrick Farner (born September 29, 1948) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad, and later as a contemporary Christian musician.
Farner began his career in music by playing in Terry Knight and The Pack (1965–1966), The Bossmen (1966), The Pack (aka The Fabulous Pack) (1967–1968), before forming Grand Funk Railroad with Don Brewer (drums) and Mel Schacher (bass guitar) in 1968.Craig Frost (keyboards) joined the band in 1973. Farner has Cherokee ancestry from his maternal side.
Farner was the guitarist and lead singer for Grand Funk Railroad as well as the songwriter for most of their material. His best-known composition is the 1970 epic "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)". He also wrote the 1975 hit "Bad Time", the last of the band's four singles to make the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
After Grand Funk initially disbanded in 1976, Farner released his first self-titled solo album in 1977, and his second, No Frills, in 1978 (both Atlantic Records). In 1981, Farner and Don Brewer launched a new Grand Funk line-up with bassist Dennis Bellinger and recorded two albums, Grand Funk Lives and What's Funk?. Farner went solo again with 1988's Just Another Injustice on Frontline Records. His third Frontline release was 1991's Some Kind of Wonderful, which featured a revamped version of the Grand Funk classic of the same name. Farner enjoyed success with the John Beland composition "Isn't it Amazing", which earned him a Dove Award nomination and reached No. 2 on the Contemporary Christian music charts.
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