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Related: About this forumGrand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home
?si=gnoB8zRj_xb4sD8-Quite a catchy tune
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Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home (Original Post)
BigOleDummy
Feb 2024
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ProfessorGAC
(76,715 posts)1. In The 70s, This Song Was Required...
...learning for young guitar players.
By the time I started playing guitar, the song was 6 or 7 years old & I felt I needed to know it, too!
The vocal on this is excellent.
And, it's not just me who thinks this was a must learn
I found this on Wikipedia.
The first movement opens with an electric guitar riff from Farner, which aspiring young guitarists of the time learned to imitate.[3] This soon changes into a strummed acoustic guitar paired with a distinctive lead bass line
Emphasis mine.BigOleDummy
(2,274 posts)2. I don't doubt that
I seriously REALLY wore my first copy of the album out in about 6 months when it first came out. lol It's still a ..... guilty pleasure of mine too.
Diamond_Dog
(40,592 posts)3. I hate that they are using it for a Chevy commercial!
BigOleDummy
(2,274 posts)4. Me too
But so many other of my favorite songs have gotten the same treatment that I hardly even notice anymore. And THAT'S a shame smh.