Renewed mention of Grand Funk, always an underestimated and unjustly derided band, gives us the chance to return this thread elegantly to its original tracks ... Mind you, I'm hedging my bets and posting John Ellison's original rather than Grand Funk's (also very nice) take on it, albeit even that might be a little too soulish for our resident Bluesfascisonados here, but, hell, I'm European and allowed to get away with it! It at least avoids the stadium/arena rock tag. Pleasantly unrelated to Nick Simper, Rod Evans, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, David Coverdale, Tommy Bolin (ooops, deserving an honorary mention in this thread, don't hold the color of his skin and a short stint with Purple against him forever),
Joe Lynn Turner, Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Morse, Jon Lord, Don Airey and Ian Paice too. Where were we? Ah, back to Grand Funk!!!