Mel Schacher

[lowend1]

Sounds like a Ripper on Bad Time, certainly not like a single coil Jazz.

During at least part of the 1970s, Mel played a black P-Bass with a mirror guard. Coulda been that...

[lowend1]

a garage band that happened to write some catchy tunes....

A garage band that sells out Shea Stadium faster than The Beatles - is hard to call a garage band.

[Chaser001]

A garage band that sells out Shea Stadium faster than The Beatles - is hard to call a garage band.

I wouldn't mind being in a garage band like that at all.  Sign me up. 

[uwe]

Herr Farner with a bunch of musical retirees, a Liverpool drummer, a Canadian rhythm guitarist who ain't seen nothing yet and a late bass player among them.



Noteworthy for three things:

- He still sings well.

- He still plays minor scales over major harmonies   - there goes that job with Lynyrd Skynyrd, they expect you to know the difference there!  

- Compared to that awful mullet, his bare chest appearances were fashion nirvana.

Must be a Detroit thing, because generally US guitarists are more major-scale prone than their British counterparts. Playing minor over major, the Nuge would do it too (though less sorely standing out than Herr Farner). Just read an interview with Doug Aldrich, the current Whitesnake guitarist, about his early eighties audition with Kiss - Creatures of the Night era. All went well until Gene Simmons asked him: "Do you only play in minor?" And poor Doug had no idea what Gene was talking about.

[Dave W]

Mark Farner is no Little Eva. But you're right, he still sings well.

[Denis]

Worst. Hair. Ever.

That said, there's something rather mesmerizing about watching two drummers.

[nofi]

you sure that's not woody harrelson playing mark farner.

[uwe]

He could actually play him should Grand Funk ever be awarded the honor of a biopic (probably a good story to tell too with Terry Knight as their svengali). The likeness is unsettling, I thought as much when I saw the clip too.

[Highlander]

I was going to mention this one but Ray beat me to it...

(jump to 4.00)



and maybe something vintage...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7IdTFDO2HQ&feature=related

[Barklessdog]

I was going to mention this one but Ray beat me to it...

(jump to 4.00)



and maybe something vintage...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7IdTFDO2HQ&feature=related

I really enjoyed Good Singing, Good Playing.

[uwe]

Ironically, that last album, though commercially a disaster, also had the best reviews in the rock press. The fact that Zappa lent his hands to their production made people rethink their pre-conceptions about the Flint boys. Even the NME was gracious with it.