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Grand Funk's Don Brewer

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1Grand Funk's Don Brewer Empty Grand Funk's Don Brewer Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:27 pm

spanky

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I got to see the original group around 73 I think, but Don Brewer was one heck of a work horse, on his set.
Spanky


Don Brewer (born September 3, 1948 in Flint, Michigan) is the drummer for American rock band Grand Funk Railroad.

Early life

Brewer was born in Flint, Michigan on September 3, 1948 and is a graduate of Swartz Creek High School.
Early career

Brewer joined his first band, called The Red Devils, at the age of 12. After leaving "The Red Devils", Brewer joined another band named the "Jazzmasters" for whom he played drums and sang vocals. In 1964, Brewer joined former DJ Terry Knight as well as bassist Herm Jackson, guitarist Curt Johnson, and keyboardist Bobby Caldwell and formed the band Terry Knight and the Pack. In 1967, Brewer met new guitarist Mark Farner after Johnson left the band.
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In 1968 Brewer left Terry Knight and the Pack along with fellow bandmate Mark Farner and recruited Mel Schacher, the bassist for the hit band ? and the Mysterians, and formed Grand Funk Railroad. They hired Terry Knight as their manager. In 1973, Grand Funk released the album "We're An American Band," featuring the hit song "We're An American Band"[1]. This track, written by Brewer, was the band's first #1 single. Still popular, the song has since been recorded by other artists. In addition to playing drums for Grand Funk, Brewer also provided lead vocals for a number of songs. This is evidenced by the first and third verses of the song "Some Kind Of Wonderful". [2] Brewer was the baritone lead singer for the group, in contrast to the tenor vocals of Mark Farner.

In 1977, following the initial breakup of Grand Funk, Brewer and former Grand Funk bandmates Mel Schacher and Craig Frost formed a new band named "Flint". Flint released one self-titled album before disbanding. In 1981, Brewer and Farner resurrected Grand Funk for an album that cracked the Billboard albums chart. Two years later, they split again and Brewer joined Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band. He also continued in other musical endeavors, including producing for the band The Godz.In 1996 Brewer, Schacher, and Farner reunited as Grand Funk, and were eventually named one of Pollstar's top-grossing acts of 1998. Farner decided to leave the band at the end of 1998 to resume his solo career. In 2000, Brewer and Schacher added vocalist Max Carl, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick and keyboardist Tim Cashion to the line-up.
Other drumming

Brewer was featured in Classic Rock Drum Solos[3], performing a solo from when he and Grand Funk Railroad filled up Shea Stadium.[4] In 2000, Don performed as a guest clinician at Modern Drummer Magazine's annual Drum Festival event, where he was honored as one of the most influential drummers in the history of rock. In 2006 Brewer rejoined the Silver Bullet Band for their 2006-07 tour, it was his first appearance with the band since he played for them on their 1983 tour.[5]
Personal life

Brewer resides in Jupiter, Florida with his wife Sunny Quinn, who is a 23-year radio veteran from South Florida. They met while Brewer was on tour with Bob Seger as the drummer for the Silver Bullet Band. At the time, Sunny was married to the Bass player for Michael Bolton who was touring with them.[6]

don brewer

Born 09/03/1948, in Flint, MI, Don Brewer was a founding member of Grand Funk Railroad. Don provided bongos for FZ on Studio Tan and Läther

He performed live with Zappa as a guest musician in Detroit.

here's a don page:
http://www.grandfunkrailroad.com/gfhistory/images/don/don.html

discography:

(all credits are for drums and vocals unless otherwise noted)

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1966 knight, terry- terry knight and the pack
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1969 grand funk railroad- on time
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1970 grand funk railroad- grand funk
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1970 grand funk railroad- live album
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1970 grand funk railroad- closer to home
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1971 grand funk railroad- e pluribus funk
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1971 grand funk railroad- survival
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1972 grand funk railroad- phoenix
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1972 grand funk railroad- mark, don & mel: 1969-71
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1973 grand funk railroad- we're an american band
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1974 grand funk railroad- all the girls in the world beware
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1974 brewer & farner- monumental funk
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1974 grand funk railroad- shinin' on
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1975 grand funk railroad- masters of rock
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1975 grand funk railroad- caught in the act
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1976 grand funk railroad- born to die
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1976 grand funk railroad- good singin', good playin'
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1977 reelin' in the years, vol. 5
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1977 grand funk railroad- hits
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frank zappa: studio tan (24)
(1978, lp, usa, discreet)
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1978 godz [1]- godz (producer)
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1979 flint- flint
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1983 reelin' in the years, vol. 1
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1984 travers, pat- hot shot
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1986 seger, bob- like a rock
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1989 very special christmas
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1991 travers, pat- best of pat travers
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1992 rock of the 70's, vol. 2
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1992 rock of the 70's, vol. 5
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1996 lynn, cheryl- got to be real: the best of cheryl (engineer)
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frank zappa: lather (65)
(1996, 3cd, usa, ryko)
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1997 grand funk railroad- bosnia (bass, drums)
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grand funk railroad- grand funk lives
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grand funk railroad- what's funk
* frank zappa: studio tan (24)
(1978, lp, usa, discreet)

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References



1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMsIrKjSM6Y
2. ^ [1] Some Kind Of Wonderful youtube.com Retrieved 2007-08-26
3. ^ http://www.drummercafe.com/music-industry/news/classic-rock-drum-solos.html[Classic Rock Drum Solo DVD]
4. ^ [Grand Funk at Shea Stadium]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxhHRZ7dMD0&feature=related
5. ^ http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Don_Brewer.html[Drummerworld Biography]
6. ^ http://www.segernet.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t3862.html

2Grand Funk's Don Brewer Empty Re: Grand Funk's Don Brewer Wed May 05, 2010 10:32 pm

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He did not die, right?

Brewer had something:

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