Grand Funk Railroad---How did that Band get its stupid, rip-off name?

[rixflix]

Ten Yeehs Ahfta Loive at Crowyden.
The mile-a-minute guitarist???
Something in my cerebellum keeps insisting Alvin Lee.
The Crazy World of Arthur....? Refresh me please. You know, he got toasted in his "fire helmet"
Still, Yardbirds and Mayall never get enough credit for boosting the blues. The Brit. probably saved the day back then.

Rix

[Anonymous]

Ten Years After...-Choo Choo Mama

[Anonymous]

Gladis Knight "Midnight train to Georgia"

Rod Stewart with Jeff Beck "Poeple get Ready"

[Anonymous]

Aerosmiths -"Train kept a rollin'" (all night long)

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kylerama

Man, Grand Trunk Western sure beats that band! Did that band really rip-off Grand Trunk Western's name? P.S.: I don't care for that band. I mostly like 19th century folk music.

Geez, how old are you??? 12? Guess you don't remember Vietnam anyhow...

I'm sure if the truth be told a few buds had something to do with it...LOL...

LC

[CBQ_Guy]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

If I recall correctly, the name did come from GTW. While their music might not appeal to a student of 19th century folk music, they were a pretty good band in their day.

Remember, too, that the orginal name of Chicago was Chicago Transit Authority...

Yup!

(19th century folk music?!) [8]

[edblysard]

And for the hobos, there is brother Edgar's "Free Ride"...
or Big and Rich's "Love Train".

Ed

[Anonymous]

Or Johnny Winters rendition of "Silver Train"

[Anonymous]

Or the Monkees "Last train to Clarksville"

[Anonymous]

And lets not forget the late Jimi Hendrix song "Hear my train a comin'"

[rixflix]

Funny story time. My brothers and I when little (me 7, Pete 6 and Bob 5) were watching a utility excavation in Reading, Just when things got really interesting in the trench, a guy yells out "Get the hell outta here". Back home and trying to figure out the word hell in this non-catechismic context, I told Pete to "Get the hole outta here" for some minor transgression. What my Dad heard was "Get the Hell outta here", and I got some discipline.
Later picked up the F-word off another kid, proudly used it, and got the same result,
Tough to be a kid.
Rixflix

[Modelcar]

....And some of the early cable-scrapers not only had 4 wheels, some had dual wheels in back for a total of 6 wheels....Watched some of them being used to rebuild Rt. 30 around Stoystown, Pa. in 1937.

[rixflix]

Heavy equipment makers that "tagged" their stuff with cast plates, continued.

Blaw-Knox
Greene
Bucyrus-Erie
Marion
Fairbanks-Morse
Euclid
Whiting
Galion
Buffalo Springfield

This is stuff I saw rolling around Reading in the 50's as a child and I'm still impressed, as you can probably tell!!!

Builder's plates, just like on the steam locomotives I loved!!!

Rix

[Anonymous]

P&H Does too, and not yet a group. Spell it.

That's easy. Harnischfeger.

Jay
From near Milwaukee. P&H is in West Milwaukee, so go figure.

[Anonymous]

Let's not forget Steam and their one hit wonder--"Nah Nah Nah Nah, Nah Nah Nah Nah, hey, hey hey, goodbye".......[swg]

[Anonymous]

Head East's album was "Flat as a Pancake" on which "Never been any reason" and "Since you've been gone" are both on.... [:-^][{(-_-)}]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68
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Actually, I think Buffalo Springfield was the name of a heavy equipment manufacturer (steam shovels and the like).

Really? Wow, learn something everyday thanks...

Was there a band named "Manitowoc" too?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

You got the name of the song, now,
name the album.....

And that is a really weird name for a album...


Ed

U'mmmm U'mmmmm U'mmmmm "Pockmarked as a waffel"?[}:)][}:)][}:)]

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rixflix

Just love the slack action in Taj Mahal's "She Caught the Katy"!!!!!!
Rix redux, g'night,

Jake and his brother Elwood did the best cover of that song....[;)]

[AlcoRS11Nut]

QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder

I like Grand Funk RR. I like a lot of things that my generation would never listen to. Is it my fault that 70s and 80s classic rock is a lot better than the new crap they call rock. At least country is still good. Oh wait, Big and Rich is coming...

Adrianspeeder

What!? You don't like bands like Mushroomhead, or Static-X. But you're right Big & Rich is awesome! (Save a horse...ride a cowboy)

[AlcoRS11Nut]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainfan1221

In a world where we have a band called Hoobastank, CSX could work!

I am into rock/ heavy metal, and Hoobastank sucks, me and my friends often say..."Hooba, stanks".[:D]

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainfan1221

In the time that group came out, late 60s-early 70s, a weird band name wasn't that abnormal. I think their version of the locomotion is alright. Was too young to remember much else.

LOL "Strawberry Alarmclock" "The Lemmon Pipers" 'Jefferson Airplane', "Buffalo Sprinfield"...yeah those were some names

Actually, I think Buffalo Springfield was the name of a heavy equipment manufacturer (steam shovels and the like).

[Anonymous]

Hey! the band isn't that bad-

Everybody's doing a brand new dance now-

they covered the song pretty good, because beofre it, it was a twangy song.

[MP57313]

Little Eva was the babysitter for Carole King/Gerry Goffin's kid.

How about Phoebe Snow's "Poetry Man"? Not my taste in music, but she did get her name from the Erie/E-L

[edblysard]

You got the name of the song, now,
name the album.....

And that is a really weird name for a album...


Ed

[rixflix]

Just love the slack action in Taj Mahal's "She Caught the Katy"!!!!!!
Rix redux, g'night,

[rixflix]

Ten Wheel Drive.....Texas or Santa Fe???
Rix

Or Decapod or Mastodon???
Or 0-10-0's. The Reading company, back then the Philadelphia and Reading had that and an 0-12-0.

[adrianspeeder]

I like Grand Funk RR. I like a lot of things that my generation would never listen to. Is it my fault that 70s and 80s classic rock is a lot better than the new crap they call rock. At least country is still good. Oh wait, Big and Rich is coming...

Adrianspeeder

[Anonymous]

Orange Blossom Special

I saw a real old tape of Johnny Cash doing it. I never knew the song had words.

Jim