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

[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]

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]

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

[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.

[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

[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]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Or the Monkees "Last train to Clarksville"

[Anonymous]

Or Johnny Winters rendition of "Silver Train"

[edblysard]

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

Ed

[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]

[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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Gladis Knight "Midnight train to Georgia"

Rod Stewart with Jeff Beck "Poeple get Ready"

[Anonymous]

Ten Years After...-Choo Choo Mama

[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