clw Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Down on the comments it says this,is this true?? ""Do your homework ! Grand funk opened for Zepplin at Olympia stadium in Detroit and fans went nuts for GF , zep actually pulled the plug on them in the middle of their show and the crowd rioted ! and zep never got to play ! a week later GF opened for zep in Ohio , and again fans went nuts and didn't want Grand Funk to stop ! Zepplin promptly threw them off their tour ! True Story !"" Thee are some other comments there about led Zeppelin too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottedplant Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Chris: I think this may be a question for SAJ to answer. He would know the truth about it all, or if it even happened. I really do doubt that it did happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magerogue Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 They didn't pull the plug on GFR that's just innacurate, what people keep saying is that Zeppelin was booed of the stage because the crowd wanted more GFR, wich is something that I truly doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapper Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I can't recall if GFR ever opened for LZ, but I do recall that when asked in the early seventies about which other contemporary band they liked, LZ rarely named names but they did in one ore two interviews replied 'grand funk railroad'. I'll try and find a link to these interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 If you go to the Timeline on this sight, there is no mention of GFR opening up for them in Detroit and the Ohio show didn't happen a week later as this person claimed. It happened about a week earlier. There is no mention again (and there is a newspaper clip...pretty sure it would have mentioned GFR opening up). Sounds like BS to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clw Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 Thanks for all the info,this person sounded like he was there,did you read some of the reviews as a couple of them talked about Zep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Grand Funk played with Zeppelin on October 18th 1969 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit (shared the bill, not supported/opening for Zep). The story of GF being kicked off the tour is not true, they weren't touring with Zeppelin - just happened to be sharing the bill at a couple of venues. Now, Peter Grant very well might have turned off the electricity during GF's set due to the crowds response, but even that is questionable. Here's a review from this site http://www.ledzeppelin.com/node/448/8015#comment-8015 I would say there is probably some truth to this story, but it's mostly legend. Edit: Here's a different review from this site talking about a disturbance during the last song of GF's set http://www.ledzeppelin.com/node/448/8022#comment-8022 The actual timeline page http://www.ledzeppelin.com/show/october-18-1969 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the chase Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Grand Funk are from Flint Michigan... So for them to have more fans than Led Zeppelin at an early concert in their home state is not unrealistic.. I doubt they put on a better performance though.. But they could have gotten a better crowd reaction.. They sure as hell have milked this story for all it's worth.. It was on the VH1 Behind The Music episode ... and it comes up a lot.. Grand Funk were huge at one point... I think people forget how big they were at one time..so for this to be their claim to fame is kind of funny.. I mean they sold out Shea Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clw Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Grand Funk are from Flint Michigan... So for them to have more fans than Led Zeppelin at an early concert in their home state is not unrealistic.. I doubt they put on a better performance though.. But they could have gotten a better crowd reaction.. They sure as hell have milked this story for all it's worth.. It was on the VH1 Behind The Music episode ... and it comes up a lot.. Grand Funk were huge at one point... I think people forget how big they were at one time..so for this to be their claim to fame is kind of funny.. I mean they sold out Shea Stadium. Very interesting,just shows again that all the great bands are from this era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clw Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Can you imagine being at a concert where they both played,now days we are lucky to go to a concert that even has one good band worth seeing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledded1 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I never saw GF but would have liked to but around 1971 when they were at their peak would have been my choice. Interesting suggestion that plug was pulled. Is someone mixing this up with Bath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingzoso Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 According to Dave Lewis and Simon Pallet's Led Zeppelin, the Concert File, (which is the very best reference to any thing related to Live Led Zeppelin, except the actual bootlegs themselves), on Friday, October, 24, 1969, Grand Funk Railroad "supported" Led Zeppelin at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio. According to this book, and this is a verbatim quote: "Ticket sales were slow for this show and special adverts and posters were produced on the day to attract attendance". (Page 85). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clw Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 According to Dave Lewis and Simon Pallet's Led Zeppelin, the Concert File, (which is the very best reference to any thing related to Live Led Zeppelin, except the actual bootlegs themselves), on Friday, October, 24, 1969, Grand Funk Railroad "supported" Led Zeppelin at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio. According to this book, and this is a verbatim quote: "Ticket sales were slow for this show and special adverts and posters were produced on the day to attract attendance". (Page 85). Sure would have been a good event!~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzyIsDio Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Can you imagine being at a concert where they both played,now days we are lucky to go to a concert that even has one good band worth seeing You should see Black Sabbath, you'll be blown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clw Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 You should see Black Sabbath, you'll be blown away. Well I live in fargo ND so maybe that is why I have not seen them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzyIsDio Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Well I live in fargo ND so maybe that is why I have not seen them Why, they never toured there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomloge Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Saw Grand Funk live once. Great show, at Madison Square Garden, around the time they released the album "Shinin On". Suzi Quatro opened up. She was pretty good too. Saw Mark Farner solo live once. He was great. The crowd reaction he got was awesome. He opened for Foghat and Steppenwolf. All 3 bands that night were really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Saw Grand Funk live once. Great show, at Madison Square Garden, around the time they released the album "Shinin On". Suzi Quatro opened up. She was pretty good too. Saw Mark Farner solo live once. He was great. The crowd reaction he got was awesome. He opened for Foghat and Steppenwolf. All 3 bands that night were really good. http://www.markfarner.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clw Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Why, they never toured there? Are you kidding,NO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzyIsDio Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 @ CLW, And what's the reason for them not performing in North Dakota? That seems odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clw Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 @ CLW, And what's the reason for them not performing in North Dakota? That seems odd. maybe because days like today it is 20 below out!! LOL,until 20 yrs or so we never really had a venue big enough for them to even play at,now we have the fargoDome that will hole about 24,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayougal65 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I have seen them a couple of times pretty recently and they still put on a great show! I saw them at Laketown Fest in Kenner, LA in 2007 and at Gretna Fest here in 2011! They simply rock! What a fun show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cherubini Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Please Don't quote me since it has been 40 years since the First Zeppelin concert I went to at Madison Square Garden but I believe July 1973 was their first appearance in the USA at the Garden and Led Zeppelin was a front band for Grand Funk and Grand Funk was delayed in the gig because of the enormous impact Led Zeppelin had at the Garden and on the crowd. Led Zeppelins performance ran over by an hour, I was 16 at the time and was taken to the concert for my birthday first concert I ever went to and one of the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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