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"I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" is a 1970 song written by American musician Mark Farner and recorded by Grand Funk Railroad as the closing track to their 1970 album Closer to Home. Ten minutes in duration, it is the band's longest studio recording. One of the group's best-known songs, it is composed as two distinct but closely related ...
Closer to Home is the third studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad. The album was released on June 15, 1970, by Capitol Records. Recorded at Cleveland Recording Company, the album was produced by Terry Knight. This album reached RIAA gold record status in 1970, making it the group's third gold record in one year.
Farner was the guitarist and lead singer for Grand Funk Railroad as well as the songwriter for most of their material. His best-known composition is the 1970 epic "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)". [4] He also wrote the 1975 hit "Bad Time", the last of the band's four singles to make the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. [5]
Following Closer to Home, The double disc Live Album was also released later in 1970 and was another gold disc recipient. [9] Survival and E Pluribus Funk were both released in 1971. E Pluribus Funk celebrated the Shea Stadium show with an embossed depiction of the stadium on the album cover's reverse.
In 2007, the Funk Brothers were inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. [6] On March 21, 2013, the Funk Brothers were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In August 2014, the Funk Brothers were inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Hall Of Fame at the induction ceremony, which was held in Canton, Ohio that year.
Grand Funk Railroad. Mark Farner – guitar, organ, harmonica, percussion, vocals; Don Brewer – drums, vocals; Mel Schacher – bass, percussion; 2002 Remaster ...
The Jackson brothers wrote two songs on the album, including the talkbox-heavy disco jam “Different Kind of Lady,” which would embolden the group to write more and more on subsequent albums. 15.
Robert White (November 19, 1936 – October 27, 1994) [1] was an American soul musician and a guitarist for Motown's in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers. [2] Born in the small town of Billmeyer, Pennsylvania, [3] [4] he received music lessons from his uncle. He toured with The Moonglows and played