I fell off the equipment truck because this stuff was getting to me.” “You have to lose part of your sanity to let that get ahold of you, and that’s the part that really scared me, brother, because I would have to allow this to happen. “That took me someplace where it put the fear of God in me about ever doing anything like that and it also gave me compassion for those who are caught up in it,” he continues. Mark Farner performing at Lawrenceburg, Indiana’s Fall Fest in 2009 (Photo via Wikipedia)įarner, born on September 29, 1948, says it was a combination of cocaine and heroin. Then I do this stuff and, holy crap! I just found out how much somebody could lie.” I’d never done anything like this before but, Jimi says to me, ‘I wouldn’t give you nothing that could hurt you and you know me.’ That’s my guitar god telling me he’s not gonna hurt me. Knock yourself out.’ He says, ‘Well, just do a little bit.’ At Randall’s Island, Jimi Hendrix’s right-hand man came over to my dressing room after we got offstage and said, ‘Hey, Jimi wants to see you.’ These guys have got some stuff lined up on the dressing room table that looks like snow drifts and says, ‘Come on, do some of this.’ And I said, ‘No, man, I don’t do that stuff. “Every time we were on the same bill, we would make sure our paths crossed and say howdy. “I knew Jimi,” Farner says, on the phone in our 2017 interview from his home in Petoskey, Mich. Mark Farner-co-founding singer-songwriter-guitarist of Grand Funk Railroad, a band that’s sold more than 25 million albums-has both kinds of stories. There aren’t many musicians of the classic rock era who don’t have wild drug stories, whether they’re talking about what they did themselves or what they observed of what went down around them. Grand Funk Railroad performing at Shea Stadium in New York, June 5, 1971 Remember That Buckingham and McVie Tour of 2017?.Andy Gibb Gets First Biography, ‘Arrow Through the Heart’.11 Surprising 1970s Radio Hits (Part 3).Eric Clapton’s Solo Debut LP: A Long Way From Home.The Beatles’ ‘Get Back’ Arrives on Blu-ray: Lots of Music, Even More Surprises.Bob Dylan Announces More 2022 Tour Dates.Emerson, Lake & Palmer ‘Singles’ Deluxe Vinyl Box Due.

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