Singles años 70 número 23

Grand Funk Railroad , grupo de rock duro, fue muy popular durante la década de los años 1970, la banda fue formada en 1969 por Mark Farner (vocalista, guitarra) y Don Brewer (vocalista, batería), de Terry Knight and the Pack, y Mel Schacher (bajo) , Con este “We’re an american band”, la Grand Funk Railroad conseguiría en el año 1973 el mayor éxito de toda su carrera. No es el mejor tema de la banda ni mucho menos pero se convirtió en un auténtico himno para aquella generación norteamericana de principios de los 70.una curiosidad se dice que la letra de la canción hace mención a las habilidades como jugador de póker del gran Freddy King, un clásico del blues.

Canción

Letra

We're An American Band
Out on the road for forty days
Last night in Little Rock, put me in a haze
Sweet, sweet Connie was doin' her act
She had the whole show and that's a natural fact

Up all night with Freddie King
I got to tell you, poker's his thing
Booze and ladies, keep me right
As long as we can make it to the show tonight

We're an American band
We're an American band
We're comin' to your town
We'll help you party it down
We're an American band

Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

Now these fine ladies, they had a plan
They was out to meet the boys in the band
They said, "Come on dudes, let's get it on!"
And we proceeded to tear that hotel down

We're an American band
[ Grand Funk Railroad Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
We're an American band
We're comin' to your town
We'll help you party it down
We're an American band

We're an American band
We're an American band
We're comin' to your town
We'll help you party it down
We're an American band

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We're an American band
We're an American band
We're comin' to your town
We'll help you party it down
We're an American band

We're an American band
We're an American band
We're comin' to your town
We'll help you party it down
We're an American band

We're an American band (whooo)
We're an American band (whooo)
We're an American band (whooo)

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