WCSX Classic Cuts : Footstompin’ Music
WCSX Classic Cuts
Grand Funk Railroad: “Footstompin’ Music”
The Hook: The first song written on a brand new B3 organ in a brand new rehearsal space for the band.
Album: E Pluribus Funk
Year: 1971
Writer: Mark Farner
Stats: Peaked at number-29 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Background: Former Grand Funk Railroad frontman Mark Farner says two things led them to come up with “Footstompin’ Music.” One was a new Hammond B3 organ he’d just purchased, the other a move from rehearsing at a local Union Hall to the basement of his new home.
Former Grand Funk Railroad frontman Mark Farner on how a new B3 organ and a new rehearsal space let to the creation of ‘Footstompin’ Music.’ OC:…new organ. :18
“’Footstompin’ Music’ was a spontaneous creation. We were kind of up for this because we had been under close scrutinization, with people coming out to tell us to turn down, when we were at the Union Hall rehearsing. So, man, we just like ran everything up to ten and we started jamming and it was the first song on that new organ.”
