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Creating the sort of sound you'd hear blaring out of a truck driver's stereo as he roars down a long, hazy highway, Grand Funk Railroad's storming blues jams, anthemic, upbeat refrains and searing solos made them giants of American rock and roll in the 1970s. Named after Michigan's Grand Trunk Railroad, the power trio of Mark Farner (vocals, guitar), Don Brewer (drums) and Mel Schacher (bass) styled themselves on the likes of Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Led Zeppelin and, after being discovered at the Atlanta Pop Festival by Capitol Records, their debut album On Time (1...