Album, "We're An American Band" - Grand Funk Railroad
Object number2019.027.25ab
Date1973
MediumPaper, Ink, Vinyl
DimensionsCover: 12 × 24 in. (30.5 × 61 cm)
Framed: 14 × 28 in. (35.6 × 71.1 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionGrand Funk Railroad's 1973 album cover, "We're an American Band."Grand Funk Railroad performed at Barton Coliseum on February 17, 1973. They also performed at Barton Coliseum in 1970, 1975, and the 2005 and 2015 Arkansas State Fair. The lyrics in the opening stanza of the song "We're an American Band" reference Little Rock native Sweet, Sweet Connie; "Last night in Little Rock put me in a haze/ Sweet, sweet Connie, doin' her act/ She had the whole show and that's a natural fact."
Status
On view
January 12, 1975