Mark Farner's 'Rock 'N' Roll Soul: Live 1989' arrives Nov. 17 on DVD, CD & vinyl

Mark Farner performing at The Coach
House in August 2022.
Photo credit: Bob Steshetz

I just received an exciting update on a historic concert recording featuring singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist great Mark Farner. I am a big fan of the artist (read my review of his August 2022 Coach House performance here). Check out the official media release before for details on Farner's "Rock 'N' Roll Soul: Live 1989" title coming this fall...Robert Kinsler

MARK FARNER'S ROCK 'N' ROLL SOUL: LIVE 1989 ARRIVES NOVEMBER 17 ON DVD, CD & VINYL FROM LIBERATION HALL Features the former Grand Funk Railroad frontman's complete performance at "Woodstock: 20 Years After"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | September 19, 2023 — Rock ‘N’ Roll Soul: Live 1989 marks the first official release of Mark Farner’s performance at the “Woodstock: 20 Years After” reunion held in Carson, California. The DVD, CD and download will include the full 15-track setlist while the vinyl LP will feature nine classic Grand Funk Railroad songs. Farner has contributed new liner notes. All formats will be released November 17 by Liberation Hall and distributed by MVD Entertainment Group (USA) and Wienerworld (UK).   Farner was a founding member, the lead singer, and guitarist for Flint, Michigan’s Grand Funk Railroad, as well as the principal songwriter who wrote over 90 percent of their multi-million selling catalog. To date, Grand Funk Railroad has earned 10 platinum and 13 gold records and Farner has sold over 30 million records worldwide. His best-known composition for the group is the 1970 classic rock radio staple “I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home).” He also wrote the 1975 hit “Bad Time,” the last of the band’s four singles to make the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. After Grand Funk disbanded in 1976, Farner released two solo albums before reuniting with drummer Don Brewer for a pair of albums with a revamped lineup. Farner became a born again Christian in the late 1980s and continues to record both secular and religious-themed material. From 1994-1995, he toured with Ringo Starr’s Allstars, which also featured Randy Bachman, John Entwistle, Felix Cavaliere, Billy Preston, and Starr’s son, Zak Starkey. He currently leads Mark Farner’s American Band.   “I was honored to be able to play the 1989 Woodstock Revisited festival with such greats as Edgar Winter; Humble Pie; Canned Heat; Iron Butterfly; Blood, Sweat and Tears; and Melanie,” Farner states in the liner notes. “Plus, it was hosted by Timothy Leary! God bless us all!”   Pre-order Rock ‘N’ Roll Soul: Live 1989 on CD, LP and download at Amazon. Pre-order Rock ‘N’ Roll Soul: Live 1989 on DVD at Amazon. The first digital single, “Some Kind of Wonderful,” is available now.   Farner will be a guest on Ingram Entertainment’s “Talk Shop Live” at 7:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, October 12. Fans will be able to submit questions and purchase autographed copies of Rock ‘N’ Roll Soul: Live 1989 at Talk Shop Live. MARK FARNER – Rock ‘N’ Roll Soul: Live 1988 (DVD, LIB-4041; LP, LIB-5165; CD/DL, LIB-5164) All songs by Mark Farner unless otherwise noted. TRACKLIST: 1. Are You Ready | 2. Rock ‘N’ Roll Soul | 3. Footstompin’ Music | 4. Airborne Ranger * | 5. Judgement Day Blues * | 6. Some Kind of Wonderful (John Ellison) | 7. Paranoid * | 8. Come to Jesus * | 9. Mean Mistreater | 10. Must Have Been Love * | 11. Bad Time | 12. I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home) | 13. Heartbreaker | 14. Isn’t It Amazing * | 15. The Loco-Motion (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)   * Appears on DVD, CD and download. Does not appear on LP. DVD Teaser Trailer