4/20/05

Grand Funk's in SAHARA, plus tour dates!!!

Grand Funk Railroad’s WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND featured in Penelope Cruz/Matthew McConaughey blockbuster film, SAHARA


Grand Funk Railroad is pleased that their popular hit song "We're An American Band" is featured in the new Paramount Pictures movie, SAHARA, the number one movie at the box office for its opening weekend of  April 8.  Sahara is the swashbuckly saga of Dirk Pitt, the star of four decades worth of books by author Clive Cussler.

"This is an exciting movie," says "We're An American Band" writer and leadsinger, Don Brewer, drummer for the band Grand Funk Railroad.  "I've long been a fan of Clive Cussler. To have my song in a movie with Dirk Pitt is a major rush."

"We're An American Band" has been heard in the soundtrack of other recent films, including Cuba Gooding's RADIO and Disney's THE COUNTRY BEARS.

SAHARA features Matthew McConaughy and Penelope Cruz, and is an adventurous movie, featuring treasure hunts in Africa, intrigue and--of course--a man and woman falling in love at the end.

Grand Funk Railroad is playing dates throughout the United States this spring and summer, and will include the movie's song at each of them.
   
5/11    Innsbrook Pavilion      Glen Allen, Virginia    

5/14    Pickwick Challenge Boat Race        Counce, Tennessee      

6/ 4    Shenandoah Harley-Davidson         Staunton, Virginia  

6/10   Casino Regina Ent. Center         Regina, Saskatchewan  CANADA

6/11    Thunder Valley Biker Rally        Crandon, Wisconsin        

6/24- 25   Casino Rama   Rama, Ontario  CANADA

06/26/05   Loudon Summer Music Fest   ASHBURN, VA--NEW ADD

7/ 1    North Branch Lions Field Cele.               North Branch, Michigan      

7/ 6    Summer Motion Festival, Riverfront Park    Ashland, Kentucky  

7/9    Outagamie County Fair               Seymour, Wisconsin                

7/12    Noble County Fair            Kendallville, Indiana  

7/14   Moondance Ranch Jam 14    Meadow Circle Walker, Minnesota  

7/15    Common Ground Music Festival      Lansing, Michigan    

7/16   Summer Celebration       Vernon Hills, Illinois            

7/17    Comstock Windmill Festival       Comstock, Nebraska  

7/23    Indianapolis Raceway Park   Indianapolis, Indiana

7/29   Washington County Fair Park   WEST BEND, WI-- NEW ADD.

7/30   Clay's Prk Resort Amphitheatre      NORTH LAWRENCE, OHIO--NEW ADD

8/17    The Empire State Plaza        Albany, New York                   Edgar Winter to open

8/27    Antelope Valley Fair-Grd Stnd      Lancaster, California
with the DOOBIE BROTHERS  

9/3    Black Bear Casino                 Carlton, Minnesota    

9/24    Kern County Fair/Bud Pavilion      Bakersfield, California  

10/ 1   Mid-South Fair                  Memphis, Tennessee  

10/ 8    Gretna Heritage Festival          Gretna, Louisiana

10/15    Texas Station Casino                North Las Vegas, Nevada  
   
11/11   Bergen Perf. Arts Center       Englewood, NJ--NEW ADD