RIP Terry Knight from GFR's Don Brewer

TERRY KNIGHT was murdered defending his daughter at his home in Killeen, TX on the night of Nov. 1.  The updated story can be found at  http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/1153186.html


It is with sadness that Grand Funk Railroad issues a statement regarding the death of Terry Knight.


"We were shocked to hear that Terry had been murdered. Even though we have not had a friendly relationship with Terry over the last 30 years it still was very distressing to hear of his death.

"Terry Knight was instrumental in the birth and early success of Grand Funk Railroad from 1969 to 1972. Having been a former bandmate in previous bands with Grand Funk's Don Brewer and Mark Farner (The Pack, and Terry Knight and the Pack) Knight later became manager and producer of Grand Funk Railroad. During those years Grand Funk sold millions of records and toured the world as one of the biggest rock bands of all time even selling out Shea Stadium in NYC faster than The Beatles.

"There was a major falling out between the members of Grand Funk and Terry in 1972 and Terry was fired. This led to huge lawsuits and lasting discord between GFR and Terry.

"Grand Funk moved on and continued to have great success with million selling hits 'We're An American Band,' 'Locomotion,'  'Some Kind Of Wonderful'  and 'Bad Time.'

"We have had very little personal contact with Terry over the last 30 years.

"We deeply regret Terry's death and our sympathy goes out to his family."  

Don Brewer

Grand Funk Railroad, Nov. 2, 2004