We have a backline company that drives in from Indianapolis on the east coast and Las Vegas on the west coast and brings our gear to us. We call for it in our rider and we have it there. Now you can get state-of-the-art technology wherever you go. Way back in the day you had to bring everything with you. And certainly the technology makes it easier – the keyboard technology, the amplifiers, the P.A. “We go out and play on the weekends, play and fly home. “We’re weekend warriors now,” said Brewer, in Niagara Falls for a show April 30 th at Fallsview Casino’s Avalon Ballroom. The rigors of the road, however, aren’t quite as rigorous as they were in the old days on tour.
But he’s still got plenty of fond memories of the days when his band ruled the Earth.Īfter more than four decades as the drummer, sometime lead singer and #1-hit songwriter for the enduring classic rock juggernaut known as GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, the Jupiter, Florida resident is still rocking his way around the world with the band he co-founded as a 19-year-old.
