Caught In The Act

Released at the peak of their popularity (at least commercially; critics notoriously never had much use for them), Grand Funk Railroad’s second live set makes total sense: it was the Bicentennial party America wanted, even if it was a year early. The sound quality and song choices on Live Album made that one kind of a drag, but this has all the great early stuff along with the Rundgren-era hits blasted out by a road-sharpened crew. Big, dumb, and irrepressible, it makes the case that they weren’t just an American band; they were probably the American band.