{"id":36897,"date":"2021-08-23T09:11:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T03:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/grand-funk-railroads-sweet-sweet-connie-hamzy-famous-rock-and-roll-groupie-dead-at-66\/"},"modified":"2021-08-23T09:11:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T03:41:31","slug":"grand-funk-railroads-sweet-sweet-connie-hamzy-famous-rock-and-roll-groupie-dead-at-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/grand-funk-railroads-sweet-sweet-connie-hamzy-famous-rock-and-roll-groupie-dead-at-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Funk Railroad’s ‘Sweet Sweet’ Connie Hamzy, Famous Rock And Roll Groupie, Dead at 66"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Connie Hamzy<\/a>, the subject of Grand Funk Railroad’s number one record, “We’re an American Band,” has died at 66<\/a>. The Arkansas native was a famous name among rock and roll groupies<\/a>, attending shows at the Barton Coliseum and growing close with bands, roadies and people who worked the shows.<\/p>\n

Hamzy would earn the name “Sweet, Sweet Connie” after Grand Funk Railroad released the song “We’re an American Band.”<\/a> The song would reach the top of the charts and introduced Hamzy to rock mythology. “Last night in Little Rock, put me in a haze \/ Sweet, sweet Connie, doin’ her act \/ She had the whole show and that’s a natural fact,” the lyrics read. She also had the honor of appearing in the lyrics of another song, this time by Cheap Trick and titled “Standing on the Edge.”<\/a><\/p>\n