Loved your take on Bob Seger! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve worked as a background, & session singer and percussion player with him for over 40 years\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.\u00c2\u00a0 He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one of the best tunesmiths of our time, still underrated, but I have to say that there \u00c2\u00a0wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a dry eye in the place on our last show on November 1, 2019! I can only say that we all were honored to have played with him all these years!!!<\/p>\n
Thank you,<\/p>\n
Shaun Murphy<\/p>\n
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In 1972 when I was in the band Spirit, Bob opened shows for us.\u00c2\u00a0 Although “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” had already done well, he was still traveling in a camper van.\u00c2\u00a0 After a gig in Florida, we all plied in his van and hit a couple of bars.\u00c2\u00a0 What a great friendly guy grinding it out on the road.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Bob Seeger is a guy you’re happy to see have the kind of success he had in the 70’s and 80’s that allows him to go on the road when he wants to.\u00c2\u00a0 I was told that when “Like a Rock” became a year after year commercial for Chevrolet, the road was no longer a necessity.\u00c2\u00a0 If so, good for him.\u00c2\u00a0 He deserved it.<\/p>\n
Al Staehely<\/p>\n
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Bob, your summary about Seger and your mom jumbled this memory loose in my head:<\/p>\n
I once had a free tickets to see Seger at the Palace of Auburn Hills about 5 or 10 years ago. I called my mom, asked her if she wanted to go. She declined. \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I already saw him.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d What? When!<\/p>\n
She replied, with no hint of irony, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He played at my eighth grade graduation in the school gym.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Leave it to moms\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Mike Vial<\/p>\n
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Bob Seger was the first person I saw live on stage. December 9, 1974, my first rock concert at the Capital Centre in Largo, MD in the DC suburbs:\u00c2\u00a0Bachman-Turner Overdrive was the headliner, with Blue Oyster Cult as the middle act. The opener? Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. I didn’t know any of his music except for Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man, but I remembered the name and when Live Bullet came out in Spring 1976 I bought it as well as the follow-up Night Moves in Fall 1976. I have been a fan ever since. I have Live Bullet on my Sonos system\u00c2\u00a0now; it’s still one of the best live albums!<\/p>\n
Carl Nelson<\/p>\n
Columbia (moved from Ellicott City), MD<\/p>\n
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Rambling Gamblin Man: my fave in 5th grade.<\/p>\n
– Bruce Gow<\/p>\n
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The idea to meld Travelling Man and Beautiful Loser in live shows was his drummer’s, Charlie Martin. They fit like a glove!<\/p>\n
Great read.<\/p>\n
– Dante Canil, Victoria, Canada<\/p>\n
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Great take on this, Bob. I sub for the regular guitarist in a Creedence\/Seger tribute band occasionally and Travelin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Man\/ Beautiful Loser is my favorite part of the show. All these years later, it still fires up an audience.<\/p>\n
Michael Gregory<\/p>\n
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Hey Bob, I was in a band named Medusa that played a lot of clubs in Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit in the late 60’s. We opened for Bob Seger Friday nights at the Sugar Shack in Columbus. It was Bob Seger and the Last Heard and\u00c2\u00a0 they had a 45 single which was really popular on the OSU campus. You can hear the lyrical and delivery influences of Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues, with a Bo Diddley beat and a Ted Nugent\/ Amboy Dukes pschedelic lead guitar. This song made me a Seger fan.\u00c2\u00a0 XO,\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Shy Hood<\/p>\n