“I drove so much when I was younger, we used to call ourselves truck drivers who moonlighted as musicians ‘cause we drove more than we played ... A hundred-thousand miles a year sometimes.”
-Guitar Aficionado magazine, 2015
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"Last time I played New York, I played the Palladium!"
Sept. 12th & 13th, 1980 - two nights at Madison Square Garden, NYC, during the Against The Wind Tour.
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Tryin' to Live My Life Without You - "an old Memphis song" that was recorded live in 1980 and became a setlist staple for decades to come, released as a single this month in '81. watch video on watch page
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June 13, 1970 - side-stage shot of the Seger System performing at The Cincinnati Summer Pop Festival at Crosley Field. Also on the bill: The Stooges, Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad, Brownsville Station, and more.
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On the cover of Circus Magazine - May 27, 1980 edition. Inside, Carl Arrington writes, "His writing method is a unique one. He starts with the title and works backwards through the lyrics ('I try and wring as many double meanings and depth out of the words as I can') and melody. 'When I get blocked I go back and listen to old tapes. Heck, I've written at least 10 songs for every one I've recorded.'"
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5/1/1977: Performing for nearly 62,000 fans, a record-setting attendance for the University of Colorado's Folsom Field, w/ Fleetwood Mac.
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Happy Easter! Easter weekend, 1973 — during WDRQ Detroit's first annual Easter egg hunt on Belle Isle, performing at that time as the Borneo Band, shortly before the formation of the Silver Bullet Band. (Pictured L-R: Shaun Murphy, Marcy Levy, & Bob)
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GW: What’s “Katmandu” about?
Seger: It’s just a farce really. It’s about saying that, if I ever get out of this business, I’m going to Katmandu, which is the farthest away place I could think of, in the Himalayan mountains.
GW: Does that have anything to do with your career? And how it took you so long?
Seger: Sure, the frustration, god, I can show you articles from four or five years ago – “Seger’s on the verge, Seger’s going to make it. Seger is just about there.” And it’s been like that for about five or six years (laugh). So, it’s actually just a spoof about it. Really. I thought some of the people in the record companies and people that had known me in the industry would get a kick out of it.
-Interview with Guerin Wilkinson: Michigan Free Press September 5, 1975
Stream the full album or pick it up on iTunes for $6.99 for a limited time: bobseger.lnk.to/BeautifulLoser
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4-4-1975: performing at St. Cloud State University's Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
📸: SCSU Archives
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The Official YouTube Channel of Bob Seger. Bob Seger is an inductee of both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, The 2015 Billboard Legend of Live honoree's catalog has sold over 53 million albums and has earned 13 platinum and 8 multi-platinum RIAA Certified sales awards. Seger’s 72 date Roll Me Away Tour wrapped up in Philadelphia on November 1, 2019, playing to nearly one million fans.
12 September 2014