Bob Seger Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Bob Seger Wants to Bury ‘Back in ‘72,’ But He’s Wrong

January 23, 2023January 24, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Allman Brothers Band, Back in '72, Bob Seger, Capitol Records, Midnight Rider, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

50 Years on, Seger’s dirty secret still rocks

Read more

Little Victories: Bob Seger’s The Distance Turns 40

December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Alto Reed, Bill Payne, Bob Seger, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Bobby Hall, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Campbell, Craig Frost, Danny Kortchmar, Davey Johnstone, David Hood, Don Felder, Elton John Band, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Little Feat, Pete Carr, Randy McCormick, Roger Hawkins, Roy Bittan, Russ Kunkel, The Eagles, Waddy Wachtel

The Detroit rock great released this Silver Bullet Band classic in the last week of 1982

Read more

Heavy Music: Bob Seger’s Smokin’ O.P.’s at 50

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bo Diddley, Bob Seger, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Chuck Berry, Detroit, Heavy Music, Stephen Stills, The Bob Seger System

One of the Detroit rock legend’s best albums is still not available on streaming services

Read more

Here Comes A Great Big Moon: Nine Tonight at 40

September 10, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1981, Bob Seger, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Capitol Records, Nine Tonight

With his second spectacular live album with his Silver Bullet Band, Bob Seger affirmed his superstar stature

Read more

Remembrance Rock

Turn the Page: Superstar Sideman Alto Reed Passes Away at age 72

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Against The Wind, Alto Reed, Beautiful Loser, Bob Seger, Dave Mason, Fergie, Foghat, George Thorogood, Grand Funk Railroad, Little Feat, members of the Doobie Bros. Alice Cooper, Mick Fleetwood, Night Moves, Otis Rush, Robin Gibb, Spencer Davis, Steven Tyler, Stranger In Town, The Blues Brothers, The Distance, The Fire Inside, The Reed & Dickinson Band, The Ventures.

“I may have been the leader, but he was our rock star,” says Bob Seger of his longtime bandmate

Read more

LISTEN: The Rock & Roll Globe Memorial July 4th BBQ Mixtape

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt, Childish Gambino, Fourth of July, Independence Day, James Brown, John Mellencamp, Khalid, Spotify, Van Halen

Throw on this exclusive Independence Day playlist

Read more

Noah: The Album That Nearly Ended Bob Seger’s Career

November 5, 2019November 12, 2019 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1969, Bob Seger, Capitol Records, Detroit, Mongrel, Noah, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, Smokin' O.P.'s, The Bob Seger System

The Detroit rocker’s second LP from 1969 remains a bizarre blindspot in his catalog

Read more