‘Bob Seger: Every Album, Every Song,’ by John Van der Kiste: Books
John Van der Kiste’s ‘Bob Seger: Every Album, Every Song’ takes us on a comprehensive journey through the Michigan singer-songwriter’s storied career.
John Van der Kiste’s ‘Bob Seger: Every Album, Every Song’ takes us on a comprehensive journey through the Michigan singer-songwriter’s storied career.

Bob Seger’s ‘The Distance’ has a musical power which exceeds the lyrical heft of the far-more-popular ‘Night Moves,’ as heard on stand-out cuts like “Boomtown Blues.”

So I was poking my way through an odd discussion about classic rock on one of those Internet-type forum things. It started out with the question of whether Bruce Springsteen’s popularity — ticket and album sales-wise — had been hurt because he isn’t considered to be “classic rock.” You MayRead More
Not only is “Such A Lovely Child/Burned” a great single, but it also carries historical weight, as Glenn Frey was the lead singer of the Mushrooms. You May Also Like: No related posts.

Sounding more like the Eagles than anything so raw and rootsy as Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty’s new song “Mystic Highway” offers a country-rocking groove to go with a dreamily optimistic lyric. You May Also Like: John Fogerty, LPT, Alan Parsons Project + Others: Five for the Road

Joe Walsh presented “And the Band Played On,” a cut off his current release Analog Man, for the first time during his on-going tour with Bob Seger — introducing it with a hilarious quip You May Also Like: No related posts.

John Fogerty will simultaneously look back and charge ahead on his forthcoming studio project Wrote a Song for Everyone, due this fall from Vanguard Records. You May Also Like: My Morning Jacket’s ‘Acoustic Citsuoca’ Became a Vocal Showcase for Jim James

One of the more interesting moments on the new collection Cameo Parkway: Holiday Hits comes at the very end, as an impossibly young Bob Seger and an early band called the Last Heard scurry through this original Christmas romp. You May Also Like: The Byrds, “What’s Happening?!?!” from Fifth DimensionRead More