BOB SEGER BIG VICTORIES
It’s always been a little difficult for me to perceive Bob Seger as a major rock ’n’ roll star. That isn’t meant in any negative sense, but if you grew up in Michigan during the ’60s as I did, you sort of ended up taking Seger for granted. The guy’s just always been around here as a regional cult figure, starting in ’66 when he scored his first local hit with “Heavy Music.”
BOB SEGER BIG VICTORIES
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Bill Holdship
It’s always been a little difficult for me to perceive Bob Seger as a major rock ’n’ roll star. That isn’t meant in any negative sense, but if you grew up in Michigan during the ’60s as I did, you sort of ended up taking Seger for granted. The guy’s just always been around here as a regional cult figure, starting in ’66 when he scored his first local hit with “Heavy Music.” His subsequent singles—classic rock material like the anti-war “2 + 2 = ?” and “Persecution Smith” (the latter featuring his hilarious Dylan impersonation)—always got heavy rotation in the Midwest, and Seger was a perpetual opening act in Detroit for years, often opening shows for other Motor City legends like Iggy & the Stooges or Mitch Ryder’s Detroit. (Ironically, it would be Ryder who opened a weeks worth of soldout shows for Seger at Detroit’s Cobo Hall nearly a decade later.)