There is no way you can call yourself a true Seger fan if dis even 1 of his songs. Springsteen is a Rock legend bit I can promise you In the wind will get a way bigger response from a crowd of Bikers and just about every one else than any "Steen song !! Dude takes 10 years off to be with his kids and sells every venue within 6 minutes on his comeback tour. Pissed me off he played Seminoles Hardshclock instead of Joe Robbie !!! Tampa,s R.James sold out 5.4 minutes. Bighouse someday?? Hope so !!!
Damn this song really kicks ass, im trying to find the 45 online(cant find it for less then $100) might have to to to detroit and search some basments haha
Oh I am getting old, but not too old to still love Seger's music. Used to pay with a can of veggies to get in to see him at local venues like Aquinas High School, the Democratic club, then it jumped to $2. Whoa, keep on going Bob Seger our Home Town hero.....
Seger used to play at our high school dances and sell this 45. his first album was tales of lucy blue by seger and the last herd. I must have seen him play at least 50 times. my brother still has the album, and 45. the back of the 45 was just the music without the vocals.when sesger system broke up, our drummers older brother was a friend of bob's, and we got about half of the drum set. remember the seger system drums?each drum case had seger system stenciled on it. would be nice to have now.
I have this 45 on Hideout and Cameo. I don't think there is a stereo version of it but it has that "garage" sound to it anyway and it's a great tune!!
I grew up in Royal Oak too.....graduated Keller j.h., Dondero '68. Seger was our homegrown rock superstar. We sure had a lot of musical talent come out of our state back then. Michigan used to be a mecca for music.....how the times change.
Two '60s cover versions of this song are well worth hearing - St Louis Union and The Caretakers. Nothing beats the Seger original though. The riff is pure 'Gloria' ... but so what? Its great!
R.O. Farmers Market, Birmingham Palladium and the Something Different for me. Don't remember if he played the Kimball High hockey rink when they did shows there during the summer. I know SRC, Savage Grace and Teegarden and Vanwinkle did.....
Bob Seger would have been greater if he didn't change his style of music to POP Ballads after LIVE BULLIT....it was all down hill after that......Hollywood Nights my ass!
Thanks for posting this! My first time hearing Bob, The Club, an old roller rink on Telegraph Road, Monroe! Most recent, Tampa and he still rocks the house! I love this song!
Agreed, the best opening line of virtually any pop rock song. Not long ago AOL had list of 25 best opening lines of rock songs, they were so lame this rocks it has the opening line.
Yeah, "Willy3411"---MEGA thanks again for this FIRST HIT of Bob Seger! Reminds me of the Hideout in Harper Woods, of the Underdogs and ALL the great bands of the '60's! But THIS song is the BEST!!!!
This song was on the Cameo label, can be found on the Cameo/Parkway box set. Still have a well worn 45, but it plays really good still. Will be going into the jukebox (if I ever find one!!!) Quick note on Bob--why isn't "Even Now" {a #12 smash} on either one of his GH collections? And where oh where is the box set???????? We need one!!!!
I remember most of the early pictures.. The Hideout.. Wow I forgot about that place.. We played there many times. I saw Bob in Tampa last year. His Manager and I threw back and forth names of the past.. Those were good old days. Bob and our band played at Daniels Den a few times too. I remember Pepe's Drums too... Pretty Wild... Thanks for posting.
@MarkhamStreetMichael Agreed, the best opening line of virtually any pop rock song. Not long ago AOL had list of 25 best opening lines of rock songs, they were so lame this rocks it has the opening line.
Both are poignant lyricists. Only Springsteen never sold out like Seger did with Against the Wind. However, with The Distance, he rediscovered what made him great. Makin' Thunderbirds will always be a classic.
I halfway agree with Tubernaut.... First, I'd say that Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." is a bigger sell-out than than anything Seger ever did... kind of popish actually, with Springsteen donning his spandex and sweaty muscles...and Courtney Cox can attest to his sex-symbol crossover. As for Seger...half of "Against the Wind" is as energetic as his previous work, while the mellower songs are masterfully elegant. But I do think that "The Distance" has a little more fire and security to it.
And here I thoght I new most of segers history ! I grew up in S.E. mi. and have seen him AT LEAST 40 times. Hr also had a band The Thundering Herd. I,v Never heard this tune ! What a suprise ! Thanks.
@pinwizz69 his first 45 on the Hideout and Cameo Parkway Label, we were friends back when he made this demo, also the place he played most was Silverbell a.k.a.The Hideout and the band was Bob Seger and the Last Herd. He was a truly great guy, We lost touch in 71, but I have friends that live near him and they say he is 'still the same'
EXCELLENT !!! I was at the Chippewa Lake, Ohio show in '67. It was a WIXY Appreciation Day, with 5 other bands. Tommy James & The Shondells-Kenny Rodgers & The First Edition-Neil Diamond...
that was WHLO appreciation day at CHIPPEWA LAKE PARK. I was probably there too,but don't remember BOB SEGER there. probably watching the STRAWBERRY ALARMCLOCK at that time. i loved those APPECIATION DAYS there, lots of GREAT BANDS for that era.
I often chuckle over the commercial success of that New Jersey dude, no offense to him, but he couldn't carry Bob's Guitarstrap. Seger's 1st 6 albums alone Surpass BS's entire career, can I get an, AMEN?
I found a seller on e-bay who lives in Austria who has (real) professional cd's of all of segers out of print cd's. These are not crackly LP transfers or cheap cdr-rs they are professionally remastered by an overseas record company of some type. The sound on these even surpases the sound of seger's remasters. The price is phenominal as well...22-24 dollars U.S. with 3 to 5 dollar shipping. I bought noah, back in 72 and brand new morning. Rambling gambling man, mongrel are also available.
Im from Ann Arbor Michigan -i knew Bob-Iggy- Brownsville-Mc-5-brother Wayne Kramer-still kicking out the jams at 53-the axe always calls me! cheers! TCB
I've always loved this song. I've seen Bob 5 times in concert and have never seen him sing this song live. I would have loved it! Maybe some time in the future he will. Detroit Loves Bob Seger, he's the real deal.
GREAT new pics on this, Willy3411! Thanks! OK, "Kwillhelmll", whatever with the similarity between the 2 songs---they BOTH were GREAT! Just ENJOY them!
When East Side Story came out in '65 it was on a 45 put out on the Cameo-Parkway label, just as this song was breaking out nationally the label went bankrupt. It's not on any LP that i know of, unless it was on a import reissue or bootleg that came out years later.
Found this 45record in our family stereo way back in the 60s and played it constantly at 8 yrs old. For 35 years hadb't heard it again until utube---thanx Willy
Production credits listed at the beginning of the video are wrong. Production was by Doug (Fontaine) Brown of Doug Brown and the Omens fame. Song couldn't have been recorded at Ghetto Recorders because that studio didn't exist until 1996 (according to their website).
It's my favorite also. I lived a block and a half from him in Ann Arbor on White Street. He was at 1229. My brother knew him and went with him to a lot of sleazy bars he played around Detroit and played air bass and drums when guys in the band wanted a break. He once ordered a case of Heineken from a store in Ann Arbor. He was in town visiting along with Rod Stewart and identified the two of them in the order. The delivery guy of course didn't believe it and got a surprise when the door opened.
I grew up north of Ann Arbor in Bay City. Every summer the BC State Park Rollaire Rink had a big "Battle of the Bands." Lots of our local Miichigan bands competed or headlined. Bob Seger faced off against the Rationals (Respect) once and SRC once. Ted Nugent, ? Mark & the Mysterians,and Moby Grape are just a few of the bands I remember. When I graduated from JGHS in BC in 1971, our senior class brought Alice Cooper to our brand new stage. I'm glad I came across this video- LOTS of MEMORIES!!!
I still remember that the b-side of this was the same tune minus vocals, called East Side Sound...Love Seger, wish he'd release all the early stuff on cd!!!
to jmm1155: Aquinas HS! I went to Schafer HS right across the street in Southgate and remember all the great concerts at Aquinas, a Catholic HS, no less! A band from Schafer called "Julia" wound up backing Seger in the days just before Silver Bullet, and the lead guitarist went on to become the "Miller" in the Gibson-Miller Band doing country in the '90's. I'm still looking for my old friend, Dan Honaker, the original bassist for Bob. Would anyone have info on where he is today??
I wonder who booked Alice Cooper at Aguinas Catholic HS, back in 1970 -- and what did Sister Mary Elephant say about the boa constrictor and sacrificed chickens?
This is great. This is my favorite Seger tune; I lost all hope of ever hearing it againg when the old cracked 45 I treasured disappeared from my folks' house sometime after I left for college. I remember paying 50 cents to see Bob play Aquinas HS back in the day. He is great.
Bob, "East Side Story" and "Heavy Music" were your BEST! You STILL "ROCK"! Thanks, Willy 3411, for this--listening to it 3+ times a week! Also, thanks for the Underdogs' hits!
CLAWSON??? What about the CAVERN in Northville? Now THAT is where things were really cool in the 60's! I htought I'd never find this tune again. It hsa been decades since my brother's 45 of this got lost. THANK YOU!! I actually played Bob's Hammond B3 at Highland High in 71 or 72, thanks to his next door neighbor and hanger-on roadie, Johnnie Schneider, who to me was the "Beautiful Loser"
My sis.(71' Kimball) says Bob played friday nights @ Clawson Knights of Columbus after attending Clawson high. 1.5 miles from our house @ alexander and woodlawn(13&rochester).
I loved this song and played the 45 endlessly when i was a nipper, like 6, and i've heard it once since then; thank-you willy! rowfff-i grew up in Royal Oak in the 60's., Oakridge, Mary Lyon j.h., Kimball.
Hey willy3411--can you find a copy of "Noah" by Seger, might have been a flipside, not quite sure, not sure with the system or the heard, i play in a michigan rock tribute band, and east side story is a greatshaker! Thanx!
@willy3411 have to guess that we must know each other?, as that is where I hung out in '67 '68 '69 and New Years Eve of '70 was at his farm just North of Rochester (the last time I saw him perform) I met him at OU in '65 (first time I saw or even heard of him)
I remember the first time I ever heard it. I was staying overnight at a friend's house one Friday in (1966?). We had the TV on late at night and were watching a rock'n'roll teen show from Cleveland or Columbus. We were in Rhode Island.
I never heard again until right now, but I remember loving it right away - but all I could recall of it was ".... and she said "No......"!
Fabulous song by Seger. Being from Detroit, I've always felt proud of our hometown boy. His voice and music has such passion and soul. Love him. Thanks for posting this song.
Weird....I grew up in Royal Oak too. Graduated Dondero H.S. in '68. I went with a couple of people from our h.s. paper, the Acorn, to interview Seger, as well as "Little" Stevie Wonder.
There is no way you can call yourself a true Seger fan if dis even 1 of his songs. Springsteen is a Rock legend bit I can promise you In the wind will get a way bigger response from a crowd of Bikers and just about every one else than any "Steen song !! Dude takes 10 years off to be with his kids and sells every venue within 6 minutes on his comeback tour. Pissed me off he played Seminoles Hardshclock instead of Joe Robbie !!! Tampa,s R.James sold out 5.4 minutes. Bighouse someday?? Hope so !!!
pinwizz69 3 weeks ago
Damn this song really kicks ass, im trying to find the 45 online(cant find it for less then $100) might have to to to detroit and search some basments haha
nightintheruts617 2 months ago
@nightintheruts617 I have two copies of the 45..want one ?
sweetsurrender2me 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@sweetsurrender2me yes I do, what do you need?
nightintheruts617 3 weeks ago
@nightintheruts617 tell me where you want me to send it , thats it
sweetsurrender2me 3 weeks ago
@sweetsurrender2me thats it? just like that?whats the catch?sounds to good to be true
nightintheruts617 3 weeks ago
I went to High School with Chris Campbell in Plymouth Michigan (bass player in some of these photos) - that's my only claim to fame! Thanks Chris!
yooperlooper 3 months ago
This song is so awesome that I'm only 12 and I know every word to it, but I like old time rock and roll
Cece12caliber 4 months ago
Oh I am getting old, but not too old to still love Seger's music. Used to pay with a can of veggies to get in to see him at local venues like Aquinas High School, the Democratic club, then it jumped to $2. Whoa, keep on going Bob Seger our Home Town hero.....
caargoqueen1 7 months ago 2
Seger used to play at our high school dances and sell this 45. his first album was tales of lucy blue by seger and the last herd. I must have seen him play at least 50 times. my brother still has the album, and 45. the back of the 45 was just the music without the vocals.when sesger system broke up, our drummers older brother was a friend of bob's, and we got about half of the drum set. remember the seger system drums?each drum case had seger system stenciled on it. would be nice to have now.
markeee57 8 months ago 2
The night passed like a thousand years, a tenement room at Bogart Tiers...
rjleffel 8 months ago
I have this 45 on Hideout and Cameo. I don't think there is a stereo version of it but it has that "garage" sound to it anyway and it's a great tune!!
phin12710 10 months ago
Downriver loves Bob Segar! grew up his music here, saw him at Aquinas High School dances 1969 to 1972!!! SOUTHGATE michigan!
Cosmicpussycat 11 months ago 2
Gowing up on the east side of Detroit during the 60's is the magical musical dream I am still living.☜☮☞
MANCATDRZ 11 months ago
Awesome Video Showing Bob Starting out!
villiegal 1 year ago
Awesome, great song!
cookmoore 1 year ago
I grew up in Royal Oak too.....graduated Keller j.h., Dondero '68. Seger was our homegrown rock superstar. We sure had a lot of musical talent come out of our state back then. Michigan used to be a mecca for music.....how the times change.
SherryAnn68 1 year ago
Thank you! I have waited forever to be able to hear this song and you made it possible.
TheSusanbell 1 year ago
Two '60s cover versions of this song are well worth hearing - St Louis Union and The Caretakers. Nothing beats the Seger original though. The riff is pure 'Gloria' ... but so what? Its great!
mbradxxx 1 year ago
Fun to see the hometown graphics montage along with the killer song. Good job on the vid, willy. ♫
motownmaniax 1 year ago
R.O. Farmers Market, Birmingham Palladium and the Something Different for me. Don't remember if he played the Kimball High hockey rink when they did shows there during the summer. I know SRC, Savage Grace and Teegarden and Vanwinkle did.....
stumblemouth 1 year ago
Bob Seger would have been greater if he didn't change his style of music to POP Ballads after LIVE BULLIT....it was all down hill after that......Hollywood Nights my ass!
455Transam 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this! My first time hearing Bob, The Club, an old roller rink on Telegraph Road, Monroe! Most recent, Tampa and he still rocks the house! I love this song!
cbhula 1 year ago
East Detroit High School, 1969. I was lucky.
grindlbebe 1 year ago
Agreed, the best opening line of virtually any pop rock song. Not long ago AOL had list of 25 best opening lines of rock songs, they were so lame this rocks it has the opening line.
50gary 1 year ago
@50gary One of the best lines in all of R&R came from Seger's Against the Wind: "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then".
GK4848 1 year ago
The paladium what a trip, had to be there. DETROIT ROCKS
Bigmac520 1 year ago
listen to the applause on the recordeed live segar at cobo hall and you can hear my distinctive whistle woo oooh oooh oooh
tkesel 1 year ago
Yeah, "Willy3411"---MEGA thanks again for this FIRST HIT of Bob Seger! Reminds me of the Hideout in Harper Woods, of the Underdogs and ALL the great bands of the '60's! But THIS song is the BEST!!!!
TIGREYZ1 2 years ago 2
This song was on the Cameo label, can be found on the Cameo/Parkway box set. Still have a well worn 45, but it plays really good still. Will be going into the jukebox (if I ever find one!!!) Quick note on Bob--why isn't "Even Now" {a #12 smash} on either one of his GH collections? And where oh where is the box set???????? We need one!!!!
gjg1656 2 years ago 2
I remember most of the early pictures.. The Hideout.. Wow I forgot about that place.. We played there many times. I saw Bob in Tampa last year. His Manager and I threw back and forth names of the past.. Those were good old days. Bob and our band played at Daniels Den a few times too. I remember Pepe's Drums too... Pretty Wild... Thanks for posting.
artiebassplayer 2 years ago
"Beneath the bare light up above, she gazed into the eyes of love." -- Who writes stuff like this today? Bob was and IS the man!
MarkhamStreetMichael 2 years ago 17
@MarkhamStreetMichael Agreed, the best opening line of virtually any pop rock song. Not long ago AOL had list of 25 best opening lines of rock songs, they were so lame this rocks it has the opening line.
50gary 1 year ago
Yup.,. Bob Seger has had an amazing output of songs over the years. I like Bruce Springsteen, but he's got nothing on Bob. No one does.
Powermaddd 2 years ago
Both are poignant lyricists. Only Springsteen never sold out like Seger did with Against the Wind. However, with The Distance, he rediscovered what made him great. Makin' Thunderbirds will always be a classic.
Tubernaut 2 years ago
I halfway agree with Tubernaut.... First, I'd say that Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." is a bigger sell-out than than anything Seger ever did... kind of popish actually, with Springsteen donning his spandex and sweaty muscles...and Courtney Cox can attest to his sex-symbol crossover. As for Seger...half of "Against the Wind" is as energetic as his previous work, while the mellower songs are masterfully elegant. But I do think that "The Distance" has a little more fire and security to it.
Powermaddd 2 years ago
Listen closely to the lyrics on Born in the USA. They are as strong and dark as anything on Nebraska, only hidden by pop harmonies.
Tubernaut 2 years ago
Fair enough.
Powermaddd 2 years ago
And here I thoght I new most of segers history ! I grew up in S.E. mi. and have seen him AT LEAST 40 times. Hr also had a band The Thundering Herd. I,v Never heard this tune ! What a suprise ! Thanks.
pinwizz69 2 years ago
@pinwizz69 you need to go back to school and learn how to spell, lol
hottanger 1 year ago
@hottanger pinwizz69 is correct... its spelled "Herd"
sweetsurrender2me 3 weeks ago
@pinwizz69 his first 45 on the Hideout and Cameo Parkway Label, we were friends back when he made this demo, also the place he played most was Silverbell a.k.a.The Hideout and the band was Bob Seger and the Last Herd. He was a truly great guy, We lost touch in 71, but I have friends that live near him and they say he is 'still the same'
sweetsurrender2me 3 weeks ago
EXCELLENT !!! I was at the Chippewa Lake, Ohio show in '67. It was a WIXY Appreciation Day, with 5 other bands. Tommy James & The Shondells-Kenny Rodgers & The First Edition-Neil Diamond...
cb3961 2 years ago
that was WHLO appreciation day at CHIPPEWA LAKE PARK. I was probably there too,but don't remember BOB SEGER there. probably watching the STRAWBERRY ALARMCLOCK at that time. i loved those APPECIATION DAYS there, lots of GREAT BANDS for that era.
sev2071952 2 years ago
AMEN!!!! Long Live Bob Seger!!!! Has anyone heard about "SegerWorld" Opening up in 2010 In Dexter Michigan?
From What i've read online it's goning to be a small amusement park with the rides being themed to some of his songs.
BadAzzWolf01 2 years ago
oh... HELL YES!
DMSOG 2 years ago
Very fine rocker here he is of the ultmost of them all!
bud4207 2 years ago
you ALWAYS got 120% from Seger, live,
I often chuckle over the commercial success of that New Jersey dude, no offense to him, but he couldn't carry Bob's Guitarstrap. Seger's 1st 6 albums alone Surpass BS's entire career, can I get an, AMEN?
neezledoo 2 years ago 21
AMEN! AMEN! Did I say....AMEN???
lady2themax 2 years ago 2
AMEN!!!!!
ann arbors finest he is a class act and a great guy!
64 and still kickin ass
seen him like 2 years ago in auburn hills rocked the house down
luvdady 2 years ago 2
@neezledoo AAAAAAA BiGGGG AAAAMMMEEENNN. Love Mr. Seger
dmkext 1 year ago
@neezledoo if this was the only song bob seger ever wrote he would still blow bruce springsteen off the stage. this was pure raw rock and roll
nostradamross 1 year ago 2
@neezledoo AMEN !!
fab4fan4ever64 1 year ago
@neezledoo AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ladytwothemax 3 months ago
@neezledoo Bruce and John Mellencamp have both aknowledged Bob
seger as a role model.
rowlffffff 2 months ago
I found a seller on e-bay who lives in Austria who has (real) professional cd's of all of segers out of print cd's. These are not crackly LP transfers or cheap cdr-rs they are professionally remastered by an overseas record company of some type. The sound on these even surpases the sound of seger's remasters. The price is phenominal as well...22-24 dollars U.S. with 3 to 5 dollar shipping. I bought noah, back in 72 and brand new morning. Rambling gambling man, mongrel are also available.
dockidds 2 years ago
There's a finnish seller too... seems alot of it about now - I got the Back in 72 Digipack CD and it's great
sonicred007 2 years ago
when i was living in Detroit we used to go out to Ann Arbor when Seger would be playing in the parks...he's the greatest
Mtmist3383 2 years ago
that's strange, i used to have a
cameo-parkway 45 of East Side
Story until a few years ago,
and i bought the cameo parkway
collection that you can get on
Amazon, and it has East Side Story
on it as well
matterz57 2 years ago
Im from Ann Arbor Michigan -i knew Bob-Iggy- Brownsville-Mc-5-brother Wayne Kramer-still kicking out the jams at 53-the axe always calls me! cheers! TCB
deckape74 2 years ago
I never thought I would hear that song again.Thanks
johnrson 2 years ago
I've always loved this song. I've seen Bob 5 times in concert and have never seen him sing this song live. I would have loved it! Maybe some time in the future he will. Detroit Loves Bob Seger, he's the real deal.
ladytwothemax 2 years ago
I too have always loved this song I saw Bob Seger 4 times back in the day.
Rock on Bob Seger you are truly one of the best !
MsHeartsOnFire61 2 years ago
Thank you willy3411 this song rocks have not heard this in tune for some years now! thank yo so much man.MAY YOUR BAG ALWAYS BE HEAVY!
bud4207 3 years ago
GREAT new pics on this, Willy3411! Thanks! OK, "Kwillhelmll", whatever with the similarity between the 2 songs---they BOTH were GREAT! Just ENJOY them!
TIGREYZ1 3 years ago
I sat right in front of Bob in Columbus @ OSU at the bar scene(The Castle?)1968,
My buddy sat in on drums for a song.
Bob....what a song writer!!
isawjimilivein67 3 years ago
I still have my 45 of this fantastic song. It was played constantly in Detroit mid-60's.
jackietraver 3 years ago
When East Side Story came out in '65 it was on a 45 put out on the Cameo-Parkway label, just as this song was breaking out nationally the label went bankrupt. It's not on any LP that i know of, unless it was on a import reissue or bootleg that came out years later.
matterz57 3 years ago
The original label for this is Hideout Records
I still have my 45 of this
surrender2mystery 2 years ago
Willy, Excellent recording of this song. In my opinion this was Bob's best work.
ChicagoJoe57 3 years ago 2
I agree! his best!
surrender2mystery 2 years ago
have the whole lp on vinyl..just love it .. esp the yellow beret LOL gs mom dont blame him god bless you bob seger and all your fans !
geridionarus 3 years ago
geridionarus, you have a bob seger and the last heard LP?? Im very interested is it a bootleg, or some very obscure LP I just havent heard of?
SukkaPunch321 3 years ago
my Mom has a lot of LPs i will ask her about that.
geridionarus 3 years ago
I asked her she got the Vinyl version on LP. She said it was a Present from a Friend called Skeets. Its a Original Lp. not a bootleg.
geridionarus 3 years ago
Found this 45record in our family stereo way back in the 60s and played it constantly at 8 yrs old. For 35 years hadb't heard it again until utube---thanx Willy
SEEVIEGEENIE 3 years ago 2
Find the cool fuzz guys! Maestro maybe? Wish i still had had my home made fuzzback in '71--Guess i have to build it again! ARF!
tootone10 3 years ago
Dexter Michigan--guitarist-live in Jackson, i play this song-
tootone10 3 years ago
i played every other set for two weeks.,with bob and the seger system in columbus oh...around 67.
at a club called the sugar shack...just east of the osu campus..the band i was in was called "the hughes blues".
i knew he was gonna make his mark..easy call.
jonrickly 3 years ago
Production credits listed at the beginning of the video are wrong. Production was by Doug (Fontaine) Brown of Doug Brown and the Omens fame. Song couldn't have been recorded at Ghetto Recorders because that studio didn't exist until 1996 (according to their website).
derekgee 3 years ago
It's my favorite also. I lived a block and a half from him in Ann Arbor on White Street. He was at 1229. My brother knew him and went with him to a lot of sleazy bars he played around Detroit and played air bass and drums when guys in the band wanted a break. He once ordered a case of Heineken from a store in Ann Arbor. He was in town visiting along with Rod Stewart and identified the two of them in the order. The delivery guy of course didn't believe it and got a surprise when the door opened.
michrigan 3 years ago
Hey, "Stuckindetroilet"---what a GREAT web name--you gave me the laugh of the week! Also, "revup67" LEARN to SPELL the word "PLAGIARISM"!!!!
TIGREYZ1 3 years ago
Hey, "revup67" THIS song came out BEFORE "G-L-O-R-I-A"---and WHO cares?! Both are GREAT songs!!
TIGREYZ1 3 years ago
hey "tigreywhatsyername" "gloria" was first released by van morrison and them in 1964!!!
KWilhelmII 3 years ago
@KWilhelmII sorry pal but gloria was done by the shadows of night
hottanger 1 year ago
@hottanger gloria was done by Them.
timothy790110 1 year ago
"let me tell ya about my baby".."G-L-O-R-I-A.." plagerism but such a killer track nonetheless fuzz and all
revup67 3 years ago
I grew up north of Ann Arbor in Bay City. Every summer the BC State Park Rollaire Rink had a big "Battle of the Bands." Lots of our local Miichigan bands competed or headlined. Bob Seger faced off against the Rationals (Respect) once and SRC once. Ted Nugent, ? Mark & the Mysterians,and Moby Grape are just a few of the bands I remember. When I graduated from JGHS in BC in 1971, our senior class brought Alice Cooper to our brand new stage. I'm glad I came across this video- LOTS of MEMORIES!!!
Beachlyn 3 years ago
Hey, Wolverine--let's get this one AND "Heavy Music", Bob's 2nd record, on CD!!!
TIGREYZ1 3 years ago
I still remember that the b-side of this was the same tune minus vocals, called East Side Sound...Love Seger, wish he'd release all the early stuff on cd!!!
wolverine84 3 years ago
to jmm1155: Aquinas HS! I went to Schafer HS right across the street in Southgate and remember all the great concerts at Aquinas, a Catholic HS, no less! A band from Schafer called "Julia" wound up backing Seger in the days just before Silver Bullet, and the lead guitarist went on to become the "Miller" in the Gibson-Miller Band doing country in the '90's. I'm still looking for my old friend, Dan Honaker, the original bassist for Bob. Would anyone have info on where he is today??
stuckindetroilet 3 years ago
I went to Schafer also would have graduated in 71 What yeras were you there?
wanderer22353 3 years ago
I can't spell today I meant years
wanderer22353 3 years ago
I wonder who booked Alice Cooper at Aguinas Catholic HS, back in 1970 -- and what did Sister Mary Elephant say about the boa constrictor and sacrificed chickens?
Otselen 3 years ago
This is great. This is my favorite Seger tune; I lost all hope of ever hearing it againg when the old cracked 45 I treasured disappeared from my folks' house sometime after I left for college. I remember paying 50 cents to see Bob play Aquinas HS back in the day. He is great.
jmm1155 3 years ago
what an amazing song, the vocals are killer too!
KENVAIL 3 years ago
damn he was one hell of a garage/rock performer, that early stuff is amazing.
KENVAIL 3 years ago
Bob, "East Side Story" and "Heavy Music" were your BEST! You STILL "ROCK"! Thanks, Willy 3411, for this--listening to it 3+ times a week! Also, thanks for the Underdogs' hits!
TIGREYZ1 3 years ago
At that time Bob was in serious trouble, just divorced, livin on Bogie Lake. Next came Silver Bullet.
GTgyro 3 years ago
CLAWSON??? What about the CAVERN in Northville? Now THAT is where things were really cool in the 60's! I htought I'd never find this tune again. It hsa been decades since my brother's 45 of this got lost. THANK YOU!! I actually played Bob's Hammond B3 at Highland High in 71 or 72, thanks to his next door neighbor and hanger-on roadie, Johnnie Schneider, who to me was the "Beautiful Loser"
GTgyro 3 years ago
saw Seger at the Hideout in Clawson the first time, 9 more times since, the hardest working
man in Rock, the REAL DEAL. Anyone got "Back
in 72"? please post.
neezledoo 3 years ago
great stuff..thanks for that.
ANGELSLOVEAFFAIR 3 years ago
My sis.(71' Kimball) says Bob played friday nights @ Clawson Knights of Columbus after attending Clawson high. 1.5 miles from our house @ alexander and woodlawn(13&rochester).
SEEVIEGEENIE 3 years ago
Oh my -, oh my!
I loved this song and played the 45 endlessly when i was a nipper, like 6, and i've heard it once since then; thank-you willy! rowfff-i grew up in Royal Oak in the 60's., Oakridge, Mary Lyon j.h., Kimball.
I grew up in Royal Oak rowlfff.
SEEVIEGEENIE 3 years ago
I grew up in Royal Oak - St. Marys & Dondero
willy3411 3 years ago
Downtown R.O. eh'? Cool.
St Paul Lutheran for me @ 5th n williams.
Dondero. - Glenn Frye's high school.
SEEVIEGEENIE 3 years ago
I graduated from Dondero in 68, Frey in 67. Knew him briefly and his brother Brian.
willy3411 3 years ago
I grew up in Ferndale in the sixties and saw Bob play frequently too..this is as good as it gets!
rowlffffff 4 years ago
Hey willy3411--can you find a copy of "Noah" by Seger, might have been a flipside, not quite sure, not sure with the system or the heard, i play in a michigan rock tribute band, and east side story is a greatshaker! Thanx!
deckape1956 4 years ago
we have been looking for a copy of Noah, too, without any luck.
dee890 3 years ago
THANKS Willy 3411--Took 30 years to find this song--is the BEST SEGER! Waiting a GOOD VERSION of "2 + 2" song!
TIGREYZ1 4 years ago
Love the old Seger Tunes! Thanks for posting.
pmtiny 4 years ago
The keyboardist on this track could have taught Ray Manzarek a thing or two.
Tubernaut 4 years ago
As a 57 yr old from Royal Oak, I first saw Seger at the Silverbell Lodge on Lapeer road in 1966. Saw him several times more in 67 & 68.
willy3411 4 years ago
Love that fuzzy guitar riff.
Tubernaut 4 years ago
@willy3411 have to guess that we must know each other?, as that is where I hung out in '67 '68 '69 and New Years Eve of '70 was at his farm just North of Rochester (the last time I saw him perform) I met him at OU in '65 (first time I saw or even heard of him)
sweetsurrender2me 3 weeks ago
The photo at :22 looks like Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs.
Tubernaut 4 years ago
This is a great song!! Now we need 'Sock it to me Santa'!
bluesnaggletooth 4 years ago
I heard that Bob hated Sock it to me Santa. Personally, I wouldn't mind hearing it. Old Seger was the stuff.
Tubernaut 4 years ago
this song is new to me.
very good.
chestertouristcom 4 years ago
Thanks for posting this, Willy!
I remember the first time I ever heard it. I was staying overnight at a friend's house one Friday in (1966?). We had the TV on late at night and were watching a rock'n'roll teen show from Cleveland or Columbus. We were in Rhode Island.
I never heard again until right now, but I remember loving it right away - but all I could recall of it was ".... and she said "No......"!
lpeeko 4 years ago
class act
LastTaboo 4 years ago
note to csx cant you try to play songs like this ? how many times can you overplay born to be wild? what about the frost src grand funk etc
dennismtoth 4 years ago 2
Fabulous song by Seger. Being from Detroit, I've always felt proud of our hometown boy. His voice and music has such passion and soul. Love him. Thanks for posting this song.
SherryAnn68 4 years ago
More to come. I grew up in Royal Oak and saw Seger many times in the 60's.
willy3411 4 years ago
Weird....I grew up in Royal Oak too. Graduated Dondero H.S. in '68. I went with a couple of people from our h.s. paper, the Acorn, to interview Seger, as well as "Little" Stevie Wonder.
SherryAnn68 4 years ago
AKA Steveland Morris. This was some great music. Is Leo Tapparooney's ribs still in Royal Oak?
Tubernaut 4 years ago