Bob Seger - Ramblin' Gamblin Man (1969)

[joejava68]

Bob was known as THE BOB SEGAR SYSTEM back in 1969 when this came out and it still rocks!

[NoRosesForMe]

HIs best tune! Dunno why this was always my favorite growin up. And Im a woman. Hehe! I remember there was a little game room/pool hall (NOT a bar!) out in the boonies where I lived at the time - they had an old juke box. THIS was the only song I'd play on it. Bummer summers- no money- no car-no decent parental figures (if there are any? har har har) Had nothin- but dammit I loved this song. Thanks again for these tunes. "Jen"

[MrMattchevy]

joe dirt!!

[basicaa]

First time I saw the Bob Seger System was in 1970 at the old Orlando Sports Stadium. They opened for Country Joe and the Fish. I became an instant Seger fan and have seen him dozens of times since. This is one of my favorite Seger songs.

[WhyTheHorseface]

this song f'ing KILLS. love the groove and the way he NAILS that verse! should be covered by a current band.

[poontang188]

I remember this on a 45 back in the day when no one knew who Bob Seger was. They used to spin this one at every Saturday night dance.......You Gen Y folks don't know what you missed!.....

[ghettokhanacademy]

this is my favorite song in the world. Motor city pride

[gunrunner38]

i love that song!!!!!!

[springville1414]

This leaves all this crap they play today in the dust

[seonfox]

1 person is mad this song is only 2 minutes and 25 seconds long

[prdwilson]

@seonfox i wish it was longer too,,,,i was up in age when this song come out & i wished it was 20 minits long back then,,,,,,,,,,,

[seonfox]

probably the best shit he ever sang.

[brendated]

bought the 45 when it came out played hour after hour

[CindyGriffith47]

I just got back from the show in Greenville SC......he was great but it's not the same as when he plays Detroit....In Nutbush he just cut the part about Detroit out of the song...I love you bob but wtf??

[krisg63]

you can have your funky world...see you 'round! hell, yeah!

[cohodave]

Tan Son Nhut Air Base and that crazy chick doing crazy things...

[joziffyou]

Seger (Ann Arbor's best) kicks any current rocker down the hall!

[gangesexcavating]

f'in rights, this song was the best Seger did

[sos512000]

i have that original album from bob seger.

[S15boy007]

Seger tomorrow at staples center I'm feelin it already

[5keeper7ful]

@S15boy007  I was at the Staples show Dec 28 too!!

[Luke16510]

such a talent

[ricardoleony]

this is pure rock n roll

greatness

[VerybellaOnline]

Rock..&..Roll!

[tzipple]

This was on Mongrel, the best of the Bob Seger System albums. Wish it was in print!

[skriddler]

@tzipple This was from his debut album, Ramblin Gamblin Man , not Mongrel.

[texs2007]

Um...according to the single,BOB SEGER wrote this,not Dickie Betts. You're thinking of "Ramblin' Man" from 1973.

[myhattrick]

Funky World. For goodness sake do you think in that time period the other F word would have made it past the censors?

[crockett3663]

"Never gonna slow down, you can have your fuckin' world"...great fuckin' line!!

[marcword1]

@crockett3663 "FUNKY" man. Still gets the point across. My favorite Seger song of all time.

[gangesexcavating]

Good stuff right here, always liked this song, seldom heard on todays radio too. Pops up on Sirius however every now and again.

Total aside note, I watched an interview with Jack White with a Vancouver BC interviewer named Nardwuar, real good talk about the Bob Seger Sound System in the interview. Not taking away limelight from Seger but check out Nardwuar Vs. White Stripes, pretty funny, insightful interview on the Bob Seger Sound System comes up.

This is a pretty smokin' track.

[btrobic]

Ill second that one Buckypyro!

[tenoderaaridifolia]

Anyone thought that "Crumblin Down" by John Cougar Mellencamp in 80s was inspired by this song?

[johnhharley48]

I think mabe his best .

[Khultan]

@johnhharley48 He's got a few others from the same era.

[Kimmell2010]

This reminds me of the times in 1970 when the go go dancers were dancing on bales of hay at the county fair grounds. It cost a quarter to watch 'em.

[Khultan]

@Kimmell2010  LOL

[ferg45544]

@Kimmell2010 k now where ya were back then... still stuck on rock&roll

[rkansas1]

@Kimmell2010 Worth every penny...

[buckypyro]

ha! the wiki generation of looking it up quick and assuming....Dickie Betts can shove his sunburst les paul up Greg Allman's ass cuz Duane was his master anyway, and BS slays them all!

[WolletBullet01]

Ummmmm Dickie Betts???

Sorry but Ramblin Gamblin Man is all Bob Seger...

[decroreaper7777]

I love this one!!! No matter how old or young... you gotta love it!!

[jannyrcobs]

Yesss!!!

[Megafoot2164]

I was half asleep the other nite when they played this on " Coast to Coast " it rocked !

Glen Frey from The Eagles does back up vocals. Look at how old this song is and it still rocks.

[amiller741]

Bob Seger wrote this song. Dickie Betts sang with the Allman Brothers and that was Ramblin Man. Two different songs. Figured I would say something about it.