DIGGER27
In Memory Of
Happy birthday Bob....you were a huge part of my youth growing up in the Detroit area in the 60's and 70's.
Not just a big part of my memories, either.
http://segercenter.blogspot.com/2006/12/send-us-your-seger-memories.html
He played in bars and roller rinks, coffee houses and so, so many high schools in the early days.
If there was a place with enough room to set up his equipment he played it.
One high school got him as their prom band after winning a contest by sending in more Wrigley Spearmint gum wrappers than any others.
I saw him at least a half dozen times around town in the early 70's...when we could get tickets, that is, because they sold out so fast after he started to get famous.
Eventually the rest of the country caught in to the talent that we in Michigan already knew so well.
Once at the Pine Knob amphitheater we just paid for parking and had a blast partying with many others listening to the concert from there when we couldn't score those hard to get tickets.
He never forgot where he came from and who supported him in those early days, I don't think he ever played a concert that lasted less than 3 hours if you ever saw him play anywhere in the Midwest.
He had plenty of songs, he could have played for 8 hours and never repeated one.
Once you saw him live you had no choice but to become a fan.
Tons of great bands in the late 60's to early 70's in Detroit but this guy ruled the airwaves and concert venues.
Still out there playing music too.
"ROCK AND ROLL NEVER FORGETS"
Not just a big part of my memories, either.
http://segercenter.blogspot.com/2006/12/send-us-your-seger-memories.html
He played in bars and roller rinks, coffee houses and so, so many high schools in the early days.
If there was a place with enough room to set up his equipment he played it.
One high school got him as their prom band after winning a contest by sending in more Wrigley Spearmint gum wrappers than any others.
I saw him at least a half dozen times around town in the early 70's...when we could get tickets, that is, because they sold out so fast after he started to get famous.
Eventually the rest of the country caught in to the talent that we in Michigan already knew so well.
Once at the Pine Knob amphitheater we just paid for parking and had a blast partying with many others listening to the concert from there when we couldn't score those hard to get tickets.
He never forgot where he came from and who supported him in those early days, I don't think he ever played a concert that lasted less than 3 hours if you ever saw him play anywhere in the Midwest.
He had plenty of songs, he could have played for 8 hours and never repeated one.
Once you saw him live you had no choice but to become a fan.
Tons of great bands in the late 60's to early 70's in Detroit but this guy ruled the airwaves and concert venues.
Still out there playing music too.
"ROCK AND ROLL NEVER FORGETS"
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