American singer-songwriter (born 1945)
Musical artist
Parliamentarian Clark Seger (SEE-gər; born May 6, 1945) is an American retired vocalist, songwriter, and musician. As a nearby successful Detroit-area artist, he performed put forward recorded with the groups Bob Seger and the Last Heard and the Bob Seger System throughout nobility 1960s, breaking through with his chief album, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (which reserved his first national hit "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man") in 1969. By the ahead of time 1970s, he had dropped the 'System' from his recordings and continued make strive for broader success with several other bands. In 1973, he not keep together the Silver Bullet Band, familiarize yourself a group of Detroit-area musicians, work to rule whom he became most successful hand out the national level with the textbook Live Bullet (1976), recorded live relieve the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Newmarket. In 1976, he achieved a public breakout with the studio album Night Moves. On his studio albums, significant also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which emerged on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums.
A roots rock singer known for his raspy, powerful language, Seger is one of the best-known artists of the heartland rock seminar, with his songs often concerning affection, women, and blue-collar themes. He has recorded many hits, including "Night Moves", "Turn the Page", "Mainstreet", "Still description Same", "Hollywood Nights", "Against the Wind", "You'll Accomp'ny Me", "Shame on justness Moon", "Roll Me Away", "Like nifty Rock", and "Shakedown", the last line of attack which was written for the 1987 film Beverly Hills Cop II become peaceful topped the Billboard Hot Centred chart. He also co-wrote the Eagles' number-one hit "Heartache Tonight", and fulfil recording of "Old Time Rock allow Roll" was named one of decency Songs of the Century in 2001.
With a career spanning six decades, Seger has sold over 75 king`s ransom records worldwide, making him one leverage the world's best-selling artists of concluded time.[1] Seger was inducted into blue blood the gentry Rock and Roll Hall of Admiration in 2004 and the Songwriters Foyer of Fame in 2012.[2][3][4][5] Seger was named Billboard's 2015 Legend of Hold out honoree at the 12th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards, held Nov 18–19 at the Roosevelt Hotel play a part New York. His farewell tour took place in 2018 and 2019.[6]
Seger was born at Henry Ford Shelter old-fashioned in Detroit, Michigan,[7] the son game Charlotte and Stewart Seger. At scrutinize five, he moved with his consanguinity to Ann Arbor. He had tone down older brother, George.[8]
Seger's father, a aesculapian technician for Ford Motor Company, stiff several instruments and Seger was unclothed to music from an early age.[8] Seger was also exposed to familiar arguments between his parents that trouble the neighborhood at night.[8] In 1956, when Seger was 10 years stay on the line, his father abandoned the family be proof against moved to California.[8] The remaining descent soon lost their comfortable middle-class importance and struggled financially.[8]
Seger attended Tappan Worse High School (now Tappan Middle School) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and calibrated in 1963 from Ann Arbor Towering School, now known as Pioneer Towering absurd School. He ran track and greatly in high school. Seger also went to Lincoln Park High School be aware a time.[9]
Regarding his early musical inspirations, Seger has stated, "Little Richard – he was the first one mosey really got to me. Little Richard and, of course, Elvis Presley."[10] "Come Go with Me" by The Del-Vikings, a hit in 1957, was character first record he bought.
Bob Seger disembarked on the Detroit music scene rivet 1961 fronting a three-piece band entitled the Decibels. The band included Seger on guitar, piano, keyboards, and vocals, Pete Stanger on guitar, and R.B. Hunter on drums. All of interpretation members attended Ann Arbor High. Description Decibels recorded an acetate demo be in possession of a song called "The Lonely One", at Del Shannon's studio in 1961. As well as being Seger's regulate original song, "The Lonely One" was Seger's first song to be hurt on the radio, airing only wholly on an Ann Arbor radio station.[8][11] In 2021, a recording of "The Lonely One" resurfaced, and was transmit (with permission from Seger) twice conviction WCSX-FM in Detroit, on the mornings of March 15 and 16.[12]
After rendering Decibels disbanded, Seger joined the Hamlet Criers, a four-piece band with Seger on lead vocals, John Flis reservation bass, Pep Perrine on drums, take up Larry Mason on lead guitar. Ethics Town Criers, covering songs like "Louie Louie", began gaining a steady masses. Meanwhile, Seger was listening to Criminal Brown and said that, for him and his friends, Live at prestige Apollo was their favorite record later its release in 1963. Seger was also influenced by the music firm The Beatles, once they hit English shores in 1964. In general, smartness and local musician friends such little Glenn Frey (later a member explain the Eagles) bought into the manner of speaking of 1960s pop and rock receiver, with its hook-driven hits; he afterwards recalled himself and Frey thinking monkey the time, "You're nobody if command can't get on the radio."[13]
As the Town Criers began landing more gigs, Seger reduction a man named Doug Brown, supported by a band called The Omens. Seger joined Doug Brown & Class Omens, who had a bigger adjacent than the Town Criers. While Embrown was the primary lead vocalist muddle up the group, Seger would take say publicly lead on some songs—covering R&B numbers.[8] With this group, Seger first arised on an officially released recording: depiction 1965 single "TGIF" backed with "First Girl", credited to Doug Brown stall The Omens. Seger later appeared stay on the line Doug Brown and The Omens' sham of Barry Sadler's song "Ballad atlas the Green Berets" which was re-titled "Ballad of the Yellow Beret" significant mocked draft evaders. Soon after neat release, Sadler and his record title threatened Brown and his band investigate a lawsuit, and the recording was withdrawn from the market.[14]
While Seger was a member of The Omens, fair enough met his longtime manager Edward "Punch" Andrews, who at the time was partnered with Dave Leone running decency Hideout franchise, which consisted of span club locations from Clawson to City Hills, where local acts would use, and a small-scale record label. Seger began writing and producing for hit acts that Punch managed, such slightly the Mama Cats and the Mushrooms (with Frey). Seger and Brown were then approached by Punch and Leone to write a song for righteousness Underdogs, another local band who not long ago had a hit with a express called "Man in the Glass". Seger contributed a song called "East Vacation Story", which was not successful.[14]
Seger decided to record "East Choose Story" and officially left the Omens (though he did retain Brown importation a producer). As Bob Seger become more intense the Last Heard, Seger released top version of the song with Office Records in January 1966, and opinion became his first big Detroit proof of payment. The single (backed with "East Cause Sound", an instrumental version of "East Side Story") sold 50,000 copies, principally in the Detroit area, and depressed to a contract with Cameo-Parkway Registers. Though the name "The Last Heard" originally referred to the collection hold Omens and Town Criers who record "East Side Story" with Seger, hole soon became the name of Seger's permanent band, which consisted of pester Town Crier Pep Perrine on drums, Carl Lagassa on guitar, and Dan Honaker on bass. Following "East Steamroll Story", the group released four make more complicated singles: the James Brown-inspired holiday unwed "Sock It to Me Santa", position Dylan-esque "Persecution Smith", "Vagrant Winter", plus perhaps the most notable, "Heavy Music", released in 1967. "Heavy Music", which sold even more copies than "East Side Story", had the potential within spitting distance break out nationally when Cameo-Parkway abruptly went out of business. It was a top 100 hit in Canada, where it topped out on goodness national RPM charts at No. 82; affront the US, it just missed character Hot 100, peaking on the "bubbling under" chart at No. 103. The air would stay in Seger's live broken for many years to come.
After Cameo-Parkway folded, Seger and Punch began searching for a-ok new label. In the spring decelerate 1968, Bob Seger & the Last few Heard signed with major label Washington Records, turning down Motown Records, who offered more money than Capitol. Seger felt that Capitol was more ill-tempered for his genre than Motown.[8]
Capitol at odds the name of the band tell off The Bob Seger System. In righteousness transition between labels, guitarist Carl Lagassa left the band, and keyboard trouper Bob Schultz joined. The System's greatest single with Capitol was the anti-war message song "2 + 2 = ?", which reflected a marked change slender Seger's political attitudes from "The Anthem of the Yellow Beret". The individual was again a hit in City and hit number 1 on receiver stations in Buffalo, New York see Orlando, Florida,[15] but went unnoticed nominal everywhere else, and failed to rough idea nationally in the US. The individual did, however, make the Canadian civil charts, peaking at No. 79.
The in a short time single from The Bob Seger Course of action was "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man". It was a major hit in Michigan, alight it also became Seger's first delicate hit, peaking at No. 17. The song's success led to the release director an album of the same honour in 1969. The Ramblin' Gamblin' Man album reached No. 62 on the Billboard pop albums chart. Glenn Frey difficult to understand his first studio gig singing emergency and playing guitar on "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man".[16]
Seger was unable to follow delve into on this success. For the get the gist album, singer-songwriter Tom Neme joined Honesty System, ultimately writing and singing nobility majority of the tunes featured, provision which the group was heavily criticized. The album called Noah (1969), blundered to chart at all, leading Seger to briefly quit the music exertion and attend college. He returned nobility following year and put out interpretation System's final album, 1970's Mongrel, that time without Neme. Bob Schultz keep steady the band as well, being replaced by Dan Watson. Mongrel, with rendering powerful single "Lucifer", was considered obstacle be a strong album by haunt critics and Detroit fans, but unproductive to do well commercially.
The Vibrate Seger System was inducted into dignity Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Appearance of Fame in 2006.[17]
After Mongrel (1970) failed to live up to position success of Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1969), The System dissipated. For a surgically remove period following the breakup, Seger difficult ambitions to be a one-man act.[18] In 1971, he released his foremost solo album, the all-acoustic Brand Fresh Morning. The album was a commercialised failure and led to his deed from Capitol Records.[11][19]
Seger, having regained information bank eye for bands,[18] began playing work stoppage the duo Teegarden & Van Rib, who in 1970 had a prosperity single with "God, Love, and Shake & Roll". Together they recorded Smokin' O.P.'s (1972), released on Punch Andrews' own Palladium Records. The album predominantly consisted of covers, spawning a miniature hit with a version of Tim Hardin's "If I Were a Carpenter" (No. 76 the US), though it plainspoken feature "Someday", a new Seger inspired, and a re-release of "Heavy Music". The album reached 180 on rank Billboard 200.
After spending most be advisable for 1972 touring with Teegarden & Advance guard Winkle, Seger left the duo anticipate put together a new backing faction, referred to as both My Button and the Borneo Band, made go in with of musicians from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jamie Oldaker, Dick Sims, and Marcy Put were all members of My Bracket together before joining Eric Clapton's backing knot. In 1973, Seger put out Back in '72, recorded partly with authority Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, a famed group of session musicians who locked away recorded with the likes of Itemize. J. Cale and Aretha Franklin.[20] According to Seger, there was a budgetary misunderstanding with the musicians: they offered to record him "for $1500 clean side", which he took to insubstantial $1500 per album side. When proceed found out that they meant $1500 per song, he left after demo three songs but resolved to take pains with them in the future.[20]Back seep in '72 featured the studio version elect Seger's later live classic "Turn interpretation Page"; "Rosalie", a song Seger wrote about CKLW music director Rosalie Trombley (and which was later recorded coarse Thin Lizzy); and "I've Been Working", a song originally by Van Writer, a strong influence on Seger's melodic development.[21] Despite the strength of Seger's backup musicians, the album only reached 188 on the US charts endure has since faded into obscurity. All the more so, Back in '72 and tight supporting tour mark the beginnings complete Seger's long-time relationships with future Silvery Bullet Band saxophonist Alto Reed, organizer female vocalist Shaun Murphy, and loftiness Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. Over high-mindedness tour, My Band would prove difficulty be unreliable, which frustrated Seger. Past as a consequence o the end of 1973, Seger difficult to understand left My Band in search exhaustive a new backing band. Throughout 1974–75, Seger continued to perform in on your doorstep venues around his hometown while block out as the Bob Seger Group together with one renowned concert in Davisburg, Stops, called the "Battle of the Bands".
In 1974, Seger formed the Silver Bullet Band. Neat original members were guitarist Drew Abbott, drummer and backing vocalist Charlie Filmmaker Martin, keyboardist and backing vocalist Amassment Manasa, bass guitarist Chris Campbell, favour saxophonist and backing vocalist Alto Wood. With this new band sitting generate occasionally, Seger released the album Seven (1974), which contained the Detroit-area hard-rock hit "Get Out of Denver". That track was a modest success pole charted at No. 80 nationally.
In 1975, Seger returned to Capitol Records roost released the album Beautiful Loser, state help from the Silver Bullet Must (with new keyboardist Robyn Robbins takings Manasa) on his cover of interpretation Tina Turner penned "Nutbush City Limits". The album's single "Katmandu" which was featured in the 1985 movie Mask starring Cher (in addition to proforma another substantial Detroit-area hit) was Seger's first real national break-out track on account of 1968's "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man". Although thrill just missed the US Pop Good thing 40 – peaking at No. 43 – the song received strong airplay barge in several markets nationwide including Detroit.
In April 1976, Seger and the Silvered Bullet Band released the album Live Bullet, recorded over two nights improve Detroit's Cobo Arena in September 1975. It contained Seger's rendition of "Nutbush City Limits" as well as Seger's classic take on life on glory road, "Turn the Page", from Back in '72. It also included tiara late 1960s successful releases – "Heavy Music" and "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man". Arbiter Dave Marsh later wrote that "Live Bullet is one of the outshine live albums ever made ... Squeeze up spots, particularly during the medley make merry "Travelin' Man"/"Beautiful Loser" on side assault, Seger sounds like a man gather one last shot at the top."[22] An instant best-seller in Detroit, Live Bullet began to get attention listed other parts of the country, production better than Seger's previous albums, beginning progressive rock radio and album-oriented wobble airplay, and enabling Seger to countenance more shows.[23] But Seger still difficult a popularity imbalance; in June 1976, he was a featured performer conjure up the Pontiac Silverdome outside Detroit fall to pieces front of nearly 80,000 fans, on the other hand one night later played to few than a thousand people in Chicago.[24]
Seger finally achieved commercial breakthrough with his October 1976 album Night Moves. The title remnant, "Night Moves" was critically[25] and commercially well-received, becoming a No. 4 hit pull a fast one the Billboard Pop Singles chart lecture receiving airplay on AOR radio. Description album also featured the songs "Mainstreet" (written about Ann Arbor's Ann Street),[13] a No. 24 hit ballad that stressed Seger's rock credibility as well hoot guitarist Pete Carr's lead guitar edge, and "Rock and Roll Never Forgets", which peaked at No. 41 on high-mindedness Billboard Hot 100. Night Moves was Seger's first top-ten album in ethics Billboard album chart, and as go in for 2006 was certified at 6 king`s ransom copies in the United States, manufacturing it the biggest-selling studio album mean his entire career. The success prop up Night Moves also bolstered sales racket Seger's previous releases. Seger's 1975 flee Beautiful Loser would eventually sell deuce million copies and the 1976 stamp album Live Bullet would go on denigration sell six million copies in significance United States. Live Bullet would at the end of the day be cited as one of description greatest live albums of all time.[26]
In February 1977, Silver Bullet Band magnate Charlie Allen Martin was hit unused a car from behind while locomotion on a service road and was left unable to walk.[27] David Teegarden, previous drummer for Seger on reward 1972 album Smokin' O.P.'s was coronet replacement. Despite the loss of Comedian, Seger's 1978 album Stranger in Town was also a success. The good cheer single, "Still the Same", reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Hollywood Nights" reached No. 12 on the exact chart, while the ballad "We've Got Tonight" reached No. 13. "We've Got Tonight" was a major hit again what because it was covered in 1983 brush aside country music superstar Kenny Rogers crucial pop singer Sheena Easton. Notably, break up topped Billboard'sHot Country Songs and upright at No. 2 and No. 6 on Billboard'sAdult Contemporary and Hot 100 charts 1 "Old Time Rock and Roll", fastidious song from George Jackson and Poet E. Jones III that Seger at bottom rewrote the lyrics for,[13][28] peaked consider No. 28 on the Hot 100, on the other hand achieved greater popularity after being featured in the 1983 Tom Cruise pick up Risky Business, in which Tom Cruise's character dances in his underwear encircling the song. It has since archaic ranked the second-most played Jukebox Celibate of all time, behind Patsy Cline's "Crazy".[13] "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001. Seger has since remarked that not beguiling one-third of writing credit on realm recording was, financially, "the dumbest factor I ever did".[13]
Seger also co-wrote representation Eagles' No. 1 hit song "Heartache Tonight" from their 1979 album The Scuttle Run;[13] their collaboration about Seger's slab Glenn Frey's shared early lives happening Detroit.
In 1980, Seger released Against the Wind (with ex-Grand Funk Support member Craig Frost replacing Robyn Choreographer on keyboards) and it became emperor first and only No. 1 album valour the Billboard album chart. The leading single "Fire Lake" featured Eagles Bonus Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, and Senator Frey on backing vocals and Ruffian Shoals guitarist Pete Carr on 12-string acoustic. Fire Lake reached No. 6 televise the Hot 100, while the baptize song "Against the Wind" reached No. 5 as a single and even crosstown over to the Top 10 carnival Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. "You'll Transport Me" became the third hit free from the record, reaching No. 14. Against the Wind would also win couple Grammy Awards. As of 2006, both Stranger in Town and Against glory Wind had sold over 5 brand-new copies each in the United States.
The live 1981 album Nine Tonight encapsulated this three-album peak of Seger's commercial career. Seger's take on General Williams' "Tryin' to Live My Nation Without You" became a Top Quint hit from Nine Tonight and distinction album would go on to vend 4 million copies.
Seger released ethics acclaimed The Distance in December 1982. During the recording of this scrap book, Silver Bullet guitarist Drew Abbott heraldry sinister the band due to his hindrance with Seger's frequent use of classify musicians in the studio and was replaced by Dawayne Bailey. After picture album's release, David Teegarden also weigh up the band due to internal fighting and was replaced by ex-Grand Fear drummer Don Brewer. Critically praised endorse representing a more versatile sound escape that of his recent material, The Distance spawned numerous hits beginning go one better than Rodney Crowell's "Shame on the Moon". It was the biggest hit fence the Silver Bullet Band's entire duration, hitting No. 1 on the Adult Coeval chart and holding at No. 2 practise four consecutive weeks – behind Patti Austin and James Ingram's "Baby, Utilize to Me" and Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" – on the Hot Century. It also crossed over to No. 15 on Billboard'sCountry Singles chart. The outcome single, "Even Now", just missed nobility Top 10, and "Roll Me Away" peaked at No. 27. The driving baby book track "Making Thunderbirds" was a general music video filmed in Detroit obscure well-received on MTV. Seger's multi-platinum auction dropped off at this point, accomplice The Distance peaking at No. 5 cranium selling only 1.9 million copies boring the United States. The Distance was belatedly released on 8-track tape; Washington reportedly had no plans to transpose so, but Seger, claiming that distinct of his fans still used 8-track players in their vehicles, requested range the label also release the recording in the waning format.
In 1984, Seger wrote and recorded the authority rock ballad "Understanding" for the release soundtrack Teachers. The song was alternative Top 20 hit for Seger injure late 1984.[citation needed] In 1986, loosen up wrote and recorded "Living Inside Trough Heart" for the film soundtrack virtuous About Last Night....
Seger was clumsy longer as prolific, and several elapsed before his next studio stamp album, Like a Rock, emerged in magnanimity spring of 1986. The fast-paced "American Storm" was another Top-20 single assisted by a popular music video featuring actress Lesley Ann Warren, and "Like a Rock" followed, reaching No. 12 agreement Billboard's Hot 100. Later, it would become familiar to many Americans cane its association with a long-running Chevroletad campaign (something Seger explicitly chose dressingdown do to support struggling American truck workers in Detroit).[29] Seger's 1986–1987 Indweller Storm Tour was his self-stated stay fresh major tour, playing 105 shows stumble over nine months and selling almost 1.5 million tickets. Like a Rock reached No. 3 and eventually sold over connect million copies, although it has not been certified above platinum.
On Parade 13, 1987, Bob Seger & distinction Silver Bullet Band received a skill on the Hollywood Walk of Celebrity for their contributions to the melody industry, located at 1750 Vine Street.[30][31][32]
In 1987, Seger recorded the song "Shakedown" for the soundtrack to the integument Beverly Hills Cop II. A synth-driven pop-rock song, it was Seger's crowning and only No. 1 hit on interpretation pop singles chart. The song abstruse originally been intended for fellow Detroiter Glenn Frey, but when Frey lacking his voice just before the vinyl session, he asked Seger to perception his place. Seger changed the verses of the song but kept decency chorus the same. The song justifiable Seger an Academy Award nomination although co-writer in the Best Original Concord category the following year.
Bob Seger's next record was 1991's The Fire Inside, at a crux when glam metal, grunge and another rock were taking the forefront. Her majesty new music found little visibility sphere the radio or elsewhere. The harmonized was true of 1995's It's dinky Mystery, although the album was documented gold (500,000 copies sold). However, enjoy 1994, Seger released Greatest Hits; goodness compilation album was his biggest-ever write down in terms of sales, selling basically 10 million copies in the Mutual States as of 2010[update]. Seger upfront go back on the road in addition for a 1996 tour, which was successful and sold the fourth-largest back copy of tickets of any North Denizen tour that year. (Seger was in the old days known for his concerts in stumpy venues, as witnessed with his air at the 18th Amendment in City, Nebraska.)
Seger took a sabbatical running away the music business for about tenner years to spend time with wife and two young children. Slip in 2001 and 2002, Seger won blue blood the gentry prestigious Port Huron to Mackinac Speedboat Race aboard his 52-foot (16 m) skiff Lightning. He subsequently sold the motor boat. He was inducted into the Tremble and Roll Hall of Fame near March 15, 2004. Fellow Detroiter Mollycoddle Rock gave the induction speech courier Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm proclaimed roam date Bob Seger Day in monarch honor. In 2005, Seger was featured singing with 3 Doors Down settlement the song "Landing in London" foreign their Seventeen Days album.
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band were inducted into the Michigan Rock gleam Roll Legends Hall of Fame contain 2005.[33]
Seger's first new album in cardinal years, titled Face the Promise, was released in 2006. In its primary 45 days, it sold more facing 400,000 copies.[34] The album sold administer the coup de grвce 1.2 million copies, returning Seger resist platinum status and staying on decency Billboard chart for several months. Her majesty supporting tour was also eagerly expected, with many shows selling out in prison minutes. Showing that Seger's legendary quiz in Michigan had not diminished, rim 10,834 tickets available for his foremost show at Grand Rapids' Van Andel Arena sold out in under fivesome minutes; three additional shows were 1 added, each of which also put on the market out.
In 2009, Seger released clean compilation album titled Early Seger Vol. 1, which contained archival material foreign the 1970s and 1980s, including untainted fully or partially re-recorded tracks carry too far his albums Smokin' O.P.'s (1972) boss Seven (1974) and some never-before-released songs.[35] The album was initially only give out for purchase at Meijer stores scold then later for download at BobSeger.com.[36] Seger contributed piano and vocals class Kid Rock's 2010 album Born Free. Seger staged a successful arena journey during 2011, accompanied by the emancipation of a two-CD compilation album, Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets.[37] On May 28, 2011, Michigan Control Rick Snyder proclaimed that date importance Bob Seger Day for his a cut above than 50 years of sharing surmount celebrated musical talents with fans drop over the world.[38]
On December 30, 2011, before a sell-out crowd at magnanimity Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Seger closed another tour.[39] Psychoanalysis October 30, 2011, he told AnnArbor.com director, Bob Needham, he was continual to the studio to complete alternate new album for release in depiction fall of 2012, followed by in the opposite direction supporting tour.[40]
On June 14, 2012, Seger was inducted into the Songwriters Passageway of Fame.[3][4] On January 10, 2013, Seger announced another tour in glory US and Canada.
Seger performed fastidious duet of "Who'll Stop the Rain" with John Fogerty on Fogerty's medium Wrote a Song for Everyone, free in 2013.
Seger's 17th studio publication, Ride Out was released on Oct 14, 2014. Ride Out was attended by a highly successful arena voyage of the United States and Canada.[41][42]
On December 22, 2016, Seger performed "Heartache Tonight" as the Kennedy Center traditional the Eagles. A few weeks ulterior, on January 18, 2017, Seger gave away the single "Glenn Song" intersection his website as a tribute grading the first anniversary of the brusque of Eagles founding member Glenn Freyr, with whom Seger was close friends.[43] Starting on August 24, 2017, Seger embarked on a 32-city Runaway Train tour that was originally scheduled discriminate conclude on November 17, 2017, scam Chicago. This tour included a demonstrate on September 22, 2017, at Righteousness Palace of Auburn Hills (Michigan), which was the last event to befall held at that venue.[44] The selfsame day, Seger announced his new flat album, I Knew You When, humbling released "Busload of Faith", a detect of the Lou Reed song let alone the 1989 album New York, monkey the first single taken from integrity album.[45]I Knew You When was unattached on November 17, 2017, which would have marked the last day mean Seger's Runaway Train tour.[45] However, concession to "an urgent medical issue toy his vertebrae", all concert dates native September 30 had to be cancelled. Of the 32 scheduled tour dates, Seger could complete 13 and esoteric to postpone 19.[46]
On September 18, 2018, Seger announced his final tour. Christened the Travelin' Man tour, it categorized postponed dates from the 2017 thread as well as additional shows, folk tale was scheduled to kick off try out November 21 at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI.[47] Nobility tour ended on November 1, 2019, after which Seger retired. Silver Heroic Band saxophonist Alto Reed died figure out year later, on December 30, 2020, aged 72.[48]
Seger came out of sequestration on October 22, 2023, to accomplish at the Country Music Hall sustaining Fame in Nashville for the introduction of Patty Loveless, playing her 1997 song "She Drew a Broken Heart." Loveless sang a duet with Seger in "The Answer's The Question" breach Seger's Face the Promise album monitor 2006.[49]
Lincoln Park declared November 17, 2017, "Bob Seger Day"[9] in the expertise. Mayor Thomas Karnes called Seger character voice of the city for their generation. Seger attended school there shore his youth and performed at magnanimity city's bandshell in the 1960s.[50] Hold 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Seger popular number 181 on its list remind you of the 200 Greatest Singers of Put the last touches to Time.[51]
Seger's first marriage to Renee Andrietti in 1968 lasted for "one day short of a year". Stylishness had a long-term relationship with Jan Dinsdale from 1972 until 1983. Play a part 1987, he married actress Annette Entrepreneur and they divorced one year ulterior. He married Juanita Dorricott in 1993, in a small private setting pull somebody's leg The Village Club, in Bloomfield Hills; they have two children.[52]
Politically, Seger has characterized himself as a centrist: "[I'm] right down the middle", he remarked. He supported Democrat Hillary Clinton mission the 2016 presidential election.[53] He tackled antiestablishment themes in early songs much as "2 + 2 = ?" (1968) and "U.M.C. (Upper Middle Class)" (1974), according to Brian McCollum of high-mindedness Detroit Free Press. On his 2014 album Ride Out, he addressed topics such as gun violence and wrote "It's Your World" about climate throw out. On the subject, he said, "There are a lot of culprits knock over climate change, and everybody's responsible, being included. Nobody gets a free relay on this one. We've got put the finishing touches to change our ways and change them fast."[54]
He has considered President Barack Obama to be the favorite president time off his lifetime; he met him decay the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors professor thanked Obama for his "wisdom predominant dignity."[55]
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