[Gazza]

I had not seen this newspaper article previously & found it doing a search on Google archive news.It dates back 27 years,around the time the Distance came out and Seger speaks of the album,videos,touring plus changes in his band line up with specific reference to Drew Abbott & Dave Teegarden.This was interesting for me.The link to the article is below.The entire article is easily viewed.
http://news.google.c...bob+seger&hl=en

[Mike from GR]

Thanks for posting. It's an interesting read. The article below was a link on that page. It's from the New York Times, and I thought it was interesting as well.

ROCK: BOB SEGER IN JERSEY


By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: July 2, 1983

Outside of Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger is probably the most inspiring exponent of a rock-and-roll classicism that is quintessentially American in spirit. Rooted in 1950's and early 60's rhythm-and-blues, with secondary echoes from country music, Mr. Seger's songs deal honestly and sympathetically with the lives of working people.

Simplicity, optimism and decency are qualities that shine through songs like ''Makin' Thunderbirds,'' the tribute to 50's auto workers on Mr. Seger's newest album, ''The Distance.''

At the Byrne Meadowlands Arena Tuesday, the 38-year-old singer, writer and guitarist and his Silver Bullet Band put on a show that was as heartfelt as it was technically seamless. Mr. Seger's wonderfully husky, down-to-earth singing inflects the volatile intensity of soul singers from Little Richard to Wilson Pickett with a folksier Middle Western twang. Like John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival, a band that strongly influenced Mr. Seger, he possesses an archetypal rock voice.

The Silver Bullet Band, like Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is more concerned with capturing an essential rock-and-roll feel than with virtuosic display. Tuesday, they ranged skillfully through several rock styles, from the stampeding hard rock of ''Ramblin' Gamblin' Man'' to the moody gospel-flavored country-rock of ''We've Got Tonight.'' The band's precise teamwork equalled its ability to build simple tunes into genuine rock anthems. And Mr. Seger's friendly, unaffected stage presence reminded one that in rock-androll the most elaborate theatrical effects can never substitute for open-hearted generosity of spirit.

[fine memories]

Thanks for posting this stuff. First thing I noticed after reading this article & concert review is how much more thoughtful & professional these writers were than most anything I read on the Face The Promise tour in 2006/2007. Perhaps it was just younger reviewers who did not connect with Seger's music in 2006, I don't know. What I did notice is that a lot of reviews from the FTP tour were just lazy, rehashed junk. Not all of them, but a lot of them.