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February 25, 2004

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2004: Bob Seger

Michigan's favorite rock son never forgets
July 28, 1976

Bob Seger: A Star in His Own State

Mobbed in Michigan, the "Beautiful Loser" is second billed elsewhere

Recordings and Reviews

Face The Promise

Bob Seger's first album in more than a decade excels at stout, lucidly sung rock-soul-blues-gospel that can, in uninspired hands, sound like reheated takeout food. The killer moment comes during the title track, a barreling piece of songwriting with spidery Duane Eddy-style guitar. Seger casts himse...

2006 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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Whether gigging in long, tireless obscurity in the journeyman bars and clubs of his native Michigan or gliding through his late-'70s success, Bob Seger remained in spirit a working-class hero. Gruff-voiced and dramatic, he's a premier rock & roll singer, and his best songs render with dignity and empathy the hard victories and close defeats of ordinary lives. A sort of John Fogerty with more of a ...

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