Travelin Man: On the Road and Behind the Scenes with Bob Seger

194 Pages·2009·15.96 MB·English

by  Tom Weschler

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M ii Travelin’ Man
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on Th e ro a d a n d B e h i n d Th e sc e n e s w i t h M
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Bob Seger
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T o m W e s c h l e r | G a r y G r a f f M
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Foreword by John mellencamp Afterword by Kid rock M
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A P Ai n t e d tu r t l e B o o k de t r o i t , M i c h i gAn M
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First paperback edition 2010 (ISBN 978-0-8143-3501-7).
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Weschler, Tom, 1948–
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M Travelin’ man : on the road and behind the scenes with Bob Seger /
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M Tom Weschler [photographer], Gary Graff ; with a foreword by
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p. cm.
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M Includes index and discography.
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M ISBN 978-0-8143-3459-1 (cloth : alk. paper)
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M 1. Seger, Bob. 2. Rock musicians—United States—Biography.
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3. Seger, Bob—Pictorial works. I. Graff, Gary. II. Title.
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All image scans courtesy of backstagegallery.com.
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M Bob Seger album artwork reprinted with permission,
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To our children, Ian and Dylan Weschler and Hannah Graff—who, M
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like their old men, know that rock ’n’ roll never forgets, but
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Foreword by John Mellencamp ix
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Preface | tales of lucy Blue by Tom Weschler xi
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introduction | heavy Music by Gary Graff xv
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time line xix
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cast of characters xxiii
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Afterword by Kid rock 153
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Bob Seger discography 155
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Acknowledgments 163
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speaker. Then this voice sings, “I wanna tell my tale, come on.” I asked the guys
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of the road where there was no static and waited for the song to end and the DJ to announce M
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who was singing the song. It was the Bob Seger System. The song was “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ M
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Man.” I didn’t know it that night but that was the beginning of a long love affair with Bob
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me that night. And now, all these years later, I am proud to be a part of his brood.
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