It was seger s first single with his group the last heard, marking his departure from doug brown and the omens and the beginning of his own career. By submitting this form, you agree to the universal music group privacy policy. I remember discovering the east side story 45 at my college radio station in the 80s and being blown away. Bob seger originally did busload of faith, democracy, stealer, let it rock and other songs. Abkcos press release tells the vivid story of segers early days. Bob seger wrote all your love, the fire down below and rosalie. After a failed attempt by the underdogs to record the segerpenned east side story, seger was encouraged to record it himself and it was released by hideout in june of 1966 under the name bob seger. Combining the driving charge of ryder with stonesy garage rock and devotion to hardedged soul.
Living inside my heart from about last night soundtrack looking back. The effort will be made available as a cd, gold vinyl and as a digital download. Several other local hit singles followed on cameo records, including persecution smith and heavy music, before his label. In an earlier version of the seger file, i wrote that east side story became a hit in detroit largely due to the support of cklw, the windsor, ontario radio station, where program director rosalie trombley was an early seger supporter. Bob seger discography 19692018 320 torrent download. Download bob seger discography 19692011 flac torrent or any other torrent from audio flac direct download via magnet link.
Hear alice coopers cover of a 1966 bob seger song titled east. The cameo recordings clearly show segers influences bob dylan and the beatles culminating in him hitting his stride in the harddriving rock n roll of heavy music, the seminal track on this record which points the future direction of seger. Bon jovi 2020 makes a wry reference to an election year with the title, and album art featuring an american flag in the reflection of a pensive jon bon jovis sunglasses. Chords for bob seger and the last heard east side story. Watch the video for east side story from bob segers cameo parkway 19571967 for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Bob seger is an american rock and roll singersongwriter, guitarist and pianist. Bob seger covered busload of faith, democracy, stealer, let it rock and other songs. Beneath the bare light bulb above she gazed into the eyes of love bathed in the dirty neon lights she begged him dont go out tonight if we work out somehow maybe we could find a way out baby and he laughed and said i got to go. Create a custom radio station from your favorite songs by bob seger on iheartradio. Beneath the bare light bulb above she gazed into the eyes of love bathed in the dirty neon lights she begged him dont go out. One 1965 composition by seger for the underdogs east side story became a launchpad. It was segers first single with his group the last heard, marking his departure from doug brown and the omens and the beginning of his own career.
His new album face the promise again proves that the good music is essential for public irrespective of time. The photograph of bob seger used for the cover of the album was taken by weschler at detroits cobo arena in september 1975 and is also featured in the book. Seger decided to record east side story himself, and officially left the omens though he did retain doug brown as a producer. Waiting 11 years between albums might be risky for some artists. A few days after its public revealing, the cover art for early. Hear alice coopers cover of bob segers east side story. Celebrating 50 years of music, team behind the scenes. The hit was originally released in 1966 and was the beginning of a. Listen free to bob seger east side story radio iheartradio. Alice cooper is releasing new music from his bredcrumbs ep. Bob seger and the last heard east side story youtube. Alice cooper and his upcoming ep, breadcrumbs, is a nod to his detroit roots and features a cover of bob segers east side story which is now available for streaming breadcrumbs comes out september and not only features covers of some of detroits biggest acts but also some of the citys biggest names, including mc5s wayne kramer, former grand funk railroad vocalist.
The arrangement is nearly perfect, with fuzz guitar and a sinister bass line. Bob seger download high quality complete mp3 albums. East side story vocal bob seger and the last heard. Download bob seger mp3 songs and albums music downloads.
Alice coopers upcoming ep, breadcrumbs, is a nod to his detroit roots and features a cover of bob segers east side story which is now available for streaming breadcrumbs comes out september and not only features covers of some of detroits biggest acts but also some of the citys biggest names, including mc5s wayne kramer, former grand funk railroad vocalistguitarist. But bob seger being a true rock hero does not fear of such a threat. Seger released his first solo single, east side story, which became a regional hit. East side story is a 1966 single released by bob seger and his band the last heard, predating segers legendary solo career. Todays track is a cover of bob seger s classic east side story.
It was segers first single with his group the last heard, marking his departure from doug brown and the omens. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. East side story east side sound by bob seger single. The flip side of the record was the same name, east side story, but was an instrumental version, with bob seger playing the keyboard organ. Alice cooper and his upcoming ep, breadcrumbs, is a nod to his detroit roots and features a cover of bob segers east side story which is. Bob seger and the last heards rare singles collected by abkco. Listen to alice cooper cover bob segers east side story. Watch the video for east side story from bob seger s cameo parkway 19571967 for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
The churning fuzztone riff is obviously derived from thems gloria, theres odd hollowsounding percussion and a predoors organ break too, while the lyric actually qualifies the song as a death disc, with a memorable first line and concise story of this particular. Originally a harddriving rocker in the vein of fellow michigan garage rockers the rationals and mitch ryder, bob seger developed into one of the most popular heartland rockers over the course of the 70s. Song information for east side story bob seger on allmusic. Hear alice coopers cover of bob segers east side story wror. Emi music publishing, umpg publishing, sony atv publishing, global music rights llc, and 3 music. He quickly followed up with several other singles including. Beneath the bare light bulb above she gazed into the eyes of love bathed in the dirty neon lights sh. Reading these all in a row in 2017 can be grimly amusing, as its clear seger was wellregarded by the cognoscenti from his very first cameoparkway single. Way before bob seger attained any fame, he turned out this garage rock classic. As bob seger and the last heard, seger released his version of the song with hideout records in january 1966, and it became his first big detroit hit. Bob segers first single record, east side story signed. Long before he went oldtime rock and roll, whod have thought old bob started out writing garage punk stuff like this. This guy knew rock and roll and east side story is as good, if not better, than his classic heavy music. This release is a must for any seger fan who wants to understand this artists journey.
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