BOB SEGER - The Eternal Voice

11. January 2018

Bob Seeger

BOB SEGER - The Eternal Voice

He laughs a lot during the interview. But Bob Seger doesn't really have much to laugh about at the moment. In October, he had to undergo several neck surgeries. As a result, Seger, who in the past had hits like "Against The Wind", "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" or "Even Now", had to cancel some concerts. "But it'll be all right," he's convinced.

eclipsed: You were recently discharged from the hospital. How are you today?

Bob Seger: I still have problems with my neck, which I have had for quite some time. And also some of my organs and limbs are battered. This is the lot of a 70-year-old who has lived the Rock'n'Roll lifestyle for decades. So I can't complain, it's my own fault. But what I thank my creator for is that my voice was never attacked. After all, it is my trademark, a rather original one that seems to me to last forever.

eclipsed: You dedicated your new album to Eagles musician Glenn Frey, one of your closest friends, who died in 2016. How did you two meet?

Seger: That was 1966, he was seventeen, I was twenty. We're both from Detroit, and we grew up in the same neighborhood. As budding musicians we inevitably ran into each other. We liked each other right away. We were into the Motown stuff and the classic rock'n'roll of Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. Glenn played on my first single "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" in 1968, which surprisingly entered the American Top 20. It's a lifelong bond.

eclipsed: The deluxe edition of "I Knew You When" features the "Glenn Song".

Seger: When I recorded the "Glenn Song" for the current album, it was indispensable but at the same time very painful. That's why I did it in a take. I had this very special, incredibly friendly person in mind while I was playing guitar and singing in the studio. It was heartbreaking.

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