Bob Seger and the California Zephyr band?

Bob Seger is hugely underrated IMO.  "Fire Lake" is absolutely brilliant, and so are several others of the songs he penned.

Sadly, when I was bassin' for variety bands his most requested song was "Old Time Rock and Roll," which he didn't write; good thing because despite its sentiment it's a lousy, boring song.

I wish him well on his "farewell" tour.

Pete

Saw him on TV in the last couple of years or so, he was pretty good. Maybe even better with age! I think it was a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame show or something like that.

Texas Pete,

I also agree, 'Old Time Rock & Roll' was never one of my favorites either. And I also wish him well on his last tour, hope the shows are all great, and I bet they will be!  I think there are many of these 'old timers' so to speak that have gotten better with age. Kinda hurts to say that as I remember when they were all young like I used to be! 

Thanks for the tip, Chuck.

Sometimes when i'm feeling lonely and beat; I drift back in time and I find my feet. Down on Main Street.

"Shakedown" nearly got me in trouble when it played on the radio...while I was driving my Porsche...on an open stretch of I-15 headed toward Barstow.

I might go to the concert at the Forum in November. Thanks for the heads up.

I saw him live, with our daughter, the last time he was in Kansas City. At 70+ years old, was truly SPECTACULAR! Personally, I think he was/is better than he ever was, and put on an almost 2 hour continuous show, and he still has his original sax player Aldo Reed (?), who still blows everyone away on "Up on The Stage".

Sure would like to see him again, but no Chicago show, so far.

I visited Aberdeen Proving Grounds for the final time as a tourist in 2009, well over a decade after I'd been stationed there (on two occasions). That was the prime shape of my life and I was alone to do what I wanted with my weekends. Couldn't wait to get to my first line unit.

Anyway, I showed my wife around (she couldn't have cared less) and I got to see the Ordnance museum for the final time where I'd spent so much time as a LT. Driving off the post for the last time in my life, knowing I'll never see the place again like I remembered it, the song, "Like a Rock" came on the radio.

This part came on and I started getting really contemplative. It wasn't 20 years at that point, but looking back, it's almost that long now:

Twenty years now
Where',d they go?
Twenty years
I don',t know
I sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they',ve gone

When it go to this point, I had to work hard not to tear up, knowing that was the peak of my life, a time when I had something to be proud of, was a leader of real patriots, nothing was impossible and I could accomplish anything:

Like a rock, standin', arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin', from the gate
Like a rock, carryin', the weight