Bob Seger - Key Arena, February 22, 2007

Who's game? Let me know quick, there's a limit of six tickets per purchaser. A mere $65 apiece to see the shadow of a great, great man.

Or just start digging the records. Seger history is a lot more satisfying than contemporary Seger. I'd suggest beginning with Mongrel, as it's relatively easy to find and doesn't come with as much psychedelic baggage as the also-excellent Ramblin' Gamblin' Man ... Mongrel includes my favorite Seger track, "Lucifer," a righteous slab of white-hot white funk that throws the finger up to those who would dare question our hero's integrity. The whole record is heavy, plus there are a few flashes of the contemplative singer-songwriter style Seger would hit big with in later years (a style that eventually destroyed his rocknroll credentials, unfortunately, hitting its nadir with "Like A Rock," a song that sounded like a truck commercial even before it became a truck commercial).

Still waiting for Endless Jim to mix up the latest SLA tapes ... they're sure to be a glorious tribute, but in the meantime you can find an MP3 from the original session on the Ghetto site if you haven't dug it yet.