Bob Seger Article about tribute to Glenn

[BillBailey1976]

Bob Seger gave an interview with the Detroit Free Press in which he talks a lot about Glenn and his new album that is a tribute to Glenn. Not sure where to post this.

http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/11/22/bob-seger-opens-up-medical-scare-derailed-tour-talks-glenn-frey-inspired-album/886981001/

p.s. I know I spelled his name wrong. I don't know how to edit the topic title.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

I fixed the spelling for ya, BB.

And thanks for posting. That was a very interesting read. Seeing Bob in concert has been on my bucket list for quite a while and I never seemed to manage it. I am going to try very hard to make one of his shows when he resumes his tour even if I have to travel to see him.

[scottside]

Bob Seger gave an interview with the Detroit Free Press in which he talks a lot about Glenn and his new album that is a tribute to Glenn. Not sure where to post this.

http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/11/22/bob-seger-opens-up-medical-scare-derailed-tour-talks-glenn-frey-inspired-album/886981001/

p.s. I know I spelled his name wrong. I don't know how to edit the topic title.

What a great interview! Thanks for posting it. I wish Glenn and Bob had done more things together musically....

[New Kid In Town]

Wow - Thank You BB, that was a great article. Makes me love Bob even more. A 50 year friendship is rare indeed. You can just feel Bob's love and respect for Glenn and how hard his death was for him.
When he goes back on tour I hope he comes near me, I would love to see him in concert. All the dates he had scheduled did not hit the NY/NJ Metro area. Hope he adds us on his schedule.
SS - I also wish Bob and Glenn had done more things together too.

[chaim]

Very moving. Thanks!

[East Texas Girl]

Great interview! Thanks, BB for sharing.

[My My]

Thanks for the link BB. I'm glad Bob is doing okay and is on the road to recovery.

NKIT, you're right, a 50 year friendship is a very special thing. You could feel it in his words and in his song, "I Knew You When". I'm sure the album means a lot to the Frey family.

[Pippinwhite]

Thanks for sharing, BB!

And here's a link to some of the great stories the Free Press had about Glenn after his passing:
http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/10/27/remembering-glenn-frey-eagles-return-his-hometown-detroit/804362001/

And definitely don't miss this, if you haven't heard it: http://glenn-song.bobseger.com/

[sodascouts]

Thanks for posting that. I got a bit choked up - heck, even seeing the photo of him with Glenn was enough to do that.

What a friend! I'm adding this album to my collection.

[Delilah]

That’s a very nice interview. Thanks for posting. Poor Bob, he was in such pain after the surgery. I’m glad to hear he’s feeling better. Maybe we’ll get to see him next Spring when he starts up again.

[Freypower]

He suffered for his art. He worked very hard on his lyrics," Seger says.

That is a nice quote for people who thought Frey did not write lyrics.

Seger has covered himself in glory throughout this whole sorry period. He is the only person who worked with Glenn apart from Tempchin to pay him a proper tirbute.

[New Kid In Town]

Yep, could not agree more FP. God Bless the both of them.

[sodascouts]

EDIT: OFF-TOPIC POSTS MOVED.

This was a really nice thread until AT came in here and derailed it with a statement he knew would be controversial, disingenuously pretending that he doesn't understand Dawn's meaning, disingenuously asking to hear why people don't feel the band should continue when he's already read our answers in Eagles 3.0 and he knows quite well how heated that discussion can get; he eggs everyone on for "mysterious" reasons of his own. I have moved those posts.

[Brooke]

Back to the interview. I could feel the love he had for Glenn and the pain in his neck! I hope he will recover quickly. I saw him a few years ago and would love to see him again. He was fantastic!

Loved both of his new songs. I Knew You When was so bittersweet. :cry:

[New Kid In Town]

It was a wonderful interview. Reading it, you can tell how difficult is still is for Bob to talk about Glenn's passing. His love for Glenn really showed through. I would love to see Bob in concert and hope he is feeling better and on the road to a full recovery.

[NightMistBlue]

I wish Glenn and Bob had done more things together musically....

Maybe this question is more appropriate in the Sirius Eagles Channel thread, but I was surprised that in a segment on Bob Seger, it was stated that Glenn and Bob continued to collaborate throughout their 50-year friendship. Then Bob's "Night Moves" was played, implying that Glenn was somehow involved - perhaps as an uncredited background vocalist or something.

[Pippinwhite]

@NMB-- If it's the show I heard, then yeah, Glenn helped out on backing vocals for "Night Moves" and "Against the Wind." I need to listen to both more carefully through my headphones.

[NightMistBlue]

Woah! I never even heard that, geez.

So we can conclude that the rumor "Still the Same" was a dis against Glenn is totally bogus.

[buffyfan145]

That's the first I've heard about Glenn on "Night Moves"!!! :D Love that song and going to have to listen to it again too. Did know about "Against the Wind" through my Dad (though he says it's not just Glenn but all the Eagles, which I know isn't right LOL) and Glenn being credited on the "Greatest Hits" album years ago, and I can hear him on it especially at the end.

Also love Glenn and Bob's friendship too. :D

[Freypower]

Woah! I never even heard that, geez.

So we can conclude that the rumor "Still the Same" was a dis against Glenn is totally bogus.

Still The Same doesn't diss Glenn, but it is about him. I have an impeccable source for this. It is possible to write about someone in not entirely complimentary terms without labelling the result a 'diss'. That's how I see it.

Here is our topic on this:

https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=567

I have never heard that he sang backup on Night Moves. And it is just him on Against The Wind. He is on Fire Lake with Henley & Schmit.

Too many people here seem to be unaware of the extraordinary job he did on Shame On The Moon, from The Distance.

[NightMistBlue]

Thank you for that, FP. I was only about 14 when "Still the Same" came out but I recall it was rumoured to be about Glenn. I interpreted the song as mostly negative - there is a grudging admiration, but also a palpable disapproval of the Gambler's manipulative charm, IMO. I'll have to re-think that interpretation now I guess, in light of their ongoing and warm friendship.

[Pippinwhite]

"Shame on the Moon" is one of my favorite Seger songs (penned by Rodney Crowell, BTW), and I knew about Glenn's work on it. I listened to "Night Moves" and I really couldn't pick him out -- it sounds like an all-girl group to me -- but I could certainly be wrong. But you can definitely hear him on "Against the Wind."

[Pippinwhite]

Thanks, Soda, for your very in-depth analysis of the song from 2007! I think you make many valid points.

Something I also see in that song, as relating to Glenn, is a deep worry for his friend. He knew, I'm sure, that Glenn was doing a lot of drugs, drinking a lot, etc. He was gambling with his life for a lot of the 70s. I've said it's just Divine intervention that none of them ended up facedown in a bathtub in a hotel room somewhere.

I think Bob saw Glenn gambling with his artistic gifts and his life because he couldn't (or wouldn't) stay off the stuff. And that messes with people's personalities. So I don't see it so much as negative in "I don't like you", but "I'm worried about you. I don't like what you're doing to yourself. Please take better care of yourself."

That's what really hits me when I hear it.

[New Kid In Town]

Pippin - I have to agree with your analysis. I'm sure Bob "partook" but Glenn's drug and alcohol use were out of control. It really is a miracle they all lived through all that excess, especially Joe.

[Dawn]

Pippin - I have to agree with your analysis. I'm sure Bob "partook" but Glenn's drug and alcohol use were out of control. It really is a miracle they all lived through all that excess, especially Joe.

So true. I did my fair share of partying in the 70s especially the Bay Area but I was lucky going to college and being broke helped keep me out of trouble though I didn't see it that way at the time lol.

[Freypower]

But the thing is I don't think the song is about excess at all. It's an analysis of Glenn's character & how ruthlessly ambitious he was, while he softened it by 'turning on the charm just enough to get you by'.

[Pippinwhite]

I think there's plenty of room for interpretation on a number of levels with that song. Most really good songs are like that.

[Delilah]

I wasn’t sure where to post this. It’s another interview with Bob and the Glenn tribute is brought up.


The album is dedicated to Glenn Frey, who of course was your good friend from the sixties in Michigan.

About three months after he passed I did his memorial in L.A. That had about seven thousand people. Everyone was there — even [original Eagles bassist] Randy Meisner and J.D. [Souther] and Bernie Taupin. I saw everybody. About a month before that I got the idea of listening to some of my old songs, and I found I Knew You When and I thought, “Oh my gosh, this even sounds faintly like an Eagles song. This is perfect,” and I said: “That’d be a great title for a Glenn tribute record,” y’know? So when I saw [Frey’s widow] Cindy in LA I asked her, “Would you mind if I did that. It’s your legacy. I don’t want to mess it up.”

She said: “No, I’m sure it’ll be in good hands with you” and I said: “Okay, that’s what I’m gonna do,” and that was the beginning of it. I had I Knew You When, that was it. Then I started studying the old stuff and writing new stuff and recording a couple of covers, and a year and a half later it was done. I really took my time on it. It’s a little bit political, but most of it’s about Glenn.

This answers the question about whether or not Randy attended the memorial service. I wonder if Bob meant to say “Bernie Leadon” instead of “Bernie Taupin.”

Bob Seger interview: "I really hope I'm not done" by Gary Graff, loudersound.com, Feb. 20, 2018 (https://www.loudersound.com/features/bob-seger-interview-i-really-hope-im-not-done)

[Freypower]

I personally doubt that Bob Seger would mess up Bernie Leadon & Bernie Taupin, but never mind.

[Delilah]

You’re probably right, FP. It just seems kind of random to throw out Taupin’s name alongside Randy and J.D.’s, plus I didn’t know there was a connection between Taupin and Glenn. I’m guessing poor Bob is probably on a lot of painkillers.

[East Texas Girl]

Ahh, so glad Randy was able to attend and pay his respects to Glenn.