As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

#110 Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man – The Bob Seger System (1969)


 
Before Bob Seger hit it big nationally in the mid-70s with “Night Moves” and the like, he had quite a bit of regional success in his native Michigan. This one actually reached as high as #17 on Billboard’s Hot 100, although it failed to gain any airplay in central Pennsylvania where I grew up. Nevertheless, it rocks harder than anything he’s done since (including the songs with “Rock & Roll” in the title), and for you trivia fans it features a young Glenn Frey on backing vocals and acoustic guitar. (Seger later returned the favor by co-writing the Eagles’ “Heartache Tonight”.)

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