It's impossible not to love Bob Seger. Most of you know him through Metallica's cover of the 'Turn the Page' classic. But the Detroit-area rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist is much more than a one hit wonder. Since Bob started playing music in 1961, he released a whopping 16 albums, with the 17th to follow on October 14th after an 8-year hiatus.
Seger's upcoming studio album is titled "Ride Out" and, as the name implies, it's an anthem to everything Americana. 'All the Roads', 'California Stars' and 'Detroit Made' are tell-tale signs of what to expect from the new material, but Bob says he tried to approach a variety of subjects on "Ride Out."
"This album touches on how I think a lot of us feel about finding our place in a more complicated world – from how we appreciate things as simple and pure as love, to navigating through the corruption and violence that permeates the news. It sums up a lot of feelings I have about a variety of subjects," the rocker declared in an interview. So "Ride Out" is an album with a slight touch of escapism. Neat!
Listen closely to the lyrics of "Detroit Made" and you'll hear and ode to the Motor City of old: "I got me a deuce and a quarter, babe, she will ride you right / Pick you up about half past nine, we can ride all night / She's a Detroit made deuce and a quarter, babe, she's a Detroit made deuce and a quarter." Who can say no to that?
But there's a little catch to the fine details behind this song. "Detroit Made" was written by John Hiatt as a sort of "musical mash note to the Buick Electra 225." The catch is that the iconic 225 was never made in Detroit. From 1959 through 1990, the Electra 225 was assembled in plants located in Texas, New Jersey, Michigan, Massachusetts, Kansas, Georgia, Delaware and California.
Despite this little confusion, the song is great, the lyrics are great, the amplifiers are roaring with the sound of Gibson Les Paul and the video is chuck full of some of the coolest American cars ever made.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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