2. Bob Seger's - "Night Moves" - By request from Mike D

Michigan born Bob Seger has always reminded me of the people of Milwaukee. Why you ask? Well, the city of Milwaukee has one of the biggest potentials to be another Seattle, Nashville, Austin, or New Orleans. The talent in Milwaukee is unbelievable. But original artists here have been squashed by the community and booking agents that push cover music. Band’s like Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, Journey, and Seger, are in set lists of every band in that town. Being a fan of original music I always lumped Seger into the “cover/overplayed” category, and tossed him aside. However, I pulled out this wax for Mike and listened to it for the first time in decades. It’s been played in passing a few times at beer gatherings, but I dove in head first this time. Total attention. I must admit that this is a brilliant album. From Seger’s opening track “Rock n’ Roll never forgets”, all the way through his cover of Ronnie Hawkins 1955 “Mary Lou”, it is a solid album. Seger’s voice is a unique roots, and rough voice, that really gives the whole thing that earthy feel of all his other stuff. Being from 1976, and the plate that got him off of the ground, you can hear the young, struggling, hungry side of him. Seger is a story teller, and a song writer. His lyrics reflect a realness to it all. You can never go wrong with Hammond, vintage Marshall amps, and the 1,4,5 progression that is the blues, rock, and Jazz. It is an open field left to improvisation. And Seger fills in the gaps well. Thanks for the recommendation Mike! You re-introduced me to a classic.

So now you are thinking…”What the hell is Jake E Lee, Ozzy’s Guitarist from the Bark at the Moon/The Ultimate Sin albums doing on here and that picture of a red Marshall bottom” (SEE PICS BELOW). While Seger not only reminds me of Milwaukee, he also reminds me of the time I used to reside in Vegas and I would see Mark Chatfield, Bobs former guitarist, all the time at Cowtown Guitars. He was the owner. His guys would bias my amps, and I remember Mark buying a few prized possessions off of me. One of them was my 1969 Marshall Red Cabinet, which he immediately sold to Jake the following week. He had mentioned to me at a Black Sabbath concert, that we both attended, that Ozzy’s axeman Jake E Lee bought my cabinet. It was just in passing conversation. Well 15 years later I buy one of Jake’s album’s of the Red Dragon Cartell and there it was. Nearly soiled myself. Synchronicity I tell you. This review brought back some memories. Now on to spinning Night Moves again, whilst writing an email to Jake telling him I want to buy my bottom back.

My 1969 Marshall Cabinet

What I wouldn’t give to buy her back from Jake E Lee