![]() ![]() Over the tour, My Band would prove to be unreliable, which frustrated Seger. Even so, Back in '72 and its supporting tour mark the beginnings of Seger's long-time relationships with future Silver Bullet Band saxophonist Alto Reed, powerhouse female vocalist Shaun Murphy, and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. ![]() Despite the strength of Seger's backup musicians, the album only reached 188 on the US charts and has since faded into obscurity. Back in '72 featured the studio version of Seger's later live classic 'Turn the Page' 'Rosalie', a song Seger wrote about CKLW music director Rosalie Trombley (and which was later recorded by Thin Lizzy) and 'I've Been Working', a song originally by Van Morrison, a strong influence on Seger's musical development. When he found out that they meant $1500 per song, he left after recording three songs but resolved to work with them in the future. According to Seger, there was a financial misunderstanding with the musicians: they offered to record him 'for $1500 a side', which he took to mean $1500 per album side. In 1973, Seger put out Back in '72, recorded partly with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, a renowned group of session musicians who had recorded with the likes of J. Jamie Oldaker, Dick Sims, and Marcy Levy were all members of My Band before joining Eric Clapton's backing band. The Bob Seger System Īfter spending the better part of 1972 touring with Teegarden & Van Winkle, Seger left the duo to put together a new backing band, referred to as both My Band and the Borneo Band, made up of musicians from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The song would stay in Seger's live act for many years to come. ![]() It was actually a top 100 hit in Canada, where it topped out on the national RPM charts at #82 in the US, it just missed the Hot 100, peaking on the 'bubbling under' chart at #103. 'Heavy Music', which sold even more copies than 'East Side Story', had potential to break out nationally when Cameo-Parkway suddenly went out of business. Following 'East Side Story', the group released four more singles: the James Brown-inspired holiday single 'Sock It to Me Santa', the Dylan-esque 'Persecution Smith', 'Vagrant Winter', and perhaps the most notable, 'Heavy Music', released in 1967. Though the name 'The Last Heard' originally referred to the collection of Omens and Town Criers who recorded 'East Side Story' with Seger, it soon became the name of Seger's permanent band, which consisted of former Town Crier Pep Perrine on drums, Carl Lagassa on guitar, and Dan Honaker on bass. The single (backed with 'East Side Sound', an instrumental version of 'East Side Story') sold 50,000 copies, mostly in the Detroit area, and led to a contract with Cameo-Parkway Records. As Bob Seger and the Last Heard, Seger released his version of the song with Hideout Records in January 1966, and it became his first big Detroit hit. Seger decided to record 'East Side Story' himself, and officially left the Omens (though he did retain Doug Brown as a producer). ![]()
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