◇ image via WikipediaBob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Tina Turner, Rodney Crowell and Little Richard. Those roots explain a lot about how Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eddie Money, Steve Miller Band, The J. Geils Band, Billy Squier and Lynyrd Skynyrd, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nadine Beiler and Thin Lizzy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, reaching back through Aretha Franklin and forward to Nadine Beiler. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Robert Clark Seger is a retired American singer, songwriter, and musician. A roots rock musician known for his raspy, powerful voice, Seger is one of the best-known artists of the heartland rock genre, with his songs often concerning love, women, and blue-collar themes. Among his many hits are "Night Moves", "Turn the Page", "Mainstreet", "Still the Same", "Hollywood Nights", "Against the Wind", "You'll Accomp'ny Me", "Shame on the Moon", "Roll Me Away", "Like a Rock", and "Shakedown", the last of which was written for the 1987 film Beverly Hills Cop II and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His recording of "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001, and he co-wrote the Eagles' number-one hit "Heartache Tonight".
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Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band connections
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band grew out of Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Tina Turner and Rodney Crowell, shares an orbit with Eddie Money, Steve Miller Band, The J. Geils Band and Billy Squier, went on to shape Nadine Beiler and Thin Lizzy. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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