Bob Seger Bio

Who is Bob Seger?

Bob Seger is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. Furthermore, he got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012.

Additionally, Billboard named him Billboard’s 2015 Legend of Live honoree at the 12th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards.

Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Ethnicity, Nationality, and Education

Bob Seger was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 6, 1945, to Charlotte and Stewart Seger.

Additionally, he has an older brother, George. Music became a big part of his early life as his father played several instruments.

He had a rough childhood as his father abandoned the family and moved to California and hence the family struggled financially. He is of American nationality.

Furthermore, he belongs to a mixed ethnic background of German, Irish, English, Scottish, Manx, distant Dutch, remote French and Welsh.

Talking about his education, Bob attended Tappan Junior High School. Later, he graduated from Pioneer High School in 1963. Furthermore, he also went to Lincoln Park High School for a year.

Bob Seger: Career, Salary, and Net Worth($ 45 m)

Initially, Bob fronted a three-piece band called the Decibels. He played the guitar piano, keyboards, and also contributed in vocals. In 1961, the Decibels recorded an acetate demo of a song called ‘The Lonely One’, at Del Shannon’s studio.

Later, he joined the Town Criers, a four-piece band with Seger on lead vocals, John Flis on bass, Pep Perrine on drums, and Larry Mason on lead guitar. The Town Criers. This was after the Decibels disbanded.

Bob eventually joined Doug Brown & The Omens, who presumably had a bigger following than the Town Criers.  He soon got a contract with Cameo-Parkway Records.

Bob Seger & the Last Heard signed with major label Capitol Records in the spring of 1968. Next, Capitol changed the name of the band to The Bob Seger System. The second single from The Bob Seger System ‘Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man’ became a major hit in Michigan.

Bob Seger formed the Silver Bullet Band in 1974. Next, he and the Silver Bullet Band released the album ‘Live Bullet’ in April 1976. From 1976 to 1987, his musical career reached the peak of success.

Furthermore, he finally achieved his commercial breakthrough with his October 1976 album ‘Night Moves’.

Bob has released several albums in his career. Some of the popular ones are ‘Beautiful Loser’, ‘Back in ’72’, ‘Stranger in Town’, ‘Against the Wind’, ‘I Knew You When’, ‘Ride Out’ and more.

Recently on September 22, 2017, he announced his new album ‘I Knew You When’. Additionally, he embarked on a 32-city Runaway Train tour starting in August 2017 until November 17, 2017.

Bob Seger garnered the Oscar nomination in 1988 for Best Music, Original Song in the movie ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ which he shared with Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey.

Furthermore, he garnered the Golden Globe Award nomination in the same year. He won the ASCAP Award in 1988.

In addition, he also garnered the Grammy Awards nomination in 1981 and MTV Video Music Awards in 1988.

Bob has not revealed his current salary. Currently, he has an estimated net worth of $ 45 million.

Bob Seger: Rumors, and Controversy/Scandal

After Bob released his album ‘Ride Out’ in 2014, the album received a ton of backlash and became a controversial topic as the album deals with climate change. Furthermore, his many singles featured subject matter that was controversial for its time.

There is a rumor going on that suggests that Bob might be planning a new studio album and Tour in 2018. Additionally, there was also a rumor that he might be retiring from music.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Talking about his body measurement, Bob has a height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.8 m). His hair color is dark brown and eye color is light brown. Furthermore, his body weight is not known.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

Bob Seger is fairly active on the social media sites. He has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram. He has more than 83.1 k followers on Twitter. In addition, he has more than 103k followers on Instagram. Similarly, his Facebook page has more than 2M followers and 27k subscribers on Youtube channel.

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References: (societyofrock, axs, news.radio)