Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (Bob Seger song)

Infobox Single
Name = Ramblin' Gamblin' Man


Artist = Bob Seger System

from Album = Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
B-side = "Tales of Lucy Blue"
Released = February 1968
Format = 7-inch
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:21
Label = Capitol Records
Writer = Bob Seger
Producer = Punch and the Bob Seger System
Chart position = #17 (U.S.)
Last single =
This single =
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"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" is a song written and performed by Bob Seger (as the Bob Seger System). The song was originally released as a single in February, 1968, then as a track on the album of the same name in April of 1969. The single fared extremely well, reaching #17 on the national charts.

Production

The song follows a I-IV/IV-IV-I progression, a typical 1960s chord progression. The melody plays over a basic rock drum beat and an unmistakeable organ riff that carry throughout the song. Seger's friend Glenn Frey of The Eagles sings back-up vocals during the chorus.

Live

The Bob Seger System synched to this song on a '60s tv show called "Happenin'", hosted by Paul Revere. The clip exists on YouTube. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2aBOTNGWMY] Seger continued playing the song in concert with many various bands long after the Bob Seger System disbanded. A live version of the song from an Orlando concert on May 13, 1973 exists on www.worj.com. [http://www.worj.com/home.htm] This version features Seger's (apparently unreliable) "Borneo Band", with prominent female vocalist Shaun Murphy (then known as Stoney). Another live version appeared on the 1976 live album Live Bullet, this time with the Silver Bullet Band backing Seger. The song finally dropped off of Seger's set list in 1983. John Mellencamp, after seeing Seger in concert, once commented on the song's absence from the set:

"I went to see Bob Seger once, and he didn't play 'Ramblin' Gamblin' Man.' I walked up to him after the show and said, 'You didn't play 'Ramblin' Gamblin' Man.' He said, 'I haven't played that in years,' and I said, 'I don't give a ... That's the song I wanted to hear. It was a good thing I didn't have to pay, or I would've been mad.' "

[ [http://segerfile.com/biocont.html#Tale] Quote From SegerFile] "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" was played live for the first time in 23 years during Seger's 2006-07 Face The Promise Tour.

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