JamBase — PIGPEN'S DETROIT COUSIN'S AMBITIOUS 1968 OPENING SALVO SALUTED Long before he told us about those "Hollywood Nights" or rock's elephantine memory, Bob Seger was a regional phenom in his native Michigan, releasing singles in the mid-60s with tit... more info

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The Motor City obviously had Motown and established jazz and blues scenes, but its late 60s white rock n roll was every bit as impressive. Bob Seger, Question Mark and the Mysterians, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, and the Amboy Dukes scaled the more info