Bob Seger plans to celebrate his 50th anniversary in the recording business in a big way in 2016, with plans for a new release and a tour that will make stop in what Seger says are “bucket-list” locations that some are reporting as the Jazzfest in New Orleans next spring and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
The album will feature updated versions of previously unreleased songs and will be titled “I Knew You When”.
From Ultimate Classic Rock: As for new material, Seger admitted writing songs “never gets easier,” and suggested that the weight of his own songbook has an effect on how he approaches current compositions, especially from a lyrical standpoint. “It takes huge chunks of time, and you’ve got to commit to an enormous amount of staring out the window waiting for the lyric to come. The music comes fairly easily, because I’ve been doing this for so long. But coming up with the right lyric is much more difficult — to write something that’s unique in its own way, and universal.”