Live Bullet

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Live Bullet
Live album by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Released	April 1976
Recorded	September 4–September 5, 1975 at Cobo Hall, Detroit
Genre	Rock
Length	70:40
Label	Capitol
Producer(s)	Punch Andrews, Bob Seger
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band chronology
Beautiful Loser (1975)	Live Bullet (1976)	Night Moves (1976)

Live Bullet is a live album by American rock band Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). It was recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan, during the heyday of that arena's time as an important rock concert venue.

Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 3 Silver Bullet Band 4 Charts 5 Certifications 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] History

Live Bullet became a staple of FM rock radio in Detroit. Classics such as the live version of "Nutbush City Limits," and the connected song rendition of "Travelin' Man"→"Beautiful Loser" were among the most widely played live tracks on Detroit stations such as WWWW (quad), WRIF, and WABX. Other tracks such as "Let it Rock" and "Get Out of Denver" also received wide airplay in Detroit.

The success of Seger's music at this time, however, was highly regional, with Seger still remaining quite unknown even in adjacent media markets such as Chicago. In June of 1976, Seger played the Pontiac Silverdome in metropolitan Detroit at a historic concert that also included Point Blank, Elvin Bishop, and Todd Rundgren. 80,000 people were in attendance and the concert lasted until nearly 1:30 a.m.

However, it was only in the following winter that the release of his next recording Night Moves launched Seger into more national markets. Over time, the life-on-the-road tale "Turn the Page" would became the most nationally played song from Live Bullet, and a perennial favorite on album-oriented rock and classic rock stations.

For Detroit fans, however, the entire Live Bullet recording captured a Detroit artist at the height of his energy and creativity, in front of a highly appreciative hometown crowd. Live Bullet also captured the wild and free spirit of rock concerts in the seventies, and has great historic value in that regard. Critic Dave Marsh called it "one of the best live albums ever made."^[1]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Bob Seger, except as indicated.

1. "Nutbush City Limits" (Tina Turner) – 4:37
2. "Travelin' Man" – 4:53
3. "Beautiful Loser" – 4:00
4. "Jody Girl" – 4:28
5. "I've Been Working" (Van Morrison) – 4:35
6. "Turn the Page" – 5:05
7. "U.M.C. (Upper Middle Class)" – 3:17
8. "Bo Diddley" (Bo Diddley) – 5:40
9. "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" – 3:01
10. "Heavy Music" – 8:14
11. "Katmandu" – 6:23
12. "Lookin' Back" – 2:36
13. "Get Out of Denver" – 5:21
14. "Let It Rock" (Chuck Berry) – 8:30

[edit] Silver Bullet Band

• Bob Seger – lead vocals, guitar, piano
• Drew Abbott – lead guitar, background vocals
• Alto Reed - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion, background vocals
• Robyn Robbins – organ, clavinet, melotrone, piano on "Katmandu"
• Chris Campbell – bass guitar, background vocals
• Charlie Allen Martin – drums, background vocals, answer vocals on "Heavy Music", harmony vocals on "Jody Girl" and "Get Out of Denver"

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1976	Billboard Pop Albums	34
1986	The Billboard 200	135

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1976	"Lookin' Back"	Billboard Pop Singles	96

[edit] Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	December 12, 1976
RIAA – U.S.	Platinum	December 16, 1977
CRIA – Canada	Gold	December 1, 1979
CRIA – Canada	Platinum	December 1, 1979
CRIA – Canada	Double Platinum	December 1, 1983
RIAA – U.S.	4X Platinum	June 6, 1991
RIAA – U.S.	5X Platinum	September 22, 2003

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Ed. Dave Marsh and John Swenson. New York: Random House, 1983. ISBN 0-394-72107-1

[edit] External links

• The Bob Seger File: Live Bullet (Fan site)