Bob Seger: Palace Theatre, Manchester
Andy Gill, NME, 22 October 1977
THAT IT should have taken Bob Seger so long to receive his just reward is in itself one of the more disgraceful cases of rock biz myopia; that it should be several years more before British audiences are finally granted the chance to sample his live larynx is nothing short of tragic.
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