“Bob Seger might be the strangest career in the history of rock ‘n’ roll,” wrote Rolling Stone editor Dave Marsh in 1978. Join us at the Brighton District Library 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, to hear all about one of Detroit’s biggest rockstars, Bob Seger, at this event to showcase the biography about him, “Turn the Page.”
“Turn the Page” is the only Bob Seger biography written to date. The book offers a detailed, unbiased, and accurate account of Seger’s life and career as a true rock legend. Do you remember the local rock band Andromeda performing in Brighton in 1968-69? Author and Detroit native Edward Sarkis Balian was himself a Detroit area musician and performed on stage with many Seger contemporaries beginning in the 1960s.
Tracking Seger’s over half-century music career, “Turn the Page” follows Seger from his earliest days playing Detroit area high schools and gymnasiums up through and including his final 2019 national tour.
Many of the book’s over 60 color images are from the distant past, including very rare photos of Bob’s earliest band appearances, including a poster advertising a Seger concert headlining John Lennon. The book features inside stories and relates numerous interviews over the years regarding Bob’s composing, changing band personnel, recording sessions, all tours, and his very private personal life.
A quote from Balian: “Turn the Page summarizes the brilliant and astonishing career of a true Hall of Fame composer and entertainer. Seger’s body of over 50 years of work, coupled to his love of music and an almost unbelievable tenacity, led him to well-deserved fame and fortune. This was no fluke. The Seger career was full of major challenges – a rock ‘n’ roll roller-coaster to be sure.”
Visit the Brighton District Library from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, for this unique and exciting program about hometown hero Bob Seger. Register on our website. Call (810) 229-6571 for more information. The Brighton District Library is located at 100 Library Drive, Brighton, MI 48116.
