Bob Seger is MADE OF AWESOME.

Bob Seger is so awesome that Chuck Norris bows down to him.

I have not EVER felt the love for a performer that I felt tonight fucking emanating from the audience, and I have been to a Lucero concert.

I'll talk about it more later, but Lee & Suzi kick ass, and Bob is my motherfuckin' hero.

Bob Seger in Oakland, 2/24/07

Bob Seger is made of awesome, y'all. Seriously. The man has been through a lot, and he's still rockin'. He's lost the growly higher part of his range - arguably his iconic sound - and he's adjusted amazingly well. He looked like he was having so much fun up there, and we were having so much fun in the stands. I meant what I said - I have never felt so much love coming from an audience, especially such a large one. la_perkins and maidengurl kindly (laughingly) put up with my extreme dorkitude/glee. I grew up listening to him, and I still love his music. It's not really an exaggeration to say that Seger shaped my entire worldview, from the kind of music I like to the kind of men I chase to the transportation I'm dreaming of to what I drink. There's been other influences and I've gone down other paths, but given everything (and especially where I am right now) - he is the godfather of all of that. I was fully aware of being one of the youngest people (and more middle-class) there that wasn't with her parents. Didn't care (though I wish my mom could have been there with us - she would have LOVED it). I was with my girls, and life was good. The contact high wasn't too bad either.

Normally at a concert, I'm much more concerned with the group gestalt - observing, making sure everyone's having a good time, what not. I love watching the interplay between the people on stage and seeing the audience's reaction to the performers - years of theater coming to the fore, I guess. Last night, not so much. All of my energy, all of my focus was on that stage, and mostly on Bob - though Alto got a lot of my attention, too. Alto Reed is love, people.

5th song in - "Old Time Rock And Roll". He tore through that one, and then said, "And we're only 20% done!" LOVE. SO MUCH LOVE.

Geeble. That's all I've got right now. In a few days, I'll have a Bob Seger concert playlist, which I'll post, with comments on the songs. Until then, here's the setlist from last night.

Set list:

Roll Me Away
Tryin' To Live My Life Without You
Wreck This Heart
Main Street
Old Time Rock And Roll
Wait For Me
Face The Promise
Sunspot Baby
Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight
We've Got Tonight
Turn The Page
Travelin' Man
Beautiful Loser
Simplicity
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
C'est La Vie
Real Mean Bottle
Answer To The Question
Fire Down Below
Horizontal Bop
Katmandu

Encore 1:
Night Moves
Hollywood Nights

Encore 2:
Against The Wind
Rock And Roll Never Forgets