History of the Eagles Part One Page #4

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that happened to me

when I was in Detroit was I met Bob Seger.

Ye-e-e-ah

I'm gonna tell my tale, come on!

He took me under his wing.

He invited me to recording sessions

that he was having, you know,

so I could see how records were made.

I was his mentor.

He was just so young, and

I liked him right away

because he was so funny.

He had a great sense of

humour, and, like me,

I could see he was really ambitious.

He really wanted to be on the radio.

He cut a song called Ramblin' Gamblin' Man.

He let me play acoustic

guitar on the basic track

and sing background vocals.

Ramblin' ma-a-an

A gamblin' man...

You can really hear Glenn blurt

out on the first chorus.

He comes out really loud. Tremendous gusto.

Of course, that was a national hit

for us, so that was really cool.

Bob was the first guy that wrote

his own songs and recorded them

that I had ever met.

He said, "You know, if you want to make it,

"you're gonna have to

write your own songs. "

And I said, "Well, what if they're bad?"

And he said, "Well, they're gonna be bad. "

He says, "You just keep

writing and keep writing,

"and eventually, you'll write a good song. "

We were gonna have a band together.

He was gonna get rid of his other guys,

and I was gonna be his bass player.

It didn't work out.

My mom found me smoking

pot with a friend of mine

in somebody's basement, and she

called up Seger's manager,

Punch Andrews, and said, "Just

a minute, not so fast. "

In the years leading up

to the Great Depression,

my dad had to quit school

after the eighth grade.

He had to go home and work in the

fields with his brother and sister

to help support the family.

His fondest wish, in fact, his life's goal,

was that I would go to college.

Every Saturday night, he would

bring home seven quarters,

and we'd put them in a piggy

bank, and when those quarters

amounted to 100, he would

take me to the bank

and we would buy a savings bond,

a United States savings bond,

and put that away for my college education.

So, between what my dad had saved

and between what I was making

doing gigs all over Texas

and Arkansas and Louisiana

on weekends, I paid for three

and a half years of college.

They have a world-famous music

department in which I did not excel.

I took one music course.

I think it was beginning

theory, and I flunked.

I made an "F."

But I didn't really care because

I was an English major.

Well, after the Mushrooms, I

got invited to join this band

called the Four of Us.

Started getting into some

of the California bands -

the Byrds, Buffalo

Springfield, the Beach Boys.

Always wanted to go to California.

And I got out there, my mind was blown.

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