Bob Seger‘s career trajectory nearly mirrors Bruce Springsteen‘s, his main competition in the late ’70s for the heartland-rock audience. Both singer-songwriters started in the late ’60s in garage ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan has more than its fair share of influential musicians. There’s Madonna and Eminem. There are rockers like Alice Cooper, The White Stripes and Grand Funk Railroad.

Let’s raise a birthday toast to Bob Seger, who turns 80 today. He might be the only great American rock star who likes everybody in his songs. He’s not judging anyone in “Fire Down Below.” He hopes ...