Which shows that everything in the world of great rock'n'roll is connected. Bob Seger even guested on the MC5's final album High Time. Tellingly, Seger first came to prominence on the local Detroit scene in the late '60s, the same scene that spawned the legendary MC5, the band that Lemmy has claimed were his template for Motörhead.
Bob had to wait another four years until he made a real dent on the singles chart with "Nightmoves". It sounded like a sure-fire hit, but apparently, Rosalie was either worried about playing something written to flatter her or found it condescending, so it never happened. Never a hit for Bob – this was before he broke nationally in the US, back when he just the hardest working singer in the mid-West – the song was dedicated to hugely influential music director Rosalie Trombley. After sharing a bill with him on one of their early US tours, they brought home with them a copy of his Back In '72 album (which, with obvious irony, was released in 1972) so could they work up a version of their favourite Seger song, "Rosalie". Thin Lizzy loved Motörhead too, but before Motörhead even existed, they loved Bob Seger. Both loved great songs and were known to do the odd cover indeed Motörhead's first hit was a cover of the old chestnut "Louie Louie", and Thin Lizzy's first hit was a cover of an old folk number "Whiskey In The Jar". Both bands had a soulfulness that ran deeper than was typical of hard rock both considered themselves rock'n'roll bands first and foremost, not metal. Lemmy even briefly enlisted Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson, after Robbo had been given the boot from Lizzy and Fast Eddie Clarke had quit Motörhead. (R) Motörhead's Lemmy. Photo by Staff/Mirrorpix/Getty Images. (C) Bob Seger. Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns. (L) Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott. Photo by Brian Rasic/Getty Images.
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