Bob Seger
From Detroit, Michigan, USA.  For my good friends from Ann Arbor, Gary & Barbara Winter.
The Decibels (1961 - ? )
  • Bob Seger - bass/vocals
  • Peter Stranger - guitar
  • R. B. Hunter - drums
  • Eddie "Punch" Andrews - ????
Single: "The Lonely One" b/w "Jackie The Thief" (1961)
The Town Criers ( ? - ? )
  • Bob Seger - vocals
  • Larry Mason - guitar
  • John Flis - bass
  • Pep Perrine - drums
Doug Brown & The Omens (aka, "The Beach Bums") ( ? - ? )
  • Bob Seger - keyboards/vocals
Singles: "TGIF" b/w "First Girl" (1965); "The Ballad of the Yellow Beret" (1966)
Bob Seger and The Last Heard ( ? - ? )
  • Bob Seger - keyboards/vocals
  • Dan Honaker - bass
  • Pep Perrine - drums
Singles: "East Side Story" b/w "East Side Sound" (1966); "Persecution Smith" b/w "Chain Smokin'" (1966); "Sock It To Me, Santa" b/w "Florida Time" (1966); "Vagrant Winter" b/w "Very Few" (1967); "Heavy Music" b/w "Heavy Music Part 2" (1967)
Band renamed The Bob Seger System.
The Bob Seger System I (1968 - 1969)
  • Bob Seger - keyboards/guitar/vocals
  • Dan Honaker - bass/guitar/vocals
  • Bob Schultz - keyboards/sax/vocals
  • Pep Perrine - drums/vocals
Album:
  1. "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" (1968) - Singles: "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" b/w "Tales of Lucy Blue"; "Ivory"
The Bob Seger System II (1969)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/vocals
  • Dan Honaker - bass/guitar/vocals
  • Bob Schultz - keyboards/sax/vocals
  • Pep Perrine - drums/percussion/vocals
  • Tom Neme - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Album:
  1. "Noah" (1969)
The Bob Seger System III (1970)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/vocals
  • Dan Honaker - bass/guitar/vocals
  • Pep Perrine - drums/percussion/vocals
  • Dan Watson - keyboards/vocals
Album:
  1. "Mongrel" (1970) - Single: "Lucifer"
Bob Seger (1971)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/vocals
Album:
  1. "Brand New Morning" (1971)
STK (1972)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Michael Bruce - guitar
  • Skip Knape (aka, Skip Van Winkle) - bass/keyboards
  • Dave Teegarden - drums/percussion
  • Studio Musicians, including:  Jack Ashford - percussion; Eddie Bongo - percussion/conga; Jim Bruzzese - percussion; Crystal Jenkins - vocals; Pam Todd - vocals
Albums:
  1. "Smokin' O.P.'s" (1972) - Single: "If I Were A Carpenter" b/w "Jessee James"
Skip Van Winkle joins Eric Burdon, Bonnie Raitt, J.J. Cale, and later joins The Robbie Krieger Band.
Bob Seger (1972 - 1973)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/vocals
  • Studio Musicians, including:  Barry Beckett - keyboards; Jimmy Johnson - guitar; J. J. Cale - guitar; Pete Carr - guitar; Bill Mueller - guitar; Jimmy Johnson - guitar; David Hood - bass; Philip Bliss - steel guitar/vocals; Dick Sims - keyboards; Tom Cartmell - flute/sax; Jack Ashford - percussion; Sergio Pastora - percussion; Bonzo Brown  - percussion; Scherrie Payne - vocals; Marcy Levy - vocals; Luke Smith - vocals; Roger Hawkins - drums; Jamie Oldaker - drums
Album:
  1. "Back in '72" (1973)
Dick Sims, Marcy Levy, and Jamie Oldaker join Eric Clapton.
Bob Seger (1973 - 1974)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/vocals
  • Drew Abbott - guitar
  • Rick Mannasa - keyboards
  • Chris Campbell - bass
  • Charlie Allen Martin - drums
  • Shaun Murphy - vocals
  • Studio Musicians, including:  Dave Doran - guitar; Jim McCarty - guitar; Charlie McCoy - guitar; Billl Meuller - guitar; Tommy Cogbill - bass; David Briggs - keyboards; John Harris - keyboards; Robin Robbins - keyboards; Bobby Woods - keyboards; Tom Cartmell - sax; Alto Reed - horn; Kenneth A. Buttrey - drums; Randy Meyers - drums
Album:
  1. "Seven" (1974) - Single: "Get Out Of Denver"; "Need Ya" b/w "Seen A Lot Of Floors"
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band I (1974 - 1975)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Drew Abbot - guitar - formerly with The Third Power.
  • Chris Campbell - bass
  • Rick Mannassa - keyboards
  • Alto Reed (aka, Tom Cartmell) - sax/flute - b. Thomas Neal Cartmell
  • Charlie Martin - drums - b. Charlie Allen Martin
  • Shaun Murphy - vocals
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band II (1975 - 1977)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Drew Abbot - guitar
  • Chris Campbell - bass
  • Alto Reed (aka, Tom Cartmell) - sax/flute
  • Charlie Martin - drums
  • Shaun Murphy - vocals
  • Robyn Robbins - keyboards
Albums:
  1. "Beautiful Loser" (1975) - Singles: "Katmandu"; "Nutbush City Limits"
  2. "Live Bullet" (1976)
  3. "Night Moves" (1976) - Singles: "Night Moves"; "Mainstreet"; "Rock And Roll Never Forgets"
Charlie Martin later forms The Late Show.
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band III (1977 - 1980)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Drew Abbot - guitar
  • Chris Campbell - bass
  • Alto Reed (aka, Tom Cartmell) - sax/flute
  • Shaun Murphy - vocals
  • Robyn Robbins - keyboards
  • Dave Teegarden - drums/percussion
Albums:
  1. "Stranger In Town" (1978) - Singles: "Still The Same"; "Hollywood Nights"; "We've Got Tonight"; "Old Time Rock & Roll"
  2. "Against The Wind" (1980) - Singles: "Fire Lake"; "Against The Wind"; "You'll Accomp'ny Me"; "The Horizontal Bop"
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band IV (1980 - 1982)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Drew Abbot - guitar
  • Chris Campbell - bass
  • Alto Reed (aka, Tom Cartmell) - sax/flute
  • Shaun Murphy - vocals
  • Dave Teegarden - drums/percussion
  • Craig Frost - keyboards - formerly with Grand Funk Railroad.
Albums:
  1. "Nine Tonight 'Live'" (live) (1981) - Singles: "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You"; "Feel Like A Number"
  2. "The Distance" (1982) - Singles: "Shame On The Moon"; "Even Now"; "Roll Me Away"
Drew Abbot later forms Burning Circle and Blue Highway.
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band V (1982 - 1983)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Chris Campbell - bass
  • Alto Reed (aka, Tom Cartmell) - sax/flute
  • Shaun Murphy - vocals
  • Dave Teegarden - drums/percussion
  • Craig Frost - keyboards
  • Dawayne Bailey - guitar
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band VI (1983 - ? )
  • Bob Seger - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Chris Campbell - bass
  • Alto Reed (aka, Tom Cartmell) - sax/flute
  • Shaun Murphy - vocals
  • Craig Frost - keyboards
  • Dawayne Bailey - guitar
  • Don Brewer - drums - formerly with Grand Funk Railroad and Flint.
Album:
  1. "Like A Rock" (1986) - Singles: "American Storm"; "Fortunate Son"; "It's You"; "Like A Rock"; "Miami"; "Tightrope"; "The Aftermath"
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band VII ( ? - 1995)
  • Bob Seger - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Chris Campbell - bass
  • Alto Reed (aka, Tom Cartmell) - sax/flute
  • Shaun Murphy - vocals
  • Craig Frost - keyboards
Albums:
  1. "The Fire Inside" (1991) - Singles: "Take A Chance"; "The Fire Inside"; "The Real Love"
  2. "It's A Mystery" (1995) - Singles: "Lock And Load"; "Manhattan"; "Hands In The Air"
Shaun Murphy joins Little Feat.
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band VIII ( ? - ? )
  • Bob Seger - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Chris Campbell - bass
  • Alto Reed (aka, Tom Cartmell) - sax/flute
  • Shaun Murphy - vocals - formerly with Little Feat.
  • Craig Frost - keyboards
Albums:
  1. "Face The Promise" (2006) - Singles: "Wait For Me"; "Wreck This Heart"
  2. "Face The Promise CD+DVD" (2006) - Singles: "Wait For Me"; "Wreck This Heart"
Compilations:
  1. "Greatest Hits" (1994)
  2. "Greatest Hits 2" (2003)
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Last Revised:  February 13, 2007
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