I am originally from Windsor, now a teacher in Toronto and a friend of the Trombleys. I once drove Rosalie home to Windsor and she regaled me with rock and roll stories. She led an incredible life.
That is awesome! This was also back in the day when the DJs were almost put in high regard as the artists. When they could make or break a band. My favorite, of course, Rosalie play Eighteen by Alice Cooper because her son liked it. No one was playing them and CKLW broke them! With Alice Cooper being one of my all time favorites, I will be forever grateful to Rosalie Trombley.
Back when Seger was young and hungry, he had that incredible angst in his voice. You can just feel that tough , Detroit grit! I'm Detroiter through and through.
Let's be straight!!...That's Rosalie Trombley from Leamington, Ontario, Canada. Thanks Bob for the tribute to the young and beautiful superstar, from our little town.
She was WAY ahead of her time, too. Single mom, raising I believe 3 kids, and was the music director for CKLW. She had complete control over what got on the air. It was SHE who booked a very young Elton John because she though he had talent.
I was just in Windsor for the Big 8 Reunion and the statue dedication. What a fantastic weekend! Windsor gave a great honor to the Leamington "Girl With The Golden Ear". I said my goodbyes to Rosalie on her birthday at the statue last week.
Aww precious baby girl! ♥ I wanted to name my daughter Ruby Rosalie. After my Grandmother and this song. I kid you not. There is a beautiful wee girl carrying on this name. I cannot have children but-- its okay. I am so amazed by yr comment. You made a dream come true for you and your family. And the name-- its a true dream for me and my love. Children are our most honest blessing. Our hearts to you & yr family. Hope yr still here to catch this comment. Give yr wee girl a cuddle for us.
CKLW in Detroit was a national powerhouse radio station. Bob Seger thought he'd get on music director Rosalie Trombley's good side by recording "Rosalie", hoping that CKLW would start playing it. Rosalie refused to add the song to the Big 8's play list and threatened to quit if anyone added it over her head. The lyrics spoke of the enormous reach of CKLW ('..she's got the power, she's got the tower", "..from 'Chattanooga' to good old 'Booga Loosa' you can hear her fine").
I came here because of Thin Lizzy (today is St Pat's day) and I didn't know this wasn't a Lizzy original, until I saw the live version and Phil says this is a Seger song. So I thought I'd check it out. It's ok, but this is going to be added to my list of songs that topped the original.
Nothing like the ol' clear channel AM rock stations! We used to be able to listen to CKLW late at nite in Philly! This was important because it was before consultants created Boss Radio, and there were actually "regional" hits. Cool songs were a hit in Detroit that we never got in Philly, but I didn't miss out on them! BB
Byker Bob Wow, you got CKLW all the way to Philly? That's awesome considering it originated in Windsor, Ont. I grew up in Detroit and CKLW was stuck on all the radios everywhere you went.
@@DetVen apparently directionally it could reach northern Scandinavia communities back in the day. I'm in Ottawa, but I can get the NY AM big watt signals in my car at night. I can also get 2 Toronto AM stations in my car at night. Once in a while I can even an AM station from Maryland - at around 1420 I think?? A lot more interference nowadays of course!
Love it Love it Love it. I used to play the Back in 72 cassette tape in my lorry all the time. I think Thin Lizzy were the only band who could do a respectful version of Rosalie.
1972 ! I was 4 years oLd , I was just starting to go off on my Stingray bicycLe aLL around the neighborhood . . .I was Living in Marin county CaLifornia and Life was good ! ! !
Rosalie Trombley was music director at CKLW Windsor-Detroit 'The Big 8'. From the mid-60s to the mid-70s it was the #1 radio station, not just in Windsor-Detroit, but in Cleveland, Toledo, etc. and could be heard reportedly as far away as Scandinavia to the north, Iowa to the west and Toronto to the east. Rosalie playing your single could literally make a single a huge hit. She wouldn't play Seger's songs, so he wrote this in either protest or for Bob to beg Rosalie to play his songs.
This song was never played on CKLW because Rosalie said she would quit if it ever was.... but it was played on WRIF and some of the other Motor City FM rock stations
She's Quite The Mediator A Smoother Operator You Will Never See She'll See You Later And No One Dares Disuade Her Openly She Knows Music And No Music Till You See She's Got The Power Of Loyal Teens - Queen Rosalie Rosalie... Rosalie... Rosalie She's Got The Classics Comes From All The Corners, Corners Of The World So Fatastic She's Everybody's Little Record Girl She Knows Music No Music Till You See She's Got The Power... Got The Power, Rosalie... Rosalie... Rosalie From Chattanooga To Good Bogalloosa You Can Hear Them Fine She Makes Her Choices And It May Be Best To Smilin' When It's Choosin' Time Knows Music No Music Till You See She's Got The Power, Got The Tower, Rosalie... Rosalie... Rosalie Knows Music... Knows Music... Knows Music Rosalie... Rosalie Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Bob Seger
+Mike Smith ... She's a real Canadian radio Icon. I'm stoaked that the Juno awards just recently recognized her contributions to the music industry. She launched the careers of so many artists (Bog Seger, Kiss, Elton John, Alice Cooper, The Guess Who) to name a few.
I didn't know that. As a teenager living in Detroit at the time, I had no idea girls could be in the music business, much less have that kind of influence. I ended up working for Warner-Electra-Atlantic for a while. Good for Miss Rosalie, she sure deserves it. She was a role model to me, that's for sure.
While living in Columbus, OH during the early 70's, I had a girlfriend who grew up with and was best friends with Seger's first wife. She knew everyone in the band and loved the music with a passion. I didn't have the heart (or nerve?) to tell her that I didn't share her passion (for the music) and politely listened while the two of them had the occasional Seger feast. Some years later, after we went our separate ways, I caught a Seger tune on the radio that caught my immediate attention. It was Rosalie. It became an instant favorite and remains so to this day. Love everything about it, especially the hard-driving energy. If you're still listening Steph, so am I.
Indeed. You go north to enter the United States at Windsor. I've crossed many times there to visit my American relatives in metro Detroit. :-) I think there's only one or two other crossings, (I think between Yukon and Alaska is one of them) where you go north to enter the States.
So, I heard Black Star Riders do this song in NYC a few weeks ago (solid rock band, look them up). I thought it was a Thin Lizzy cover. I mentioned how cool it was to hear them do Thin Lizzy covers to their lead singer (Ricky Warwick). He told me this was a Seger cover. I learned something.
tybo09 phill said it himself on a live version it was dedicated to bob . I know how you feel I always taught turn the page was a metallica song your always learning
They are the same guys that are currently touring as Thin Lizzy now (and yes, there is a touring Thin Lizzy. They're doing some festivals in Europe this summer). They released their new material as Black Star Riders out of respect for Phil. It had nothing to do with legal reasons, which makes it even cooler that they aren't using the Thin Lizzy name for their new stuff.
I was aware this was a Bob Seger song years ago but never heard it until now. Like most I am very familiar with Lizzy's version (huge Thin Lizzy fan here). I was never a big fan of this song in general but recently I've become a fan of Bob Seger, who I think is an American treasure. I like Bob's version. Lizzy's is not "better" just faster. Although I do love the live version Lizzy with Cowgirl Song which was a medley of Cowboy Song and Rosalie.
Funny. I've never heard the Thin Lizzie version. But I'm from Detroit and well remember it on the radio. ( CKLW, see song Rosalie, also from this album).
I know the feeling. 😊 But there are a few others. The Yellow Rose of Texas gives a brief mention. And there's an old one 'Rosalie, My Darling'. By Bing Crosby
Thanks for giving the folks a bit of history. They did a great documentary on CKLW a while back and it covered this very story. I too grew up listening to and loving "The Big 8", but we must give credit where credit is due. While the ever under-rated, "Motor City" based CKLW was loved throughout the region on both sides of the border, this "Motor City" just happened to be the one on the Canadian side of the border. Thank you Rosalie, CKLW, and, Bob Seger!
this is great...supposedly written about one of the ladies that worked at CKLW....this was a rumor going around when AM radio was all we had...anyway....supposedly got BOB music banned from the station...
I must say i listen to the song because of thin lizzys live cover, that is great but i really like this original version. Nice strpped down 70,s cool vibe
That guitar intro is played by the late Bill Mueller (aka Blue Miller). The song was written to honor Rosalie Trombley, a former music director of AM Top 40 radio station CKLW in Windsor, Canada.
I love that guitar intro. The first time I heard it, I thought that this was a Rolling Stones song that I had somehow missed, until, of course, Bob Seger's distinctive lead vocal kicks in. He discovered one of Keith's missing riffs.
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The older I get, the more I love Bob Seger.
I love both versions . Thin Lizzy live and dangerous is an amazing cover
Thin Lizzy's studio version is on the Fighting cd
@@gregsilver8312 As much as I love the TL live album, this is one of the few cuts for which I actually enjoy the studio version more.
@@dbwindhorst1 yes, I like the studio version too
You should check out Motorhead's cover. Cheers! :)
@@allanfernandes7487 bro no way has no idea it’s so awesome
RIP Rosalie Trombley.
The inspiration for this song.
Thats my grandmother! Truly the greatest to ever spin the tables!!
God bless Rosalie and her family. A wonderful time and area❣️
Please explain!! Been lis'n to lizzys version for 45 years and have no idé 😁🤔
Would love to hear the story on the great Rosalie Trombley
@@benallmark9671 - Wikipedia has a great summary of her career. What an amazing career she had, broke a lot of hit songs!
Yeah Thin Lizzy brought me here lol!!!!
But hey....this is FUCKING AWESOME man!!!!!!!!
Neithers better, different style man.
I dig BOTH!!!
You got it right!
I came here for the same reason.
Same!
You got it. Both are great.
I’d say Lizzy’s are better
I am originally from Windsor, now a teacher in Toronto and a friend of the Trombleys. I once drove Rosalie home to Windsor and she regaled me with rock and roll stories. She led an incredible life.
Please share with us!!! Love from northern Indiana
Would love to hear have someone tell me where I can read or find more about Rosalie.
That is awesome! This was also back in the day when the DJs were almost put in high regard as the artists. When they could make or break a band. My favorite, of course, Rosalie play Eighteen by Alice Cooper because her son liked it. No one was playing them and CKLW broke them! With Alice Cooper being one of my all time favorites, I will be forever grateful to Rosalie Trombley.
Although an original Thin Lizzy fan for over 40 years now, I like this as much. Its got that rugged garage-y unpolished Detroit sound.
Detroit Rock City 👍
Couldn't agree more.
Nail on the head bud, ditto.
Seger did it first
Back when Seger was young and hungry, he had that incredible angst in his voice. You can just feel that tough , Detroit grit! I'm Detroiter through and through.
Bob seger ROCKS ! IF YOU MISSED BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND, YOU MISSED A ROCKIN SHOW. MOTOR CITY ROCKS. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES BOB.
Have seen him many times. Not only a great Detroit rocker, but a fine person.
Bob Seger's Rosalie is epic....Lizzy's versions on another level.
Let's be straight!!...That's Rosalie Trombley from Leamington, Ontario, Canada. Thanks Bob for the tribute to the young and beautiful superstar, from our little town.
She was WAY ahead of her time, too. Single mom, raising I believe 3 kids, and was the music director for CKLW. She had complete control over what got on the air. It was SHE who booked a very young Elton John because she though he had talent.
she's got the power, she's got the tower!
There will never be another Big 8
@@joemahoney1221 I taught my kids the jingle. Can you hear it in your head? "CKLW, the Motor City."
@@TheFloridaPappy 20/20 news with Byron macgregor and the whole CKLW family
I'm a big thin lizzy fan since 1980 and I've finally heard this.
Thanks for uploading.
She Had The Power .....RIP
RIP Windsor's Golden Ear. You were a rock god!
RIP Rosalie Trombley, the namesake of this song.
I got chills...First heard this on my home-made AM radio..Seger is just 1 more reason I loved growing up in Michigan.
WOW... 9 yrs ago I commented on this. So, I'm 9 yrs older, feelin good, and Bobby sounds better than ever to me.
Ya look and sound great bro !
I was just in Windsor for the Big 8 Reunion and the statue dedication. What a fantastic weekend! Windsor gave a great honor to the Leamington "Girl With The Golden Ear". I said my goodbyes to Rosalie on her birthday at the statue last week.
Just had a baby daughter and she's named Rosalie 23.7.17 may she be well, happy, safe and loved xxxx
Congrats!
it's a great name!!! congrats💖
congrats!
Congrats! It sure is a beautiful name.
Aww precious baby girl! ♥ I wanted to name my daughter Ruby Rosalie. After my Grandmother and this song. I kid you not. There is a beautiful wee girl carrying on this name. I cannot have children but-- its okay. I am so amazed by yr comment. You made a dream come true for you and your family. And the name-- its a true dream for me and my love. Children are our most honest blessing. Our hearts to you & yr family. Hope yr still here to catch this comment. Give yr wee girl a cuddle for us.
Never heard this before---- which is sad as I live in Port Stanley---- just down the road
Finally got to hear this original version.
Thanks for posting.
CKLW in Detroit was a national powerhouse radio station. Bob Seger thought he'd get on music director Rosalie Trombley's good side by recording "Rosalie", hoping that CKLW would start playing it. Rosalie refused to add the song to the Big 8's play list and threatened to quit if anyone added it over her head. The lyrics spoke of the enormous reach of CKLW ('..she's got the power, she's got the tower", "..from 'Chattanooga' to good old 'Booga Loosa' you can hear her fine").
Small corrrection. CKLW was on the Canadian side in Windsor!
Ahaaaaa 👍🙏. Thanks a lot 😊
I love this just as much as Thin Lizzy's cover of it, proper bangin tune, I could blare it all night long.👌
The ultimate win-win. Love Bob Seger and the Michigan mentality and am a HUGE Lizzy fan...
Rosalie was the woman in charge of what would be played on CKLW.. big radio station back in the 70's. She could make or break a band
That makes a lot of sense of the lyrics!
RIP Rosalie
November 2021
FINALLY...someone Clarifies the Story,... and the Legend.
I came here because of Thin Lizzy (today is St Pat's day) and I didn't know this wasn't a Lizzy original, until I saw the live version and Phil says this is a Seger song. So I thought I'd check it out. It's ok, but this is going to be added to my list of songs that topped the original.
Those backing singers get me every time. Stunning.
kabeauregardajax : Marcy Levy a.k.a Marcella Detroit on backing vocals, I wish Bob would remaster this l.p as it's always been my favorite Seger l.p!
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I am thinking Stevie Marriott Clack Coffee
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@@eddiecoyle9152 Marcy later sang and co-wrote several songs with Eric Clapton (most notably The Core off 'Slowhand')
Thin Lizzy fan here! Phil & co. sped it up, but it was quite hard-rocking already. Wasn't expecting it to rock so much. It actually reminds me of BTO.
DEFO on the BTO sound!
Rosalie Trombley, music director at power station CKLW radio. She got the power, she got the tower.
@@KS-db5bc - Wow, you are so lucky! 🤩
Brilliant. Love both Seger and Lizzy. Great song!
Nothing like the ol' clear channel AM rock stations! We used to be able to listen to CKLW late at nite in Philly! This was important because it was before consultants created Boss Radio, and there were actually "regional" hits. Cool songs were a hit in Detroit that we never got in Philly, but I didn't miss out on them!
BB
Byker Bob Wow, you got CKLW all the way to Philly? That's awesome considering it originated in Windsor, Ont. I grew up in Detroit and CKLW was stuck on all the radios everywhere you went.
Bob nailed it! Rosalie Trombley definitely had the ear to spot a hit!
We got CKLW on Long Island, New York.
@@DetVen apparently directionally it could reach northern Scandinavia communities back in the day. I'm in Ottawa, but I can get the NY AM big watt signals in my car at night. I can also get 2 Toronto AM stations in my car at night. Once in a while I can even an AM station from Maryland - at around 1420 I think?? A lot more interference nowadays of course!
@@vintagesupermarkets5210 Oh wow, interesting. I grew up in the Cleveland area & remember listening to it there, back around 74.
Nobody but nobody does it like Bob!!❤️🎸🎹🎼🎸
Back in 72 is by far the best Bob Seger album ever!
Agree 100%
C'mon, Against the Wind is quite close to it.
Love it Love it Love it. I used to play the Back in 72 cassette tape in my lorry all the time. I think Thin Lizzy were the only band who could do a respectful version of Rosalie.
LOVE THIS SONG THAT'S MY MANE SPELLED THE SAME WAY ROSALIE THANK YOU BOB SEGER
Growing up in Detroit, I was always more familiar with this version.
this is the original
Seger’s hard driving stuff is so much better than his ballad stuff, IMHO.
Hot weather cold beer cranking seger!
1972 ! I was 4 years oLd , I was just starting to go off on my Stingray bicycLe aLL around the neighborhood . . .I was Living in Marin county CaLifornia and Life was good ! ! !
Great song!
Damn, I just discovered Thin Lizzy's is a cover 🤯
Rosalie Trombley was music director at CKLW Windsor-Detroit 'The Big 8'. From the mid-60s to the mid-70s it was the #1 radio station, not just in Windsor-Detroit, but in Cleveland, Toledo, etc. and could be heard reportedly as far away as Scandinavia to the north, Iowa to the west and Toronto to the east. Rosalie playing your single could literally make a single a huge hit. She wouldn't play Seger's songs, so he wrote this in either protest or for Bob to beg Rosalie to play his songs.
Phil says so in a live version.
Got a kinda Rolling Stones production feel to it .
Instruments etc love it .The original.
Rest In Power (with the Tower!), Rosalie
Rosalie !
CKLW brings back fond memories. It' right up there with hearing Ernie Harwell call a Tiger game. Memories....
This song was never played on CKLW because Rosalie said she would quit if it ever was.... but it was played on WRIF and some of the other Motor City FM rock stations
WKNR too
The things that make the good old days good.
@@theoldkidrocker
This was a knock on her because Seger thought she didn't play him enough.
@@frankholstein4499 WXYZ - way back in the day.
THE ultimate rock and roll song... nothing makes you feel finer than this damn beat!
I saw Bobby and the S.B.B. IN 1976 trust me these boys would mop the floor with Thin Lizzy and I am a huge Thin Lizzy fan!
RIP Rosalie
She's Quite The Mediator
A Smoother Operator You Will Never See
She'll See You Later
And No One Dares Disuade Her Openly
She Knows Music
And No Music Till You See
She's Got The Power
Of Loyal Teens - Queen Rosalie
Rosalie... Rosalie... Rosalie
She's Got The Classics
Comes From All The Corners, Corners Of The World
So Fatastic
She's Everybody's Little Record Girl
She Knows Music
No Music Till You See
She's Got The Power... Got The Power, Rosalie... Rosalie... Rosalie
From Chattanooga To Good Bogalloosa
You Can Hear Them Fine
She Makes Her Choices
And It May Be Best To Smilin' When It's Choosin' Time
Knows Music
No Music Till You See
She's Got The Power, Got The Tower, Rosalie... Rosalie... Rosalie
Knows Music... Knows Music... Knows Music
Rosalie... Rosalie
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Bob Seger
Both versions are pretty damn cool!👍🎸🤟
Regardless, Lizzy, Seger, Black Star Riders, a great song from a talented rocker...all versions of this song are great; even the bad ones.
Big 8 and the music just keeps on coming
Music Saves Lives . . .The Young GirLs know !
I named my daughter after this song ❤️
Hell yeah!
She's got the power
Great story in the song.
Me and Chuckie N. in the 76' Malibu On Michigan Ave, Beer, Buddz and Bob what a time
CKLW! Rosalie made that station big.
The Big 8!
Rosalie Trombley...a true goddess.
+Mike Smith ... She's a real Canadian radio Icon. I'm stoaked that the Juno awards just recently recognized her contributions to the music industry. She launched the careers of so many artists (Bog Seger, Kiss, Elton John, Alice Cooper, The Guess Who) to name a few.
I didn't know that. As a teenager living in Detroit at the time, I had no idea girls could be in the music business, much less have that kind of influence. I ended up working for Warner-Electra-Atlantic for a while. Good for Miss Rosalie, she sure deserves it. She was a role model to me, that's for sure.
Love my name❤
conoci este temazo por thin lizzy en el vibos y peligrosos yea yea
The tower, was 50,000 watts of broadcast power. Far higher than what was allowed in US at the time.
used to play this in my band two versions brilliant Bob and Lizzy .
Another one from my record collecting days. Thanks for posting. Love it !
While living in Columbus, OH during the early 70's, I had a girlfriend who grew up with and was best friends with Seger's first wife. She knew everyone in the band and loved the music with a passion. I didn't have the heart (or nerve?) to tell her that I didn't share her passion (for the music) and politely listened while the two of them had the occasional Seger feast. Some years later, after we went our separate ways, I caught a Seger tune on the radio that caught my immediate attention. It was Rosalie. It became an instant favorite and remains so to this day. Love everything about it, especially the hard-driving energy. If you're still listening Steph, so am I.
Thin Lizzy covered it because Phil Lynott couldn't believe Seger didn't play it live and he thought was a fantastic song.
So fantastic ❤
"She's quite the mediator, a smoother operator you will never see..."
Big lizzy fan...about time I heard the original...got a bit of a stones vibe about this .Great tune
Proof WOMEN feel whats Right/Good.With VIBES.
Thin Lizzy blew this song up!!!!
Seger wrote this because programmer on Windsor CKLW was not playing his music. Windsor Ontario is south of Detroit.
Indeed. You go north to enter the United States at Windsor. I've crossed many times there to visit my American relatives in metro Detroit. :-) I think there's only one or two other crossings, (I think between Yukon and Alaska is one of them) where you go north to enter the States.
I was in motown in 72, Great years
Seger's best hands down, only "Get out of Denver" come's close in the true rockers
Check out "East Side Story."
So, I heard Black Star Riders do this song in NYC a few weeks ago (solid rock band, look them up). I thought it was a Thin Lizzy cover.
I mentioned how cool it was to hear them do Thin Lizzy covers to their lead singer (Ricky Warwick). He told me this was a Seger cover.
I learned something.
tybo09 phill said it himself on a live version it was dedicated to bob . I know how you feel I always taught turn the page was a metallica song your always learning
tybo09 of course they do thin lizzy covers
Hui She
Well, yeah. They are basically Thin Lizzy 2.0 :)
They are the same guys that are currently touring as Thin Lizzy now (and yes, there is a touring Thin Lizzy. They're doing some festivals in Europe this summer).
They released their new material as Black Star Riders out of respect for Phil.
It had nothing to do with legal reasons, which makes it even cooler that they aren't using the Thin Lizzy name for their new stuff.
*****
Whatever.
Just going off what I heard, same as you.
Just found out that Rosalie Trombley, about whom the song was written by Seger, died 6 days ago :/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie_Trombley
WBLM just played it on A-Z! What a discovery!
I was aware this was a Bob Seger song years ago but never heard it until now. Like most I am very familiar with Lizzy's version (huge Thin Lizzy fan here). I was never a big fan of this song in general but recently I've become a fan of Bob Seger, who I think is an American treasure. I like Bob's version. Lizzy's is not "better" just faster. Although I do love the live version Lizzy with Cowgirl Song which was a medley of Cowboy Song and Rosalie.
Funny. I've never heard the Thin Lizzie version. But I'm from Detroit and well remember it on the radio. ( CKLW, see song Rosalie, also from this album).
@@jimsaunders4136 Pretty sure you can hear the Lizzy version on CZcams. It's good. Its not better just a little faster and guitar heavy.
killa album from da Day!!!!...Rev Eddro
Hey! Finally a song with my name it (kinda)!
Try Thin Lizzy"s version.
wow...Finally>>>?
my cousins are Coyles1
You Put same thing on the Lizzy versions, shhhh
I know the feeling. 😊 But there are a few others. The Yellow Rose of Texas gives a brief mention. And there's an old one 'Rosalie, My Darling'. By Bing Crosby
They didnt write a song about Rosie for nothing , she knew how to pick the hits, Im sure Bob is smiling
RIP dear Rosalie Trombley
J Weider: thanks for the info. Good song.
Motorhead does a killer live version 🤘
very good rock and roll!!!
A great song
I own this album bought it when it first came out.
been out of print for about4 0 years
RIP Rosalie.
I Love This & Fighting Version From Thin Lizzy.
Rosalie/Cowgirl song from Live and dangerous is epic brother 🙌
She's quite the mediator
A smoother operator you will never see
She'll see you later
No one dares disobey her openly..
Bob is the best
YAYYY MY NAME
Rock on!
niceee im a massive thin lizzy fan and just thort id check out the original, love bobs voice!!
Thanks for giving the folks a bit of history. They did a great documentary on CKLW a while back and it covered this very story. I too grew up listening to and loving "The Big 8", but we must give credit where credit is due. While the ever under-rated, "Motor City" based CKLW was loved throughout the region on both sides of the border, this "Motor City" just happened to be the one on the Canadian side of the border. Thank you Rosalie, CKLW, and, Bob Seger!
Nobody beat me on giving thumbs up within .025 seconds of hitting play🎸
Totally understand why the Lizzy boys wanted to cover this song. Totally suits their style, fuckin love this song.
see ...I just wrote about that...I was pretty young and just starting to get into music then, but I knew I heard something like this growing up.....
this is great...supposedly written about one of the ladies that worked at CKLW....this was a rumor going around when AM radio was all we had...anyway....supposedly got BOB music banned from the station...
I must say i listen to the song because of thin lizzys live cover, that is great but i really like this original version. Nice strpped down 70,s cool vibe
My first Album
There's a cool live Motorhead version.....
That is the first version of this song that I ever seen was Motorhead playing it live I thought it was a Thin Lizzy song but I was wrong as usual
A good hit
That guitar intro is played by the late Bill Mueller (aka Blue Miller). The song was written to honor Rosalie Trombley, a former music director of AM Top 40 radio station CKLW in Windsor, Canada.
I love that guitar intro. The first time I heard it, I thought that this was a Rolling Stones song that I had somehow missed, until, of course, Bob Seger's distinctive lead vocal kicks in. He discovered one of Keith's missing riffs.