Virtual Views of Bob Seger's America

As a fan of American rock singer Bob Seger, I wanted to capture a collection of American places in

Google Street View that are referred by or connected with Bob Seger. It can be viewed as a Bob

Seger blog post, an American travel guide or at best together. You can explore these places in the

Google Street View embeds or outside it in a larger size by clicking the “View on Google Maps”

button. That button can also be useful if any of the places featured do not load. Hope you enjoy it. 

Detroit

The first place chosen is Bob Seger’s hometown of Detroit, Michigan where he still lives.  

Muscle Shoals 

This is the town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama home to the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section who Bob

Seger recorded many songs with in the 70s and 80s. Hits of his recorded there include “Katmandu”,

“Sunspot Baby”, “Mainstreet”, “Old Time Rock & Roll”, “We’ve Got Tonight” and “Fire Lake”. The

image below is from the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio on 3614 Jackson Highway where Bob

recorded with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.

Miami

Miami was referenced in his 1976 song “Sunspot Baby” and ten years later he wrote a song called

“Miami” about the Cuban immigrants moving to America. He had also recorded some songs in

Miami. The Miami image I chose below features a good mix of both trees and buildings.

The songs Bob Seger recorded in Miami were on his albums “Stranger in Town” (1978), “Against

The Wind” (1980) and “Like a Rock” (1986). It was on the “Like a Rock” album that the “Miami” song

is featured.

The recording studio he used the most in Miami was Criteria Studios which has been renamed The

Hit Factory Criteria. Here is the recording studio below.

Manhattan

New York City’s most famous borough of Manhattan has been featured in Bob Seger’s songs, most

notably in his 1995 song “Manhattan”. Firstly, this is Washington Square that was referenced in it.

Secondly, I’m featuring the iconic American landmark the Statue of Liberty which was featured on

the cover of his 1991 album “The Fire Inside”. The title track is one of the epic long Bob Seger songs

(totalling nearly six minutes) with incredible piano playing from Roy Bittan. I had featured the song in

my article “Ten Great Bob Seger Songs by Ten Different Piano Players”.

This is the important Manhattan location of Wall Street which was referenced in his 2017 song

“Forward Into The Past”.

Chicago 

This is Chicago which was referenced in his 1980 song “Long Twin Silver Line”. The following two

locations are also referenced in the same song.

Salt Lake City 

I will now be featuring natural environments before bringing back some city areas in the final section.

Here’s a look at Salt Lake City.

Kansas 

The song mentions the state of Kansas. I decided to feature Lake Shawnee from its capital city

Topeka.

Paradise Valley, Montana 

Bob Seger’s 1995 song “West of the Moon” was written in 1988 is about the state of Montana.

He had written it in the region of Paradise Valley, so I’m featuring that location below. 

Blue Ridge Mountains

Paradise Valley is known for its mountains. There is another set of iconic mountains in the US, which

is the Blue Ridge Mountains. It’s part of the Appalachian Mountains and is located in the eastern

United States. The Blue Ridge mountains was the subject of his 2017 rock song “Blue Ridge”. 

California

We’re now going back to the big cities. The state of California has been referenced in some of his

songs, including Los Angeles which will be featured here. Bob Seger has recorded some songs of

his in Los Angeles. I’ll begin with the iconic Capitol Records building which is his record label.

Here’s a look at the world famous Hollywood sign, as one of his hit songs is “Hollywood Nights”

(1978).

This place has no mention in a Bob Seger song. Since this is about California, I wanted to select one

place in California that I like. It’s the beautiful city of Santa Barbara that features the good Californian

feature of many palm trees. 

This is taken in Mojave, California. The mountains look similar to the mountains featured on the

1994 “Greatest Hits” album cover. They may be the same mountains as that album’s cover photo

was taken near Mojave. 

So that was my selection of American places connected with Bob Seger. I’d be interested in hearing

if you’re from any of the places featured here as well as anyone’s thoughts in general about this blog

post. America has given the world a great singer & songwriter in that of Bob Seger.