Bob Seger Song on the Road Again

"Turn the Folio"
Single past Bob Seger & The Argent Bullet Band
from the album Back in '72, Live Bullet
B-side	"Go out of Denver"
Released	1973 (original) 1976 (live version)
Recorded	1972 (original), September 1975 (live version) Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan
Genre	Rock soul
Length	v:11 v:06 (live)
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Bob Seger
Producer(s)	Punch Andrews Bob Seger

"Turn the Page" is a song originally recorded by Bob Seger in 1972 and released on his Back in '72 album in 1973. It was non released as a single,^[1] until Seger's alive version of the song on the 1976 Live Bullet album got released in Deutschland and the UK. The song became a mainstay of album-oriented rock radio stations, and even so gets pregnant airplay on classic rock stations.

Inspiration [edit]

"Turn the Folio" is nearly the emotional and social ups and downs of a rock musician'southward life on the road. Seger wrote it in 1972 while touring with Teegarden & Van Winkle. Drummer David Teegarden (of Teegarden & Van Winkle and later the Silverish Bullet Band) recalls:

Nosotros had been playing somewhere in the Midwest, or the northern reaches, on our fashion to North or Southward Dakota. [Guitarist] Mike Bruce was with us. We'd been traveling all night from the Detroit expanse to make this gig, driving in this blinding snowstorm. It was probably iii in the forenoon. Mike decided it was time to get gas. He was slowing downwardly to exit the interstate and spied a truck stop. We all had very long hair back then – it was the hippie era – merely Skip, Mike and Bob had all stuffed their pilus up in their hats. You had to be careful out on the route similar that, because you lot'd get ostracized. When I walked in, there was this gauntlet of truckers making comments – "Is that a daughter or man?" I was seething; those guys were laughing their asses off, a big funny joke. That next night, subsequently nosotros played our gig – I think it was Mitchell, South.D. – Seger says, "Hey, I've been working on this song for a flake, I've got this new line for it. He played it on audio-visual guitar, and there was that line: "Oh, the same old cliches / 'Is that a woman or a man?' " Information technology was "Plow the Page."^[two]

Tom Weschler, then road director for Seger, remembers the same incident:

"Turn the Page," Bob'southward great road song, came forth in '72, while we were driving habitation from a gig. I retrieve we were in Dubuque, Iowa, in winter and stopped at a restaurant. We stood out when we entered a store or a gas station or a restaurant en masse. At this restaurant it was particularly brilliant inside, and then there weren't whatsoever dark corners to hide in. All these local guys were looking at the states similar, "What are these guys? Is that a woman or a man?" – simply similar in the vocal. ... That was 1 incident, but in that location were so many others on the road that led Seger to write that song.^[3]

While on tour in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on November 16, 2006, promoting his 16th studio anthology Face the Promise, Seger said he wrote the song in a hotel room in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.^{[4] [5]}

Instrumentation [edit]

Both Seger'south studio and live versions of "Turn the Page" characteristic a Mellotron and a saxophone part played by founding Argent Bullet member Alto Reed. Tom Weschler allegedly helped inspire Reed to create the opening tune. During recording, Weschler told Reed: "Alto, think about information technology like this: You're in New York City, on the Bowery. Information technology's 3 a.k. You're under a streetlamp. In that location'southward a calorie-free mist coming downward. You're all by yourself. Show me what that sounds like." With that, Reed played the opening melody to "Plow the Page".^[iii]

Personnel on alive recording [edit]

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Seger'south 1994 Greatest Hits compilation.^[6]

• Bob Seger – lead vocals, electric piano

The Silver Bullet Band

• Drew Abbott – guitar
• Chris Campbell – bass
• Charlie Allen Martin – drums
• Alto Reed – saxophone
• Robyn Robbins – Mellotron

Certifications [edit]

Jon English cover [edit]

Australian vocalizer Jon English released a version of the song in 1974 as the pb unmarried from his second studio album, It's All a Game. The song peaked at number 20 on the Kent Music Study.^[8]

Metallica cover [edit]

"Plow the Page"
Single by Metallica
from the album Garage Inc.
B-side	"Bleeding Me" "Rock Cold Crazy" "The Wait"
Released	Nov xvi, 1998
Recorded	September–October 1998
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	6:06
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(south)	Bob Seger
Producer(s)	Bob Rock
Metallica singles chronology
"Better than Yous" (1998) "Plough the Page" (1998) "Whiskey in the Jar" (1999)
Music video
"Plow the Page" on YouTube

Of the many comprehend versions that accept been recorded, the about popular cover version is by Metallica, who released it as the beginning single from their 1998 Garage Inc. anthology, reaching number ane on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 11 consecutive weeks, the highest number of weeks Metallica has ever spent at the top; the song besides reached number 2 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100. Drummer Lars Ulrich had heard the original song while driving across the Aureate Gate Span and afterwards commented that he idea it "had James Hetfield all over it".^[ix] Metallica's rendition is taken at much the aforementioned tempo as Seger'due south, but with a heavier feel; the saxophone function is replaced by a high slide guitar line from Kirk Hammett. The accompanying music video explores a day in the life non of musicians, but a single mother (played by Ginger Lynn) who is a sex worker; that is, she works equally a stripper by day, and a prostitute past nighttime. MTV refused to air the video due to nudity and a scene depicting sexual assault betwixt the female parent and a client.^[ten] The video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund.^[11]

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Year-end charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Influences [edit]

Jon Bon Jovi has claimed that the song was a big influence on him and Richie Sambora when they were writing their 1986 song "Wanted Dead or Alive".^[28]

Awards [edit]

In 2014, Seger performed the song on CMT Crossroads with country vocaliser Jason Aldean. The video of the performance won the CMT Music Honour for Performance Video of the Year.^[29]

References [edit]

1. ^ "Bob Seger". Discogs.com . Retrieved 21 December 2021.
2. ^ Brian McCollum (March 14, 2004). "A definitive oral history of Seger's early years". Detroit Complimentary Press.
3. ^ ^{a b} Weschler, Tom, and Gary Graff. Travelin Homo: on the road and backside the scenes with Bob Seger. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Printing, 2009.
4. ^ Times-Picayune, Keith Spera, NOLA com | The. "Bob Seger to 'Plow the Folio' in New Orleans for the get-go time in decades". Nola.com . Retrieved 24 April 2021.
5. ^ "8 reasons you shouldn't have missed Bob Seger's goodbye to Milwaukee". OnMilwaukee.com. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
6. ^ Greatest Hits (CD). Bob Seger. Capitol Records. 1994. CDP 7243 viii 30334 2 iii. {{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
7. ^ "American single certifications – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Turn the Page". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Volume. ISBN0-646-11917-vi.
9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 10, 2006. Retrieved January xi, 2006. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
10. ^ "Ginger Lynn". IMDb.
11. ^ Armstrong, Chuck. "Metallica, 'Turn the Page' – Official Music Video". Ultimate Metallica. Retrieved December xiv, 2013.
12. ^ "Metallica – Turn the Folio". ARIA Top fifty Singles. Retrieved November viii, 2020.
13. ^ "Metallica – Turn the Folio" (in High german). Ö3 Austria Elevation forty. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
14. ^ "Metallica – Plow the Page" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
15. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Result 6974." RPM. Library and Athenaeum Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
16. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 15, no. 50. December 12, 1998. p. x. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
17. ^ "Metallica: Turn the Page" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Republic of finland. Retrieved Nov 8, 2020.
18. ^ "Metallica – Plough the Page" (in German). GfK Amusement charts. Retrieved Nov 8, 2020.
19. ^ "Metallica – Plow the Page" (in Dutch). Unmarried Pinnacle 100. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
20. ^ "Metallica – Turn the Page". Pinnacle 40 Singles. Retrieved November viii, 2020.
21. ^ "Metallica – Turn the Page". VG-lista. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
22. ^ "Metallica – Turn the Page". Singles Top 100. Retrieved November viii, 2020.
23. ^ "Metallica Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
24. ^ "Metallica Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
25. ^ "Metallica Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November eight, 2020.
26. ^ "1998 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved November eight, 2020.
27. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1999" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved Nov 8, 2020.
28. ^ Video: Jon Bon Jovi talks with Richie Sambora and the audience about Bob Seger on YouTube
29. ^ "2015 CMT Music Awards: The Winners". CMT.com. June 11, 2015.

External links [edit]

• "Reason to Stone" review

wentztherip63.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_the_Page_%28Bob_Seger_song%29

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