Detroit has always been a musical hotbed, and Bob Seger is one of its greatest rock and roll talents. His was a long, slow climb to the top, and his overdue breakthrough—with Night Moves, in 1977—attested to his belief in himself and rock music as a dream worth pursuing. For more than ten years Seger labored on rock's fringe. Sustained by a rabid fan base, he cut some fine albums and performed at least 200 shows a year. As Dave Marsh wrote, "He had all the requisites of greatness: the voice, the songwriting, the performance onstage, the vision and the ambition."