Bob Seger System RAMBLIN' GAMBL(BLUE)

The Bob Seger System: Bob Seger (vocals, guitar, piano, organ), Mike Erelwine (blues harp), Bob Schultz (organ), Dan Honaker (bass, vocals), Pep Perrine (drums, vocals).All songs written by Bob Seger.The Bob Seger System throw everything into Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, dabbling in folk, blues-rock, psychedelia, and piledriving rock & roll synonymous with Detroit. Typical of such a wide-ranging debut, not everything works. The System stumbles when they take psychedelic San Franciscan bands on their own turf. Trippy soundscapes like "Gone" drift into the ether, and the longer jams, "White Wall" and "Black Eyed Girl," meander. But the songs that do work are absolute monsters, highlighted by the title track, a thunderous bit of self-mythology driven by a relentless rhythm, wailing organ riff, and gospel chorus. It's a stunningly great record, and while nothing here quite equals it, the songs that come close (with the exception of "Train Man," the first inkling of Seger's knack for reflecti