Like a Rock

Like a Rock
Studio album by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Released	April 1986
Recorded	1985–1986
Studio	Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California Rumbo Recorders, Los Angeles, California Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida[1][unreliable source?]
Genre	Rock
Length	43:55
Label	Capitol
Producer	Punch Andrews, David N. Cole, Bob Seger
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band chronology
The Distance (1982) Like a Rock (1986) The Fire Inside (1991)

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Like a Rock is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1986. The title track is best known for being featured in Chevrolet truck commercials throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. "Fortunate Son" is a live cover of the 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival hit, recorded March 31, 1983 at Cobo Hall in Detroit. It was originally available only as the B-side of the "American Storm" single, and was added as a bonus track to the CD release of the album. The vinyl version ends with "Somewhere Tonight". The song "Miami" is featured in an episode of the TV series Miami Vice. This is the first studio album credited to "Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band" that doesn't feature the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section replacing the Silver Bullet Band on any tracks.

History[]

The album was originally going to be named American Storm after the first track and was going to be released in December 1985, but it was delayed and the name was changed.^[3]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Bob Seger, except where noted.

Personnel[]

As listed in the liner notes.^[4]

Silver Bullet Band[]

• Bob Seger – guitar (1), piano (3), acoustic guitar (4), vocals
• Craig Frost – organ (1-4, 7), piano (4, 10), synthesizer (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Chris Campbell – bass
• Alto Reed – baritone saxophone (1, 7), tenor saxophone (3, 6), organ (10)

Additional musicians[]

Guitars

• Pete Carr – guitar (1)
• Dawayne Bailey – acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (10)
• Rick Vito – slide guitar (2, 5, 6), acoustic guitar (3, 4)
• Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (4, 9), guitar solo (7)
• Dann Huff – guitar (7)
• Mark Chatfield – electric guitar (10)

Drums & Percussion

• Russ Kunkel – drums (1, 2)
• John Robinson – drums (3, 5-9)
• Gary Mallaber – drums (4)
• Don Brewer – drums (10)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 6, 8)

Keyboards

• Bill Payne – piano (1, 2, 6-9), piano solo (8), synthesizer (3, 4, 8)
• David Cole – synthesizer solo (8)

Horns

• Gary Grant – trumpet (3)
• Gary Herbig – saxophone (3)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (3, 6, 7)
• Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone (3, 7)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (3, 6, 7)
• Marc Russo – saxophone (3, 6, 7)
• Ernie Watts – saxophone (3, 6, 7)

Additional vocals

• Douglas Kibble – background vocals (2)
• The Weather Girls (Izora Armstead and Martha Wash) – background vocals (2, 5, 6)
• Don Henley – background vocals (3)
• Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals (3)
• Laura Creamer – background vocals (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Mark Creamer – background vocals (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Donny Gerrard – background vocals (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Shaun Murphy – vocals (5), background vocals (6, 9), harmony vocals (7, 8)

Production[]

• Producers: Punch Andrews, David N. Cole, Bob Seger
• Engineers: David N. Cole, Greg Edward, Shelly Yakus
• Assistant engineers: David Axelbaum, Bob Castle, Judy Clapp, Peter Doell, Steve Himelfarb
• Mixing: Punch Andrews, David N. Cole, Bob Seger
• Mastering: Wally Traugott
• Horn arrangements: Jerry Hey, Alto Reed
• Art direction: Bill Burks, Roy Kohara
• Design: Mark Shoolery
• Photography: Aaron Rapoport

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