Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band released their classic album “Against The Wind” on Feb 25, 1980. It is Bob Seger’s only number-one album, spending six weeks at the top of the American chart. To get to be the #1 album on the chart, they knocked Pink Floyd‘s “The Wall” from the top spot. The album also earned two Grammy Awards. Seger got a little help from some friends of his for the vocals on the record, the Eagles members Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit. all added vocals.
“Against the Wind” is a song by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band from the 1980 album “Against the Wind” is the highest ranking single from the album, Glenn Frey of the Eagles sang background vocals on this song. The song is about trying to move ahead, keeping your sanity and integrity at the same time
During an interview on Bob Seger said that “Against the Wind” came about from his days as a high-school cross country runner. The line “Let the cowboys ride!” towards the song’s end is a reference to the closing lyrics of the song “Santa Fe/Beautiful Obsession” by Van Morrison.
Seger later said that the line “Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then” bothered him for a while, but that everyone he knew loved it, so he left it in. He also said that it has since appeared in several other hits by other artists, so that proved it was o.k
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