Editing Live Bullet (section)

==History==
'''Live' Bullet'' became a staple of FM rock radio in Detroit. Classics such as the live version of "[[Nutbush City Limits]]" and the [[Medley (music)|medley]] of "Travelin' Man/Beautiful Loser" were among the most widely played live tracks on Detroit stations such as [[WLLZ (FM)|WWWW]] (W4), [[WRIF]], and [[WYCD|WABX]]. Other tracks such as "Let It Rock", "Turn the Page" and "Get Out of Denver" also received wide airplay in Detroit.

The success of Seger's music at this time, however, was highly regional, with Seger still remaining quite unknown in adjacent media markets such as [[Chicago]]. Even in his home state of Michigan, Seger often struggled to garner mass appeal outside the Metro Detroit area. In December, 1975, 3 months after '''Live' Bullet'' was recorded, a scheduled concert at Western Michigan University was cancelled after only a few hundred advance tickets were sold.  In June 1976, Seger played the [[Pontiac Silverdome]] in metropolitan Detroit at a historic concert that also included [[Point Blank (band)|Point Blank]], [[Elvin Bishop]] and [[Todd Rundgren]]. 78,000 people were in attendance and the concert lasted until nearly 1:30&nbsp;a.m.  The next night, Seger played for fewer than a thousand people in Chicago.<ref>Campbell, Mary. "Bob Seger to storm into Poplar Creek with rock poetry" ''Chicago Sun-Times'' July 25, 1986.</ref>

However, it was only in the following winter that the release of his next recording, ''[[Night Moves (album)|Night Moves]]'', launched Seger into more national markets. Over time, the life-on-the-road tale "[[Turn the Page (Bob Seger song)|Turn the Page]]" would become the most nationally played song from '''Live' Bullet'', and a perennial favorite on [[album-oriented rock]] and [[classic rock]] stations.

For Detroit fans, however, the entire ''{{'}}Live' Bullet'' recording captured a Detroit artist at the height of his energy and creativity, in front of a highly appreciative hometown crowd. '''Live' Bullet'' also captured the wild and free spirit of [[rock concert]]s in the 1970s, and has great historic value in that regard.

{{Quotation|text=As I told everybody last night, I was reading in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' where they said, "[[Detroit]] audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world." I thought to myself, "Shit! I've known that for ten years!"|author=Bob Seger|title="Nutbush City Limits"|source=''{{'}}Live' Bullet''}}