Ride Out, Bob Seger's first studio album in 8 years is due next Tuesday. Leading up to the release, Seger has posted a behind-the-scenes video featuring his song, "Hey Gypsy," a nod to the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan.
On the video, Seger says, "That's a song I wrote as a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan, who I've always been a huge fan of. I remember the last time I saw Stevie: it was at an Eric Clapton concert and he traded solos with Eric on 'Before You Accuse Me', the old blues song – he did it for like 15 minutes – and it was probably my favorite guitar hero moment of all-time. They were playing so good."
"So I went backstage," Seger continued. "I've known Stevie for a while and Eric… told him how much I loved it and then, unfortunately, three weeks later he died in a helicopter crash."
"I really tried to write this song as if I was trying to channel Stevie," he added. "I was trying to write a song he might have written; that's the whole point of it."
As a longtime SRV fan, I'd say Bob nailed it.
-Spencer