Bob Seger, why did it take so long?

I’ve been a Seger fan pretty much most of my life, my folks were the types to go and buy new albums every week back in the late 70s and early 80s, and Seger was always in the rotation.. the cool thing about Seger is that, at least for me, as i get older i discover, or rediscover, songs of his that I hadn’t previously appreciated as much.. i think if you’d asked me when i was a kid what my favorite Seger songs were, i’d have probably said Old Time Rock n Roll (maybe due to it’s ubiquitous tie-in with Risky Business) and Night Moves.. then , as a young adult, i remember gaining a new appreciation for songs like Turn the Page and Against the Wind.. and just in the last couple of years i’ve gotten into We’ve Got Tonight (also b/c i taught myself how to play guitar a few yrs ago, and it’s really easy to play ha) and Rock n Roll Never Forgets... but probably my favorite Seger song of all time since i was a teenager, and still today- would be Hollywood Nights.. that song just conjures up some amazing imagery.

I too am bummed that he dropped out of Jazzfest this year, and i’ve never seen him live.. i know he’s planning to hang it up very soon, so i need to get on it somehow.