{"id":11082,"date":"2015-01-06T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=11082"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:25:41","slug":"cover-me-get-out-of-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/06\/cover-me-get-out-of-denver\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Out of Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"

It sounds like a Chuck Berry song and reads like a Bruce Springsteen song.<\/p>\n

With lyrics about Cadillacs roaring through Nebraska, running from state troopers and driving all night, “Get Out of Denver” sounds like it foretells more of Springsteen’s catalog than Bob Seger’s.<\/p>\n

Seger released “Get Out of Denver” in 1974, way back when the E Street Band (which hadn’t even been named yet) wove Berry’s classics into their sets on a nightly basis.\u00a0It was never even remotely a hit. It barely cracked the Billboard Hot 100, and the album it led off didn’t even make the Billboard Top 200.<\/p>\n

But Bob Seger’s “Get Out of Denver” has remarkable staying power nevertheless, and today both the song and Seger’s 1974\u00a0Seven<\/em> album are recognized as classics. As the first song on the album, “Get Out of Denver” has the distinction of being the first song many fans ever heard by Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (Seger had six previous albums, but Seven<\/em> was the debut of his now iconic band.)<\/p>\n