Bob Seger worked outside the Silver Bullet Band on new album

Bob Seger's got a new album coming out next week called Face The Promise, and it's his first-ever solo release. Although it was recorded without the Silver Bullet Band, Seger had every intention of using the guys on the project. In fact, he recorded 11 or 12 songs with the group, but he told us that he went in a new direction because of some technical limitations: "When we went to mix it, and we listened to what was out there on the radio, we realized that 16-bit digital -- which is how we'd recorded it -- just wasn't getting it anymore. And I was listening to groups like Matchbox 20 and stuff like that, and just the sonic sound compared to what we had -- it sounded like a garage band. So I said OK, and rather than re-recording everything, I just kept writing, and so, kinda, the Bullets kinda got cut out of the thing."

Seger also told us that he likes the songs he did with the Silver Bullet Band, and that he'll share that material with people some other time.

Seger is expected to announce a tour soon.
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