it is all of the psychedelic nuance, but bob seger took a liking to me when he saw my band.he recording studio. he introduced me to niki stevenson. marvin gaye, and it takes to do, and bob was the first song writer i ever met. we were in a club watching another detroit band, and bob says, they are never going to make it like this. i said what the mean, and he said, they do not write their own songs. he said if you want to be successful in the music business, you have got to write your own songs, and i looked at him and said, what if they are bad? he said, they are going to be, but just keep writing, and eventually you will write a good one. >> when, where, and how did you figure out if you have this gift of songwriting? when did that epiphany happened to you? >> i got in a pretty good band in birmingham, michigan. it was probably the only surf band in detroit. the band has a lead singer, and the guys are playing their instruments to whatever level of proficiency, and i got in this band, and they were arraigned beach boys songs and eagles songs and buckinghams and songs with