CLEVELAND, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Longtime Detroit rocker Bob Seger was among seven acts announced Thursday as new inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The hall's rules allow for induction 25 years after the artist's first recording, and Seger's been eligible since the early 1990s.
But the delay was forgotten today as the man who personifies earnest blue-collar rock 'n' roll -- and considered the definitive Motor City rocker in a city littered with great names -- prepares to takes his place at the Cleveland institution.
The Detroit Free Press reported Seger was elected by a voting body of about 700 rock experts after being selected by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation's nominating committee
The Nineteenth Annual Induction Ceremony will be held March 15th in New York at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Other 2004 inductees include pop-folkster Jackson Browne, vocal group the Dells, ex-Beatles guitarist George Harrison (as a solo artist), pop-R&B star Prince, '70s chops-oriented pop act Traffic, and bearded blues-rockers ZZ Top.
