Best Ted Nugent song

Are you serious? Not even cjhsa has an opinion on this? My god, I thought I'd have people on this site yelling and screaming at each other about this in such a way as to make that Schiavo thread look like a lovefest!!!

The world as I know it is crumbling around me.

You should love his website:

http://www.tnugent.com/

I myself prefer Cat Scratch Fever and still have a copy of his album.

Thanks, Linkat. I wish his site would have more about music and less about his hunting escapades though. I don't give a damn about how to gut a dear. I just liked some of his music.

OK...my 2 cents.
Like a 1 trick pony, Nugent's been circling the same 3 chords for decades. But I'll give him his due. His work with the Amboy Dukes was groundbreaking, especially their version of Baby Please Don't Go.

His ability to cover up his druggie past is remarkable:

"The Amboy Dukes' only hit single(Journey To The Center Of The Mind #16, 1968). The eponymous LP has 30-odd different smoking implements on the cover, and the entire second side (which this both leads off and concludes) is a suite about finding The Meaning Of Life through O.D.ing. Nonetheless, Ted Nugent swears to this day that he
didn't know it's about drugs..."

That said...we're forced to play Cat Scratch Fever at least once every weekend.

I liked their version of Hey Baby

OK...I'm off to search for it.

AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! I remember being in Detroit during the 1960s when Ted Nugent was a laughing stock.

He was? Wow, you guys are going way back. I don't know much about the Amboy Dukes--I think I might have heard some of their stuff once or twice long ago. Wasn't there somebody else who also became semi-famous in that band?

Panzade, interesting take on the drug stuff. I never heard anyone doubt his truthfulness on that. Everyone just accepts it as gospel that he's always been a clean-living man. I guess it's because he has been so vocal in his opposition to the drug scene.

Bob Seeger used to play at college mixers in the 60s. At that time, the admission to most mixers was 50 cents. When Seeger played, it was $1.50. Some considered it too much. But, you could go to places like the Grande Ballroom and the admission was generally $2-3 unless it was a big act, like the Jefferson Airplane or Blue Cheer, when the admission was $5.

Agreed re "Journey to the Center..." Great tune. His solo stuff, as has been noted above, seems a bit redundant.

Sad that cjhsa isn't here. This topic was made for him!

Personally, I like his new stuff as well as the old, but no one knows about Craveman except us diehards. Nuge won't "pay to play" for airtime. I believe that he's remained, for the most part, drug free. Much of what showed up on the Amboy Dukes album covers wound up getting people fired, by Ted. He doesn't like stoned drunks at all.

Anyway, if you're interested, you can order a copy of Craveman off of his website (posted above). It's worth every penny.

cj's got a nose for Nuge.Hey Baby turned out to be a song I played in a blues band about 14 years ago. I like it.

Sorry, I missed this thread earlier. My connection to Ted is through Bob Munger, who was Fred Bear's hunting buddy, and a friend of my father. Fred, in turn, was Ted's bow hunting mentor.

That kind of stuff gives me a warm feeling...

Nuge shreds "Baby please don't go". He has a new live CD coming out, from this year's tour, called "Live at Billybobs". It supposedly will blow your nads off. I'm waiting for my copy.

Been listening to Stranglehold as it was voted one of the best 100 guitar breaks.

panzade -- What gives you a warm feeling, the bands or the prices?

Go here:

http://launch.yahoo.com/

Search on "ted nugent crave", then click on the Video link that comes up (Crave). Maybe not his best work, but proves he can still rip you a new one.

The bands...lol