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I miss the old Ted April 18, 2012 7:20 am ER

I’m putting this on CE because the Motor City Madman is in the news again. Forgive the man’s inane politics, and his infantile music.
Whatever hard times he may have fallen into ideologically or artistically, there will always be a soft spot in my heart for the Nuge.

This is the Ted Nugent I will always remember, the mad metal genius who put together the signature “Ted Nugent” album, pictured here, in the 70s. It is his masterpiece, and one of the very best rock albums ever produced.

The LP took my group of friends by storm, and we caught the tour when it came to town. Yes, he can do it live, it’s not just studio magic. The perfect metal showman, pure genius. Sure, some credit must be given Derek St Holmes, his rhythm (second lead, actually) guitarist who is the voice on this track of the album, and the rest of the ensemble cooks too, but Nugent deserves great credit also, if not most, at least half, those riffs and licks are his.

Every track on this record is as tight and disciplined as this one, it is an astonishing document, and it justifies this man’s life. Be not too harsh on what Ted has become. He’s earned his time and place on this planet. And I am willing to put up with any man, who so long ago, could give us this.

  • Looking at this video got me listening to a litany of old classics - ZZ Top, Kansas, Van Halen, Wham!..... I ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-18 23:50:23
    • I remember driving once, stopped in traffic, and I was listening to a classic rock station playing 40 year old ... by ER 2012-04-19 05:15:53
      • Wham! isn't a rock group, but they're still good. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 19:30:40
        • They look so bloody wholesome-- not that there's anything wrong with that. 8) by ER 2012-04-19 20:54:06
    • Ted has a cult following. He has become more vociferous as he gets older. A 'getting older and losing patience ... by Jody 2012-04-18 11:32:24
      • He's entitled to his political beliefs. Unfortunately, anything that could be even remotely interpreted as a threat to a ... by ER 2012-04-18 12:17:33
      • Good Lord. That made the news? by TB 2012-04-18 09:13:55
        • There are a lot of them, aren't there? by bowser 2012-04-18 10:43:39
          • The quality is the thing, not the quantity. by TB 2012-04-18 11:05:37
        • OH HELL YES!!! by Jody 2012-04-18 08:58:24
          • Just what the doctor ordered by ER 2012-04-18 09:18:41

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