EmptinesOf Youth Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 EOY here, i was just listenin to some of my dads old vinyl collection which i tend to do every now and then. Nugent happens to be part of it. Ive always liked Great White Buffalo and Stranglehold, but Fred Bear kinda stands out. Even tho its about hunting, something thats not in my biggest interest, the songs tone is pretty powerful. Anyone else like this song and find it pretty amazing how well Ted can play and sing at the same time? not particulary in Fred Bear but some of his stuff is intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 oh yeah he can be intense, i was watching an old Ted Nugent instructional video of a friend, and he was cracking me up!!! he was out in his yard hunting for keyboards and he shot some!!! funny as hell. and he certainly plays with some fire. i like TED. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperFreak Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 I saw him live years ago, and he was totally full on. Of course...he is a certifiable NUTCASE, but in Rock 'n Roll... !!!THAT'S A BONUS!!! How can we fight ignorance and apathy? Who knows! Who cares! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiC Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Nugent just returned from Iraq. He was over there rock'n the troops. Click "Treat your wife with honor, respect, and understanding as you live together so that you can pray effectively as husband and wife." 1 Peter 3:7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyBlues Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Saw him last year live, my first time being Nuged. What a blast! I'm thinking, this maniac comes out playing a jazz guitar at full volume?!? How can you not love that! I now consider myself to be a disciple of the first church of Ted. I was born at night but I wasn't born last night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Originally posted by BiC: [QB]Nugent just returned from Iraq. He was over there rock'n the troops. Now THAT is cool Who else has been over there? Is that crickets I hear? Dave Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbrock1san.rr.com Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Originally posted by Dave th Dude: Now THAT is cool Who else has been over there? Is that crickets I hear? Kid Rock, Hank Williams Jr., Toby Keith, Bruce Willis, and comedian Robin Williams. It's rumored that Saddam Hussein surrendered about 15 minutes into Bruce Willis's set. He just couldn't take anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hard truth Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 I saw him live in 1975 or 1976 at Winterland in San Francisco. In the pre-punk mid-70s most bands were pretty sedate in their live performances, even the hard rock bands. (notable exceptions: Tubes, Zappa, Kiss) Nugent started his set by leaping off a tall Marshall stack and kept the manic energy going for the whole set. At the time I found him a real breath of fresh air, bringing back the high energy and weirdness of early rock'n roll. He wasn't very well-known as a solo artist* at the time I saw him, but his touring and live album (Double Live Gonzo) from that period established his career. *In the late '60s he was in the more psychedelic Amboy Dukes which did a killer version of Baby Please Don't Go that was moderately popular. Today Kid Rock is the only I artist I know of that seems as unique, weird and energetic. www.oranjproductions.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Nuge gets overbearing and silly at times, but Double Live Gonzo was a GREAT record! I saw him back then, and he put on a great show. And he can flat-out play. I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcat Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Originally posted by hard truth: ..Nugent started his set by leaping off a tall Marshall stack and kept the manic energy going for the whole set....I thought he played Fender Dual Showmans exclusively at this time (I think he either used 6 or 8 of these things cranked full blast. Totally ridiculous). I remember reading an article where he was pretty adamant about Fender's for live performance. He also talked about his favorite recording amp being a small Gibson with "tubes that breathe fire." Mudcat's music on Soundclick "Work hard. Rock hard. Eat hard. Sleep hard. Grow big. Wear glasses if you need 'em."-The Webb Wilder Credo- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchipman Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 You're right about the Fenders but when I saw him with the Amboy Dukes in about 72 or 73 he using some kind of huge cabinets, looked like Fenders I couldn't tell, with twin reverbs setting on top of them. I can't recall how many he had but more than 3 anyway. He had two of those big Gibson L5's or whatever they were, one blonde and one black, throwing them around like a wildman, which he is. I don't know how many of you hunt out there but you all should. Give you a much more rounded perspective on life. When Ted was 10, he could hit a pheasant on the fly with a bow and arrow. Most grown men can't hit one with a shot gun. He's an avid outdoorsman, a great conservationist, a great cook, and one heck of a guitar player. He's also very inteligent and can hold his own in a political discussion when I usually lose my head. He also has a beautiful that he's been married to for many, many years. Hooray for Ted. All my stuff is here: www.timothychipman.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchipman Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 a beautiful what you may ask. Wife that is, sorry about that. tim All my stuff is here: www.timothychipman.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hard truth Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 >I thought he played Fender Dual Showmans exclusively at this time Sorry, I didn't remember the brand of amp Nugent used at that show 28 years ago. I assumed it was Marshalls just because it was a tall stack. www.oranjproductions.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Nugent's Amps of choice in the good ol' hearing damage days was a non-master volume Twin Reverb with 2 JBL D120s and the volume and tone knobs turned ALL the way up, on top of a Dual Showman bottom with two JBL D150's, and repeat as necessary. I have seen pictures of his backline with up to five stacks like that. Later on, he went to Super Twins, which were higher output but tended to blow up. In a way, both of you are right though, because the amp section of a Twin Reverb is the same as the amp section of a Dual Showman Reverb head. I saw Sweaty Teddy twice. He as the first rock concert I ever went to back in 1971, and I was dazzled by his skill; I couldn't believe anyone could play like that. If you ever run across a live album called "Survival of the Fittest" from that time, get it, it will knock your socks off. I saw him again in 1975 or '76. He was opening for Bad Company on their "Running With The Pack" tour. Ted not only blew them off the stage, he dragged them back on to it and wiped it off with them. They were ticked off about it, too. Say what you will about Teddy's personality, politics, pastimes, or diet, he's a master guitar player and an incredible showman. Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger85 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Now this is wild. I was just looking at an '03 Fender catalog this afternoon and who do you think was featured under the caption "Great Moments In Fender Amplifier History"? Ted Nugent of course, standing on the stack of amps Picker described. No date was given but it looked to be early to mid-seventies. I'd post it if I could but my scanner and camera are both broken down. Saw him live twice around that period, the cat really rocked! ...touched down in the land of the Delta Blues.....in the middle of the pouring rain.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Yeah, Hell, yeah! By the way- those are Gibson Byrdlands that he's famed for abusing. He gets feedback from the hollow bodies, and uses the long string behind the bridge for up-bend effects. They're shorter scale than even a Les Paul- I think they're 23&1/2"- with rather narrow nut-widths. Kinda unique guitars, really, not much else quite like 'em! Now, you know he's got a SERIOUS grip on muting and damping with both hands, to be able to deal with that kind of a guitar at those volumes, to keep it under control! "Great White Buffalo" from Double Live Gonzo is KILLER!! Oh, yeah- anybody else see when he was on Conan O'Brien's show? That was great, he played the whole night with the house band, and he and Conan kept kidding around, back and forth! Very cool! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 When he did some of the stuff in the early '80's, he used a Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion, and then later on the "Little Miss Dangerous" album and with Damn Yankees he got in to some PRS guitars. Now he uses the the Byrdlands, the PRS', AND a Les Paul or two. Guess Teddy's gotten more egalitarian in his choice of instruments in his old age... Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam b_dup1 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 oh fred bear, take me back ...back where i belong .....bonham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 By the way, stage-stacks of Twins and 'Showman cabs notwithstanding, Ted sometimes recorded those screamin' classics with an early '60s "brownface" Fender Deluxe (NON-reverb). Had he close-mic'ed one for his stage-show back then, he'd have considerably less hearing-loss now... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Just for clarification: He did indeed have Marshall amps in addition to the Fender stacks, at least back in the AmboyDukes days. By the time I saw him at Pocono, it was all Fenders. I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 http://www.teamtatham.com/lynntest/nugent.jpg Tiger 85 - Found it Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennyf Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Originally posted by Caevan O'Shite: Had he close-mic'ed one for his stage-show back then, he'd have considerably less hearing-loss now... Naaah, if the amps hadn't got him, the firearms would have. I love Ted!! band link: bluepearlband.com music, lessons, gig schedules at dennyf.com STURGEON'S LAW --98% of everything is bullshit. My Unitarian Jihad Name is: The Jackhammer of Love and Mercy. Get yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I only saw the Motor City Madman once, but WOW what a performer!! He was opening for the newly re-formed Aerosmith (back to the the original lineup) at a college. It's the only time I've ever seen an "opening" act get called back on stage by the audience for 5 encores. May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriBaby Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Love the Nuge, met him once at a gas station in town, opening day of dear season in Michigan. Chatted a while, talked about snow plows, then off he went. His "ranch" is pretty close to where I live. Our band does Fred Bear, it is one of my favorite solo's to play, and the outro is pretty cool too. Once I thought I saw you, in a crowded, hazy, bar........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger85 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 You da man geezer! ...touched down in the land of the Delta Blues.....in the middle of the pouring rain.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger85 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Speaking of Fender amps I see where Pete Townsend is using them now along with a red Strat! At least in the Fender ads! I love it! I love Gibsons too though. ...touched down in the land of the Delta Blues.....in the middle of the pouring rain.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklava Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 http://www.teamtatham.com/lynntest/nugent.jpg I've seen him about 75 jump down from a stack like this,and not not miss a beat.Then he take's his guitar and put's in a stand in front of his stack justa screaming for about ten minutes.My ears were ringing for days.I've seen a video of him at his friend's wedding ripping up some blues on a Les Paul.Uh lets see he's got a hot wife. The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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