Ted Nugent - Motor City Madness - A Tribute To Ted Nugent

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Theodore Anthony Nugent born December 13, 1948 is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist. He initially gained fame as the lead guitarist and occasional vocalist of The Amboy Dukes, a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock and hard rock. After dissolving the band, he embarked on a successful solo career. His first three solo albums, Ted Nugent (1975), Free-for-All (1976) and Cat Scratch Fever (1977), were certified multi-platinum in the United States. His latest album, Detroit Muscle, was released in 2022.

Ted Nugent is known for his use of the Gibson Byrdland, his bluesy and frenzied guitar playing, and his energetic live shows. Despite possessing a distinctive, wide-ranging singing voice, Nugent recorded and toured with other lead singers during much of his early solo career, including Derek St. Holmes, Charlie Huhn, Brian Howe and Meat Loaf, only taking on full lead vocal duties later on. His biggest hit was 1977's "Cat Scratch Fever", on which he sang the lead vocals. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was part of the supergroup Damn Yankees. In 2023, he embarked a farewell tour known as the "Adios Mofo Tour".

Ted Nugent was born the third of four siblings in Redford, Michigan, and raised in Detroit, the son of Marion Dorothy and Warren Henry Nugent. He attended William Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois, as a freshman in 1963–1964,then transferred to St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois. His maternal grandparents were Swedish.

Ted Nugent is Our Favorite Rocker and Still the Best Rock Show I ever attended, and I have been to MANY..
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01 Journey To The Center Of The Mind
02 Hammerdown
03 Writing On The Wall
04 Cat Scratch Fever
05 Dog Eat Dog
06 Stranglehold
07 Hey Baby
08 Yank Me, Crank Me
09 Turn It Up
10 Free For All