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ROCKOLLECTIONS: AMBOY DUKES PT.2 & MLK DAY!

Back with some more of the Amboy Dukes, Ted Nugent’s old group- and it WAS Ted’s group.
He had to keep bailing the members out of jail, booked their concerts, took care of the finances, drove their truck, made hotel reservations, etc.- all while fighting with them!
I am going to play you a hippie classic- a terrific song, complete with sitar, with just the right title for that period, Psalm Of Aftermath.
Feeling like a babysitter, Ted left the group and came back with a great solo album.
I have the band doing a great old Chuck Berry chestnut, complete with a series of those false endings groups sometimes do.
Today, Ted Nugent is into so many things I couldn’t list them all.
He even has an internet column I enjoy.
So I thought I’d play something solo by him you might know.
Finally, in honor of Monday being Martin Luther King Jr. Day, that will be duly noted.
Talk about dreams…!

Mike

Tags: Chuck Berry, Martin Luther King Jr., Psalm Of Aftermath, Sitar, Ted Nugent

ROCKOLLECTIONS: AMBOY DUKES PT.1

This is an interesting show, for one thing this first half is entirely vinyl records.
Most of the 2nd half will be also.
After last week’s Bread, this time I’ll be playing the Amboy Dukes, Ted Nugent’s old group.
This is some VERY 60’s music!
They took their name from a novel about gang members.
They began in Chicago, and moved to Detroit where Nugent is from.
This chapter contains my favorite version of the song Baby Please Don’t Go, a tune that has been done by countless groups.
That Ted Nugent can PLAY some guitar!
The highlight for me is that during this episode I hit the extender for the microphone- not the microphone itself.
It is a sort of crossed rack with a large spring, that is what I hit and I hit it HARD!
Sounded like a Chinese gong and shocked the hell out of me, lol!
Listen for it!
More Dukes coming in Part Two.

Mike

Tags: Baby Please Don't Go, Bread, Ted Nugent