For 45 years, my sister made me promise to play this at her funeral. The ridiculosity of that always entertained us to no end. She passed away yesterday. I will honor her wishes.
@@michaelrochester48 I know - apparently you misunderstood my comment, because I wasn't judging or denouncing rock stars hooking up with underage groupies - I've been defending that for years online and getting attacked left and right. No one thought a 16 year-old was a "child" in the 70's, 80's and 90's. It's only been over the last 15 or so years that American society has infantilized teenagers - that's why 20-somethings are so immature these days and many still live with their parents.
I believe Ted was the top grossing live act of 1978. He was HUGE. I was fortunate to see him front row in 1984 when he was still a wild man with no shirt but playing to a much smaller crowd by then. 1978 was the year my 9 year old self discovered KISS, Ted, Aerosmith, Queen and Foghat. You literally cannot top 70's music.
I'm 67. "Free For All" always did it for me. Ever since "Cat Scratch Fever" I've loved Nugent's in your face nasty, coarse, loud, and raunchy Rock n Roll! '70's American rock at it's best, by a great American Patriot!!! Rock on Ted!!!
Stranglehold is not just a song to fans of rock and roll, it is an anthem for a generation. Like Free Bird and Stairway to Heaven, these are songs that transcend time.
Ted Nugent - white spandex with suspenders, fur tail, studded wrist bands, no shirt, long hair. Man, the '70s were great! I bet the show's producers weren't expecting that extended riff at the end.
Haha good point. It must have come naturally to him because you're right. He's not the type to spend 16 hours a day playing in his bedroom like Randy Rhoads and many others.
When this came out I would sit in the back of my friend's car and listen to this at about 115 dB through Jensen Triax speakers. Now I'm paying for that, but still gotta crank it up.
I had Jensen 6x9 triaxles in the rear deck of my camaro. And often had Nugent in the 8track. Still remember that the glove box held nine 8track tapes. And the ashtray always seemed to hold a few roaches. Man, high school was fun. 🙂
My 70 Torino wasn't running and one night , while listening to the Radio , Billy Thorpes , Children of the Sun , came on the radio . It sucked , so I jumped into the back seat of my car and Cranked it up . The very next song was Stranglehold ! Both songs had parts that sound like they go in one ear into one side of your conscience right out the other ear . I had an Original Pioneer Tuner and 40 Watt Amp through Jensen Triaxles. I was 17 or so at the time. 40 plus years later , and I still remember that moment in time !
I did the same thing!! 6:20 It was so cool how the music would bounce between the speakers! I lived those speakers and this song showed how great they were! Thanks for reminding me of that memory!
@@bigfoot-id8bv Short scale 24". A typical Gibson Les Paul ranges from 24.594" to 24.75" (depending on year) with a Strat/Tele being 25.5". Shorter scale length just makes it easier to do bends and wide vibrato. Keeping a hollow body guitar "under control" as to feedback with loud volume is what's difficult. Plenty of people have done/do it, but one definitely has to know their particular guitar really well to keep it under firm control.
I'm awestruck just watching his right hand: how he picks, uses controlled feedback, his volume and tone knobs all incorporated into this piece of music. Brilliant! People don't realize how difficult it is for someone to get to that level of playing. He's not just playing a bunch of notes. He makes his guitar sing those notes by his dynamics and phrasing and that's what makes Ted Nugent so great as a guitarist. Really an absolute master and up there with the very best of the best.
You make an astute observation my friend. Managing guitar volume as a way to leverage tone dynamics is a lost art. It's way undervalued nowadays, but its the key to good organic tone and players from the arena rock days of yore were all well familiar with it. It's hard enough to control feedback on a solid body guitar run through a bunch of dimed up amplifiers stacked on top of 2x12 cabinets all daisy chained together. But trying to manage all of that through a hollow body guitar which Ted was known for, is an absolute feedback nightmare. It took an incredible level of skill to do it...
Dude, I'm a drummer but I was noticing exactly that when I was watching this. The way he's playing that guitar is like watching a conductor drive an orchestra. He's getting exactly what he wants out of it. This is a master class in classic rock guitar solo technique and performance. Great observation man 👍
100%, his diminuendos are incredibly fast and accurate. I was waiting for him to mess up. But he didn't. He uses countless techniques flawlessly. It leaves me in awe.
Saw Uncle Ted at The Spectrum in Philadelphia during the seventies. The stacks of speakers was unbelievable, and thought the building was going to explode....lol
61 here ... learned this as one of the first when I picked up a guitar. Needle and vinyl, 3 seconds at a time. I still get chicken bumps when I hear this. Ted loves America! Oh yea, he was and is drug free.
One day, in 1977 Bad Company was playing Tulsa, their opening act got food poisoning. Ted flew in on a moment's notice and with Bad Co as his backup band, played an hour set. I wish I has a camera, or at least an audio tape recorder. A very unique take on his hits.
I saw Ted when he was with Dam Yankees in like 1991. Bad Company was the second show. But it was kind of a mistake to follow Ted on stage. He had so much energy, anything else is a let down.
Nugent concert about 1980. He swung onto the jungle stage on a vine wearing a loin cloth. It was so clean and loud that you could see the sound rippling faces. I was almost deaf for a couple days. Incredible experience for a teenager.
How many 96 year old songs do you listen to on a regular basis? I can't think of 1. Our time has mostly come and gone. Future generations will sooner than we'd all like to admit, not even care.
Has never gotten old for me and I'm 62 now! Have always played some of this song whenever noodling on my guitar. Still do.😎 Rock On Motor City Mad Man, Uncle Ted, The Nuge!!!
@@anthonydixon452 Charlie is a much better musician than Derek - that's why he's actually had a multi-faceted career after Ted (his 'Dirty Fingers' with Gary Moore rules. For starters) that lasts to this day whereas Derek disappeared from view after Whitford/St.Holmes.
I remember my jaw dropped when I saw Nugent hosting the Midnight Special that week! I used to stay up to watch every week but this was special because it was Terrible Ted and hard Rock playing live on my TV 📺 Set. Which rarely happened if ever! I was listening to Aerosmith Toys in the Attic and Rocks. And Kiss . So I was in my teen hard rock phase. So I turned up the TV and rocked out to this show! It was one of the best things I ever saw on TV. Live Music! And it was Hard Rock! Thanks TH-cam and to whoever posted this great show!
Regardless of what you, me or anyone else thinks of Ted Nugent as a person his music and incredible performances are definitely Rock and Roll Hall of Fame worthy..
First concert (with a date) was Ted Nugent at a little venue in Kansas City Memorial Hall. KRAZY good with the guitar he is. My ears are still ringing 49 years later!! Was a great show.
Saw Ted in Modesto CA about 23 years ago with Nightranger. One ofthe best concerts I ever saw. The audience, no lie was about 70 to 80% women to men with all the women drop dead gorgeous. Ted really could draw the women to his shows.
Went to see Ted Nugent in I think it was 1980 , Hammersmith Odeon London. I was 17 at time. He basically came on stage and played Live Gonzo. He was full of energy, the Gibson birdland was howling. What a sound he and his band generated that nite, stranglehold and Hibernation were the stand out tunes for me. What a nite . 👍👍
I was there too. 17 also. From the Paralyzed tour. Great night as you so well say. The Nuge played a brand new song in his set - Reservation. Awesome. He’s now a TX Lone Star State advocate of owning your own guns & enjoying your liberty. Too right 😃👊👍
I saw Ted when I was in high school in the 70's , had a back stage pass and got to meet the band , best time ever, the 70's was full of concerts and kick ass bands ,
@@debbiebasche5337 Thank you , the 70's were a lot of fun for sure , I was always going to concerts , it was a wonderful time to be young , I was very fortunate to have seen so so many awesome bands...
I went to a boatload of concerts in the 70s. I started in 76 when I was 14. Never seen Led Zeppelin though. Seen Ted twice. Went to most of my concerts at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Hollywood Florida. I'd hate to be a young kid today.
Ted at the height of his best. Met him when he was in his 60's, shook his hand and that guy has a solid grip of iron that can literally break your hand. I guarantee thats how he can make a Gibson Byrdland jazz guitar sound edgy, dark, deadly as if it's not a musical instrument but a weapon!!
Marvelous, wild, and pure gold. I am 43 and I am from Ecuador, almost impossible to live those days where tv was a real entertainment. I am glad to see this jewel, thank you.
For me this song is all about that unbelievably tasty guitar solo that is pure ear candy. I'm a fairly good guitar player and I will tell you that Ted put A LOT of work into perfecting that on the record.
My first Ted Nugent concert was in 1977 at soldier Field. The Super Bowl rock which included journey 38 special Lynyrd Skynyrd and the tickets are only $10.
I saw Ted play this last Friday night 8-18-23 in Beaumont Texas. Ted's showmanship was stellar and he went deep into his fantastic catalog of music. This song brought tears to my eyes because this song and Hey Baby came from Ted's 1st album, which was one of the first albums I ever bought....he played both songs.
@@TheSteveSteele Yeah, that was my first concert ever in Beaumont, but not my last. Ford Field is a great arena. I've never been to Beaumont before. I stayed Friday & Saturday so I could explore a little bit. Yes, I will go back, it was quite enjoyable.
Saw Ted in concert during 1975 in Michigan with Derek St. Holmes. Man they were amazing! Ted must’ve had a cold because he was spitting lewgies off the stage. 😅 So loud my ears were ringing for 2 days after the concert. Now I’m an old fart at 69. The music and memories from those years are incomparable.
I saw him 1977 at the Cow Palace. Afterwards, I thought I had suffered permanent ear damage, as everything sounded like I had my fingers in my ears for the next 2-3 days. Great show though!
Democrats are the problem...not people who believe in what`s best for America. Democrats have ruined a large portion of this nation. They belong in institutions or cages for public safety reasons.
controversial????LOL...people now think they are the opposite secs, have support rats and think they are aliens from other planets and Ted Nugent is controversial??? what a joke. He has an opinion just like everybody else...let him have his and you have yours...
Nothing like the 70's! 👉Started with Free For All and ended with an extended version (over 11 minutes) of "Strangehold" come from the first show, broadcast on NBC on the night of November 24, 1978, when Nugent (with Charlie Huhn on lead vocals) performed alongside REO Speedwagon, AC/DC and Cheap Trick, while live footage of Thin Lizzy playing in London was shown, as were videos by Golden Earring and Aerosmith. Wow!
Saw Ted Nugent headline in '78 at Grand Slam Jam... Milwaukee...he was incredibly nuts...he was the best concert ever in Milwaukee...a great guitar slinger...met him twice...its a CRIME hes not voted in by the rock n roll hall of fame...note all small letters...that was for you TED...my guitar HERO...!!
1977, an orange Formula Firebird 400, a pioneer super tuner cassette deck with Jensen 9's across the backset deck cranked and Penny B in the passenger seat. Age 17 was quite fun indeed!!!
One of my all-time favorite leads... Ted was/is a MASTER!!! Passion and feeling are SO missing in today's music. I am so fortunate that I grew up in the days of Nugent, Page, Beck and the rest. 🤘🤘
I do not believe for one second that he had NEVER experimented with any kind of substance! I'm pretty sure that he had tried marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms and peyote. Neither of those are dangerous. Mushrooms are definitely not addictive.
@@ALRULZ1965 Image, that's all. I wouldn't be offended if he had done marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms or peyote, it's plant medicine and definitely for insight. He is the embodiment of the artists of the time.
i saw Ted at the Hollywood Sportatorium in January or 1978 with Golden Earring. He was amazing! Also saw him last July 2023 at The Hollywood Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and was surprised how good he still is. He can still play like a possessed madman! Haha it was a great show and the audience, albeit quite a bit older… lol was totally into it!
What an absolute insane extravaganza rendition of one the greatest rock anthems ever..such a kick ass song and band to boot.. Uncle Ted Rocks. I had the privilege of seeing him during the Intensity in Ten Cities tour..loin cloth..Tarzan vine and all.. One hell of a show.
I saw Ted when this album came out! I still remember it like it was yesterday and to me this album revitalized this type of music! We all went Gonzo! Ted was at the forefront of that movement! This lineup was a helluva band!
I saw Michael Schenker open up for "Uncle Ted" in 1984 at the Sacramento Memoria Auditorium. Was there to see Ted, barely know who Schenker was at the time. I say this with all due respects to Nugent, but Schenker blew him off the stage! At the time I was looking forward to "Double Live Gonzo" relived, But Mikey got Ted in a "Strangle Hold"
@@kevincogan5174 I knew who Schenker was in the 70’s with UFO both Ted and Michael are wicked lead guitarist !! I’ll bet that was an awesome show my 2 favorites kicking ass and taking names !!
@@davidday8417 Shortly after the Nugent/Schenker show I bought the live album "Strangers in the Night" and that was that, I was hooked. Shortly after a buddy of mine made a Cassette Recording for me, "Lonesome Crow" by Scorpions on Side A, which I'm sure you are aware, featured a 15 year old Schenker. Side B was "Fly to the Rainbow" by Scorpions, I suddenly had another favorite Axe Slinger Ulrich Roth. By the way, in April of '94 2 friends and myself flew from the Bay Area, Ca. to San Antonio. TX. to see the original line up of the newly reformed UFO play the "La Semana Allegre" Music Festival, April 16th,1994. We flew there specifically at considerable expense to witness Schenker with UFO, and I can honestly say, it was worth every penny!
@@dmitryowens Been a huge fan of Roth since '85. I recall being at a Party in the Sunset District of San Francisco back in '80,and hearing some seriously awesome guitar work. I walked up to the "Turntable" (remember those?) and took a look at the album cover , Scorpions "Tokyo Tapes". Had no idea who they were at that time, but memory stuck with me for all these years. 2 years later I was seeing them for the first time on the "Black Out" Tour, Oakland Coliseum Arena, courtesy of Bill Graham Presents!
Saw him at Soldier Field in 1977. When he played Stranglehold the crowd started heaving plastic water jugs onstage. By the end of the song he was hip-deep in jugs onstage. Never forget it. Incredible performance.
I was there too, brother! July 10th, 1977 ,The Superbowl of Rock Game #3! Head East, Journey (a new band no one had heard of then), 38 Special, Lynryd Skynyrd, Ted Nugent! I got hit in the head with one of those water jugs! My ears are still ringing, but it was worth it! Rock On!
Wow, I remember seeing Nugent at Winterland back in the mid 70's. I recall he was standing on top of all the amps and playing Queen of the Forest. He's a natural playing the guitar, one of the best.
Saw Ted at an Amusement Park in the 80s. The band Alkatraz was the opening with (18-year-old) Yngvie Malmsteen on Guitar. Ted played two sets that day. I don't remember much of the set but I do recall when Ted came out he swung on a rope and I also remember him addressing the crowd saying. You didn't come here to go on any of those wimpy roller coasters, did you? Amazing artist.
I saw Ted in Oakland at a Day on the Green concert, summer 1979. He swang out onto the stage on a riope... dressed in a Tarzan style loin cloth. He picked up, and threw around, some 'boulders' on the stage. (Painted foam, probably) It was so f'n awesome.
@@Virgo9-9 ... I used to do concert security for Bill Graham, the man who organized the DAY ON THE GREEN concerts. Only I didn't start working for Bill until 1987-1993. I worked a bunch of Day on the GREEN shows in that time as well as working at the indoor collisium and Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, cow palace, San Francisco civic (now called the Bill Graham civic Auditorium. My primary venue was the Shoreline Amphitheater. I also did the Frost Amphitheater at Stanford University, U.C Berkeley, and also San Jose civic Some of the shows I did at Day on the GREEN were Pink Floyd, U2, Rolling Stones, Metallica with Guns & Roses. Oh and, I saw Ted several times but the first was 1978, Boston, Massachusetts, sold out. Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush opened. What a cRaZy show. Loved every minute.
I remember seeing him in Germany in 1980 wearing nothing but a loincloth at the 3rd annual Golden Summer Night concert. I actually was allowed to sit on the edge of the concert stage. Saw him again in my hometown of Poplar Bluff Mo. in 2007 from the front of the barrier !
Stranglehold is one of the top 10 songs of all time because it's a classic song with a fabulous team of vocals, lead guitar, drums and bass guitar that is a masterpiece. Very few groups in history recorded a song this good.
Uncle Ted was at the top of his game here. He was incredible at Cal Jam 2 during this same period. I saw him there as one of the headliners (13 major acts) and he truly kicked ass, leaping across the speaker stack while playing. Almost 50 years, later I recall it vividly.
The last show Derek played with him until he reunited with him. They hated each other's g*ts by that time and weren't even talking and if they did it was telling each other to f**k off during the show. haha If you watch Cal Jam 2 it looks like Derek is talking crap to Ted. ha
Uncle Ted sure pulled one out here and let 'er Rip. Met him when I was 10yrs old (1977) backstage and got an autograph from him. I will never forget that as you couldn't pull that smile off my face for the next 10yrs. Sure wish I'd seen him a few more times back in those mid 70's days. Love the Gonzo Mtr City Madman.
At 16, I saw my first Ted show. July 21st 1979 at the Oakland coliseum. Monsters of Rock tour. St. Paradise, (Derek's band) Mahogany Rush, AC/DC with Bon, Aerosmith, and then Ted. For some reason, most of the headliners were recorded and are on you tube as individual vids. Sadly, Ted's recording ends immediately after he starts talking about norcal poontang. I've seen him about 12 times since then. Fucking legend.
I saw that tour in Cleveland. There it was Nugent, Aerosmith, ACDC, Thin Lizzy, Journey and the Scorpions doing their first ever North American show. Amazing day.
I was blessed to see the maestro live a dozen times as an opening act for bands at the old Toledo Sports Arena back in the 70s. Uncle Ted never failed to be epic.
I saw Ted live around 1982 in Vancouver at the coliseum,( largest venue at the time). Wow , what a show, he swung off the top of the 20 ft tall speakers with a rope,only wearing a loin cloth. Was like seeing Tarzan’s son swinging in to have some fun, then swinging out when he was done. The Band was friking bad ass…not missing a beat, but moreover just looked badass. They were biker looking dudes, all muscled up,, just wearing black leather vests, jeans,and biker boots. Toughest looking band we’d ever seen. We actually emulated the band and wore black vests etc.
I saw him do it in 80 and on the second time swinging across to the other stack of amps he didnt make and he went backwards hanging onto the rope. He was a trooper haha
For 45 years, my sister made me promise to play this at her funeral. The ridiculosity of that always entertained us to no end. She passed away yesterday. I will honor her wishes.
My condolences 💐 😢
Let it rip in her honor !!.. I'm sure she'll appreciate it.
I would have been in love with your sister, sorry i never met her!
Wow so sorry for your loss, how many times did you play it at her funeral
Play it for her and send her home in style.. lord please touch this family an put a hedge around them .. amen
Eleven minutes of Stranglehold on national TV. Boy those days are gone for good!
And so are the days of underage groupies 😞
@@hinjurock70 Don Henley sure thinks so.
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@@hinjurock70 Every rock band did that from kiss to Led Zeppelin to the Rolling Stones. Don’t push this on Ted. These were willing groupies
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I know - apparently you misunderstood my comment, because I wasn't judging or denouncing rock stars hooking up with underage groupies - I've been defending that for years online and getting attacked left and right. No one thought a 16 year-old was a "child" in the 70's, 80's and 90's. It's only been over the last 15 or so years that American society has infantilized teenagers - that's why 20-somethings are so immature these days and many still live with their parents.
I believe Ted was the top grossing live act of 1978. He was HUGE. I was fortunate to see him front row in 1984 when he was still a wild man with no shirt but playing to a much smaller crowd by then. 1978 was the year my 9 year old self discovered KISS, Ted, Aerosmith, Queen and Foghat. You literally cannot top 70's music.
I saw him in 2011. Great show.
-#cheers-- !- 🔥💯🤘
I saw him here in Providence in 1978, WHO opened for him?
@@kevinwalsh4652 I give up. Who?
@@Zoetropeification haha, no, I was asking him if he recalled Ted's opening act, I forgot myself.
Truth. I'm 64, long in the tooth, a percussionist, and yet I always come back to this anthem when feeling down.
I'm 67. "Free For All" always did it for me. Ever since "Cat Scratch Fever" I've loved Nugent's in your face nasty, coarse, loud, and raunchy Rock n Roll! '70's American rock at it's best, by a great American Patriot!!! Rock on Ted!!!
Stranglehold is not just a song to fans of rock and roll, it is an anthem for a generation. Like Free Bird and Stairway to Heaven, these are songs that transcend time.
I have to second that list
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Agreed!!
You speak the truth Dude Man!!!
Amen.
Ted Nugent - white spandex with suspenders, fur tail, studded wrist bands, no shirt, long hair. Man, the '70s were great! I bet the show's producers weren't expecting that extended riff at the end.
I’m still baffled at how Ted somehow sat still long enough to learn how to play guitar
Haha good point. It must have come naturally to him because you're right. He's not the type to spend 16 hours a day playing in his bedroom like Randy Rhoads and many others.
When this came out I would sit in the back of my friend's car and listen to this at about 115 dB through Jensen Triax speakers. Now I'm paying for that, but still gotta crank it up.
I had Jensen 6x9 triaxles in the rear deck of my camaro. And often had Nugent in the 8track. Still remember that the glove box held nine 8track tapes. And the ashtray always seemed to hold a few roaches. Man, high school was fun. 🙂
My 70 Torino wasn't running and one night , while listening to the Radio , Billy Thorpes , Children of the Sun , came on the radio . It sucked , so I jumped into the back seat of my car and Cranked it up . The very next song was Stranglehold ! Both songs had parts that sound like they go in one ear into one side of your conscience right out the other ear . I had an Original Pioneer Tuner and 40 Watt Amp through Jensen Triaxles. I was 17 or so at the time. 40 plus years later , and I still remember that moment in time !
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Ha ha! That was me too! 61 now, my hearing is fried, I saw Ted twice in Florida in 1980 at the Florida jam and Savannah ga.
I did the same thing!! 6:20 It was so cool how the music would bounce between the speakers! I lived those speakers and this song showed how great they were! Thanks for reminding me of that memory!
Passing a big joint of crappy brown weed and cranking this song while chasing tornadoes in the Midwest in a souped up 1969 Fairlane 500. I miss 1983.
Anyone who can control a hollowbody guitar played through a stack of cranked old Fender amps is a certified badass.
Not just a hollow body but a byrdland, weird scale jazz thing……very hard to do.
Especially wearing those pants.
@@bigfoot-id8bv Short scale 24". A typical Gibson Les Paul ranges from 24.594" to 24.75" (depending on year) with a Strat/Tele being 25.5". Shorter scale length just makes it easier to do bends and wide vibrato.
Keeping a hollow body guitar "under control" as to feedback with loud volume is what's difficult. Plenty of people have done/do it, but one definitely has to know their particular guitar really well to keep it under firm control.
I mean humbuckers definitely help.
@@waynepurcell6058 Good knowledge and advice.
Arguably, one of the top 10 greatest rock and roll songs of all time
I'm awestruck just watching his right hand: how he picks, uses controlled feedback, his volume and tone knobs all incorporated into this piece of music. Brilliant! People don't realize how difficult it is for someone to get to that level of playing. He's not just playing a bunch of notes. He makes his guitar sing those notes by his dynamics and phrasing and that's what makes Ted Nugent so great as a guitarist. Really an absolute master and up there with the very best of the best.
You make an astute observation my friend. Managing guitar volume as a way to leverage tone dynamics is a lost art. It's way undervalued nowadays, but its the key to good organic tone and players from the arena rock days of yore were all well familiar with it. It's hard enough to control feedback on a solid body guitar run through a bunch of dimed up amplifiers stacked on top of 2x12 cabinets all daisy chained together. But trying to manage all of that through a hollow body guitar which Ted was known for, is an absolute feedback nightmare. It took an incredible level of skill to do it...
I saw that 1978 tour, it was so loud that after the show we could not hear each other talking, my ears were ringing for three days.
Dude, I'm a drummer but I was noticing exactly that when I was watching this. The way he's playing that guitar is like watching a conductor drive an orchestra. He's getting exactly what he wants out of it. This is a master class in classic rock guitar solo technique and performance. Great observation man 👍
100%, his diminuendos are incredibly fast and accurate. I was waiting for him to mess up. But he didn't. He uses countless techniques flawlessly. It leaves me in awe.
Saw Uncle Ted at The Spectrum in Philadelphia during the seventies. The stacks of speakers was unbelievable, and thought the building was going to explode....lol
Saw Ted live in 1978. 9th grade. Had school the next day. Everyone's ears hurt the next day. It was amazing.
I saw him at Cobo Arena in Detroit at the 87' Whiplash Bash. My ears rang for at least 3 days. It was awesome! ✌🏼
I’m 65 and saw him in my 20’s. How the hell can a 65 year old women friggin love this still?!?
62 and I sure do too, we ROCK!
@@Cosmogirl014 You and MP are both people with superb and discerning taste.
thx! Same to you! @@titanuranus
61 here ... learned this as one of the first when I picked up a guitar. Needle and vinyl, 3 seconds at a time. I still get chicken bumps when I hear this. Ted loves America! Oh yea, he was and is drug free.
Because this is good music and they don't make em like that anymore!
At 75 Uncle Ted can still rock like he's 20!
I can hear him play from my house down the street here in Texas.
@@KB-ke3fi you shitting me
i totally remember seeing this the night it was broadcast. where the hell did 45 years go?!
They went Up in Smoke, LOL.
@@georgefaulk2528 yup...a LOT of smoke lol
I knew a Danny D from Mansfield back in the day. That you man?
@@Zoetropeification nope sorry.
The disco that hit that year has fogged out minds out and we're still recovering. It was like clown dust thrown in the face of Rock and Roll.
One day, in 1977 Bad Company was playing Tulsa, their opening act got food poisoning. Ted flew in on a moment's notice and with Bad Co as his backup band, played an hour set. I wish I has a camera, or at least an audio tape recorder. A very unique take on his hits.
I saw Ted when he was with Dam Yankees in like 1991.
Bad Company was the second show.
But it was kind of a mistake to follow Ted on stage.
He had so much energy, anything else is a let down.
@@edbeck8925 you definitely have to bring your A game to follow Ted
Ted nugent .rock beast. Great American Patriot.
Ted was incredible Live!!! Anybody else remember the loin cloth guy swinging in from the speaker? Good times before them Damn Yankees turned to FLUFF
@@bigpoppa5732 He looked like Tarzan swinging across from one speaker to the other in a loin cloth.
This is one of the greatest and most unique and creative guitar solos ever written.
You need to get out more.
@@D34DH34D4LYF to each his or her own.
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Wtf does getting out more have to do with appreciating a great classic guitar solo?
They are jealous scabs.@@dmitryowens
You need to stay in more.@@D34DH34D4LYF
Nugent concert about 1980. He swung onto the jungle stage on a vine wearing a loin cloth. It was so clean and loud that you could see the sound rippling faces. I was almost deaf for a couple days. Incredible experience for a teenager.
That was the tour for his Scream Dream album.
I seen that tour in Beaumont ,Tx . It was my first time to see Ted Nugent and then, last year I seen him for the last time , also in Beaumont .
I saw Slipknot and Hatebreed in 2015 my ears were ringing for a whole day!! LOL
I'm so glad TH-cam is showing all of these great performances from Midnight Special.
50 years from now this song will still be listened to like stair way to heaven.
I doubt it.
@@guitarzan2626 to each his own @guitarzilla.
@@guitarzan2626 voted biden huh?
@@joejones9520who cares?? Give it a darn rest 💤 💤
How many 96 year old songs do you listen to on a regular basis? I can't think of 1. Our time has mostly come and gone. Future generations will sooner than we'd all like to admit, not even care.
*REAL* musicians playing *REAL* music with *REAL* instruments through *REAL* amplifiers ... *LIVE!!*
Has never gotten old for me and I'm 62 now!
Have always played some of this song whenever noodling on my guitar. Still do.😎
Rock On Motor City Mad Man, Uncle Ted, The Nuge!!!
Amen bother, fellow 62 year old!
Graduated in 78... Been a fan since 76... and the Rock and Roll hall of shame...can kiss every real Rockers...ASS... Twice!
Ted always found great singers. Derek, Charlie, Brian.
His bassist on the record Rob Grange is so underrated.
Meatloaf!!!
Meatloaf
Here we go again with the word underrated. Just stop.
🛑 with ‘underrated’ term please
NOT UNDERRATED this band sucks
When my future wife and I were 16, we made out upstairs to this whole album. This December we will be married 43 years. Thanks Ted!
When the live version is better
Fabulous musicians!
I think Charlie Huhn did a very respectble job of filling in for Derek \m/
I saw Charlie fronting Foghat many years ago and he was great.
Thanks for identifying him! I thought that didn't look like Derek! You are right, though, he did a great job filling in.
Decent enough I suppose but he's no DSH. Derek is just so total badass.🎸
@@anthonydixon452 Charlie is a much better musician than Derek - that's why he's actually had a multi-faceted career after Ted (his 'Dirty Fingers' with Gary Moore rules. For starters) that lasts to this day whereas Derek disappeared from view after Whitford/St.Holmes.
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I remember my jaw dropped when I saw Nugent hosting the Midnight Special that week! I used to stay up to watch every week but this was special because it was Terrible Ted and hard Rock playing live on my TV 📺 Set. Which rarely happened if ever!
I was listening to Aerosmith Toys in the Attic and Rocks. And Kiss . So I was in my teen hard rock phase.
So I turned up the TV and rocked out to this show! It was one of the best things I ever saw on TV. Live Music! And it was Hard Rock!
Thanks TH-cam and to whoever posted this great show!
Regardless of what you, me or anyone else thinks of Ted Nugent as a person his music and incredible performances are definitely Rock and Roll Hall of Fame worthy..
First concert (with a date) was Ted Nugent at a little venue in Kansas City Memorial Hall. KRAZY good with the guitar he is. My ears are still ringing 49 years later!! Was a great show.
Saw Ted in Modesto CA about 23 years ago with Nightranger. One ofthe best concerts I ever saw. The audience, no lie was about 70 to 80% women to men with all the women drop dead gorgeous. Ted really could draw the women to his shows.
Went to see Ted Nugent in I think it was 1980 , Hammersmith Odeon London. I was 17 at time. He basically came on stage and played Live Gonzo. He was full of energy, the Gibson birdland was howling. What a sound he and his band generated that nite, stranglehold and Hibernation were the stand out tunes for me. What a nite . 👍👍
I was there too. 17 also. From the Paralyzed tour. Great night as you so well say. The Nuge played a brand new song in his set - Reservation. Awesome. He’s now a TX Lone Star State advocate of owning your own guns & enjoying your liberty.
Too right 😃👊👍
One of the best Rock n’ Roll songs ever!
I saw Ted when I was in high school in the 70's , had a back stage pass and got to meet the band , best time ever, the 70's was full of concerts and kick ass bands ,
Sure miss those days
Yea sure, and I got to meet and chat with Mark the animal Mendoza from twisted sister last month when I sold him my old toolbox
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Thank you , the 70's were a lot of fun for sure , I was always going to concerts , it was a wonderful time to be young , I was very fortunate to have seen so so many awesome bands...
I went to a boatload of concerts in the 70s. I started in 76 when I was 14. Never seen Led Zeppelin though. Seen Ted twice. Went to most of my concerts at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Hollywood Florida. I'd hate to be a young kid today.
Uncle Ted, thank You! From a '70's Man,we salute you most of all. Rock out....
Ted at the height of his best. Met him when he was in his 60's, shook his hand and that guy has a solid grip of iron that can literally break your hand. I guarantee thats how he can make a Gibson Byrdland jazz guitar sound edgy, dark, deadly as if it's not a musical instrument but a weapon!!
A man that knows his instrument and what it was capable of.
U must not listen to Jimi
I love when a song is all guitar! I'm a guitar junkie, saw him live in Toronto in early 80s. Man, his music flows thru his veins effortlessly. 🎉
When our troops play this one on the way to battle you know it's a good one
Marvelous, wild, and pure gold. I am 43 and I am from Ecuador, almost impossible to live those days where tv was a real entertainment. I am glad to see this jewel, thank you.
One of the best shows I ever saw😁 Texas Jam Sammy Hagar and Ted Nugent playing together
For me this song is all about that unbelievably tasty guitar solo that is pure ear candy. I'm a fairly good guitar player and I will tell you that Ted put A LOT of work into perfecting that on the record.
There will never be another Ted Nugent!! EVER!! A Northern Rocker with a SOUTHERN ROCK HEART!!!
STRANGLEHOLD is the ringer on my phone when my husband calls. I'll leave that to the imagination. 😂
Hello,how are you doing? It’s nice seeing you here.
My first Ted Nugent concert was in 1977 at soldier Field. The Super Bowl rock which included journey 38 special Lynyrd Skynyrd and the tickets are only $10.
Wow!
One of the best rock songs ever. Even after listening to it for 40 plus years. Love it. 🎸
He is the true Madman of Rock!
I saw Ted play this last Friday night 8-18-23 in Beaumont Texas.
Ted's showmanship was stellar and he went deep into his fantastic catalog of music. This song brought tears to my eyes because this song and Hey Baby came from Ted's 1st album, which was one of the first albums I ever bought....he played both songs.
In Beaumont huh? Very cool.
@@TheSteveSteele Yeah, that was my first concert ever in Beaumont, but not my last. Ford Field is a great arena.
I've never been to Beaumont before. I stayed Friday & Saturday so I could explore a little bit. Yes, I will go back, it was quite enjoyable.
i’m from nome, texas-very close! great musician
Ted had one good song and this is it
@southrules you haven't heard much Ted. Maybe you should use those digits of yours to study up on the you tube instead of giving handjobs.
This and Writing on the Wall are 2 of the most epic tunes I ever heard, Long Live Uncle TED.
Saw Ted in concert during 1975 in Michigan with Derek St. Holmes. Man they were amazing! Ted must’ve had a cold because he was spitting lewgies off the stage. 😅 So loud my ears were ringing for 2 days after the concert. Now I’m an old fart at 69. The music and memories from those years are incomparable.
His Cleveland stadium shows were fkn epic in the 70s 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
You ever see The Doors or Jefferson Airplane?
I saw him 1977 at the Cow Palace. Afterwards, I thought I had suffered permanent ear damage, as everything sounded like I had my fingers in my ears for the next 2-3 days. Great show though!
@@scottlosey4978 No, I didn't get the chance. Saw many other great acts "back in the day" though.
@@rodjohnson2632 Yeah me too as far as the blockage. Also, incredibly annoying ringing in my ears (which I continue to have).
Ted might be controversal figure today but he rocked hard to leave the great muscial legacy. His 70s output is untouchable
Democrats are the problem...not people who believe in what`s best for America. Democrats have ruined a large portion of this nation. They belong in institutions or cages for public safety reasons.
Controversial because he loves America?
He loves America so much he crapped his pants to get out of fighting for it.
controversial????LOL...people now think they are the opposite secs, have support rats and think they are aliens from other planets and Ted Nugent is controversial??? what a joke. He has an opinion just like everybody else...let him have his and you have yours...
@@bobbyg7102oh FF sake, give it a break 🙄
Nothing like the 70's!
👉Started with Free For All and ended with an extended version (over 11 minutes) of "Strangehold" come from the first show, broadcast on NBC on the night of November 24, 1978, when Nugent (with Charlie Huhn on lead vocals) performed alongside REO Speedwagon, AC/DC and Cheap Trick, while live footage of Thin Lizzy playing in London was shown, as were videos by Golden Earring and Aerosmith. Wow!
One of the greatest Rock tracks ever laid down. Ted is a red blooded American!
Saw Ted live in the 70's he was a mad man and rocked his ass off. He opened for Blue Oster Cult and ZZ Top. What a GREAT concert it was
Saw Ted Nugent headline in '78 at Grand Slam Jam... Milwaukee...he was incredibly nuts...he was the best concert ever in Milwaukee...a great guitar slinger...met him twice...its a CRIME hes not voted in by the rock n roll hall of fame...note all small letters...that was for you TED...my guitar HERO...!!
That solo lasted for another three hours before the staff turned the lights out and went home.
I saw him in 76 and 77. First row, he was amazing, I’ll never forget it
Hello,how are you doing? It’s nice seeing you here.
the glory days! i saw him mid seventies with my friends 🎸🎸👍👍👍
1977, an orange Formula Firebird 400, a pioneer super tuner cassette deck with Jensen 9's across the backset deck cranked and Penny B in the passenger seat. Age 17 was quite fun indeed!!!
One of my all-time favorite leads... Ted was/is a MASTER!!! Passion and feeling are SO missing in today's music. I am so fortunate that I grew up in the days of Nugent, Page, Beck and the rest. 🤘🤘
Totally underated Uncle Ted. Top guitarist of a generation.
Agree 🎸
What a way to close out a Midnight Special!! The Nuge and his band --- WOW !!
Still one of the hardest jams ever.. excellent vocals and Ted’s guitar playing was phenomenal
Holy shit! For the past 45 years, I thought Ted Nugent was singing this song!!
Now I know; better late than never!😮
Fantastic performance!
Me too!
He sings it now but doesn`t have the voice of the dude singing it here.
Charlie Huhn
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derek st holmes
Derek St Holmes
Everything the Nuge says about , clean living and the way music gets into your soul is on his face in this video.
I do not believe for one second that he had NEVER experimented with any kind of substance!
I'm pretty sure that he had tried marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms and peyote.
Neither of those are dangerous. Mushrooms are definitely not addictive.
@@Shaman196 I believe what he says, why lie about it?
@@ALRULZ1965 Image, that's all.
I wouldn't be offended if he had done marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms or peyote, it's plant medicine and definitely for insight.
He is the embodiment of the artists of the time.
@@Shaman196 You're obviously a doper, but not everyone else is, so don't assume that.
i saw Ted at the Hollywood Sportatorium in January or 1978 with Golden Earring. He was amazing! Also saw him last July 2023 at The Hollywood Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and was surprised how good he still is. He can still play like a possessed madman! Haha it was a great show and the audience, albeit quite a bit older… lol was totally into it!
What an absolute insane extravaganza rendition of one the greatest rock anthems ever..such a kick ass song and band to boot.. Uncle Ted Rocks. I had the privilege of seeing him during the Intensity in Ten Cities tour..loin cloth..Tarzan vine and all.. One hell of a show.
Those were the end of the 70’s rock era days and Ted was king of the hill for a little while.
This brings me back to the good times!!! He was a hero back then!!
Omg.. we had SO MUCH FUN in the 70's, didn't we?!
I saw Ted when this album came out! I still remember it like it was yesterday and to me this album revitalized this type of music! We all went Gonzo! Ted was at the forefront of that movement! This lineup was a helluva band!
I saw Ted live in 1978 in Jackson Mississippi and it was incredibly loud especially when he let his guitar feedback for a very long time,
Uncle Ted! 😎🎸🔥🇺🇲
The 2 most underrated guitarist Ted Nugent and Michael Schenker !!
I saw Michael Schenker open up for "Uncle Ted" in 1984 at the Sacramento Memoria Auditorium. Was there to see Ted, barely know who Schenker was at the time. I say this with all due respects to Nugent, but Schenker blew him off the stage! At the time I was looking forward to "Double Live Gonzo" relived, But Mikey got Ted in a "Strangle Hold"
@@kevincogan5174 I knew who Schenker was in the 70’s with UFO both Ted and Michael are wicked lead guitarist !! I’ll bet that was an awesome show my 2 favorites kicking ass and taking names !!
@@davidday8417 Shortly after the Nugent/Schenker show I bought the live album "Strangers in the Night" and that was that, I was hooked. Shortly after a buddy of mine made a Cassette Recording for me, "Lonesome Crow" by Scorpions on Side A, which I'm sure you are aware, featured a 15 year old Schenker. Side B was "Fly to the Rainbow" by Scorpions, I suddenly had another favorite Axe Slinger Ulrich Roth.
By the way, in April of '94 2 friends and myself flew from the Bay Area, Ca. to San Antonio. TX. to see the original line up of the newly reformed UFO play the "La Semana Allegre" Music Festival, April 16th,1994.
We flew there specifically at considerable expense to witness Schenker with UFO, and I can honestly say, it was worth every penny!
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Uli Roth (Scorpions lead guitarist for most of the 70's) is great too.
@@dmitryowens Been a huge fan of Roth since '85. I recall being at a Party in the Sunset District of San Francisco back in '80,and hearing some seriously awesome guitar work. I walked up to the "Turntable" (remember those?) and took a look at the album cover , Scorpions "Tokyo Tapes". Had no idea who they were at that time, but memory stuck with me for all these years. 2 years later I was seeing them for the first time on the "Black Out" Tour, Oakland Coliseum Arena, courtesy of Bill Graham Presents!
Best performance of this classic song that I've ever seen!
Ted should be in the rockinroll hall of fame!
It’ll never happen. Ted isn’t an a$$ kiss. That’s what they expect.
Ted is greater than the “rock in roll” junkfest….
Saw him at Soldier Field in 1977. When he played Stranglehold the crowd started heaving plastic water jugs onstage. By the end of the song he was hip-deep in jugs onstage. Never forget it. Incredible performance.
I was there too, brother! July 10th, 1977 ,The Superbowl of Rock Game #3! Head East, Journey (a new band no one had heard of then), 38 Special, Lynryd Skynyrd, Ted Nugent! I got hit in the head with one of those water jugs! My ears are still ringing, but it was worth it! Rock On!
@@marcarturi2137 Loudest show I ever attended. What a time!
Loved seeing him during summer of 79 he blew me away with this version. Already had the album but live was crazy cool. Thanks Ted
Wow, I remember seeing Nugent at Winterland back in the mid 70's. I recall he was standing on top of all the amps and playing Queen of the Forest. He's a natural playing the guitar, one of the best.
Amazing masterpiece from the summer of my years.
Saw Ted at an Amusement Park in the 80s. The band Alkatraz was the opening with (18-year-old) Yngvie Malmsteen on Guitar. Ted played two sets that day. I don't remember much of the set but I do recall when Ted came out he swung on a rope and I also remember him addressing the crowd saying. You didn't come here to go on any of those wimpy roller coasters, did you? Amazing artist.
I saw Ted in Oakland at a Day on the Green concert, summer 1979. He swang out onto the stage on a riope... dressed in a Tarzan style loin cloth. He picked up, and threw around, some 'boulders' on the stage. (Painted foam, probably) It was so f'n awesome.
Founbd a video of the concert!!! th-cam.com/video/2L0h7a6_pDQ/w-d-xo.html
@@Virgo9-9 sounds about right. I don't recall the loin cloth but the swing definitely happened
@@Virgo9-9 I am not seeing a video to click on. :(
@@Virgo9-9 ... I used to do concert security for Bill Graham, the man who organized the DAY ON THE GREEN concerts. Only I didn't start working for Bill until 1987-1993. I worked a bunch of Day on the GREEN shows in that time as well as working at the indoor collisium and Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, cow palace, San Francisco civic (now called the Bill Graham civic Auditorium.
My primary venue was the Shoreline Amphitheater. I also did the Frost Amphitheater at Stanford University, U.C Berkeley, and also San Jose civic
Some of the shows I did at Day on the GREEN were Pink Floyd, U2, Rolling Stones, Metallica with Guns & Roses.
Oh and, I saw Ted several times but the first was 1978, Boston, Massachusetts, sold out. Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush opened. What a cRaZy show. Loved every minute.
Bass player Crushin It 💯🔥
John Sauter midwest rock and roll star
I will always know every single note ot this song. We used to listen to this album non-stop. Good times! This is our anthem song back then and still!
First concert I ever went to was a Ted Nugent concert in 1976, my ears rang for three days!
I remember seeing him in Germany in 1980 wearing nothing but a loincloth at the 3rd annual Golden Summer Night concert. I actually was allowed to sit on the edge of the concert stage. Saw him again in my hometown of Poplar Bluff Mo. in 2007 from the front of the barrier !
One of thee greatest guitar riffs to come out of 70s rock.....
Stranglehold is one of the top 10 songs of all time because it's a classic song with a fabulous team of vocals, lead guitar, drums and bass guitar that is a masterpiece. Very few groups in history recorded a song this good.
@@peterjaworski7048 "one of the top 10 songs of all time"? You must not listen to a lot of music.
@@c.a.t.732 biden voter?
@@joejones9520 Just someone with musical taste.
@c.a.t.732 Actually, Dik Face its in my top 5, so ph uck off!!
Uncle Ted was at the top of his game here. He was incredible at Cal Jam 2 during this same period. I saw him there as one of the headliners (13 major acts) and he truly kicked ass, leaping across the speaker stack while playing. Almost 50 years, later I recall it vividly.
The last show Derek played with him until he reunited with him.
They hated each other's g*ts by that time and weren't even talking and if they did it was telling each other to f**k off during the show. haha If you watch Cal Jam 2 it looks like Derek is talking crap to Ted. ha
Thank you Uncle Ted... I just rediscovered my childhood 🫶
I saw him on the weekend warrior show and state of shock. Classics.
Shout out to Cliff Davies back there on the drumkit. Laying down a pocket like a f’in wrecking ball.
Uncle Ted sure pulled one out here and let 'er Rip. Met him when I was 10yrs old (1977) backstage and got an autograph from him. I will never forget that as you couldn't pull that smile off my face for the next 10yrs. Sure wish I'd seen him a few more times back in those mid 70's days. Love the Gonzo Mtr City Madman.
I was a teenager... And used to watch the midnight special with my mom.
I was young & restless... Damn.
At 16, I saw my first Ted show. July 21st 1979 at the Oakland coliseum. Monsters of Rock tour. St. Paradise, (Derek's band) Mahogany Rush, AC/DC with Bon, Aerosmith, and then Ted.
For some reason, most of the headliners were recorded and are on you tube as individual vids. Sadly, Ted's recording ends immediately after he starts talking about norcal poontang.
I've seen him about 12 times since then. Fucking legend.
I saw that tour in Cleveland. There it was Nugent, Aerosmith, ACDC, Thin Lizzy, Journey and the Scorpions doing their first ever North American show. Amazing day.
Yup I was at that concert. Frank Marino was as cool as Ted for sure but I was stoked to see ac DC.
I saw the motor city madman in 75 and in 2011 with my brother Jimmy. Ted will never stop Rockin🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I was blessed to see the maestro live a dozen times as an opening act for bands at the old Toledo Sports Arena back in the 70s. Uncle Ted never failed to be epic.
Was 15 when this came out. Hearing it is one thing, but watching him perform it...........sh*t!, I feel young again!
Saw Ted many time in SF. Always put on a great concert. Keep rocking Ted!
Hell yeah make America great again with Ted Nugent
I saw Ted live around 1982 in Vancouver at the coliseum,( largest venue at the time).
Wow , what a show, he swung off the top of the 20 ft tall speakers with a rope,only wearing a loin cloth.
Was like seeing Tarzan’s son swinging in to have some fun, then swinging out when he was done.
The Band was friking bad ass…not missing a beat, but moreover just looked badass.
They were biker looking dudes, all muscled up,, just wearing black leather vests, jeans,and biker boots. Toughest looking band we’d ever seen.
We actually emulated the band and wore black vests etc.
I saw him do it in 80 and on the second time swinging across to the other stack of amps he didnt make and he went backwards hanging onto the rope. He was a trooper haha