In 1994, I was the lead machinist at Gibson USA in Nashville, TN. Gibson's 100th Anniversary. I met a bunch of people as they picked up their guitars and took the tour. Ted Nugent and Lynard Skynard played that night at Starwood Amphitheater. I didn't meet any of the band from Lynard Skynard. Wish I had. Ted Nugent showed up to pick up his new Byrdland. I bragged about standing in line for 18 hours to get (4) 7th row tickets when they went on sale. He looked at me and said, "You built this beautiful guitar for me. I want to see you up front." His manager or whoever he was took my 4 tickets and gave me four second row tickets. Best night of my life. As far as bands go, Skynard rocked the house for thirty plus years on vinyl. Nugent rocked the van all night long, again and again till I lost track of how many cassettes I trashed. In my humble opinion, they both rock. End the feud boys, grab a cold one, grab your sweetie, and party all night long...That's how most of us got here. Long Live Rock n Roll
I did actually see Ted and the boys at Skateland in 1970. Cactus opened for them. I was 13. There was a room off to the side called the "Party Room." I walked in and there sat Ted warming up by himself. I sat down beside him and watched for about 5 minutes. He dropped his pick and I leaned down and picked it up and handed it to him. He said thanks and to just keep it. It had his name on it in all caps. After I showed it to all of my friends it disappeared. I never did see it again.
Both Ted Nugent and Lynyrd Slynyrd were pioneers of their respected music genres ... I love 'em both cause neither held anything back ..they put it all on the line and still do ...
What was Ted Nugent a pioneer of? Skynard was a Southern rock pioneer and no one was close to Skynard, Nugent was ok but nowhere close to Skynard Sounds like sour grapes
@@jodynunley6447 Are you sure of that? I seem to recall the 2nd Amendment was enacted somewhere around 1791. Maybe a proponent but certainly not a pioneer
@@artvallejos1460 false. By comparison Vanilla Ice or the Beastie Boys could be pioneers of a certain style but Eminem's talent and wordplay/lyricism is unrivaled by them.
Both Ted Nugent and Lynyrd Skynyrd were pioneers of their own sound. They were both giants in their genre. I love them both and when it’s all said and done, we have great music to listen to forever.
THAT is absolutely correct! You can find all kinds of Nugent interviews verifying that! Also played Bassmans too. There was something specific to those Fender amps that gave him more control over his signature feedback stunts. 6L6s probably, but I don't remember for sure.
He used Fender back then cuz they were American made. Everyone else for the most part were using Marshall. But he would not. Only used made in USA stuff.
Ted Nugent was several years away from writing scratch fever in 1969. This should have been more like 1979. Ted left the Amboy Dukes in about '71-or '72 and still had NOT written Cat Scratch Fever then. This guy has his details mixed up.
Considering all of Lynyrd Skynyrd grew up in Jacksonville this story is not surprising. My daddy grew up in Orange Park at Doctor's Inlet and ran around with those boys before heading to Vietnam. He said Skynyrd walked J-Ville like gods. I am sure it would have been a completely different tune if they would have been in the Motor City Madman's home town of Detroit. Great story though. Thanks for sharing.
Agree . Skynyrd is the best band to ever grace the planet . They all were fantastic musicians . Having a great piano player filled out their sound so nice. And 3 lead guitarists . Drumming and bass player, we're so good. Ronnie voice fit so well. Best singer ever.
These are two different kinds of rock and roll. Skynyrd is a Southern rock band while Ted is more of a hard rock band. I would put both these band at the top of the perspective genres.
@@thecircumcisedheartofricha7344 Not true. Nugent is a middle of the road musician, if even that. Nugent can't compete with The Big Time Rock N Rollers.
@@thecircumcisedheartofricha7344 yeah Ted nugent is okay at best. He has a few good songs that’s it. Skynyrd has a list longer than most bands of top notch songs
@@artvallejos1460 He had the talent but his ego or his greed was too big to share the limelight with the band that go him to the point he was headlining or co headlining some of the biggest festivals on the late 70's.
Lynyrd Skynyrd has been my favorite band since I was about 12 years old and I'm 56 now and they still are my favorite band. Southern rock 💗 I was heartbroken when that plane went down and killed the three band members love me some Ronnie Van Zant.
I been a Florida boy for a long long time and my second favorite band is fronted by a Florida boy by the name of James Douglas Morrison. But my favorite band is front by A Florida Man by the name of Ronnie Van Zant. He has other born and bred Florida boys that play in the band and a couple others through the years. But it’s definitely Florida Rock and Roll through and through. It’s the most down to earth southern country Rock done with pure raw genius. The love all kinds of rock and roll but nothing touches the music of Lynyrd Skynyrd! It’s just to genuine and perfect. God bless everyone from that band.
@@nicholasslater3638 He said this happened in 1969. "Cat Scratch Fever" was released in 1977. "Gimme Three Steps" came out in 1973. Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashed in 1977 so he couldn't have meant 1979. Sceptical? Yes.
"Cat Scratch Fever" Single by Ted Nugent from the album Cat Scratch Fever Released May 13, 1977 Recorded 1977 Genre Heavy metal, hard rock Length 3:38, 3:04 (Single) Label Epic Writer(s) Ted Nugent
Cat scratch fever was not an Amboy Dukes song. Journey to the center of the mind, Great White Buffalo etc. Ted didn't play Cat scratch fever until solo.
it may be that Nugent had a different song with that line in it, but at that time his style had not developed into the style that he had in the mid to late 70's. This guy may well be both right and wrong at the same time. Doubtless he drank a bit with Skynryd's thirsty bunch back then, so lets just say he's lucky to still be alive by now, as their is only one original guy, Gary Rossington, still in that band, or alive.
Ricky Medlocke played some drums with Skynyrd in the early Muscle Schoals recordings before Blackfoot and now he plays lead with Skynyrd, and no one can deny that little brother Johnny was around and that Skynyrd is in his blood. Close your eyes and you can hear Ronnie in his vocals. The legacy lives on! The music they have written is as good as anything Skynyrd has ever done, I just wish they would play it more in the live shows.
I remember this, we would go to Skateland on Saturday morning & stay until about 5:00 pm. 5 dollars was a lot of money back then, but for 5 you could skate all day. Popcorn, hot dog, coke, skate with the pretty girls, miss those good times.
you got that right brother. I saw them in '77 at the Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV. It was the "Street Survivors" tour, and they were AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! I will never forget!
I was there also. I also saw them 2 days before at anaheim stadium in cal. Had nose bleed seats for anaheim and sound wasnt wonderful up in the sky. Cool show, lots of great bands and some kick arse tai stick to get it on!! I was from vegas and already had tickets for vegas before i wdnt to cal. 3rd row about half way between front of stage and allen and gary's side to the right. That show was incredable. Very, very loud but the sound was prestine. Skynyrd had a great, dialed in sound crew at that time and the alladin theatre was built for music acoustics. I wish i had a dime for every awsome show i saw at the alladin theatre. Blue Oyster Cult with Black Oak Arkansas opening was a real stand out, memorable show there. Black Oak Arkansas (who the moniker "southern rock" was FIRST labeled by a radio jock in wyoming). Their guitar players were just off the rails great!!! Oh to be young again. LINGSTO 195, where did you live in vegas then? I lived on the east side at that time by lamb and lake mead blvd. El Dorado High School. Then in 78 we moved 1 block off of fremont street at 17th and went to the ORIGINAL LVHS!! Good times.
Thank you for the great story, I am reading so many disrespectful comments from so many, especially so many that were never there and many more that had probably not even been born yet.
Right on swamp music is the best true all American rock and roll. Gary Rossington is a longtime fan and my all time favorite guitarist Paul Kossoff of another awesome band Free. Ronnie was a Free fan as well and had a huge influence on their music. Great story Steve thanks for sharing bro
Heard a story about skynyard band inviting Angus and Malcolm Young u to a cabin to jam for a day playing either bands songs together and just messin around. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall!
Memories: Skateland was just a few miles from my house, in 1973 I fell inlove with a beautiful blond, her name was Vicki, we skated there often. Needless to say I was still 10 years old. My heart still hurts after all these years from the loss of both of them, Lynyrd Skynyrd was the first band I ever saw in concert, it was May 1st, 1976 in the Jacksonville Florida Coliseum I was 13 years old. October 20th 1977 their plane crashed, that was my 14th birthday, I will NEVER get over it, I still weep!
Thanks for sharing that bro. The Old Skynyrd was definitely original. Even when they played clubs before becoming famous they played nearly 100% of their own music, not much cover songs
Plenty of comments about the actual release date of Cat Scratch ('77), but it seems Gimme Three Steps wasn't released until '73....so...this whole story (from 1969) kinda smells like BS.
Steve, either you don’t remember things accurately or you don’t know what you are talking about. I’m sure Ted and Ronnie’s boys played that Venue together ( because I am also from the area, and My MHB friends also spoke about the venue). The problem I have is that the copyright dates of the two songs mentioned are not close to 1969, and I’m sure those songs were copyrighted months not years after they were written. Nice story man, but I’m not sure how accurate it is.
Give credit to both bands. I am a Nugent fan, but as a music lover, I also have a strong love and respect for Skynyrd. I have been a music lover all my life, 52 years, and have never thought of music as a sport. It's not about who plays the fastest, the loudest or who has the longest hair and jumps the highest on stage. Music is about how it makes the listener feel when they hear it. That feeling varies from person to person, style to style, so there is no score to decide who is best band. There is only the love for music and those who give it to us. It's art, not sport. And by the way. Cat Scratch Fever nor did Gimme Three Steps release till a few years later. Not saying Cat Scratch Fever didn't exist somewhere in his mind, but I really don't think Amboy Dukes had that great song under their hat and never decided to release it on their albums. They would have recorded it if they were that proud of it. So rather than trying to get everybody to agree with you on who is the best, give credit to both bands and just enjoy the great jams they all give us. Mix the great music in a pot and throw one hellacious Rock n' Roll party! Can I get an AMEN?
🍁🍂Well said !! Besides, SOO F-NG WHAT ?!.., Its a story !!! Enjoy it for what it is.. Hey, anyone misguided enough to wanna go around "correcting" all the exaggerations, half-truths, "grey areas", and outright bald faced Lies, permeating the passionately kaleidoscopic/multi-dimensional History of ROCK~N~ROLL, has essentially just bought themselves a one-way ticket to the local Booby Hatch, a.k.a., thee FUNNY FARM.. In other words, its "only Rock~n~Roll baby, but I like it..!!!" 🍭☠🎸..🍂🍁
Steve.......Do you realize that "Cat Scratch Fever" was not only not yet recorded in 1969, but it had not even been written yet! "Cat Scratch Fever" was co-written with Ted Nugent and Derek St. Holmes in 1976, and subsequently released in 1977. The Nugent/St. Holmes coalescence didn't begin until the mid '70s. Nugent was no longer performing or recording with The Amboy Dukes at that point in time.
Back in those days, many musicians played their music live several years before ever getting a recording contract for their famous songs. The promoters did not care if the songs had been recorded and released on albums or not. Skynyrd was not even a recording artist when they went on their first tour in 1970 opening up for Strawberry Alarm Clock who were recording artists. It was called the Southeast Tour. I played on that tour with them.
all i know is i got tickets to see both acts in MSG, but the plane crash hit about 4 weeks before the gig. I tore up the tickets, heartbroken that I'd never see the band that was incredible that did that double live record. I got to know the guys just a little bit decades later as they toured with Ronnie's brother, but what was missing was that tall guitarist who's died, and of course, Ronnie's great voice, so it just wasnt the same. Nugent did one truly great record, then fired his bassist/singer simply cause he wanted all of the attention, then wrote all raunch songs about his dick for the rest of his career and was never as good, not nearly as that 1st record on a major label.
Agreed but it was his rhythm guitarist who was lead singer - Derek St. Holmes. I remember seeing Nugent in early '77 and he was great. I saw him again in Dec '77 and his ego had gotten so big he was no longer even trying. St. Holmes did a very short guitar solo and i thought it was as good or better than anything Ted had played that night. That's likely why he got rid of him.
+Ken Settle Before you call someone a liar, you better get your facts straight. I just checked the album credits. Derek St Holmes co-wrote only one song on the Cat Scratch Fever album and it wasn't the song Cat Scratch Fever. It was "Live It Up".
You are so awesome and I like how you tell it. I wish Ronnie Van Zant was still alive. I like Lynryrd Skynrd and play their music all the time when I can.
I think the 60's and 70's all kinda ran together for 'ol Steve - too much weed can do that. Did Steve ever tell ya the time in 1966 when Ronnie van Zant beat up Geddy Lee at a hockey rink in Toronto.....???
@@bigverybadtom Oh my god you did not compare stairway to heaven with cat scratch fever! Ted's equivalent to STH might be Great white buffalo but certainly not Cat Scratch Fever.
Great story...but...in 1968, Cat Scratch Fever wasn't thought of yet. It was released as a single in May 13th 1977 followed up by the album release by the same name.
Great Video.......When your talking back in 69, those were the days unmatched with any days of music now. Skynyrd, and many more all new rock groups had their own one of a kind sound, and style. It was a great time to be alive!! All those who missed it, you all live in a garbage pit compared to 1969!! Yeah Brother, bring back the 60's and 70's!!!
Coming from the Detroit area I just gotta say that Ted and the boys could hold their own. I would've LOVED to have seen that concert but I was in the Army.
Yes George he did and he stopped 5hat when guitar players were every bit as good or better he tried that with Frank Marino now I like nugent music better but always read frank and Ronnie montrose blew him away when I went to see frank 3 times during his guitar solo he would play a nugent riff and yawn every time he did it
Loved that story, I was always a huge Skynyrd fan and they were definitely one of the greatest rock bands ever.I can believe Ted doing something like that, sounds like his Alfa Male beliefs.
I wish I could have seen both in the early days. I was 4 years old in 1969. I have read stories about Ted doing this in the early days especially with Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush. I think it’s a killer thing to get the crowd worked up. Apparently he would challenge Frank, the after Frank would tear it up Ted would come out and bow down to him. Ted knew he was playing to the Skynyrd boys home town. Get the crowd riled up! Both wonderful unique talents. Nothing can be taken away from either. Ted’s awesome use of controlled feedback on that Gibson Birdland is awesome. I love them both.
My Grandmother live a few houses down from the Van Zants on Mull St. They partied as good as they played which was not a good thing. Racing and rockin was the norm in that neighborhood. Old dirt track nascar track where everyone hung out. If Ronnie did not make it as a Rock Star he would have driven a race car!
Wrong Ronnie wanted to be a baseball player and he was damn good at it! Which your right everybody used to go to Jax Raceway my Dad used to race their also with LeeRoy Yarbrough..Our house was on Redrac st and Lakeshore blv ! 2 streets North of Woodcrest!
Did it ever occur to you people that songs that bands write stay on the back burner for years.Ted would play this song in 1969 but he wanted to save recording it for his solo album.Do you think!I will give you and example,New Tattoo by Van Halen was a old demo song from the seventies but it was not released until the twenty tens.
So what? Just because it hadn't been recorded doesn't mean shit, besides it hadn't recorded! Doesn't mean it hadn't been performed a 100 times before then !
I'm so sad that I lost my Lynyrd Skynyrd shirt. my wife had just died and I just had to leave everything behind. but I do miss that shirt not more than my wife of course
Went to a .38 Special gig one year at a St. Louis, Mo venue called Mississippi Night's ( a nightclub ) and they were so damned loud that it was messing with everybody's inner ears which caused us all to stagger around while walking or wobble when trying to stand still. What an awesome night.
Right, I thought so! I was going to ask if that was you and Amelia I saw live in Tunga a few years back!?!?! I think it was at the Pacific Ring Amphitheater, correct? THAT was something to see for certain!
John Cippolina original psychedelic sounds blew skinard away. I saw lynrd skynrd back up Black Sabbath Nassau coliseum 72, 73 ? I bought their first album, great album.
I was in attendance of a show in the late spring of 1976, Charlotte, where Atlanta Rhythm Section and Uncle Ted opened for LS. I had never heard of Ted until that night. Happy to be front row festival seating with Ted blasting my ass eye to eye. I fucking loved it. F.U.C.K.I.N.G. L.O.V.E.D. I.T.
I think Ted was a package deal. His music? So so, but As a showman, He had something going on! But I can't speak from experience as I never saw his gig. Just based on the testimony of others. What ever is the STAR QUALITY, Ted possessed it! David Lee Roth was another, and I suppose Steven Tyler too, although I am cringing as I type this. Not a fan! I'm probably forgetting a few that I should have mentioned before these characters. But you get my point! Alice Cooper! Silly me! First position! Who didn't love Alice! Okay, Angus he had that little boarding school boy thing going on, and, eh, Dio, The Oz, Klaos, Schenker, Edgar and his Bro! ( move to top ) etc,etc,... too many .. just a random list, not in order .... I'm rambling Oh yeah The Almand Bros. wait, already mentioned ... eh ... and I'm nodding out **=@^"&#@~`8@ZZzzz.
I did a show in Savannah GA with my band, Magi, (I was lead singer), Ted Nugent and Manassas in 1970 at the Armory. Many of the songs recorded in the 1970s, like Cat Scratch Fever, were written and performed live before being recorded. This was one of those songs. It was way ahead of its time and the music business was not ready.
I agree. People just don't understand how cool everything was back in those sweet memories from a time gone by. People were just cooler to each other then. You turn me on. I turn you on. It was a bond of honor. The song belongs to "Rock" in the end.
Absolutely untrue. There's a Circus interview with Nugent where he printed the lyrics for the first time, and remarked how he JUST wrote the song. Trust me - a song like CSF would have been on his 1st album if he had the chance....
BULLSHIT. Ted was playing one of his biggest hits ever live for almost decade before he decided to record and make money off it? Do you know how stupid that sounds? Evidently not...
I have a miniature Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at my house . I have everything from Ozzy to Tony Orlando and Dawn on CD's. I love ALL types of music. They're all excellent just in a different way. I play Ted when I am weightlifting and LS when I am driving in my car. They're both great just in a different way!
SKYNYRD WAS A BEVY OF INCREDIBLY ORIGINAL AND ABSOLUTELY SMOKIN' GUITARISTS...I WAS 14 WHEN THEY CAME OUT. WHEN THE THE TRIBUTE TOUR PLAYED WORCHESTER MASS IN '86, THEY CAME OUT AFTER THE GIG TO SEE A BAND I WAS MANAGING AND WE ALL ENDED UP HANGING IN A MOTEL ROOM FOR 12 HRS AND ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH! AMAZING MEMORIES....THEN JOHNNY CAME TO A RADIO GIG MY BAND WAS FRONTING IN ALBANY NY AND HE WAS AMAZED BY MY INCREDIBLE SOUTHERN ROCK BAND, WHICH ALSO HAD A GREAT HARP PLAYER. HE SANG GIMME 3 STEPS AND ACTUALLY WROTE ME AN AUTOGRAPH - "Y'ALL ARE A BETTER SINGER THAN I AM." HITTMAN
@LIBERALS ARE COMMIE USEFUL IDIOTS It is possible but the chances of two songs from two different groups written later are highly unlikely. Besides, I’ve read up a lot on Ted and I do remember reading him saying that he wrote that song in the mid seventies about a woman. If you listen to the lyrics it sounds more like the seventies.
@@andybecker2693 Except "Gimme Three Steps" was also recorded in 1970 at the then unreleased Muscle Shoals sessions (posthumously released in '78 as "Skynyrd's First and Last"). So that song was certainly around in '69 and as far a Ted- who cares what that no talent hack did or when. He was more of a circus side show than a true rock and roll musician/artist and certainly not in the same league as LS. By 1977 with Steve Gaines on board LS was capable of upstaging *anyone* ! Cheers P[>
IF ANYONE EVER CHALLENGED MR. RONNIE VANZANT, YOU JUST MADE A HUGE MISTAKE, BECAUSE ONE WAY OR ONOTHER HE WOULD KICK YOUR ASS AND COME OUT THE WINNER , R.I.P. RONNIE, YOU ARE THE THE BEST........................
Cool story, although a bit embellished. I saw the original Skynyrd lineup, before the infamous plane crash twice, then at least 5 more times later with Donnie singing. I must have seen Nugent 7 or 8 times, all early bay area shows when he was on his game. I love them both! RIP Ronnie
i dont think uncle ted is a riff or song thief and not sure if you were implying that Steve. i know that ted has been open about influences whos riffs he often employs as a celebration of great artists like james brown and others, who's music he loved from a young age. i think it honors the other musicians when the artist clearly states his love and fascination for what they did.
There is no such thing as original music... name a song and I guarantee you that somewhere someone has a song that uses similar riffs, chords, melodies etc... How many songs use the same B chord blues riff? Nugents music is certainly not ripped off from anyone but its definately heavily influenced by other old blues guys. I play guitar and the other day I was just goofing around and started playing a melody I liked and started to work into a full song, it wasnt until I listened to the play back that I was ripping off two tickets to paradise LOL....there will never be another Skynard or Nugent..or Zeppelin, sabbath, kiss, elvis, little richard on and on and on...
??k.i.s.s.??...Alice Cooper...100's-1000's of years of music[al] influence... many kinds of genius[es], innovators!...who or what is their inspira-tion? ..Phil Keaggy [Glass Harp], Frank Zappa, Kerry Livgren[Kansas], Joe Walsh, Jimi Hendrix,Jimmy Page[before LZ], Pink Floyd,Van Zandt[s], Robin Trower, etc......jazz, blues, bluegrass, spirituals, hymns, "classical[Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Handel, etc]", the Psalms,..........."His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes."GENESIS4....."They have harps and lyres at their banquets, pipes and timbrels and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD, no respect for the work of His hands."Isaiah5..."You strum away on your harps like David[shepherd boy, worshiper/musician, warrior,friend, king] and IMPROVISE on musical instruments."Amos6 And they sang a NEW SONG, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slain, and with Your blood You purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation...."Revelation5 Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise Him with the harp and lyre, 4 praise Him with timbrel and dancing, praise Him with the strings and pipe, 5 praise Him with the clash of cymbals, praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD. Psalm150 It appears that music will be an involvement in eternity in Heaven!...They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures.Psalm36.. Thou wilt shew me THE Path of Life[John14:6]: in Thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at Thy right hand [there are] pleasures for EVERMORE. Psalm16
I didnt get that take away.. Saw Ted bout a year ago and the old boy is better than ever. His skills and 2 million dollars worth of equipt. can still get the job done. MLAR to you him and all that have given me so much even on a personal level..
Steve I was stationed at NAS Jacksonville in 77. We used to hit a bar called The Still. Rumour has it Ronnie and the boys used to hang out there. Was in Chicago at Great Lakes when the plane want down tickets for the show was supposed to go on sell the next day we where heartbroken thank God I got to see em in Richmond Va before I went in best damn show I have ever seen. As they where leaving the stage a buddy jumped on stage and the cops came after him Art jumped over his drum kit pushed his crossed sticks in the cops chest and pushed him back led Dave off stage and on his way next time I saw Dave guess what he had them drum sticks. God Bless
There’s no doubt that Steve is a hard core Skynyrd fan. He sounds convincing, but who’s to say he’s not talking BS. Interesting stories, nonetheless. I could talk to him about Skynyrd all day and go thru their collection. Long live Lynyrd Skynyrd...
Ted was using Fender Twin Reverbs stacked on to Dual Showman Cabinets and I can guarantee you the cowboy hat didn't come till years later. He was still using the Fender Amp set up in 1978 when I watched him at the old Chicago Stadium where the Black Hawk hockey team used to play. Loudest show I ever saw. Black Oak Arkansas opened and kicked ass their own selves. Nostalgia is a funny thing. 10% truth plus 80% bull-shit plus 10% fun = a good story.
@@stingylizard Yup, the Amboy Dukes were gone when that song was recorded. Ted had a new band. Derek St. Holmes was part of that and was a real talent on vocals and guitar. He made that line up.
deep purple..first..then i love skynyrd..listen to them daily,an zz top..nazareth...spirit..an a few more,im 62 an i rock on a white strat.............
Good times!! "Jet Set Enterprises" (Sidney Drashin Concert Promoter). Sidney was prolific back in the day. I/We had some great interactions back in the day.
In 1994, I was the lead machinist at Gibson USA in Nashville, TN. Gibson's 100th Anniversary. I met a bunch of people as they picked up their guitars and took the tour. Ted Nugent and Lynard Skynard played that night at Starwood Amphitheater. I didn't meet any of the band from Lynard Skynard. Wish I had. Ted Nugent showed up to pick up his new Byrdland. I bragged about standing in line for 18 hours to get (4) 7th row tickets when they went on sale. He looked at me and said, "You built this beautiful guitar for me. I want to see you up front." His manager or whoever he was took my 4 tickets and gave me four second row tickets. Best night of my life. As far as bands go, Skynard rocked the house for thirty plus years on vinyl. Nugent rocked the van all night long, again and again till I lost track of how many cassettes I trashed. In my humble opinion, they both rock. End the feud boys, grab a cold one, grab your sweetie, and party all night long...That's how most of us got here. Long Live Rock n Roll
I did actually see Ted and the boys at Skateland in 1970. Cactus opened for them. I was 13. There was a room off to the side called the "Party Room." I walked in and there sat Ted warming up by himself. I sat down beside him and watched for about 5 minutes. He dropped his pick and I leaned down and picked it up and handed it to him. He said thanks and to just keep it. It had his name on it in all caps. After I showed it to all of my friends it disappeared. I never did see it again.
Both Ted Nugent and Lynyrd Slynyrd were pioneers of their respected music genres ... I love 'em both cause neither held anything back ..they put it all on the line and still do ...
What was Ted Nugent a pioneer of? Skynard was a Southern rock pioneer and no one was close to Skynard, Nugent was ok but nowhere close to Skynard Sounds like sour grapes
Nugent was ok back in his day, but he's been a bag of shit ever since.
@@jodynunley6447 Are you sure of that? I seem to recall the 2nd Amendment was enacted somewhere around 1791. Maybe a proponent but certainly not a pioneer
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I agree with you. Skynyrd is way better than Nugent. No comparison.
@@artvallejos1460 false. By comparison Vanilla Ice or the Beastie Boys could be pioneers of a certain style but Eminem's talent and wordplay/lyricism is unrivaled by them.
Both Ted Nugent and Lynyrd Skynyrd were pioneers of their own sound. They were both giants in their genre. I love them both and when it’s all said and done, we have great music to listen to forever.
Ted Nugent didn't play Marshall amps back then. He played Fender Twins on top of Dual Showman cabinets.
THAT is absolutely correct! You can find all kinds of Nugent interviews verifying that! Also played Bassmans too. There was something specific to those Fender amps that gave him more control over his signature feedback stunts. 6L6s probably, but I don't remember for sure.
Yes,correctamundo.
Yes, and I believe Fender hot rodded them to 200 watts.
He used Fender back then cuz they were American made. Everyone else for the most part were using Marshall. But he would not. Only used made in USA stuff.
@@1sttvbn 180 watts a piece
Ted Nugent was several years away from writing scratch fever in 1969. This should have been more like 1979. Ted left the Amboy Dukes in about '71-or '72 and still had NOT written Cat Scratch Fever then. This guy has his details mixed up.
Ronnie wasn't alive in 1979.
One thing he did have right. Ted is and was an ASS.
Ah but they had a good time 😂
FACTS. I wonder how much of the story is real.
Facts: this guy is full of shit!
Considering all of Lynyrd Skynyrd grew up in Jacksonville this story is not surprising. My daddy grew up in Orange Park at Doctor's Inlet and ran around with those boys before heading to Vietnam. He said Skynyrd walked J-Ville like gods. I am sure it would have been a completely different tune if they would have been in the Motor City Madman's home town of Detroit. Great story though. Thanks for sharing.
No doubt at all.... Skynyrd was a GREAT all American band.
Quite a story....
Reminds me of when the Stones debuted Start Me Up back in 1965...but were upstaged when the Who came out and played Who are You
LOL!
Funny! Thanks for the laugh.
Agree . Skynyrd is the best band to ever grace the planet . They all were fantastic musicians . Having a great piano player filled out their sound so nice. And 3 lead guitarists . Drumming and bass player, we're so good. Ronnie voice fit so well. Best singer ever.
These are two different kinds of rock and roll. Skynyrd is a Southern rock band while Ted is more of a hard rock band. I would put both these band at the top of the perspective genres.
Nugent is no where close to the talent of The Big Time Rock N Rollers.
False statement, Art.
Ted's talent supercede Skynryd's regardless of popularity.
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Not true. Nugent is a middle of the road musician, if even that. Nugent can't compete with The Big Time Rock N Rollers.
@@thecircumcisedheartofricha7344 yeah Ted nugent is okay at best. He has a few good songs that’s it. Skynyrd has a list longer than most bands of top notch songs
@@artvallejos1460 He had the talent but his ego or his greed was too big to share the limelight with the band that go him to the point he was headlining or co headlining some of the biggest festivals on the late 70's.
Lynyrd Skynyrd has been my favorite band since I was about 12 years old and I'm 56 now and they still are my favorite band. Southern rock 💗 I was heartbroken when that plane went down and killed the three band members love me some Ronnie Van Zant.
I been a Florida boy for a long long time and my second favorite band is fronted by a Florida boy by the name of James Douglas Morrison. But my favorite band is front by A Florida Man by the name of Ronnie Van Zant. He has other born and bred Florida boys that play in the band and a couple others through the years. But it’s definitely Florida Rock and Roll through and through. It’s the most down to earth southern country Rock done with pure raw genius. The love all kinds of rock and roll but nothing touches the music of Lynyrd Skynyrd! It’s just to genuine and perfect. God bless everyone from that band.
good man !! NEVER let the truth get in the way of a good story!!
Are you sceptical of this andy?
🤣. My mum says a little scepticism is good 👍
@@nicholasslater3638 He said this happened in 1969. "Cat Scratch Fever" was released in 1977. "Gimme Three Steps" came out in 1973. Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashed in 1977 so he couldn't have meant 1979. Sceptical? Yes.
I call BS...Ted Nugent wrote Cat Scratch Fever in the summer of 1976 and came out on the self title album "Cat Scratch Fever" in May of 1977
05/16/1977
Gimme 3 steps was recorded 03/29/1973 and released on 11/1973. So drugs is a time traverler huh!
My first thought as well however I do believe the story, I think He just got the song wrong ,
@Camp Blanchard ever heard of google?
The Nuge didn't use Marshall amps, either. He used Fender...
This guy been living in the woods since 1964
Nothing wrong with that! I would rather live in the woods than the city that's for sure!
Yea, with the crazy field mice
No. He lives in a swamp. I live in the woods, 9 acres cleared kinda good.
@@gregbowen9546 amen brother same here or one a island fk the shity lol
"Cat Scratch Fever"
Single by Ted Nugent
from the album Cat Scratch Fever
Released May 13, 1977
Recorded 1977
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock
Length 3:38, 3:04 (Single)
Label Epic
Writer(s) Ted Nugent
"Gimme Three Steps" Released November, 1973.....Recorded March, 29 1973
Tuesdays Gone.
Cat scratch fever was not an Amboy Dukes song. Journey to the center of the mind, Great White Buffalo etc. Ted didn't play Cat scratch fever until solo.
it may be that Nugent had a different song with that line in it, but at that time his style had not developed into the style that he had in the mid to late 70's. This guy may well be both right and wrong at the same time. Doubtless he drank a bit with Skynryd's thirsty bunch back then, so lets just say he's lucky to still be alive by now, as their is only one original guy, Gary Rossington, still in that band, or alive.
JIM Donovan he deserves respect for that much.
Ricky Medlocke played some drums with Skynyrd in the early Muscle Schoals recordings before Blackfoot and now he plays lead with Skynyrd, and no one can deny that little brother Johnny was around and that Skynyrd is in his blood. Close your eyes and you can hear Ronnie in his vocals. The legacy lives on! The music they have written is as good as anything Skynyrd has ever done, I just wish they would play it more in the live shows.
+JIM Donovan Wasn't Rickey Medlocke the original drummer that was recorded on the first Skynyrd album?
That was Bob Burns.
I remember this, we would go to Skateland on Saturday morning & stay until about 5:00 pm. 5 dollars was a lot of money back then, but for 5 you could skate all day. Popcorn, hot dog, coke, skate with the pretty girls, miss those good times.
you got that right brother. I saw them in '77 at the Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV. It was the "Street Survivors" tour, and they were AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! I will never forget!
I was there also. I also saw them 2 days before at anaheim stadium in cal. Had nose bleed seats for anaheim and sound wasnt wonderful up in the sky. Cool show, lots of great bands and some kick arse tai stick to get it on!! I was from vegas and already had tickets for vegas before i wdnt to cal. 3rd row about half way between front of stage and allen and gary's side to the right. That show was incredable. Very, very loud but the sound was prestine. Skynyrd had a great, dialed in sound crew at that time and the alladin theatre was built for music acoustics. I wish i had a dime for every awsome show i saw at the alladin theatre. Blue Oyster Cult with Black Oak Arkansas opening was a real stand out, memorable show there. Black Oak Arkansas (who the moniker "southern rock" was FIRST labeled by a radio jock in wyoming). Their guitar players were just off the rails great!!! Oh to be young again. LINGSTO 195, where did you live in vegas then? I lived on the east side at that time by lamb and lake mead blvd. El Dorado High School. Then in 78 we moved 1 block off of fremont street at 17th and went to the ORIGINAL LVHS!! Good times.
They are both great, To each his own, the 70 s were a blast man, Peace!
No respect for a draft Dodger!
"Gimme Three Steps" is my favorite Skynyrd tune!
Sound like ole steve smokin that waky tabacky 🤣
Thank you for the great story, I am reading so many disrespectful comments from so many, especially so many that were never there and many more that had probably not even been born yet.
I wasn't born yet but I can still look up dates songs were written soooooooo
@@alanalynn5478 What does that have to do with anything. I know songwriters that have songs for decades before they record them.
Well said!
Saw some form of a Ted Nugent concert 18 times from around 1971 through 1977 and never heard cat scratch fever.
Great story, long live the great Lynyrd Skynyrd . From Canada.....
Except none of the dates match up. Look up what years the songs were released.
Right on swamp music is the best true all American rock and roll. Gary Rossington is a longtime fan and my all time favorite guitarist Paul Kossoff of another awesome band Free. Ronnie was a Free fan as well and had a huge influence on their music. Great story Steve thanks for sharing bro
Heard a story about skynyard band inviting Angus and Malcolm Young u to a cabin to jam for a day playing either bands songs together and just messin around. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall!
Ted Nugent is an Original.
I don't believe that Cat Scratch Fever was an Amboy Dukes song.
Original dickhead is what he is . as well as a super pervert .
You are also an original.
Naw, Nugent is just a middle of the road musician. If even that.
Memories: Skateland was just a few miles from my house, in 1973 I fell inlove with a beautiful blond, her name was Vicki, we skated there often. Needless to say I was still 10 years old.
My heart still hurts after all these years from the loss of both of them, Lynyrd Skynyrd was the first band I ever saw in concert, it was May 1st, 1976 in the Jacksonville Florida Coliseum I was 13 years old. October 20th 1977 their plane crashed, that was my 14th birthday, I will NEVER get over it, I still weep!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Steve. love hearing the swamp chat...
Keep up the great work...
Thanks for sharing that bro. The Old Skynyrd was definitely original. Even when they played clubs before becoming famous they played nearly 100% of their own music, not much cover songs
Plenty of comments about the actual release date of Cat Scratch ('77), but it seems Gimme Three Steps wasn't released until '73....so...this whole story (from 1969) kinda smells like BS.
Skynyrds Muscle Shoals recordings were done in 1970. Includes Gimme Three Steps. They were singing it live before that recording session.
@@depatterson7357 And Cat Scratch Fever...?
Skynrd never needed to wear a big bird outfit
Do you seriously believe Ted Nugent ever wore a chicken costume?
@@gator2813 i don't know what to believe
Neither did Ted but if he did it was all for his act 😂
All I ever seen was an feathered Indian outfit.
Both great bands. The winner that night was the crowd!
The year was 1926 and I was on tour with Metallica and The Dixie Chicks. I played a pretty mean Oboe back then.
The greatest rock band fronted by a country singer.
Most importantly rest in peace Ronnie
Steve, either you don’t remember things accurately or you don’t know what you are talking about.
I’m sure Ted and Ronnie’s boys played that Venue together ( because I am also from the area, and My MHB friends also spoke about the venue).
The problem I have is that the copyright dates of the two songs mentioned are not close to 1969, and I’m sure those songs were copyrighted months not years after they were written.
Nice story man, but I’m not sure how accurate it is.
Give credit to both bands. I am a Nugent fan, but as a music lover, I also have a strong love and respect for Skynyrd. I have been a music lover all my life, 52 years, and have never thought of music as a sport. It's not about who plays the fastest, the loudest or who has the longest hair and jumps the highest on stage. Music is about how it makes the listener feel when they hear it. That feeling varies from person to person, style to style, so there is no score to decide who is best band. There is only the love for music and those who give it to us. It's art, not sport. And by the way. Cat Scratch Fever nor did Gimme Three Steps release till a few years later. Not saying Cat Scratch Fever didn't exist somewhere in his mind, but I really don't think Amboy Dukes had that great song under their hat and never decided to release it on their albums. They would have recorded it if they were that proud of it. So rather than trying to get everybody to agree with you on who is the best, give credit to both bands and just enjoy the great jams they all give us. Mix the great music in a pot and throw one hellacious Rock n' Roll party! Can I get an AMEN?
A-friggin-men!
🍁🍂Well said !! Besides, SOO F-NG WHAT ?!.., Its a story !!! Enjoy it for what it is.. Hey, anyone misguided enough to wanna go around "correcting" all the exaggerations, half-truths, "grey areas", and outright bald faced Lies, permeating the passionately kaleidoscopic/multi-dimensional History of ROCK~N~ROLL, has essentially just bought themselves a one-way ticket to the local Booby Hatch, a.k.a., thee FUNNY FARM.. In other words, its "only Rock~n~Roll baby, but I like it..!!!" 🍭☠🎸..🍂🍁
Ronny was a poetic and lyrical genius. There is NO BAD LYNYRD SKYNYRD SONG
I agree
Thanks to a Yankee named King
My ass, skynyrd sucks
Steve.......Do you realize that "Cat Scratch Fever" was not only not yet recorded in 1969, but it had not even been written yet! "Cat Scratch Fever" was co-written with Ted Nugent and Derek St. Holmes in 1976, and subsequently released in 1977. The Nugent/St. Holmes coalescence didn't begin until the mid '70s. Nugent was no longer performing or recording with The Amboy Dukes at that point in time.
Back in those days, many musicians played their music live several years before ever getting a recording contract for their famous songs. The promoters did not care if the songs had been recorded and released on albums or not. Skynyrd was not even a recording artist when they went on their first tour in 1970 opening up for Strawberry Alarm Clock who were recording artists. It was called the Southeast Tour. I played on that tour with them.
all i know is i got tickets to see both acts in MSG, but the plane crash hit about 4 weeks before the gig. I tore up the tickets, heartbroken that I'd never see the band that was incredible that did that double live record. I got to know the guys just a little bit decades later as they toured with Ronnie's brother, but what was missing was that tall guitarist who's died, and of course, Ronnie's great voice, so it just wasnt the same. Nugent did one truly great record, then fired his bassist/singer simply cause he wanted all of the attention, then wrote all raunch songs about his dick for the rest of his career and was never as good, not nearly as that 1st record on a major label.
JIM Donovan
i agree👍😉
Agreed but it was his rhythm guitarist who was lead singer - Derek St. Holmes. I remember seeing Nugent in early '77 and he was great. I saw him again in Dec '77 and his ego had gotten so big he was no longer even trying. St. Holmes did a very short guitar solo and i thought it was as good or better than anything Ted had played that night. That's likely why he got rid of him.
+Ken Settle Before you call someone a liar, you better get your facts straight. I just checked the album credits. Derek St Holmes co-wrote only one song on the Cat Scratch Fever album and it wasn't the song Cat Scratch Fever. It was "Live It Up".
You are so awesome and I like how you tell it. I wish Ronnie Van Zant was still alive. I like Lynryrd Skynrd and play their music all the time when I can.
When I think of rock and roll I think of Ronnie Van Zant! bar none he's the best!!!
"Welcome to Swamp Chat, brothers and sisters..."
Classic, Steve, Classic...
I think the 60's and 70's all kinda ran together for 'ol Steve - too much weed can do that. Did Steve ever tell ya the time in 1966 when Ronnie van Zant beat up Geddy Lee at a hockey rink in Toronto.....???
I have to hear that one
..like 2 hear that one myself.. 🎸💀🎸
And how old was Geddy in 1966--13? Ronnie was 18! Pick on someone yer own size, Ronnie!
I'd like to hear that one too I was born in 66 lol
Awesome songs great bands and artists wonderful classic rock awesome lyrics still great after all these yrs.thank you for your kind of music sweet
Saw Skynyrd twice. ‘73 with original lineup. Infamous’75 concert, when they didn’t play. Still the best band ever.
the only thing you guys smoked was some of that sweet georgia pine!
I wonder why Ted waited eight years from that event to record "Cat Scratch Fever".
...and hold on to it unreleased through 2 albums. Finally releasing it in 1977 on his 3rd album. This guy is something else.
Uncle Ted held onto it because he's extremely shy and didn't want to make himself the center of attention.😛
Maybe he was embarrassed by it and waited until he was ok with releasing a pop song for the cash.
@@hizzlemobizzle Embarrassed? That's like Led Zeppelin being embarrassed by "Stairway To Heaven"!
@@bigverybadtom Oh my god you did not compare stairway to heaven with cat scratch fever!
Ted's equivalent to STH might be Great white buffalo but certainly not Cat Scratch Fever.
Great story...but...in 1968, Cat Scratch Fever wasn't thought of yet. It was released as a single in May 13th 1977 followed up by the album release by the same name.
Great Video.......When your talking back in 69, those were the days unmatched with any days of music now. Skynyrd, and many more all new rock groups had their own one of a kind sound, and style. It was a great time to be alive!! All those who missed it, you all live in a garbage pit compared to 1969!! Yeah Brother, bring back the 60's and 70's!!!
Midnight Ryder, yes ! I agree.
Midnight Ryder
Yep, even 90% of the 80's music sucked.
Coming from the Detroit area I just gotta say that Ted and the boys could hold their own. I would've LOVED to have seen that concert but I was in the Army.
In Teds younger days he was the baddest ,,he would challenge guitar players at clubs
Yes George he did and he stopped 5hat when guitar players were every bit as good or better he tried that with Frank Marino now I like nugent music better but always read frank and Ronnie montrose blew him away when I went to see frank 3 times during his guitar solo he would play a nugent riff and yawn every time he did it
@@70mcnevin I did love nugent ,free 4 all those 2 albums he was great on
I recall reading that Ted Nugent opened for The Supremes so that goes way back.
Loved that story, I was always a huge Skynyrd fan and they were definitely one of the greatest rock bands ever.I can believe Ted doing something like that, sounds like his Alfa Male beliefs.
Well, call me the breeze! JJ appreciates you in getting his music out.
I wish I could have seen both in the early days. I was 4 years old in 1969. I have read stories about Ted doing this in the early days especially with Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush. I think it’s a killer thing to get the crowd worked up. Apparently he would challenge Frank, the after Frank would tear it up Ted would come out and bow down to him. Ted knew he was playing to the Skynyrd boys home town. Get the crowd riled up! Both wonderful unique talents. Nothing can be taken away from either. Ted’s awesome use of controlled feedback on that Gibson Birdland is awesome. I love them both.
Damn Right Lynyrd Skynyrd the most badass southern rock band that started out of Florida a little before my time but love them guys
My Grandmother live a few houses down from the Van Zants on Mull St. They partied as good as they played which was not a good thing. Racing and rockin was the norm in that neighborhood. Old dirt track nascar track where everyone hung out. If Ronnie did not make it as a Rock Star he would have driven a race car!
Wrong Ronnie wanted to be a baseball player and he was damn good at it! Which your right everybody used to go to Jax Raceway my Dad used to race their also with LeeRoy Yarbrough..Our house was on Redrac st and Lakeshore blv ! 2 streets North of Woodcrest!
@@andydavis9963 facts 💯 Ronnie's favorite teams were the Yankees and the White Sox.
@@dominicandostoyevsky2429 Nice! SOXNATION wait til next year. Lol.......old Chicago saying.
Thanks for the story. Skynyrd and Nugent. Awesome.
Um......Cat Scratch Fever wasn't recorded until '77.
Roger Sibilsky What about Terminus Eldorado?
Did it ever occur to you people that songs that bands write stay on the back burner for years.Ted would play this song in 1969 but he wanted to save recording it for his solo album.Do you think!I will give you and example,New Tattoo by Van Halen was a old demo song from the seventies but it was not released until the twenty tens.
Dave wrote new Lyrics to the song in 2011
So what? Just because it hadn't been recorded doesn't mean shit, besides it hadn't recorded! Doesn't mean it hadn't been performed a 100 times before then !
1980 :)
Skynard will always be America's most beloved band
I'm so sad that I lost my Lynyrd Skynyrd shirt. my wife had just died and I just had to leave everything behind. but I do miss that shirt not more than my wife of course
Enjoyed this. I live in st Augustine Fl. Thanks for this.
thanks for the story and the welcome brother;)
If you wanna know what it means to be an American, listen to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Their music is about as American as you can get!
Went to a .38 Special gig one year at a St. Louis, Mo venue called Mississippi Night's ( a nightclub ) and they were so damned loud that it was messing with everybody's inner ears which caused us all to stagger around while walking or wobble when trying to stand still. What an awesome night.
38 Special-- Ted Nugent-- Deep Purple-- and the Who--- MY EARS ARE STILL RINGING!!!!!!!!
Deep purple my favorite I've seen some loud bands back in the day saw frank Marino mahogany rush my ears didn't just ring they bled
Steve, thanks for sharing. People don't understand about the west side of Jax. Grew up there in the 70's & 80's. NBF! Go rebels
Well said , Lynyrd Skynyrd are the finest .
I have never been wrong except that time i thought i was wrong and i was not!
“ I remember when Amelia Earhart and I were part of the Pointer Sisters”! 😉
Right, I thought so! I was going to ask if that was you and Amelia I saw live in Tunga a few years back!?!?! I think it was at the Pacific Ring Amphitheater, correct?
THAT was something to see for certain!
Really? I played bass for that band for a while before I got my job at NASA.
Skynyrd has it all. If your feeling down they will absolutely bring you up somthing for everyone. God bless the best.
John Cippolina original psychedelic sounds blew skinard away. I saw lynrd skynrd back up Black Sabbath Nassau coliseum 72, 73 ? I bought their first album, great album.
BUSTED.... "Cat Scratch Fever" was not only not yet recorded in 1969, but it had not even been written yet!
It was doubtful that Gimme 3 Steps was given they recorded it in 73.
How the hell do you know when either was actually originally written?
I don't think Ted did Cat Scratch Fever in 1969.
I was in attendance of a show in the late spring of 1976, Charlotte, where Atlanta Rhythm Section and Uncle Ted opened for LS. I had never heard of Ted until that night. Happy to be front row festival seating with Ted blasting my ass eye to eye. I fucking loved it. F.U.C.K.I.N.G. L.O.V.E.D. I.T.
I think Ted was a package deal. His music? So so, but As a showman, He had something going on! But I can't speak from experience as I never saw his gig. Just based on the testimony of others. What ever is the STAR QUALITY, Ted possessed it! David Lee Roth was another, and I suppose Steven Tyler too, although I am cringing as I type this. Not a fan! I'm probably forgetting a few that I should have mentioned before these characters. But you get my point! Alice Cooper! Silly me! First position! Who didn't love Alice! Okay, Angus he had that little boarding school boy thing going on, and, eh, Dio, The Oz, Klaos, Schenker, Edgar and his Bro! ( move to top ) etc,etc,... too many .. just a random list, not in order .... I'm rambling Oh yeah The Almand Bros. wait, already mentioned ... eh ... and I'm nodding out **=@^"&#@~`8@ZZzzz.
Love your stories about the good old days Steve!
I did a show in Savannah GA with my band, Magi, (I was lead singer), Ted Nugent and Manassas in 1970 at the Armory. Many of the songs recorded in the 1970s, like Cat Scratch Fever, were written and performed live before being recorded. This was one of those songs. It was way ahead of its time and the music business was not ready.
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I agree. People just don't understand how cool everything was back in those sweet memories from a time gone by. People were just cooler to each other then. You turn me on. I turn you on. It was a bond of honor. The song belongs to "Rock" in the end.
So, it was "performed live" in 1969, but not copyrighted until 1976? Nice try.
Absolutely untrue. There's a Circus interview with Nugent where he printed the lyrics for the first time, and remarked how he JUST wrote the song. Trust me - a song like CSF would have been on his 1st album if he had the chance....
BULLSHIT. Ted was playing one of his biggest hits ever live for almost decade before he decided to record and make money off it? Do you know how stupid that sounds? Evidently not...
Macca wrote "When I'm 64" when he was 16
Sounds like a great concert! Wish that I could have been there.
I have a miniature Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at my house . I have everything from Ozzy to Tony Orlando and Dawn on CD's. I love ALL types of music. They're all excellent just in a different way. I play Ted when I am weightlifting and LS when I am driving in my car. They're both great just in a different way!
It will always be a great concert when two great performers try to outdo one another, wish I would have been there
Rick massey impossible though as it’s fantasy. The concert never happened
Both those songs were not written yet brother
Lynyrd Skynyrd Muscle Shoals recording took place in 1970. Gimme Three Steps is included. They were singing it before that time.
Good vid bro! I'm a fan of both! Rock on!
SKYNYRD WAS A BEVY OF INCREDIBLY ORIGINAL AND ABSOLUTELY SMOKIN' GUITARISTS...I WAS 14 WHEN THEY CAME OUT. WHEN THE THE TRIBUTE TOUR PLAYED WORCHESTER MASS IN '86, THEY CAME OUT AFTER THE GIG TO SEE A BAND I WAS MANAGING AND WE ALL ENDED UP HANGING IN A MOTEL ROOM FOR 12 HRS AND ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH! AMAZING MEMORIES....THEN JOHNNY CAME TO A RADIO GIG MY BAND WAS FRONTING IN ALBANY NY AND HE WAS AMAZED BY MY INCREDIBLE SOUTHERN ROCK BAND, WHICH ALSO HAD A GREAT HARP PLAYER. HE SANG GIMME 3 STEPS AND ACTUALLY WROTE ME AN AUTOGRAPH - "Y'ALL ARE A BETTER SINGER THAN I AM."
HITTMAN
Must have Cat scratch fever confused with Journey to the center of your mind. Not to mention, Gimmie 3 steps was 1973
Yes, Cat Scratch Fever wasn’t until about 76-77 and Gimme Three Steps was ‘73..This guy has either smoked too much or just plain full of it.
@@andybecker2693 glad I wasn't the only one to catch that
@LIBERALS ARE COMMIE USEFUL IDIOTS It is possible but the chances of two songs from two different groups written later are highly unlikely. Besides, I’ve read up a lot on Ted and I do remember reading him saying that he wrote that song in the mid seventies about a woman. If you listen to the lyrics it sounds more like the seventies.
@@andybecker2693 Except "Gimme Three Steps" was also recorded in 1970 at the then unreleased Muscle Shoals sessions (posthumously released in '78 as "Skynyrd's First and Last"). So that song was certainly around in '69 and as far a Ted- who cares what that no talent hack did or when. He was more of a circus side show than a true rock and roll musician/artist and certainly not in the same league as LS. By 1977 with Steve Gaines on board LS was capable of upstaging *anyone* ! Cheers P[>
IF ANYONE EVER CHALLENGED MR. RONNIE VANZANT, YOU JUST MADE A HUGE MISTAKE, BECAUSE ONE WAY OR ONOTHER HE WOULD KICK YOUR ASS AND COME OUT THE WINNER , R.I.P. RONNIE, YOU ARE THE THE BEST........................
The audience wins when great bands compete. Must have been a night to remember.
Thank you Steve
Cool story, although a bit embellished. I saw the original Skynyrd lineup, before the infamous plane crash twice, then at least 5 more times later with Donnie singing. I must have seen Nugent 7 or 8 times, all early bay area shows when he was on his game. I love them both!
RIP Ronnie
i dont think uncle ted is a riff or song thief and not sure if you were implying that Steve. i know that ted has been open about influences whos riffs he often employs as a celebration of great artists like james brown and others, who's music he loved from a young age. i think it honors the other musicians when the artist clearly states his love and fascination for what they did.
No, never implied anything like that. His concepts were ahead of the times. He was very innovative and creative.
There is no such thing as original music... name a song and I guarantee you that somewhere someone has a song that uses similar riffs, chords, melodies etc... How many songs use the same B chord blues riff? Nugents music is certainly not ripped off from anyone but its definately heavily influenced by other old blues guys. I play guitar and the other day I was just goofing around and started playing a melody I liked and started to work into a full song, it wasnt until I listened to the play back that I was ripping off two tickets to paradise LOL....there will never be another Skynard or Nugent..or Zeppelin, sabbath, kiss, elvis, little richard on and on and on...
??k.i.s.s.??...Alice Cooper...100's-1000's of years of music[al] influence... many kinds of genius[es], innovators!...who or what is their inspira-tion? ..Phil Keaggy [Glass Harp], Frank Zappa, Kerry Livgren[Kansas], Joe Walsh, Jimi Hendrix,Jimmy Page[before LZ], Pink Floyd,Van Zandt[s], Robin Trower, etc......jazz, blues, bluegrass, spirituals, hymns, "classical[Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Handel, etc]", the Psalms,..........."His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes."GENESIS4....."They have harps and lyres at their banquets, pipes and timbrels and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD, no respect for the work of His hands."Isaiah5..."You strum away on your harps like David[shepherd boy, worshiper/musician, warrior,friend, king] and IMPROVISE on musical instruments."Amos6 And they sang a NEW SONG, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slain, and with Your blood You purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation...."Revelation5 Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise Him with the harp and lyre, 4 praise Him with timbrel and dancing, praise Him with the strings and pipe, 5 praise Him with the clash of cymbals, praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD. Psalm150 It appears that music will be an involvement in eternity in Heaven!...They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures.Psalm36.. Thou wilt shew me THE Path of Life[John14:6]: in Thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at Thy right hand [there are] pleasures for EVERMORE. Psalm16
Voice in the Wilderness Nugent was a douchebag
I didnt get that take away.. Saw Ted bout a year ago and the old boy is better than ever. His skills and 2 million dollars worth of equipt. can still get the job done. MLAR to you him and all that have given me so much even on a personal level..
Love it brother...tell it like it was! I am 63 and Skynyrd my favorite band...period....back then Nugent, to me, was a kids idol
Steve I was stationed at NAS Jacksonville in 77. We used to hit a bar called The Still. Rumour has it Ronnie and the boys used to hang out there. Was in Chicago at Great Lakes when the plane want down tickets for the show was supposed to go on sell the next day we where heartbroken thank God I got to see em in Richmond Va before I went in best damn show I have ever seen. As they where leaving the stage a buddy jumped on stage and the cops came after him Art jumped over his drum kit pushed his crossed sticks in the cops chest and pushed him back led Dave off stage and on his way next time I saw Dave guess what he had them drum sticks. God Bless
There’s no doubt that Steve is a hard core Skynyrd fan. He sounds convincing, but who’s to say he’s not talking BS. Interesting stories, nonetheless. I could talk to him about Skynyrd all day and go thru their collection. Long live Lynyrd Skynyrd...
Ted was using Fender Twin Reverbs stacked on to Dual Showman Cabinets and I can guarantee you the cowboy hat didn't come till years later. He was still using the Fender Amp set up in 1978 when I watched him at the old Chicago Stadium where the Black Hawk hockey team used to play. Loudest show I ever saw. Black Oak Arkansas opened and kicked ass their own selves. Nostalgia is a funny thing. 10% truth plus 80% bull-shit plus 10% fun = a good story.
@@davidcudlip6587 What you said. I can't find any info regarding The Amboy Dukes playing Cat Scratch Fever
@@stingylizard Yup, the Amboy Dukes were gone when that song was recorded. Ted had a new band. Derek St. Holmes was part of that and was a real talent on vocals and guitar. He made that line up.
THEY ARE BOTH GREAT BANDS TO THIER OWN RIGHTS
incredible story! wonderfully fkn COOL!!!! thank you!!!!
deep purple..first..then i love skynyrd..listen to them daily,an zz top..nazareth...spirit..an a few more,im 62 an i rock on a white strat.............
Cat Scratch Fever was written in the mid 70s not 1969 by the Amboy Dukes.
MAY GOD BLESS LYNYRD SKYNYRD!!!
Ted ain't even on Lynyrd Skynyrd's same level. Keep up the good work Steve love listening to your stories!
Good times!! "Jet Set Enterprises" (Sidney Drashin Concert Promoter). Sidney was prolific back in the day. I/We had some great interactions back in the day.