Contact us I like MVF: US & UK hits charts. The second was a group original, "Journey to the Center of the Mind," one of those tunes that shows up regularly on TV record ads for "Psychedelic Groovy '60s" collections. Nugent had heard of a Detroit Rolling Stones cover band called Amboy Dukes that had just broken up, and took the name for his new band. Loaded for Bear brings together 18 tracks from the first three Amboy Dukes albums with the inclusion of the rare-as-hen's-teeth single "You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire," a period piece if there ever was one. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. A book called The…. Loaded for Bear brings together 18 tracks from the first three Amboy Dukes albums with the inclusion of the rare-as-hen's-teeth single "You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire," a period piece if there ever was one. Disclosure: The following links will take you to various online merchants outside of … Escape will cancel and close the window. The Detroit Amboy Dukes had actually themselves stolen the name from a Brooklyn street … The Amboy Dukes were an American rock band formed in 1964 in Chicago, Illinois and later based in Detroit, Michigan. Side two plays like one long jam; highly creative stuff that the album cover of a tiger penetrating a sleeping city hardly hints at. These are the recordings that made Ted Nugent's early reputation, the ones he made before he turned into a cartoon character. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Drummer Vic Mastrianni would later find himself on records by Crystal Gayle, Reba McEntire, and joining The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. ABOUT | Albums include Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965–1968, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968, and Journey to the Center of the Mind. The Detroit Amboy Dukes had actually themselves stolen the name from a Brooklyn street gang of the same name (see Louis Buchalter). Al Gore chose an inspiring but obscure campaign song when he ran for president in 2000: "Let The Day Begin" by The Call. The Amboy Dukes interested a record label that primarily produced jazz albums.

As essential to the Amboy Dukes' catalog as the non-hit material on Psychedelic Lollipop was to the Blues Magoos, the first album from the Amboy Dukes is a real find and fun listening experience. It's nice to see bassist/vocalist Rob Grange stay onboard the ever changing merry-go-round here that was the Amboy Dukes.   RSS FEEDS |

The dancing piano runs and Ted Nugent confined to a pop-blues structure certainly got the benefit of Shad's record making experience, and it is a treat. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Ihr größter Hit war Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968). BROWSE SONG LISTS | The Amboy Dukes issued this as the single backed with their sitar-laden and heady "Psalms of Aftermath."

Ted Nugent assembled a new band of local Detroit players to secure a recording contract with them. Lita talks about how they wrote songs in The Runaways, and how she feels about her biggest hit being written by somebody else.

A table set with freshly killed game on back of this 1974 release by the trio known as Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes has the guitar being edged out of the picture by a rifle while using London's famous book title as a handle for the music inside. The Amboy Dukes Song list Journey To The Center Of The Mind (1968) Papa's Will (1971) The Amboy Dukes Top Songs • #1: "Journey to the Center of the Mind" • #2: "Baby Please Don't Go" • #3: "You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire" • • Music VF, US & UK hits charts .

The riff for The Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant" was pinched from a very unpunk song, the ABBA ballad "S.O.S.". "Pony Express" is a strange amalgam of '60s out-of-the-garage/heading-toward-stadiums riff rock, nicking the melody from Deep Purple's "Highway Star," which was released on Machine Head the year before.

When he was asked to write a song for the Singles soundtrack, Mark thought the Seattle grunge scene was already overblown, so that's what he wrote about. Nugent had heard of a Detroit Rolling Stones cover band called Amboy Dukes that had just broken up, and took the name for his new band. In the late '60s, when such things mattered, Ted Nugent was quickly gaining a reputation as a young-gun guitar hotshot, largely based on the back-to-back success of two singles issued by his group, the Amboy Dukes. The smoking lamp is lit. Devo got the idea for their "Whip It" video from an article about a guy who owned a dude ranch and charged people to watch him remove his wife's clothes with a bullwhip.

Nugent had heard of a Detroit Rolling Stones cover band called Amboy Dukes that had just broken up, and took the name for his new band.