The Friday Morning Listen

Live at Hammersmith '79 - Ted Nugent

Ok, so I'm thinkin' that this week I may have hit an all-time high for low-brow television watching. See, I'm in the middle of a particularly intense period of work, both at 'real' work and at home (insane house-sale preparations)...so there have been a few nights where I was so tired I just sat there and stared at the blue light.

You would think that a single episode of The Swan would have pretty much set the bar for bad TV. That's what I thought...until last night when I watched a Ted Nugent's Surviving Nugent. Maybe I'm easily amused these days, but that show was pretty danged entertaining. I wouldn't put myself through the crap that the kids on the show are enduring, but it'd sure be fun to sit around with Ted in his living room, playing some too loud electric guitar (we'd skip the politics).

Anyway, this particular recording shows Nugent at the top of his game, playing at London's Hammersmith Odeon on May 9, 1979. What's crazy about it is that it was the third show of the night!

(First posted on Mark Is Cranky)

Article Author: Mark Saleski

Mark Saleski is a writer and music obsessive based out of the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. He is an editor and writer for Jazz.com. He also writes reviews for Blogcritics.org and produces the weekly feature The Friday Morning Listen. …

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