TED NUGENT - Free For All (1979 UK TV Appearance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~

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[@Ricardo-xl2ko]

Here i am, 56 yrs old and it still gets my heart pumping and my blood flowing. Makes me want to crabk it up to 11 and blow my speakers and ears out!

[@jimdartouzos2127]

Nugent's guitar playing just kicked my ass. Awesome.

[@kinawood7454]

And 45 years later this one is still on my playlist!

[@TheSnoge]

Ted Nugent is not only one of the best guitarists of the 70s rock era but had 11 top 100 hits (most of those big hits he wrote)...and a bunch of triple-platinum, double-platinum, platinum and gold records in the US and Canada. He was THE top-grossing live act in the nation, 1977 thru 1979!

[@S0lidState]

could you imagine him playing in Lynyrd Skynyrd ?

[@TheSnoge]

For me, not really...Though they have toured together it's two different genres: Nugent's pounding heavy metal and Skynyrd's southern rock. Both awesome though.

[@SamtheSham2000]

No.

[@duffgordon9005]

that amazing stat needs some back=up= only fair. great drummer staying ahead of him. zero voice- nada

[@ballsdeep994u]

@@S0lidState different style. Southern rock.

[@richardking9621]

He is extreme in concert. Great live show!

[@marilynmansonisfat5226]

Very lively which = entertaining. I've seen some boring shows. But never a dull moment with Ted.

[@michaelhotz7118]

Saw in 1981 or 82. Great show and LOUD!

[@davidwaterhouse2552]

Fabulous guitar player ! Never Honoured enough in my opinion! dx

[@vaneipontes3824]

Mr. Theodore "The Hunter" Anthony Nugent

[@jackiebogle7046]

Just played this on my ole turn table today.......had to blow a little dust off the record,......... still sounds great as ever,.... one of the best albums,he put out............ still rocks 🤘2021.

[@johnt6673]

What a rock and roll god. Nothing more to say.

[@RwalterMI]

Ted's guitar solos in this vid is surprisingly flawless. Awesome.

[@dustinwilson1981]

Ted sure is a player...guy has some licks. One of the greats...love the tail piece of that Gibson.

[@stusixtyone]

@huwgray was down the front at birmingham odeon in 79, couldn't hear properly for days. ahhhhh the good old days.

[@jfhudak]

This was the Old Grey Whistle Test. No backing tracks. All live brother.

[@enochhansen3829]

We all love you ted

[@stevewember8837]

Thankyou Ted, And Guy's. Great StuFF!!! Yes, I, Was There, LIVE!!!

[@allanmakela3011]

Teds playing is to the point,yet in your face,a great player to learn from

[@jdez10]

You have to give it to him,he is a great guitar player. Thanks for the upload.

[@buffering369-y2f]

Ted put on great shows in those days.I’m sure he still can this for Ted.baaaaraack

[@tommohawknspikeblade]

Goodamned...Im sooo fucking glad to read a comment about UNCLE TEDS rock n roll !! I mean FUCK !! thanx !!! Ted rocked my teen years ! thanks TED !

[@musoseven8218]

Awesome and Nigel Tufnel on rhythm guitar too✌️😉🤭👍💜😊

[@hmackie6823]

anyone who doubts Uncle Ted's ability merely has to listen

[@bluwng]

His singing isn’t good, I don’t think he actually sang most songs on his album.

[@Dub96]

They are liberals who wish they could be him lol

[@tntisbased]

@@bluwngI think he got singers for some of his big hits but sung himself on others. That being said, he can’t really sing and play at the same time. His solos are good though

[@middlesexcountycricketclub6344]

Sick guitar solos ROCK ON

[@TheSnoge]

I got to see the Motor City Madman that year (1979) at Cobo Hall in Detriot. I twas a priceless show and he rocked out Free-for-All !!!

[@paxivet]

They don't make guitar music like this any more!!

[@bimini1216]

great player who was doing this as early as the 60s. lots of bandsused his ideas

[@markpizzino5521]

AMEN TO THAT...SAW NUGE 6 MONTHS AGO...STILL AN ABSOLUTE BEAST!!

[@thatguyyoudontknow]

Uncle Ted is so technically good as a guitarist. It's a crime he's still not in the hall of fame.

[@tonydahorda]

Ted Nugent is the best guitar hero ever

[@frankzappaspussy7362]

please listen to the who live at leeds or "zoot allures" zappa album..

[@glennmckenzie6799]

He’s definitely up there in that mix

[@tomasvanecek8626]

@@frankzappaspussy7362 Who was always a laughing stock of a band... and I liked Allures bout 40 yrs ago, man :)) eh sorry - pussy.. Ted was and is a force of nature, weirdos are long gone ;)

[@kevinkinnu341]

​@@frankzappaspussy7362 Zoot Allures is a great album. But it's a different gig than this

[@metrowireless3381]

Awesome job! Great classic tune from a better vanished era.

[@quiltedpine7027]

I just love how he's got no control, literally going for broke in everything he does, no concern if it looks silly or sounds a bit ridiculous, it JUST WORKS. his guitar style is really cool like it's on steroids, man, I love this!

[@kingtutt61]

I threw my combo guitar amp in the back of my 67 Chevy Impala and hooked it up to the 8 track. Set out in the car past midnight listening to this album in 79...the year I graduated. Im sure my neighbors are still rolling in their grave yelling at me to turn it down!

[@richman61]

I felt fine in 79 too, my g-year!

[@FBRIANHUN1]

Im a total lib, but I love the Nuge. there's nothing phony about him, means what he says says what he means. gotta respect that.

[@markdavies354]

If you play .. you know.. the guy is incredibly brilliant 🤩

[@CrazyKornJDLover]

This is great.

[@marilynmansonisfat5226]

The 70's had the best music ever.

[@SuperSlinkyDudeWHO96]

great feedback

[@roryobrien8509]

Why aren't there more bands like this ( 2021 )? Bless em'!!!

[@hmackie6823]

Because Ted was born and raised in Detroit...they don't grow 'em like that!anymore

[@matthewbrantlinger1167]

Cause it’s all computr bul shid

[@brenthachmann5655]

P.... Ted was never known for his vocal ability...... but dude could jam ! Motor City Madman rock on

[@marilynmansonisfat5226]

But St. Holmes was a fine singer and rhythm player. Ted is slamming.

[@cloudedthoughts909]

Spending to much time searching obscure/underground rock bands, from the 70s, to no avail., leaving me scratching my head, and disappointed., when all I really needed to do, was to visit uncle Ted. Let me save you the time, searching, and trying to find that rock and roll holy grail/pot of gold, that eludes us, more often than not., and just check out any track, from cain - a pound of Flesh; or more Nugent, from the 70s. That should suffice.

[@DoubleRR44]

That was a good solid kick in the nuts!

[@rootsbloodyroots3]

YES! Saw this on a BBC thing a few hours ago and I was convinced :P

[@nicolasboehm1673]

what i found amazing in 1979 the english loved american bands and singers

[@marilynmansonisfat5226]

I find the English always try to downplay American bands and when they list American bands they always sell us way short and have glaring omissions like Steely Dan,Frank Zappa, and The James Gang, for instance. They also seem to overlook things like Steve Miller, The Eagles, Joe Walsh's solo career, Kansas, Boston, classic Alice Cooper, Sugarloaf, The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sublime,etc-etc. I think they're just being stuck up because there are so many good British groups. But at the same time they like some straight up rubbish too. Plus we invented rock n roll.

[@ballsdeep994u]

@@marilynmansonisfat5226 black blues players created rock and roll. The English bands just spun off it.

[@marilynmansonisfat5226]

@@ballsdeep994u Rock is the marriage of blues and country.

[@JdoubleU1222]

@@ballsdeep994u Most of them (English Bands), give credit to the old blues guys now. Even Plant and Page, who sometimes didn't, acknowledge them now. Nugent has always and still does.

[@AshSixx213]

My boyfriend got me into ted so glad he did :)

[@kevinkinnu341]

Blistering performance Who would have thought a Gibson Byrdland guitar could sound like this. Ted did

[@moleman1961]

Uncle Ted Rocks!

[@tatsandteles]

@KayakMike1963 Ha! That's hilarious. He still brings it, saw him recently in KC. Unfortunately, the audience hadn't faired as well as Ted with their 'age progression'. I love him-outspoken, unapologetic Ted.

[@jeffdawson2786]

At certain angles and under certain lighting Ted looks like Todd Rundgren from this era. Todd would come on this show a year or so later and play a wonderful mixed solo piano / electric set.

[@ashleyburns6752]

I was born in 92 I think I may be the last generation who could turn on the TV one night, see an awesome artist/band for the first time and get into them the next day onwards. I feel sorry for kids these days, I haven't heard anything decent since 09.

[@S0lidState]

I haven't heard anything good since 2000 and that was Pearl Jam.

[@adamlawley8168]

you're not looking hard enough... there's good shit being released everyday

[@SamtheSham2000]

bummer

[@porknbeans7420]

Saw Intensities in 10 Cities (in Germany). Mother's Finest opened, Great show. Re: this video - the other guitarist looks like Nigel Tufnel.

[@michaelschmidt9708]

The other guitarist is Charlie Huhn who went on to front Gary Moore's band, Victory, Deadringer, and now Foghat.

[@Samhain35]

You never hear a clunker note in a Nugent song.

[@SamtheSham2000]

Uncle Ted, he's family.

[@candelariordz6249]

SamtheSham2000 green day

[@intercommerce]

Yeah, grew up with Uncle Ted...

[@suisiruy]

amazing channel!

[@blstrooper1]

they make it with remixes and computers.wheres the talent. uncle ted aint sharing.hes top of his game.even now. pure,raw TALENT

[@thegauntlet7786]

Teds the Man

[@MrRiprip56]

Will Rock till I drop to TED 12-4-2019..cant be long 62 now!

[@melissawells5779]

I saw him in Richmond Va. when I was 13

[@MOAONAABE]

im 64, ted is the man

[@funnydylan9834]

What I love is you got old farts running around today going “These kids today are awful.” But yet the kids from the 70s had this stuff. I mean a different lifes yes but I mean, wow. Even parents back then didn’t understand it as today. I love Ted nugent, Badass man as it can get. ✊🏻🇺🇸🎸

[@roryobrien8509]

More 4 minute 'kick in yer balls' tunes, please!

[@TheRisingforce2000]

ted nugent at his best king of 70s rock

[@watdefuq9166]

Early OGWT band stuff was mimed because the studio was too small for amps, but this is from the later 'Stage A' days when the show was all live.

[@clarkewi]

Stands up to 40 years

[@AshSixx213]

Love this ❤❤❤❤

[@ACEDIAMOND666]

ted kicks ass!

[@jfhudak]

Ah yes, back when live music meant you actually had to know how to play.

[@matthewbrantlinger1167]

They just don’t play em like they used to man sad to see these men worked hard now it’s all “sound clouded” bs that nobody can understand what theyr sayin ya hear

[@DiegoLZ]

Yeah I realized that as soon as I saw the logo, great show.

[@tychaton08]

Merci!

[@chriscuttriss]

Fantastic

[@adamholtz733]

Fantastic rocker from the 1976 album !!! Great live version here !!! Ted Nugent Rules !!! Check out ." Doesn't Matter Where Or When ," an original rocking song and video on my site . Thanks , Adam Holtz

[@theatomicclap5328]

this is the MOTOR CITY MADMAN all this crap about politics is just that. Have a few beers and just listen to the music!!!!!!

[@marilynmansonisfat5226]

I remember when people used to do that. The 60's music was pretty good but too political. The 70's dropped the politics and just rocked out proper. It was amazing.

[@oneman1812]

Wee thee ppeeppls alwtrazzz listen.,✌️👍👍🙏👁️🥃🎹🎸🎸🍀🍀🍀🎸

[@oneman1812]

Ps north east gotti J GEILS DETROIT MOTO CITY SPRING FIELD INDIANS FIRST T HA smws

[@piratepete-thetruthisforevery1]

I bet the UK studio audience enjoyed this performance... I'm surprised Nuge was allowed on tv back then! lol

[@tomasvanecek8626]

It would never be possible these days :) thank the liberals

[@mayahigginbotham9873]

He was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@garrynorris4478]

He can sure Handle that Gibson Birdland

[@johnwise9807]

ted rocks, glad to se him jammn with joe wash

[@marilynmansonisfat5226]

Joe walsh is so underrated. James Gang, Eagles, plus his solo career. Dude is classic rock royalty.

[@thebird55]

I love that Byrdland he's playing.

[@paultasker7092]

This guy is definitely a guitar hero at the BBC

[@santaclause6504]

Got damn! ole uncle Ted can rock. He would sell out fucking arenas huge arenas.

[@dougsx1]

Brother Ted

[@Mooseboy08]

It's YOU that needs to do some research. Theodore Anthony Nugent first received a high school 1-S deferment in February 1967, when he was 18. After briefly being reclassified as available for service, Nugent got a 2-S college deferment when he enrolled in Oakland Community College. In August 1969, Nugent took his draft physical and was rejected for service. He was classified as 1-Y, The 1-Y classification was usually issued to candidates saddled with significant medical or mental issues.

[@johngiorgetti795]

Gonzo...what a beast!

[@nickypipes3004]

When music had balls

[@samxyo]

Absolutely awesome tune. Got many other good songs?

[@sngwrter49]

Stranglehold Cat Scratch Fever Great White Buffalo Motor City Madhouse Light My Way Hibernation Cannon Balls Call Of The Wild ...just to name a few

[@JdoubleU1222]

@@sngwrter49 Hey Baby, Snakeskin Cowboys, Dog Eat Dog, Journey To The Center Of The Mind, to name a few more.

[@PaulKentros]

Both had killer songs...

[@tomjulian7226]

pretty cool...Ted has Joe Walsh on bass and Nigel Tufnel playing rhythm guitar!

[@SamtheSham2000]

turned it to 11

[@Untilitsleepz]

Joe Walsh? The bloke from the Eagles????

[@brubeck1]

i think he means glen frey.

[@sngwrter49]

Sure he does. Make that Charlie Huhn on rhythm guitar and the bassist is definitely not Joe Walsh.

[@Spikefade]

Bassist Dave Kiswenny

[@matthewtaylor7355]

teds endless hendrix feedback tributes

[@bassfixer]

Great uploads mate, wondering if you can help me find a track that was on one of these programs, all i can tell you is the guy was sitting while he played a really cool black and gold guitar, pretty heavy rock. I would be most grateful for your assistance!

[@5967malibu]

America's hero...

[@agnostic47]

Forget TOTP. Whistle Test was where the good stuff was.

[@bimini1216]

@BMWproductionCo not really. ted was a detroit blues man-zeppelin learned blues rock. so did ted. detroit players in the 60s pushed a lot of chicago blues into new hieghts.sort of put it on speed frantic mode

[@bwho]

Who in their right mind would ever call Bruce Springsteen 'The Boss' anyway?

[@marilynmansonisfat5226]

Right? He used to have to pay radio stations to play his stuff. Payola. Look it up.

[@JdoubleU1222]

He probably dubbed himself "The Boss".

[@aimeelove8548]

ted nugent looks like my old peeping tom next door neighbour's son randy bozek....this one time I heard him in his back yard say he had lots of pictures of me but had to figure out a way to get that video

[@mjinthehills4301]

Politically? Not my type. But, I have always, always loved my Uncle Teddy 💕😘

[@hargitt95]

I think that is Tommy Shaw playing backup guitar. Did Styx know he was moonlighting in 1979?

[@oldschoolhip-hopheadriorea9178]

REQUEST: Lakeside Jody

[@Johnpaul-ip8fm]

The true Mad Man

[@jefffivel1227]

Uncle fckn TED

[@LordAzai]

My favourite guitar player, he is so good live! What he lacks in vocals he makes up for in skill and showmanship :) And as for all those ripping on him draft dodging; How many of you were alive when he was alive? If so, did you serve? How many of you are old enough to join the army but don't? Aren't you just as bad? And if you can't apply because you are too young then do you even know what you are talking about? Leave teds politics to the political videos of him, this is for enjoying his mu

[@widowmaker6555]

Fckn Uncle ❤🤟

[@blueshound611]

@TheStotter69 i don't think you're really in any position to judge, the mans had a successful music career for the last 35 years or so, what have you done?

[@marilynmansonisfat5226]

Ted goes back to the 60's.

[@LaMaisondeCasaHouse]

From Ted Nugent's obituary: "Nugent, after a long and successful stint as chairman of the National Rifle Association, went on to become President of the United States in 2024...."

[@LowLightVideos]

So, we, are ..

[@bishlap]

If we leave politics out of it and judge Ted by his playing ability and especially the 1st two Ted Nugent Albums and The Amboy Dukes, we're talking about one of the greatest Rockers of the 70's. Granted, Ted's live shows became a joke - the Tarzan routine and the shitty material he played (anything after 76), however, In his prime, Ted was a classic rock gem.