Ted Nugent - Free For All - The Midnight Special (1978)

[@DavidJackson]

Such an injustice that he's not in the Rock Hall. This man ruled the 70's, then the Damn Yankees in the 80's . My first concert in 1978. I've seen him no less than 15 times and he never disappoints.

[@kurtp8833]

Love Ted, longtime fan. But thd Damn Yankees were a horrible band...more like an "act."

[@DavidJackson]

WHat is funny is they had another record (Damn Yankees) the record company paid them to not release it. @@kurtp8833

[@DavidSmith-fs6pi]

It's all politics conservative singers need not apply

[@anothersettlementneedsyour9628]

He definitelly belongs here, but because of his politics he’s not getting there anytime soon

[@RobertMetzger-1963]

Like I Said before, Maybe when he's Dead But then maybe Not Even then. 😬😳🙄

[@rickciardella]

Ted never took a knee for anybody. He has always remained true to his music, his ideals and his way of life.

[@selenecraven1847]

He stands his ground

[@lsmith869]

He has the emotional maturity of a 13 year old boy.

[@andyleibrook6012]

@@lsmith869 Ah. Poor baby.

[@tambor76]

Whether you love Ted or hate him, you gotta admit his guitar playing has always been on point.

[@jasonfifi]

well, it was until about the mid 80s. then it got dad-rock as all heck. he was one of the greats when he was young.

[@hersheysnake]

@@jasonfifi... lil jason... You should go by fifi

[@guitarplayer2846]

Ted has always has rocked and always will roclk.

[@adriantomlin2902]

Makes that fuckin guitar sing baby!!

[@massapower]

YUP !!!! 😎🤟

[@andrebraga]

Maybe you don't like Ted's Personality. But it's impossible not to like his music. One of the greatest frontman and guitar player in rock n roll history.

[@Cuntstantine]

The man's entire career is filled with anthems. It's in his blood

[@michaelconway5600]

Damn right he is the greatest. I had practically every album he ever put out even Ted Nugent and the Amboy dukes. I'm sorry I shouldn't say all I bought from the '70s to the '90s those albums and eight tracks. And got some good VHS videos live.

[@plertisdibble1504]

No argument from me.

[@wrigman]

I like “Uncle Ted” AND his music…………. “ Motor city madman - Terrible Ted” Guns and Rock & Roll!!!

[@OMGWUNSIU]

I have seen him in concert and loved his music for 45 years and only JUST listened to some Amboy Dukes stuff… it’s funny seeing Ted as a teenager on the guitar… some of that Dukes stuff is cool!

[@mrjim19611]

Back In 78 They Didn't No What Lip Faking Was ..... This Is 100% Uncle Ted

[@lwplwp]

+mrjim19611 It sure was. They would have never let that performance anywhere near a record.

[@richlabombard6780]

Larry Parker too much guitar for ya!?

[@jamesmilardo5694]

He truly makes that birdland sing.. Guitar sounds kickass

[@slownezy69]

And no pedals either, just the guitar and those 8 Super Twin Reverbs cranked up to ear splitting levels. He was a master of feedback w/that thing.

[@vinniethefinger7781]

We all need a little more Ted in our lives.

[@yuvgotubekidding]

With disco being so prevalent in the 70s, Ted Nugent came through for me loud and clear.

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

Great avatar!

[@5967malibu]

Yes...

[@rush2112pete]

All politics aside. This is 70's rock at its apex 👊🏻✊🏼😏😊

[@nicestrat]

Team Ted here...

[@bjb0808]

I may not think much of his lifestyle, but I LOVED and still love his music.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

@@bjb0808 His 'lifestyle'? lolwut

[@maggiew.2809]

Nothing wrong with his politics. He believes in the constitution and is an environmental warrior who loves the land, despises corporate greed, eats free range, rarely eats slaughterhouses meat as he hunts his own and believes a man is a man and women are women. Not sure how that is radical.

[@maggiew.2809]

​@@bjb0808what's wrong with his clean living lifestyle

[@knk4ever83]

Love it! Wolfman Jack was extra special!

[@millerezra8]

knk4ever83 that dude was awesome

[@AwesomeBeatles]

This was the month of my 18th birthday. I loved Ted Nugent. Still do. We visited my grandparents farm in Pennsylvania. Everyone went to bed. I stayed up to watch this.

[@sudsysutherland359]

I live in Windsor,Ontario,Canada which is right across the river from “Detroit Rock City” which is where Uncle Ted is from & resides out in the Michigan wilderness where Ted runs around pretty much naked with nothing but a loincloth lol 😂 I really liked Ted Nugent’s FM radio station called “102.7 The Bear” which replaced 102.7 Z-Rock which i thought was an awesome radio station where they played all the great rock N roll songs across the board such as Led Zeppelin,Black Sabbath,PanterA,Danzig,Billy Idol,Motörhead,Megadeth,ZZ Top Yadda-Yadda 🤘

[@oglefresh]

That ladies and gentlemen is Rock and Roll. No rap artist featuring someone!

[@marilynmansonisfat5226]

Ribs featuring BBQ sauce!

[@michaelnorman2967]

Absolutely agreed!

[@VegasheatX-tra]

Soon enough they will bitch that the HOF is mostly white and they can only get in BET...

[@robertjablonski9830]

Anyone that picks the go gos and jay z over Maiden enough said

[@msjoanofthearc]

GOD Bless Ted Nugent and everything he stands for!

[@tracyhall6195]

👍 🇺🇲 🤘 🍻 ✌

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Barf

[@diane243]

He’s a repulsive, draft dodging traitor.

[@charleshanes2112]

I was fortunate to see Ted several times between 75 - 80 Always a great show, Very underrated guitarist.

[@intercommerce]

You may not like him but you can't underrate him he makes a guitar sing like nobody else

[@slownezy69]

ABSOLUTELY!!! That was his era... 75-80 the Ted Nugent band was one of the premier rock acts in the US.

[@jerryferguson5983]

Don't know where you 've up with underrated

[@michaelzukowski5541]

Same here 76 an 78

[@selenecraven1847]

Love BS but i can see and hear why

[@rrheipel]

Three things I like about Ted. First, he puts all his energy into a show and never fails to entertain (I saw him 5 times in concert), He always looks like he is having fun and never takes himself too seriously when he is playing music. And Three - he plays good old rock n' roll style of guitar - every time he plays a song, the solo is never exactly the same twice.

[@dynjarren8355]

I stayed up late on a Saturday night at 12 midnight to watch this show as a teenager. It was way past my bedtime. It was the weekly Midnight Special with live music every weekend. I just bought Teds album and I wanted to see him play and I turned the TV up. And he blasted the place! Ted did not disappoint me! He rocked hard! I was never into Metal but I loved hard rock like Aerosmith, Heart and the Nuge! Thanks to KZbin I get to see this again! I remember Wolfman Jack too! 🎸😎👏🏻

[@2008PLS]

I always liked stripped down good playing! Not that effects drenched metal screaming and tapping. Came off so gimmicky and all those bands had the same pedal and effects. There was an assembly line of metal bands that came out after Van Halen (Hair Bands). Always liked it better when it was just Rockn' Roll and you did your own thing

[@bryanlongshore6198]

Right on...I'm 60...so I was 15 in 78....those were the good old days for rocknroll and partying.....and those bands you named are classic rock bands.....I also liked Zepplin, Sabbath, and Skynyrd and BTO and ZZTop, and Floyd.....hell..I never cut my hair because of this music....Rocknroll!!!!!!!

[@dynjarren8355]

@@bryanlongshore6198 Man that show was so great! Live music at midnight on TV! I stayed up late for it every weekend. Nugent rocked the place! I had never heard hard rock guitar chords like that on TV before! I was thrilled! That will never happen again. Those were good times! I’m so grateful for KZbin so that I can relive those moments over again. KZbin is like a Video Musical Jukebox from the past!

[@carystorm1863]

Would've rather heard writing on the wall but that's a 7 minute song dog eat dog Would've been better as well ,this was still killer ,a shot or 2 of some of the other band mates Would've been nice too.

[@splifforddoobois3170]

Holy fuckballs that was awsome.

[@1MollieM]

+Splifford Doobois I totally agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@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!

[@RandyJames-ex9zp]

He's a rock n roll hall a famer in my book ! I don't care what anybody says.

[@51502]

🖕the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, if they inducted him tomorrow I would like to see him say🖕 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame right back at them😂

[@ek2156]

I remember seeing this performance on TV back in 1978, and think Ted was so cool. I became a fan when I saw this. The hall of fame is no hall of fame without Mr. Nugent in it.

[@tommyturner6677]

Teds personality is just fine . He tells it like it is . He’s also very intelligent individual.

[@knoxgarrett]

Regardless of politics, the man can play a mean guitar.

[@hotwheel6663]

knoxgarrett Its a shame all the Pussy Libby's are keeping Him out of the Hall!

[@michaelmckenzie9542]

Why do we bring up politics if the person is right wing.Its never brought up if performer is left wing?

[@AwesomeBeatles]

Man , I remember the intense feeling right before Ted got on stage. He always delivered.

[@Cuntstantine]

I feel it and I wasn't even THERE UGH

[@lorenj.238]

Loved growing up in Motown and seeing Teds New Years Eve Whiplash Bash shows at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Those shows were legendary....

[@ellabare2]

Yes I've been to several Even the one in Saginaw great white buffalo was on stage!

[@intercommerce]

I've got one on VHS looks great

[@liwmld]

when in doubt, i whip it out... i got me a rock and roll band... it's a free for all... you rock,Ted, then and still now. loved this video. thanks for posting.

[@markhernandez3860]

This..... Was America my friends...... I was a baby at the time but I got to experience a glimpse of this before everything went to shit in a handbasket.

[@CrozetBob]

This guy is a primary reason my hearing is shot.

[@massapower]

THE NUGE BaBy !!! Pure RAW POWER!!😁🤟

[@thomasjordan9043]

One of the greatest guitar players ever hands down

[@barklordofthesith2997]

I'm not knocking Ted but........."greatest" is a bit of a stretch.... Al Di Meloa, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Petrucci, list goes on and on. Ted is good no doubt, consistent player, but there are many players more "virtuosic" than he.

[@mrHoppedupford]

@@barklordofthesith2997 being a great guitarist is more than just playing a bunch of fancy chords real fast that aren't ear pleasing.

[@barklordofthesith2997]

Apparently you do not know the meaning of "virtuoso" Any and all of the people i mentioned mop the floor with Ted.

[@mrHoppedupford]

@@barklordofthesith2997 So if a guitarist isn't virtuoso they can't be one of he best? So those you mention are better than Page, Hendrix, Young, SRV. Again being a great guitarist is more than playing fancy chords real fast that sounds robotic.

[@barklordofthesith2997]

TJ - "One of the greatest guitar players" Also TJ - " if a guitarist isn't virtuoso they can't be one of he best?" No, they cannot. They can be a great songwriter (Kurt Cobain) but not one of the best guitarists. Also, if you think the playing of anyone i listed sounds "robotic" you need to get your ears checked.

[@ronaldrockwell8549]

Classic Ted Nugent!!!! Ever the showman!!! Nice intro by Wolfman Jack !!!

[@mikek6807]

what a performer ! always live !

[@oatnoid]

That's what I always liked about Ted. He was always so quiet, so reserved, so subtle.

[@steveb9151]

Ted at the peak of his game! The antidote to disco!

[@Crissy991]

Ted is awesome even today ❤him

[@slowjoe56]

Sweaty Teddy lickin on Betty!! saw him at Richfield Coliseum, my ears rang for three days!!

[@rickbabcock6397]

Same here Big Mac Arena Denver.Heart, Boston, Teddy.

[@livingthroughtheblue]

Ted Nugent. Destroyer of DISCO!

[@marceloromero6992]

from your lips to God's ears

[@TVCJohn]

I doubt he would accept it nowadays....but it's a shame the Rock-n-Roll HOF wankers will not select him to go into the HOF because of their political bias.

[@ibleedwhiskeyplanet1544]

It's why us metal heads, who are supposedly stupid, take the hall of fame as nothing but a fucking joke. Being in it should mean something, to so many of us, it doesn't. It's nothing but a big building that's there to take suckers money. IT SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC, but you've got these Rolling Stone (does that zine suck or what) types who are more interested in politics than music, and what the flying fuck does, or should, politics have to do with music? Problem #2-the HOF is trendy, accepting groups or a person popular at the time versus someone who has made a REAL contribution over many years, but those years happened 20-30-40 years ago (in other words their real reason for being is to make money, NOT GIVE TRIBUTE TO THE ROCK AND ROLL BANDS that are the reason for their existence), and there is the most damning evidence that this is not a true rock and roll hall of fame, it is just the best one the administrators have come up with in hopes of drawing your cash out of your pocket. It's a FUCKING JOKE. PERIOD.

[@MrRiprip56]

May I guess what the NUGE WOULD SAY IF OFFERED HIS PLACE IN THE HALL??? EAT ME!!!!!

[@ronjay6380]

TVCJohn all Hall of fame's are b******* all depends on who you are

[@paulcarr3355]

It's sad but when he spouts his political views it's like full force trauma..lol Hes getting crazier as hes getting older but the man's a legend with the guitar . Double live Gonzo is the most kick ass live album ever made .

[@jasonhaddix6088]

100% AGREED!

[@5967malibu]

This is why my generation thinks clearly today because Ted is still in our head...

[@jimboreyer6245]

this was cool seventeen and home on a Saturday night with the Motor city Madman. Awesome Midnight Special only had four channels.

[@markblaine2294]

+Mary Julkowski it was

[@stevenday9687]

Wanna know who was big in the 70's? Watch The Midnight Special because if you were on it you had made it to the big time.

[@stephenj8576]

Saw him at Madison Square Garden '76-'77 warming up for Black Sabbath, nobody knew who the frick he was but he kicked ass and took names...will never forget that concert.

[@nicestrat]

10 fingers of doom.....Detroit City Madman!!!!! Long live Ted!!!!

[@MA-vd3ln]

Midnight Special man I wish I could have been alive then when this was on awesome show

[@michaelnorman2967]

It was a glorious time!

[@Cuntstantine]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@lisamcbride8921]

Love me some Uncle Ted! He is from my home town in Michigan! I’ve been lucky enough to see him many times! He would play in Detroit on New Years Eve for years! It was awesome

[@mikemerriman9420]

Ted Nugent was one of my friend's favorite musicians back in high school. Riding in his vehicle, that was all you listened to. Well it was all you could hear.

[@carladurham8685]

😂 right on

[@chuckallen893]

My favorite song by Ted. Love it

[@Cuntstantine]

B A N G E R

[@garypayne-tl1le]

Nobody and mean NOBODY does it like Uncle Ted!!!!

[@BubbaZen10]

This is Ted at his very best. Love that they played it live too. Most everything on the Midnight Special was always canned.

[@jackrussell13]

+BubbaZen10 I totally agree..The Damn Yankees was a pretty good band also..

[@jeffsandy5088]

+ ItisMe. FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hogflambe5778]

Abba appeared every other week on Don Kirshners Rock Concert.

[@BubbaZen10]

@@hogflambe5778 I actually loved ABBA! Right before i got into hard rock i loved those guys! (sorry for the late reply)

[@BubbaZen10]

@@jackrussell13 The Damned Yankees was a bit weird for me back then, but when i watch it now i love it!

[@billfowler2867]

I’ve seen him live and met him a few times. He’s a genuine rock and roll performer. I love this guy!

[@jessgrizzdan59]

Seen him live in Chicago over 40 yrs ago...biggest outdoor party ever...and LOUD as FK!

[@tulipbaby3483]

Rock On Rock n Roll Friend and Neighbor! i'm in the burbs-dark and stormy right now..

[@wesnorthcutt639]

man....i actually remember watching this with my best friend and my first girlfriend, 1st time i had ever seen ted nugent even move! i had been a fan for several years, but it aint what it is today, (technology) ya had the album and that was it, unless you were lucky enough at 16 to go see him, i was telling everyone to shut up and flat turned my back to my first love, i remember cheap trick, aerosmith, geeez so long ago.

[@richlabombard6780]

Exactly! We couldn’t even see video back then, Midnight Special, Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert, you had to wait until it aired. And vcr’s didn’t exist. Hard to believe, but you are so right!

[@stecar9122003]

Love everything about the Motor City Madman. The Nuge stayed true to who he was back then and straight up through today.

[@dvgayle1]

The greatest primordial scream in music.

[@chuckallen893]

My favorite Ted Nugent song

[@Sduell60]

Uncle Ted - a real American hero

[@babybeckyandmarkytravels4208]

I vote Ted for vice president hip hip. What a great noble man. So very talented and wonderful.

[@vallerienikirk7157]

Those were the days, I had me a rock-n-roll band!

[@wildwestregionheaviermetal481]

Ted Nugent was an early influence to me.Grindcore is its name , Noise is its game .Thanks Ted !

[@JB-wr2lx]

Ted is the rock and roll hall of fame .

[@Cuntstantine]

He IS

[@jasondotson]

This song sounds purdy darn good on vinyl, let me tell ya.....

[@djdonna80s]

SO GOOD!

[@slownezy69]

My fave Ted Nugent album.... FREE-FOR-ALL. An amazing collection of songs, Derek sang his ass off on that record!!!

[@jeffshaw3466]

As did Meat Loaf.

[@datsnuffydude5460]

@@jeffshaw3466 I just found out Meatloaf was brought in for lead vocals after St. Holmes left the band for a bit. That was a surprise!

[@dibber43]

Sounds pretty darn better here...LIVE!!!

[@guitarmixvids]

Classic Nuge!!!

[@intercommerce]

Ted on top of his game...

[@iamtoothewalrus]

At the top of his game.

[@tracyhall6195]

..TRULY, 'dat. 1978, baby. 👍👍 🎸 🤘

[@michaelnorman2967]

In addition to Ted's playing, singing, and screaming, his band at that time is top notch. That bass line is addictive! Heavy duty all around. Ted's got the best scream in rock n roll, in my humble opinion.

[@Cuntstantine]

That he does. Perfect flawless vocals don't work here. No one can 'cover' free-for-all. It has to be him

[@walterrussell7584]

Ted still rocking out

[@42PEACEful]

Ted Nugent is in a class by himself when it comes to the guitar bar none

[@Cuntstantine]

Seconded

[@thomasnutt2488]

I grew up listening too Ted Nugent badass

[@jmitch9269]

I usually could never stay up late enough to watch midnight special but a few time a I did. Loved Wolfman Jack !

[@JeffFairchild-uc6bz]

I think people hate that Ted doesnt have insecurity. He is free and speaks it as he sees it. what a legend!

[@drummerbuzz]

Ted never fails on live performance,. he's a beast, and really one of the best rock guitarists ever,. always right on point.

[@autk]

If you caught him between 74-90 you got the best of Ted, respect hes still out kicking it, but the early days, he was amazing like here.

[@josiespringfield4808]

Great song.

[@AwesomeBeatles]

I am back at home. My Dad is not even 50 years old. This week we visited my grandparents farm in Pennsylvania. Man , good times.

[@jimdartouzos2127]

That performance just kicked my ass.

[@slownezy69]

I remember watching this when it was broadcast... LOVE ME some old school TED!!!

[@EDDIETRUJILLO-q8p]

Wolfman Jack and Uncle Ted. These were great times!

[@richard0807]

"The stakes are high, and so am I." Enough said.

[@williamclark2292]

Thanks Uncle Atrocious Theodosius. The sound of that guitar lifts my spirit.

[@sunrah4469]

I was such a major ted nugent fan in my mid teens.

[@dp6297]

The bass is 🔥 on this tune

[@Chris-ho9pq]

Thanks for the memories Ted.

[@wonderlandgirlable]

Ohhh Wolfman Jack xox yrs and yrs listening to him

[@KimberlyCaldwell-wd3jy]

I love this classic album. ❤

[@stephenjones6030]

Such great rock coming out around this time...thank you, God!!

[@WillyGilligan]

I remember watching this when I was a freshman in high school back in 1978. I went out the next day and bought the Weekend Warriors album.

[@pawnshoprocker4840]

This and no lip sync'n... background music playin' ...drug takin' rock star fakin' music industry crap. This Uncle Ted's real in your face guitar playin' with a unruly and wild guitar and amp and live audience tossed in for proof. Make no mistake about it.

[@JohnAllanification]

i saw him once, probably 18 month's after this. it was like standing in front of a stereo system wherein turned up to 11. Ted's abt 8ft from where i was he's right in front of me. he wants to know if i'm digging the new record. i'm hip to the real part - he's really just a guy he was cool obviously but still

[@JohnAllanification]

JohnAllanification dude tell them that it was a tour that you saw the scorpions pat travers

[@pawnshoprocker4840]

It takes real talent to compose and write words for song after song, year after year. It ain't done by some word mill or computer. Just staggering the career unkle ted has had in music. Now he is out to tear the political word a new one! Be advised... he will have the same take no prisoners approach! Watch out baby... unkle ted gonna have a stanglehold on the loose lips of Washington, DC. Rave On.

[@littleozzyboy]

AND GIVES A GOOD B J

[@StephenBryant-p1k]

So Incredibly Blistering And Mind-blowing And Superb And Outstanding and Terrifyingly IN YOUR FACE ! ! ! ! Great Job Theodore . God Bless 🙏 .

[@joelbennett6672]

Awesome song! Played with Rock n' Roll energy! Fantasic artist!

[@kimberlylongman8299]

It is a FRE FOR ALL!! Hehehehehehehehe Lovin every minute of it! :)

[@michaelmckenzie9542]

The 70’ so amazing!

[@Jim-zt1hl]

Ted is BADASS!!!!

[@dianapeterson3162]

Ready for a go round it is Friday Night.Saw Ted Nugent live in concert Kiss Farewell Tour year 2000 Lawlor Events Center Reno Nevada

[@peteloomis8456]

I had seen it also but in MN & it was a great show ! As expected Kiss came back out on tour a couple of years later so they lied to everyone saying they were hanging it up just to pump people up to get them in to take their money I say . After the tour was over Gene Simmons gave Ted a custom engraved semi auto pistol but don't remember what make or caliber it was as a gift after but I think there is a video of it on KZbin here if you look into it !

[@joshhope9287]

UNCLE TED IS a FUCKING LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Drivehead103]

I missed this somehow, but I did catch him host The Midnight Special and introduced me to ACDC. Also had Golden Earring, Aerosmith and REO Speedwagon on. I love this version of free-for-all, the tone is so in your face!

[@caragraham6285]

Love and miss both the show and Wolfman Jack

[@kimberlylongman8299]

I love this song.

[@Cuntstantine]

Such a banger

[@steve89z]

ted you've got skills.i cant get enough! i dig it!

[@andybuhaltor6725]

Absolutely bloody awesome

[@michelled.blauert7691]

My ultimate Hero Of Pure Rock n Roll ❤️😎