TED NUGENT GONZO LIVE CAL JAM II

[@PaulBarber-s9f]

This was the first time I was introduced to Ted Nugent. I have been his fan ever cents motor city madman.

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

This was incredible insane. Out of hand, out of pocket, out of orbit. What greatest days these were

[@markwilliams5606]

The Whole Band was the only ones Not Stoned!

[@davidperry7271]

We grew up in the best time ever 0- 5:00 all I have to do is observe today and I just wanna be back in this world I had good girls fast cars kick ass music and that’s it

[@italianstallion9148]

For those of you who do not know, this was the last time that the 4 original members from the Ted Nugent band played together. After this March 18, 1978 concert, Derek St. Holmes and Rob Grange left the band because Nugent "did not want a band concept." However, drummer Cliff Davies remained with Uncle Ted up until 1981.

[@timstreety6391]

RIP Cloff.

[@davidcudlip6587]

Derek has toured with Ted many times since this. Up until recently in fact.

[@ronmounts8075]

Did not know that!!!! Thanx brother!!!!!

[@dzy3561]

Double Live Gonzo, one of the best live albums ever..... the 💩.....I know this cal jam, just saying Ted's a bad MO FO live..👍

[@madamblue7229]

I was there!!!! There were so many great musicians performing, and time makes you forget some of the smaller things. But Mr. Nugent playing "Stranglehold" being carried through the airwaves was one of the major standouts!

[@artbarlow6351]

I was there also, amazing

[@tednugent8501]

I grew up around there but I was born in 71.

[@barrymilner6628]

U

[@FloridaWildlife]

Had my first tailgate party on the freeway waiting to get in there. Great time though!

[@dennisyoung4631]

Yep. Me too.

[@billyc6678]

My dad let me fly out to California with my friends for this gig. The first of O so many Ted Nugent shows. What a fucking experience it was. 20 yrs later, I became friends with Ted and ended up working with him. My favorite guitar player ever. And a Damn good friend.

[@MichaelMitchell-eo6cb]

Best thing about Ted is he was never drunk or drugged. Don’t think he is as talented as some legends but never gave less than his best!

[@govtom4]

He was my first concert as a 12 yo. Now I’m 55.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@MichaelMitchell-eo6cb 🤣🤣

[@hippyhauler13]

Love this Man for his crazyness and Talent

[@tednugent8501]

He aint crazy. He's fkn gonzo!!!!

[@arthurbishop3173]

Well, his craziness, anyway.

[@jimboslice9472]

I've never seen this before in a person,,,,, 3 times the brain cell burn out with little to no drug or alcohol abuse, sad : (

[@barrycarpenter5973]

It was fucking crazy, soo many people, wacked out people but the vibe was overall good. The rush for the stage when they announced Ted was scary, a wall of crazies!!! Oh the Days

[@mapearce1]

Barry Carpenter Was there.....just sat where I was.....had a real hard time standing! LOL!

[@ceanderson1000]

I was there too, rivers of piss coming down the hill, the fences were smashed, I would guess 700,000 people there!

[@epmcdonald4562]

​@@ceanderson1000😂😂lmfao

[@robertromero5294]

I probably said this before...but working on the Milwaukee Brewers Ground Crew...I worked Ted's headlining gig at Milwaukee County Stadium...it held just 42,000 before final additions settled in...but I watched Ted in amazement as he lit up the crowd with his natural love for kicking ass...and Gonzo just kicked me in the nuts...his electric magic just said...This is Rock Music...Ted Nugent said it all that day...ALLi could sit and listen to him talk all day and learn what life is baby ...LET IT BE KNOWN !!

[@wesnorthcutt639]

Only Ted can make tuning an out of whack Gibson Byrdland entertaining, Only Ted could do that and he did.

[@scottkisner2911]

Guitar tech definitely needs to look at the set list gonzo appears to be in an open tuning lol Ted handled it awesome

[@soonernation8163]

Exactly what I thought. I always liked his talking in-between songs as much as the songs.

[@johnjohnson5240]

if i could go back in time i would go to CAL JAM 2, i was 16 and it is still in my heart and in my soul!

[@jarvey1962]

Saw him in 1977 he freaked me out lol.but I've been a huge fan since

[@tednugent8501]

He spit on me at the orange show. I fell honored.

[@pedraw]

Ted was the ultimate performer!

[@89Fredbear]

Right towards the end of the classic era and they actually look like their having a ball ha ha Ted and Co. Honestly don't get the amount of respect in the rock world that they really deserve. Say what you want but when they were in they were serious and tight!

[@cory3518]

A guitar legend starting with his Amboy Dukes days...My God ( like EVH) The tones and sounds he could make that guitar sing!

[@dannagrone8568]

I have called wild by the Amboy Dukes signed by him

[@dannagrone8568]

Actually the album is call Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes

[@jameswebb9738]

I was there with a group of friends, we rented a 30 foot motor home and came from Reno. It was quite a wild few days.

[@giftedplanksify]

I was gonzoed off a duster I bogarted. Had to watch on my knees with a massive hangover but still digging it.. about a quarter of a mile away from the stage!! Took me way back!!

[@ChrisLichowicz]

Ted's always rocked!

[@deerslayer6419]

Kicked ass back then, and still doing it now. I've seen him numerous times fron the 70's up until now (yes I'm old), and he still blows the doors off. Keep it up Ted!

[@biffmcbrad1]

I was here at this concert...right up front for ted.......gonZo

[@dougacebedo3855]

dude, didnt he drop out of a helicopter?

[@JdoubleU1222]

"You gotta have Big Drums". Love It!

[@edwardoneill9559]

I was there it was Awesome Ted ripped it up like you wouldn't believe!!!!

[@nostalga44jo]

This is GONZO at his very best!!!!!!

[@zacharygentle6548]

I was there great day and night of rock and roll

[@tamarageladze3486]

The one and only ❤️

[@markwilliams5606]

Ted Nugent! Detroit! Enough said!

[@skiman6810]

I had a job working for Ben Sterns Catering which worked the food concession, so we get in the night before, got to hear all the sound checks. It was so cool. Until the next day when they opened the gates and the audience came flooding in. Packed in like sardines against the stage for Ted.

[@munchkinsforever456]

Ten Nugent is one of the best music makers of ALL time, Right up there with the MASTERS KISS, Yes they are getting older BUT I bet they can run circles around many musical artists of today. when you hear themusic of today it just has that electrical voice sound and not the music from the soul like Ted, Kiss , Meatloaf, and Led Zeppplin thanks for posting

[@PaulBarber-s9f]

This was the first time I was introduced to Ted Nugent. I have been his fan ever cents motor city madman. I think I was 14 or 15 at the time.

[@desertdee1]

I was also at this concert. :) They ended up letting us in, if I remember, around 11/12'ish the night before, when it was supposed to be the next morning around 6 am. We made a mad dash to the front and set up our blankets and ice chests. Partied all night long, and when we woke up, we where less then 10 rows from the stage. :) Had a great time, and there was no trouble at all. I doubt that you can put that many teens and young adults in one place, nowadays, without bad things going down.

[@FloridaWildlife]

I was right near you then. We were the ones on Saturday stopping the line to nowhere. Right in front of the knife fight..lol

[@jimmythecreep]

cal jam 1 and cal jam 2...blissful rock n roll T/V...i saw both shows when they were aired, and finally own both shows on dvd. :)

[@bcollier429]

I was there at CJ2. Heart and young Ted stole it all!

[@henrygutierrez4998]

My 1st concert! I was 14. Al bands rocked but Foreigner and Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush were my favorite!

[@tarasbulba3190]

I wasn't there but I was told by eyewitnesses that Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush kicked everyone's ass! Ya know what?, I believe it!!! 🎸

[@peteloomis8456]

​@@tarasbulba3190If you buy the DVD Frank was one of the last to perform because he kept being pushed back in the line up and ended up playing at night and he played some of his songs but ended up playing the Mickey mouse song on guitar at the very end because he said that it was set up and run by about bunch of Mickey mouse screw ups in a interview he had with someone . He has a website that you can join for free and not much time spent creating an account for it but there are a bunch of old photos and there are different areas for posts and you can ask him questions and usually in short time he will respond to them back to you . He talks about all kinds of things like why he left the music business or how it was to work on tours with other bands and how Ted Nugent had his roadies shove Teds amplifiers out on stage to start a guitar dual and how Frank could play any licks Ted threw at him and that Ted at the end bowed down on his knees in front of Frank as if to say you beat me all mighty one lol . Frank also said that he was a headliner for a concert that a young Stevie Ray Von was in and Frank said that he would go around and talk and meet some of the other band and members and said hi to Stevie Ray Von and he said that Stevie Ray Von wouldn't even look at him or acknowledge him at all like the coked up punk was at the time but I'm sure Frank was blowing Stevie Ray Von"s band off the stage each night and Stevie didn't like this so he snubbed Frank . Frank also builds his own guitar amplifiers and effects pedal or modifies pedals he gets to make them work and sound better so he's quite different in ways to other guitar players where he has the knowledge to do this . He is retired now because of health issues but look into his agora theater DVD set that's 6 hours out of a 12 hour concert he did and look to see why it took so many years for him to come out with the DVD and how he created the software for his computer to bring back the lost drum tracks for the concert and how many edits he had to do to bring the drum tracks back because it's very interesting because everyone he knew including his brother Vince who was in the original lineup of the band and had moved on years later and became a big recording engineer in NY said that nothing could be done to bring these lost drum tracks back but Frank figured out a way to do it .

[@LTFysgeo]

i saw him live a bout 2 days ago, he opened it up with this song

[@DoJ79]

I remember the day was going along pretty good..and then Gonzo hit the stage! I reckon all of the 300,000+ were on their feet. Fun part was the family friend from farm town, Iowa. He was there for Nuge: first concert, first time high. He was goin nuts- as u can imagine. Next day we watched him wrestle in a tournament..won his class handily. Oh, very good times indeed! 😎

[@gogoyubari366]

Uncle Nuge is one of the greatest.

[@FloridaWildlife]

I actually held up my feet and the crowd held me up! What a great time and memories!

[@stephengriffin7870]

What a fuckin great guitar player,Ted kicks ass

[@eel908]

gonzo my bread life energy spirit never dies

[@MichaelDouglasSkewes]

Uncle yew has a great memory ,I met him when i was 18 and a new father ,just got my 16 year old girlfriend pregnant, which was a big deal at on time ,now ,who cares, you can come tomscjoll in a dress! But anyway ,I had a wonderbar put on his Les Paul standard ,which he wasn't to sure about, but every one was using these bars . Me asked if I me d one ,I told him I was being sponsored byJackson Guitars and my guitar teacher helped me get in ,Randy Rhoads. He remembered everything we talked about ,I don't think we talked for about 20 years. He remembered my name, everything! I had him sign my Ted Nugent pinball machine back glass, that I had to keep behind the bar at the house of blues ,he was very cool ! I have fallen asleep during one of his extended solos ,but hey ,I am more of a shredding type. Guitar player! Butted is great, and damn smart!

[@hmackie6823]

They LOove TED from East to WEST

[@tednugent8501]

Even with his guitar all way outta tune like that, he still just gets it man.

[@hersheysnake]

Too bad you never will...

[@tednugent8501]

@@hersheysnake Are u angry about something Scooter? I wish u were hangin out here in my shop, just fiddle fkn around n buildin shit maybe. I'd try to make u feel at ease by offering u a drink or some smoke or maybe a rail? If that aint ur cup of tea u could trip on some very strong weener envy mushies that I have cured in honey. Hell u could even candy flip and have some honey tea and drop as much acid as u could possibly stand, nobody will care if u lose ur marbles and run off into a cotton field screamin n laughin like a mental patient, I'm way out in the country man. We could good get and lit, I mean like "I think someone may have shit my breeches" lit, get the shotguns out n howl like savages n shoot at the moon until ir stops actin so high n mighty all the time. But, sadly this is just vapors on the interwebs and comments are like farts in a whirlwind in this place, soooo, I guess I'll just twist up a number, do a bump, drink some apple and or peach pie shine, maybe put on some Nugent or Motorhead, see if the neighbor lady wants to join me and play some 20 toea and then we'll do some more whatever and we'll pray for u. Because this negative vibe ur puttin out to abunch of 1s and zeros in a comments section jusr aint healthy for ya. Gnight shit4brains.😳

[@hersheysnake]

@@tednugent8501 ...Not angry... Just no tolerance for imbeciles... Change your profile name... Your embarrassing the real man...

[@daisywrabbit]

1978?

[@steveheck4348]

Ted Still Has and Plays Blackie! That's the Byrdland he is playing here!

[@richardpascual5491]

made it to this one, drove from San Jose, went to seen Heart & Foriegner ...

[@Daness74]

Ted so young, but already that wise !!😅 dont care, fantastic music man and guitar stretcher - rock on Ted !!! 🤘🥰🫂🎼🙏🍀🃏 ps : self confidence is the trick and he's a idol in that - ever was and will be !! 😘👌

[@billyc6678]

Forgot to mention. I was 15 yrs of age at the time. How Cool was my dad??❤️❤️❤️

[@markpatton5431]

It was something you had to be there to believe, Went with 5 friends and my brother. Had a blast!!!

[@tednugent8501]

Im an upland boy.

[@Geobh1]

FYI, right before Ted got onstage, Ted was in Africa hunting got back to the states literally got off a helicopter ran over to do his set. He was exhausted but the show must go on. He started to go into shock after his set, you'll notice they threw a blanket around him and gave him a bottle of milk. It was so hot at Cal Jam 2 you could fry eggs on the concrete. : FACT.

[@dougacebedo3855]

thank you, i remember seeing him come flying out of the sky and dropping onto the stage from a rope tied to a helicopter but i was frying on purple microdot

[@tarasbulba3190]

The milk they gave Uncle Ted was from a wildebeast.

[@ronaldgarlandjr.3957]

Actually according to vh1 interview that actually happened at a day on the green 5 in Oakland California. Ted tells the whole story. He received 1 million dollars for that show.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Cannot stand trophy hunting, idiotic.

[@rogerbanks1025]

I keep sharing these videos hoping someone would play with me . 🎸 on..

[@DanielLDees]

Ted could make that Byrdland sing!

[@michaelgarcia2050]

Funny thing he's still as insane a preformer now as he was then.

[@tcross24]

the best part about cal jam2 was the guitar wars at the end when all the guitar players came and put on a great lazer light show

[@jimmythecreep]

not commercially available...i got them through a friend who copied v/h/s to dvd...most all the performances from both shows are here on youtube.

[@sabace]

love the nuge

[@DanielLDees]

Ted could really play back in the day.

[@w.h.1940]

" 10 negros pull a train on Mrs Lebowski" is a good DVD....

[@luthientinuviel1981]

Everybody is gonzo🤩

[@BSinNH]

He was the headliner. Had the album

[@vinnysandoval3433]

Nugent for office ... hell he would change our issues

[@jamescatron6572]

Ted just flew in from Africa from a hunt to do this show.

[@damon2a102]

James Catron hadn't picked up a guitar for over a month arrived 15 minutes before the show and everybody went Gonzo !

[@709Zulu]

I was there.

[@ibleedwhiskeyplanetone6005]

Thank you, it's about the music, it has not a damn thing to do with him.

[@Nunya442]

ROCKIN!

[@zr24X4ROCKS]

gotta love uncle ted , that old goober , fuckin love ya

[@mastersduhgree]

Yea man,,,,ted has energy.

[@markwaynecunningham]

Ted explains Rock and Roll. Everybody's Gonzo. Everybody's Gonzo.

[@HaroldNickens-qn7qd]

I was there

[@20drummergirl]

I finally agree with him on this interview, progress could ruin rock and roll

[@jamescatron6572]

Ted got paid 1 mil to play Cal Jam 2

[@SteveDehaeseleer]

His contract was for $600,000 (minus expenses and paying the band members, of course). Van Halen were the first to be offered $1 million - Steve Wozniak of Apple fame offered Van Halen a cool $1 million to perform at the second US Festival near San Bernardino, CA in 1983.

[@nuts45150]

cal jam uncle ted

[@dwdrumz1]

fire that guitar tech.

[@wesnorthcutt639]

I think he probably got a dose of Teds 9 mm

[@davidperry7271]

Oh I remember this day he had the energy and confidence of 2 men 😂

[@hmackie6823]

TED Played ON

[@tednugent8501]

Ouch!!!!!!

[@SandraKulis-do1dr]

10:50 right foggy church 1200 sandy

[@tmx63]

Tuning up at full stage volume for 90 seconds and STILL out of tune. lol ..Gotta love it.

[@hmackie6823]

was windy that day

[@FrankNStein-cp6qm]

I can't believe I actually idolized this guy when I was a kid.. lmao

[@andrewhicks3936]

Why? He’s a legend

[@BSinNH]

I did and still do.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Used to like this dolts music too…smh.

[@eduardoallo8786]

a tuner is good thing for live shows...

[@wesnorthcutt639]

His guitar tech needed shot!

[@daawedge9324]

the santana winds blew hardt hat day

[@munchkinsforever456]

you may not like kiss, but a lot of musicians wore make-up THE SWEET, ALICE COOPER, MOTLEY CRUE, and as far as explosives lots of musicians use them what I'm saying is they had great music! make-up or not. you can't deny that KISS has a lot of fans

[@nancyhetherington]

Kiss wasn't a pimple on Teds ass!!! Ted could out play them any day!!!

[@fredoaksmusicheavyonthebas6010]

The boys were laughing at Uncle Ted trying to tune his 6 string. Story is, he's still trying to tune it

[@stevecole2400]

That's right America before Eddie Van Halen there was Ted Nugent

[@ZGeekman]

Remember the purple acid?

[@dennisreynolds2662]

In the 70s and early 80s. I did more than my share

[@andrewraden1590]

Yup, double barrel purple microdots. The best.

[@dougacebedo3855]

correct me if i'm wrong, but didnt he come flying out of the sky dropping to the stage off a helicopter? i'm pretty sure i was there up by the left side of the stage? dude came swinging out of the blue from a rope on a helicopter

[@hmackie6823]

Ted's tuning

[@Pnug93]

Is there a studio version of gonzo? If not why?

[@davidday8417]

The 2 songs that where on Double Live Gonzo that weren’t released on a studio album was Yank me Crank me and of course this 1. I can’t believe that he didn’t put them on an album. Awesome lick right here !!

[@tompipps3383]

TOM PIPPS . FOAM - BATON ROUGE LOIUISIANA USA . HI HELLO . I LINK LOVE THE MUSIE .

[@msytmc]

both Cal Jams are on DVD? The whole Nuge set? Can you tell me about the DVDs . Thanks.

[@tednugent8501]

Everybody is gonzo!!!

[@hmackie6823]

UNCLKE TED Nailed IT

[@witchy6978]

ELP was best performance at Cal Jam

[@sparkymcplumpthepolydactyl2079]

Heart ❤️ was better

[@natkinson443]

Uncle Ted

[@TheMorganMonroeShow]

Epic

[@iamkenman101]

Once I saw Ted open for ZZ top. After Ted, ZZ Top could put me to sleep sunce they had NO energy at all.

[@msytmc]

You're familiar with what they sound like man?

[@mikehunter1755]

Ted should grow his hair again. He looks ridiculous with that short hair now days.

[@wesnorthcutt639]

Agreed! I think it was combination of...Age and Politics, He can still play and that's what counts, But he did have a gnarly mane of hair in the day.

[@JWTiny]

Hes well into his 70s guys. Hair that long can be a pain to manage. And hes got his fingers in many many fires these days. Busier now that he was at 25.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

He’s probably bald.

[@LeChti59650]

just one comment ..... GONZO !!!!!!

[@hmackie6823]

G O N Z O

[@hmackie6823]

watch the crowd

[@hmackie6823]

FREEDOM

[@SlappyJones-mg5sb]

Good God HOF already !!!!