Happy Birthday Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony Nugent was born December 13, 1948 in Redford Michigan. Little Ted became enamored with guns when at age 10, he received a Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time, for Christmas.
As a teen, Ted became more interested in Guitars and girls. Ted formed The Amboy Dukes, who had a hit with “Journey to the Center of the Mind”. After Ted got sick of their nonsense, he went solo. Ted released many multi-platinum albums: Ted Nugent (1975), Free-for-All (1976) and Cat Scratch Fever (1977). These albums produced the popular radio anthems “Hey Baby”, “Stranglehold”, “Dog Eat Dog”, and “Cat Scratch Fever”.
Uncle Ted
Known as Uncle Ted, The Motor City Madman and The Nuge, Ted rocked that Gibson Byrdland Guitar and loincloth better than most. Did you know that besides being a great song, ‘Cat Scratch Fever’ is actually a thing and kills more people per year than Rickets and Scurvy combined!
In 2003, Ted was host of the VH1 reality television program Surviving Nugent, in which city dwellers such as model Tila Tequila moved to Nugent’s Michigan ranch in order to survive such “backwoods” activities as building an outhouse and skinning a boar. The show was cancelled after Ted actually hunted and killed a guest.
Nugent has been married twice and has six children with seven women. His children are: twins, Smith & Wesson, Rocco, Glock, Winchester, and Uzi. He has been happily married to Shemane Deziel since 1989.
The Nuge vs. The Croz
Nuge was in hot water last year for hunting and eating David Crosby. Nugent and Crosby have had a feud since 2017. Crosby reacted after Nugent blamed his lack of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction on political correctness. Crosby responded: “No, the a$$hole just isn’t good enough.” Nugent then called him a “bloated chemical repository carcass” who “desperately seeks hygiene.”
After luring Crosby, Ted waited patiently in his tree stand for a glimpse of his prey. After spotting David, Nugent gave the singer an hour long head start. “I then tracked him, and followed his fresh droppings” said Nugent. “I shot him in his giant buttocks first, and then dropped him with a perfectly placed arrow.” “Surprisingly, Crosby was not gamey at all. He was quite delicious. We quartered him, removed the back strap, fat, muscle and silver and then marinated him for an hour or so in really good olive oil and melted duck fat, covered with a little herbs and some Goya Adobe seasoning. We served with onions, peppers, garlic and small potatoes cooked in the drippings, and it was the most unbelievable tastebud exhilarating meal you can imagine. ‘Bloated Crosby ala Nugent’.”
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